“Oklahoma Can Prohibit Trans Care Despite Parental Rights Fight”: Mary Anne Pazanowski and Maia Spoto of Bloomberg Law have this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued today.

“Secret Recording of Sotomayor in Switzerland Captures Liberal Justice Admitting ‘Mistake’ on Failure To Recuse for Multimillion-Dollar Book Deal; The court’s most senior liberal justice also muses on the prospects of a binding code of ethics and term limits”: A.R. Hoffman of The New York Sun has this report.

Yesterday, the organization Fix the Court posted online a news release titled “‘Virtually All of Us Are Committed’ to SCOTUS’s Ethics Code, Justice Sotomayor Tells Audience in Zurich; In a wide-ranging talk, the audio of which Fix the Court just unearthed, SCOTUS’s senior liberal said term limits could bring political balance to the bench — ‘a great value’ — and owned up to missing a recusal.”

You can access the audio recording via this link.

“Supreme Court, Justice Department push back on lower courts over emergency docket orders”: Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times have this report.

“NJ Prosecutor Fired to Make Way for Alina Habba Files Appeal”: Justin Wise and David Voreacos of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Federal Ban on Felons Possessing Guns Upheld by Fifth Circuit”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report on a ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

“Donald Trump and John Roberts Have a Lot in Common”: Columnist Jamelle Bouie has this essay online at The New York Times.

Access the contents of the Summer 2025 issue of The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process: Via this link.

“The state of America’s judiciary with Judge J. Michael Luttig”: You can access today’s broadcast of WBUR’s “On Point” via this link.

“U.S. Senator alleges two Trump-appointed judges are ‘stalling’ contempt proceedings”: Jan Wolfe of Reuters has this report.

“Music teacher who rejected transgender students’ chosen names can sue Indiana school”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued today.

“Indiana Ban on Out-of-State Wine Deliveries Upheld on Appeal”: Megan Crepeau of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a per curiam decision, accompanied by two concurring opinions, that a two-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued today.

“Kavanaugh was confirmed almost 7 years ago. The saga still haunts the Senate. The Senate’s contentious confirmation of Emil Bove to a lifetime judicial appointment shows how a painful moment in the chamber’s history still looms large.” Hailey Fuchs of Politico has this report.

“Samuel Alito will release new book next year, publisher says”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

“The Supreme Court Has Finally Found a President It Likes”: Columnist Thomas B. Edsall has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Federal judge issues injunction keeping Fayetteville schools from enforcing Ten Commandments law”: Daniel McFadin of The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has this report.

You can access yesterday’s decision of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas at this link.

“Feds contest Maryland judges’ immunity in immigration case; The Justice Department argues no other court in the country has issued standing orders resembling Maryland’s injunctions”: Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access the court filing at this link.

“Tribal Consumer Lender Fails to Get Sovereign Immunity on Appeal”: Alexis Waiss of Bloomberg News has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.

“Iowa Supreme Court shows deep divides in first cases over new gun rights amendment”: William Morris of The Des Moines Register has this report.

“New Firm Seeks to Confront Trump on Executive Power; The Washington Litigation Group is the latest nonprofit group to join the legal challenges against the president, with a strategy of focusing on appeals early in the case”: Eileen Sullivan of The New York Times has this report.

“Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice says spending in judicial races is ’cause for concern’”: Ariela Lopez of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

“Judges Openly Doubt Government as Justice Dept. Misleads and Dodges Orders; Legal experts say such concern from the bench could have a more systemic effect, eroding the healthy functioning of the courts”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

“As the Supreme Court Focuses on the Past, Historians Turn to Advocacy; Spikes in the number and influence of briefs filed by historians have prompted questions about the role scholars should play in litigation”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column online at The New York Times.

“A Texas Judge Is Suing For the Right to Ignore the Supreme Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Ruling; The Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that marriage is a fundamental right; Only Brian Umphress dares to ask the question: What if that doesn’t apply in Texas?” Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“This Attack on a Federal Judge Is Preposterous”: Nancy Gertner and Stephen I. Vladeck have this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Judicial Notice (08.03.25): Another Judge’s AI Fail? Plus more U.S. attorney controversies, a free-speech ruling from the Second Circuit, and big lateral moves involving Latham, Cravath, and Weil Gotshal.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“The Supreme Court Just Signaled Something Deeply Disturbing About the Next Term”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen, author of the “Election Law Blog,” has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“How the George Floyd Protests Changed America, for Better and Worse; In ‘Summer of Our Discontent,’ the journalist Thomas Chatterton Williams argues that Floyd’s murder in 2020 upended American racial politics — with lasting, often adverse effects”: Law professor Justin Driver has this book review online at The New York Times.

“Confirmation of Emil Bove a triumph of new over old; Trump’s judicial nominee overcomes 50-49 vote and last-minute character assassination attempts”: Mike Davis has this essay online at Fox News.

“Stacking the Bench with Creeps & Kooks”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“The Pain of Perfectionism: It’s the fault people humblebrag about in job interviews, but psychologists are discovering more and more about the real harm it causes.” Leslie Jamison has this Annals of Psychology article in the August 11, 2025 issue of The New Yorker.

“From marginal religious groups to mainstream Christians: Why some see a shift in Supreme Court cases; The court’s first case involving a Rastafarian highlights the role smaller religious groups have played in the court’s history, even as more cases come from mainstream Christian groups.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

“Racial Gerrymanders in the Dock; The Supreme Court will hear what could be a voting rights landmark”: This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Susan Crawford sworn in as Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, culminating priciest judicial race”: Anna Kleiber of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

And Erin McGroarty of The Cap Times of Madison, Wisconsin reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court’s new justice dons robe amid liberal joy.”

“Supreme Court signals it may rule on law protecting power of minority voters; The justices asked opposing parties in a battle over a Louisiana voting map to submit briefs addressing the matter”: Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“The Situation: A Bove the Law II; What to do about the Senate’s confirmation of a lawless judge.” Benjamin Wittes has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

And one day earlier, Wittes had a related post titled “The Situation: A Bove the Law; Another new low from Senate Republicans.”