“Trump reshaped the Supreme Court. Now emergency appeals are helping him reshape the government.” Mark Sherman and Chris Megerian of The Associated Press have this report.

“Where’s the U.S. border? Trump asks Supreme Court to decide.” Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has this report.

“Oklahoma Supreme Court quickly stays new law that would establish business courts”: Murray Evans of The Oklahoman has this report.

“New York rejects Texas attempt to punish doctor over abortion pills; Texas has sought to fine a New York-based doctor who allegedly prescribed mifepristone to a Dallas woman, in a case likely headed to the Supreme Court”: Praveena Somasundaram of The Washington Post has this report.

“What the left and right get wrong about Amy Coney Barrett; The Supreme Court justice is unpredictable to both liberals and conservatives”: Ilya Shapiro has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“West Virginia ban on abortion medication upheld”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.

David Ovalle and Praveena Somasundaram of The Washington Post report that “West Virginia’s near-total abortion pill ban upheld by federal court; The court upheld West Virginia’s 2022 law banning mifepristone for abortions in most cases.”

Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law reports that “West Virginia Gets Go-Ahead to Regulate Abortion Pill’s Use; Regulations of abortion-inducing pill don’t preempt state law; States have power to additionally regulate FDA-approved drugs.”

And Steve Garrison of Courthouse News Service reports that “Fourth Circuit upholds West Virginia ban on abortion pills; An appellate panel ruled that federal law did not preempt West Virginia’s ban on mifepristone in a victory for anti-abortion activists.”

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

“Trump’s DOJ Won’t Let Go of One of His Biggest Losers in Court. I Know Why.” Matthew Wollin has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Trump Administration Is Staffing Up With Nationwide Abortion Ban Zealots; Conservative activists have spent years pushing a fringe legal theory that could ban abortion nationwide; A pair of newly appointed White House lawyers could do exactly that”: Susan Rinkunas has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Mum’s the word on SCOTUS shadow docket; The Supreme Court’s concessions to President Trump have reignited complaints about the secrecy of shadow docket rulings”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

In commentary, online at Balls and Strikes, Jay Willis has an essay titled “The Conservative Justices Are Too Cowardly to Say What They Mean.”

Online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a Jurisprudence essay titled “The Supreme Court’s Latest Gift to Trump Is a Dark Turning Point.”

Online at The Atlantic, Quinta Jurecic has an essay titled “The Supreme Court Won’t Explain Itself; In their decision allowing the Trump administration to dismantle the Department of Education, the justices didn’t offer one word of reasoning.”

And online at Bloomberg Law, law professor Matthew Diller has an essay titled “Kavanaugh’s ‘Shadow Docket’ Stance Paints a Dangerous Picture.”

“The Supreme Court’s Silent Opinions Undermine Its Legitimacy; Without explanation, the majority blocked lower court orders halting President Trump’s dismantling of the Department of Education; That erodes the rule of law”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Bove Nomination Opposed by Judges Who Sat on the Same Bench; Timothy K. Lewis, Thomas I. Vanaskie joined over 75 ex-US, state judges; Bove has support from Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)”: Tiana Headley and Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Are the Courts Checking Trump — or Enabling Him? A former federal judge weighs in.” You can access today’s new episode of “The Opinions” podcast from The New York Times, featuring law professor Michael McConnell, via this link.

“Appeals Court Delays Decision on Contempt Plan in Deportation Case; The three-judge panel has allowed the case to languish in a kind of legal limbo, catching the eye of some legal experts”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

“Hunger Games for Legal Hackery”: You can access the new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“167. The Inconsistent Court Strikes Again; Comparing Monday’s unexplained grant of emergency relief in the Department of Education downsizing case to how the justices handled President Biden’s student loan program is . . . telling.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site, along with a post titled “166. Medina, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and the Spending Clause; The June 26 ruling allowing South Carolina to get away with kicking Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid is based on a troubling new presumption — and includes an even more alarming concurrence.”

