“You Should See the Other Guy”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link.

“Federal District Court Denies DOJ’s Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order in California Ballot Case; What’s Next?” Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”

You can access today’s decision of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California at this link.

In other coverage, Kevin Rector and Brittny Mejia of The Los Angeles Times report that “Judge denies feds’ request to block 20,000 California ballots in blistering opinion.”

Shawn Hubler of The New York Times reports that “Judge Rejects Trump Officials’ Bid to Set Aside California Ballots; The judge ruled that no immediate action was necessary, dealing another setback to the administration as it moves to target voting by noncitizens.”

Patrick Marley of The Washington Post reports that “Judge rejects Justice Department bid to set aside California ballots; U.S. District Judge David O. Carter cites ‘longstanding constitutional principles’ in refusing DOJ request to set aside ballots from what it suspects are noncitizens.”

And Edvard Pettersson of Courthouse News Service reports that “Judge rejects Trump bid to sequester votes by ’noncitizens’ in California; The Trump administration has frequently claimed without evidence that California allows noncitizens to register to vote — and that they do so.”

“Carol Rosenberg on the Past and Future of Guantanamo’s Military Courts”: Just Security has posted this video on YouTube.

“The Trump DOJ’s Latest Absurd Charge Against Comey; For the judge in the case, this is not a hard one”: Andrew C. McCarthy has this essay online at National Review.

“Parents of Sandy Hook victims ask Supreme Court to uphold assault-rifle ban; The friend-of-the-court brief comes ahead of a major case that will test the constitutionality of state laws barring the sale of the popular rifle that has also been used in many mass shootings”: Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

You can access the amicus brief at this link.

“Justice Department Push Against Trump’s Foes Reaches Higher Gear; Prosecutors have been feeling pressure to make progress on president’s priorities before Election Day”: Sadie Gurman, Dave Michaels, and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Perry Stein and Jeremy Roebuck of The Washington Post report that “Comey, Hutchinson and more Trump foes are in Justice Dept.’s pre-election sights; Todd Blanche has had some of his busiest weeks as attorney general ahead of the election, cannonballing into politically fraught cases as the president cheers him on.”

And Devlin Barrett of The New York Times has an article headlined “Here Are the U.S. Attorneys Who Are Carrying Out Trump’s Grievance Agenda; Together, they have pursued cases against the president’s enemies and protesters and amplified false claims of widespread election fraud, often citing thin evidence.”

“Doctor argues North Carolina overshoots federal medication abortion rules; The preemption case — how far states can go in regulating certain medications without trampling on FDA authority — could have far-reaching impacts on high-risk drugs”: Sydney Haulenbeek of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access the oral argument audio on YouTube.

“Can the Attorney General Remove Assistant U.S. Attorneys at Will? Judge Furman holds that the attorney general cannot fire an assistant U.S. attorney without cause, and that Article II does not change that.” Nick Bednar has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Alvin K. Hellerstein, Federal Judge Who Oversaw Maduro Case, Dies at 92; Judge Hellerstein died on Wednesday morning. He was appointed in 1998 and was overseeing the trial of Nicolás Maduro”: Santul Nerkar and Benjamin Weiser of The New York Times have this report.

And Erica Orden of Politico reports that “Judge overseeing Maduro case dies; Alvin Hellerstein was 92.”

“Texas Judge’s Racial Comments to Lawyer Sparked Investigation”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has an article that begins, “A lawyer’s misconduct complaint against US District Judge Ada Brown stemmed from a hearing during which she repeatedly directed racial insults at him, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg Law.”

“At 4th Circ., DOJ Admits But Downplays Goldstein Trial Errors”: Jeff Overley of Law360 has this report (subscription required for full access).

You can access the prosecution’s Brief for Appellee filed yesterday at this link.

Update: In other coverage, Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law reports that “DOJ Admits Confusion While Denying Tom Goldstein Trial Error” (subscription required for full access).