“Appointment of New Clerk of Court for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit”: The Fifth Circuit issued this news release yesterday.

“Trump again asks Supreme Court to save USPS mail ballot plan after second lower court loss”: Kevin Rector of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Governor McKee picks Judge Luis M. Matos for R.I. Supreme Court, passing over former House speaker Shekarchi; Matos, who was born in Portugal, was appointed to the Superior Court by former governor Lincoln Chafee in 2012 and previously worked as an assistant US attorney”: Edward Fitzpatrick of The Boston Globe has this report.

And Ian Donnis of Ocean State Media reports that “McKee passes over Shekarchi, picks Luis Matos for RI Supreme Court.”

“Surprise hearing scheduled in Luigi Mangione’s case — sparking speculation of plea deal”: Ben Kochman of The New York Post has this report.

“Trump Plans to Tap Federal Trial Court Judge for Eighth Circuit”: Olivia Alafriz of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Dispatching Humphrey’s Executor; Charles Thach’s forgotten presidential history could have strengthened the case”: Christopher James Wolfe has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“The Supreme Court’s Recusal Rules Are Worthless; Cases involving the oil and gas industry are great for Justice Samuel Alito, a noted investor in the oil and gas industry”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Trump bullying of Lisa Cook doesn’t just show his lawlessness. It shows his weakness. The Supreme Court brushed back his attempt to fire the Fed governor once. But the president is hoping a loophole may give him another shot at retribution.” Columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr has this essay online at The Boston Globe.

“The FBI proved Comey’s innocence. The DOJ indicted anyway. In the seashells case, the FBI searched for proof that gangsters used ’86’ to mean ‘kill’ and that Comey knew it. Now an expert says their theory is ‘preposterous.’” Roger Parloff has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“NJ Justices Signal Trouble for Personal Info Takedown Law”: Alex Ebert of Bloomberg Law has a report (subscription required for full access) that begins, “New Jersey’s law prohibiting disclosure of public officials’ home addresses and phone numbers may violate the First Amendment due to the statute’s lack of an intent standard, the state’s high court ruled Wednesday as it sidestepped the constitutionality of the law itself.”

You can access today’s decision of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, on certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, at this link.

Update: In other news coverage, Nikita Biryukov of New Jersey Monitor reports that “NJ Supreme Court opinion on privacy law seen as win for data brokers.”

“Goldstein Unveils Cooley Appeal Team”: Jared Foretek of Law360 has this report (subscription required for access).

“Trump’s New White House Lawyer Embodies MAGA Mold in Second Term”: Justin Henry, Ryan Tarinelli, and Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law have this report.