“Chief Justice Matthew Durrant retiring from Utah Supreme Court, continuing unprecedented overhaul of the bench; Durrant’s departure means Gov. Spencer Cox now has four of the seven seats to fill, giving him an opportunity to reshape the court”: Robert Gehrke of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

And Cami Mondeaux of The Deseret News reports that “Longest-serving chief justice on Utah Supreme Court to resign at end of summer; Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Matthew Durrant will resign at the end of August after serving 26 years on the state’s highest court, he announced on Friday.”

“Republicans Sound Like They’re Getting Nervous About Supreme Court Expansion; After six years of a six-justice conservative supermajority, voters are tired of the Court and more supportive of reforms; Republican lawmakers have taken notice”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Lawyers challenge Roundup cancer settlement as Supreme Court ruling nears”: Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

“A history of Supreme Court leaks”: Amy Howe has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Louisiana v. Callais Belongs in the Supreme Court’s Anti-canon; Like past repudiated rulings, this betrayal of Black voters can’t be the last word”: Cristian Farias has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“Mitch McConnell’s Historic Senate Career; He has fit uneasily in the Trump years, but he unified the GOP and saved the Supreme Court”: Matthew F. Mimnaugh will have this op-ed in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Veteran Judge Blames Trump Rhetoric for Rising Judicial Threats”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Blanche at center of Republican firestorm over $1.8B fund as he seeks to prove his loyalty to Trump”: Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer of The Associated Press have this report.

“Mahmoud Khalil to Appeal to Supreme Court in Effort to Halt Deportation; The move was expected to come after a federal appeals court on Friday ruled against Mr. Khalil, who became the face of President Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters”: Jonah E. Bromwich of The New York Times has this report.

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denying rehearing en banc by a 6-to-5 vote, and the opinion dissenting therefrom, at this link.

Update: In other coverage, Jackson Healy of Courthouse News Service reports that “Mahmoud Khalil facing rearrest, deportation after Third Circuit denies rehearing; The 6-5 ruling limits Khalil’s ability to combat efforts to detain and deport him for engaging in pro-Palestinian protests.”

“Judge Dismisses Criminal Case Against Abrego Garcia; The move deals an embarrassing blow to the Trump administration, which made the Maryland man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the face of its deportation campaign”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

Jeremy Roebuck and Mark Berman of The Washington Post report that “Judge drops criminal case against Kilmar Abrego García, ruling it vindictive; The Maryland man was charged with human smuggling after a high-profile legal fight in which courts ruled he had been illegally deported to El Salvador.”

Mariah Timms and Louise Radnofsky of The Wall Street Journal report that “Judge Dismisses Criminal Case Against Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Prosecutors improperly charged Salvadoran immigrant for political reasons, judge found.”

And Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia; The judge called it a vindictive prosecution.”

You can access today’s decision of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee at this link.

“Motion for Forfeiture of Property by USA as to Thomas C. Goldstein”: Federal prosecutors filed this motion yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

And the docket sheet reveals that the motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice for Elizabeth Prelogar has been flagged as needing modification before it can be processed.