“The Secrecy in Courts Dilemma”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“8 in 10 Americans oppose live-streaming execution of Fort Hood shooter; A slim majority of the public supports using a firing squad to execute Nidal Malik Hasan, but most are against broadcasting it, a Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds”: Amy B Wang and Alauna Safarpour of The Washington Post have this report.

“A Houseboat Vacation and a Failed Courtship; How Sandra Day O’Connor made Reagan’s shortlist”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Bonus 257: Hard Questions About Court Expansion; Those who maintain that any Supreme Court reform *must* include Court expansion should have to answer some difficult questions about the precedent it would set and the effects it would produce.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“DC urges appeals court to end yearlong National Guard deployment in capital; In the 13 months since their deployment, patrolling troops have become a part of daily life in the District, with constant patrols and units stationed in metro stations and public spaces”: Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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

“Progressive Buyer’s Remorse; The left is rediscovering century-old arguments for crippling the Supreme Court”: Paul Moreno has this book review post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Ninth Circuit strikes down California ‘No Vigilantes Act’ as unconstitutional; The appellate panel found the California law is void insofar as it seeks to regulate the federal government without congressional authorization”: Edvard Pettersson of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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

“Appeals Court Debates Its Ability to Hear Immigration Challenge”: Olivia Alafriz of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access the audio of yesterday’s en banc oral argument of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

“Tillis mocked the Comey seashell prosecution. He OK’d Trump’s judicial nominees who worked on it. The North Carolina senator’s support is notable given his often-caustic relationship with the president.” Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

“11th Circuit sides with Florida over social media ban for minors; The federal appeals court decision bolsters the state’s ongoing battle against tech giants over children’s social media use”: Alex Pickett of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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

Circuit Judge Kevin C. Newsom wrote the decision, along with an interesting concurring opinion.