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Wednesday, July 8, 2026

“Supreme Court Term Review (feat. Sarah Isgur and Melissa Murray)”: The Blessings of Liberty with Jeffrey Rosen has posted this video on YouTube.

Posted at 9:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Part of Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE’ Law Ruled Illegal by Appeals Court; The law limits teaching on race, gender and other topics; Part of the law related to colleges was struck down; It remains in effect in K-12 schools”: Vimal Patel of The New York Times has this report.

And Andrew Atterbury of Politico has an article headlined “‘Breathtaking assertion of power’: Appeals court slams door on Florida ‘Stop Woke’ law championed by DeSantis; The decision from a divided 2-1 panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit is a devastating, possibly final blow to the so-called Stop WOKE act touted by the DeSantis administration.”

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

Posted at 9:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“An Interview with Raffi Melkonian; Appellate lawyer, dean of #AppellateTwitter, and DnDer”: Bradley Guin has this post at his “footnotes” Substack site.

Posted at 8:47 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Political Is This Supreme Court? The legal commentator Elie Honig thinks that the Trump-appointed Justices are getting unfair criticism.” Isaac Chotiner has this “Q&A” online at The New Yorker.

Posted at 7:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“2026 Supreme Court Review: Key Decisions, Executive Power, Civil Discourse.” The National Constitution Center has posted this video on YouTube.

Posted at 7:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘Oyez, oyez.’ Supreme Court’s last official crier is dead at 102. At age 15, he began working at the court as a page. He rose to become its crier, announcing the justices’ arrival and gaveling the court to order.” Cole Reynolds of The Washington Post has written this obituary.

Posted at 7:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Supreme Court Case on AR-15s Could Hinge on Their ‘Common Use’; Last week, the Supreme Court took up challenges to two assault weapons bans; Its decision could seriously limit the government’s ability to ban certain guns”: Mike McIntire of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 7:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court limps away from its campaign finance sins; The justices are limping toward conformity with the First Amendment”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 7:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump to Seek Supreme Court Rehearing on Birthright Citizenship”: Skylar Woodhouse and Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News have this report.

Posted at 7:21 PM by Howard Bashman



“Campaigning Democrats Amplify Calls to Overhaul Supreme Court”: Justin Wise and Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law have this report.

Posted at 4:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Barrett, Kagan to Appear at Hearings on Supreme Court Budget”: Ken Tran and John Crawley of Bloomberg Law have this report.

Posted at 3:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Term In Review: Zach Shemtob; The executive editor of SCOTUSblog (and [David Lat’s] husband) shares takeaways from October Term 2025, including the biggest rulings and major themes.” You can access today’s new episode of David Lat’s “Original Jurisdiction” podcast via this link.

Posted at 3:37 PM by Howard Bashman