“Montana Ban Would Strike at Political Spending, and the Supreme Court; A measure aimed at stemming the tide of corporate money in politics will be on the November ballot; Opponents say it violates a high court ruling”: Neil Vigdor of The New York Times has this report.

“Ninth Circuit overturns order requiring Oregon to house transgender women in women’s prisons; A three-judge panel made up of Trump appointees scolded a magistrate judge for relying on ‘stale statistics’ and engaging in ‘baseless speculation’”: Hillel Aron of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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

“Blanche’s Political Campaigning Breaks an Ethical Norm Going Back to Watergate; The attorney general’s campaign politicking for Republicans adds to the degradation of post-Watergate values at the Justice Department”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“Phone Searches at Border Without Cause Upheld by Circuit Court”: Andrew Kreighbaum of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

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

“Missouri election map hearing could tee up fresh Supreme Court scrutiny; Justices have already weighed in twice on the fate of the gerrymandered map, which would give Missouri Republicans an edge in seven U.S. House districts, compared to one for Democrats”: Joe Harris of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Barrett Sidesteps Question About Trump Attacks on Supreme Court”: Holly Barker and Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Senate Democrats dodge on SCOTUS strategy in post-midterm majority scenario; Democrats weren’t willing to say whether they would engage in partisan gamesmanship to block a future Trump Supreme Court pick should they retake the Senate this year, following a warning from the party’s outgoing No. 2”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Are Trump’s Official Papers His Personal Property? The administration argues that presidential papers are like those of Supreme Court justices.” Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “The Docket” newsletter online at The New York Times.

“Looking Ahead to the Supreme Court Term”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Justice Sotomayor concerned Americans may not be able to ‘keep’ republic”: Randy Krehbiel of The Tulsa World has this report.

And Megan Crepeau of Bloomberg Law reports that “Sotomayor Renews Sharp Criticism of Expanding Presidential Power.”

“Trump Makes Fewer Asian American Judicial Picks in Second Term”: Olivia Alafriz of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Bonus 250: Reining in Military Jurisdiction; A lot of my scholarship, and an increasing amount of my litigation work, has centered on the jurisdiction of military courts — and my (minority?) view that it should be far narrower than it is today.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.