“Seventh Circuit keeps journalists barred from Indiana executions; The appellate panel found that freedom of press does not guarantee rights to the press over those allowed to the general public”: Destiny DeVooght of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access today’s decision of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

“Justice Department tells court $1.8 billion payout fund is ‘not going forward’; For the first time, the department pledged in writing that plans for the fund, which became the subject of legal challenges, had been dropped”: Jeremy Roebuck and Katie Mettler of The Washington Post have this report.

“Is Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Slush Fund Dead? Or Is It Undead? And why the answer is less important than you might think.” Anna Bower and Eric Columbus have this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Vice Chancellor Morgan Zurn Nominated to Fill Upcoming Vacancy on Delaware Supreme Court”: Mari Lou of The Talk of Delmarva has this report.

Update: In other coverage, Joe Irizarry of Delaware Public Media reports that “Gov. Matt Meyer makes his first appointment to the Delaware Supreme Court.”

“Atlanta Judge Recusal Sought Over Faulty Handling of Civil Cases”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And in commentary, at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman, Arthur Hellman, and Gabe Roth have a post titled “Congress Needs To Investigate Judge Who Lied About Having Sex With Police Officer.”

“Courts can’t stop Trump’s White House ballroom, Justice Department argues; Only Congress can intervene, an administration lawyer said, as an appeals panel weighs whether to halt the project”: Dan Diamond and Jonathan Edwards of The Washington Post have this report.

George Chidi of The Guardian reports that “No court has authority to block Trump’s White House ballroom, DoJ lawyer says; Trump administration has asked DC circuit court of appeals to reverse lower court decision which blocked construction of $400m ballroom.”

Alex Woodward of The Independent (UK) reports that “Trump could get away with bulldozing Statue of Liberty, DOJ argues in ballroom fight; A lawsuit to stop construction of the president’s ballroom project was too late, Justice Department lawyers told appeals court judges.”

Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico report that “Trump could also tear down the Statue of Liberty, DOJ argues in defense of White House ballroom; Justice Department lawyers said the courts are powerless to intervene in the dispute over the former East Wing.”

Devan Cole of CNN has a report headlined “Takeaways from the appeals court hearing on the White House ballroom project.”

Zach Schonfeld of The Hill reports that “Appeals court majority appears sympathetic to White House ballroom challenge.”

And Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service reports that “DC Circuit appears unconvinced national security claims justify White House ballroom; An appellate judge likened the government’s position — that no court could block the project or the hypothetical demolition of the Statue of Liberty — to ‘move fast and break things’ to avoid review.”

You can access the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“Todd Blanche won over his key audience of one. Now come the 100. The acting attorney general has Trump’s confidence to become the nation’s top law enforcement official permanently. Now he needs the Senate’s.” Kyle Cheney, Josh Gerstein, and Erica Orden of Politico have this report.

In commentary, at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site, Jay Willis has a post titled “‘Thank You Very Much, I Love You Sir’ Is Somehow a Real Todd Blanche Quote About Donald Trump; Things at the Justice Department are going to get way, way worse before they get better.”

And at National Review’s “Bench Memos” blog, Michael A. Fragoso has a post titled “Todd Blanche Considerations for Senate Republicans.”

“Unconstitutional Drug Pricing Demands Fifth Circuit Intervention”: Online at Bloomberg Law, Alice LaCour has an essay that begins, “I clerked for Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.”

“The Supreme Court Doesn’t Care About Voting Anymore”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Getting Out of the Redistricting Business”: You can access the new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Blessings of Liberty Podcast Launch: A Special Conversation with Justice Gorsuch.” The Blessings of Liberty with Jeffrey Rosen has posted this video on YouTube.