“The Call Is Coming From Inside The Court; Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is pulling back the curtain on a lot of mischief at SCOTUS, and one Democratic senator says the court’s right-wing supermajority should be very worried about that”: You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“We Will Regret Not Standing Up to This Venomous Cruelty”: Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Judicial Notice (07.13.25): Bye Bye Bondi? Pam Bondi’s critics on the right, a $515 million legal fee, a judge’s humorous order, and more defections from Biglaw firms that folded to Trump.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Supreme Court Clears the Way for Trump’s Cuts to the Education Department; The move by the justices represents an expansion of executive power, allowing President Trump to dismantle the inner workings of a government department”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

And Justin Jouvenal, Laura Meckler, and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court allows deep layoffs at Education Department for now; A lower-court ruling had prevented Trump officials from slashing more than a third of the Education Department’s more than 4,100 workers.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley raised no money for reelection through end of June”: Anna Kleiber of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

“Senate confirms Trump’s first judicial nominee of his second term”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

Nate Raymond and Jack Queen of Reuters report that “Republican-led US Senate confirms Trump’s first second-term judicial nominee.”

Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law reports that “First Trump Judicial Pick of New Term Confirmed to Sixth Circuit; Whitney Hermandorfer confirmed by Senate, 46-42; Led Tennessee AG’s strategic litigation unit.”

Hailey Fuchs of Politico reports that “Senate confirms first new judge of Trump’s second term; The president does not have as many judicial vacancies to fill as he did during his first term in office.”

And Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service reports that “Senate confirms Sixth Circuit nominee Hermandorfer, first federal judge of Trump’s second term; Democrats warn the confirmation marks the beginning of the White House’s judicial agenda elevating federal court nominees who are loyal to Trump above all else.”

“Justice Department acts quickly to reverse nationwide blocks following Supreme Court win”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“One MAGA Judge’s Campaign for the Supreme Court Keeps Leading to Humiliation”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“How some Supreme Court decisions fractured the conservative supermajority; The conservatives splintered in more than a dozen cases in which some joined with the three liberals to form a majority”: Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

“Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Ban Faces New Peril: Class Actions; In last month’s decision limiting one judicial tool, universal injunctions, the court seemed to invite lower courts to use class actions as an alternative.” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“‘Egregious.’ ‘Brazen.’ ‘Lawless.’ How 48 Judges Describe Trump’s Actions, In Their Own Words.” The New York Times has published this editorial.

“The Fallout Is Growing on Trump’s Deals With Law Firms; The deals are looking worse and worse — for Trump and the law firms”: Ankush Khardori has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Appeals Court Overturns Plea Deal in 9/11 Case; The court found that Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III had the authority to invalidate a contract reached between the accused mastermind and a Pentagon official”: Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Court Quashes Sept. 11 Plea Bargains That Military Judge Had Approved; Ruling extends troubled Guantanamo prosecution over 2001 terrorist attacks.”

You can access today’s 125-page ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“Third Circuit nominee Emil Bove walks tightrope on Jan. 6, DOJ firings in Senate questionnaire; Bove, a top DOJ official involved in firing federal prosecutors who worked on Jan. 6 cases, condemned illegal activity but also criticized ‘overreach and heavy-handed tactics’ by federal law enforcement”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access the nominee’s responses at this link.

“Why State Supreme Court Justices Would Rather Be Federal Judges; Compensation, tenure, and other factors”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“The Supreme Court ‘kneecapped’ the lower federal courts. Or did it?” Nancy Gertner has this essay online at Boston’s WBUR.

“Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Chris Taylor sets early pace in fund-raising for 2026 race”: Jessie Opoien of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

“Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Telling the Truth About the Supreme Court; The task of interpreting the law is inherently ‘political’; But no justice has been this comfortable saying so in public”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Clarence Thomas has long tried to undercut the Voting Rights Act. Now, he may finally have the numbers.” Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

“Bonus 165: The Appeasement Thesis; One defense of the Court’s behavior on Trump-related emergency applications is that the justices are picking their battles; If so, the question becomes which battles they actually intend to fight.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.