“Massachusetts AR-15 Ban Unanimously Upheld by First Circuit”: Brian Dowling of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access today’s decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit at this link.

“Poll: No One Is Taking John Roberts Seriously Anymore; Voters keep making clear that they do not like or trust the Supreme Court; The question is whether Democratic politicians are listening.” Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“The End of Independent Agencies; It is time to restore legislative and judicial powers to where they belong: in Congress and the courts.” Jonathan H. Adler has this post at Civitas Outlook.

“Defy the Gods”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Trump Gets Chance to Round Out Appeals Court With His Appointees”: Olivia Alafriz of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Jeremy Feigenbaum, New Jersey’s first solicitor general, will leave state government; The 37-year-old Teaneck native built a one-lawyer operation into a national appellate powerhouse, arguing three times before the U.S. Supreme Court”: David Wildstein of New Jersey Globe has this report, along with an article headlined “Sundeep Iyer will succeed Feigenbaum as Solicitor General of New Jersey; Sherrill administration will elevate the 37-year-old appellate lawyer who clerked for three Supreme Court justices; Michael Zuckerman will move into senior attorney general’s post.”

“The Maduro Case May Be About to Take a Hairpin Turn”: Michael Rips has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“The Common Law and Citizenship in the Constitution: A Response to Linda Denno; Those who support Trump’s anti-birthright executive order have failed to produce definitive historical evidence from the founding, the antebellum period, and the ratification history of the Fourteenth Amendment to overturn the long understanding of citizenship as based on birthright.” John Yoo has this post at Civitas Outlook.

“Senate To Vote On Trump Court Pick Who Called Lindsey Graham A ‘Weak-Ass $$&&!’; Kara Westercamp, who also described Mitch McConnell as a ‘modern-day Benedict Arnold,’ is up for a lifetime seat on a powerful trade court”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

“Two Philly prosecutors accused DA Larry Krasner of telling them to ‘protect the office’ in a controversial appellate case; The striking accusations come as Krasner is under court scrutiny for his office’s actions in post-conviction cases”: Chris Palmer of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“DOJ Can Give Biden Recordings to Conservative Group, Court Rules”: Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News has this report.

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