“GirlsDoPorn boss flips plea to guilty on sex trafficking charges; After being on the run for three years, GirlsDoPorn boss Michael James Pratt was extradited to the U.S. to face multiple felonies, including charges of coercion, sex trafficking and production of child pornography”: Sam Ribakoff of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Laurel Libby seeks reinstatement of her right to speak on House floor; The Republican from Auburn had her voting rights temporarily restored by the U.S. Supreme Court last month, but she still can’t speak during floor debates while her suit against Speaker Ryan Fecteau over her censure proceeds”: Lila Hempel-Edgers of The Portland Press Herald has this report.

Steve Mistler of Maine Public Radio reports that “High court order looms in appellate court arguments as Rep. Laurel Libby tries to end censure.”

And Nick Rummell of Courthouse News Service reports that “First Circuit wary of restoring voting ban on anti-trans Maine lawmaker; Maine Republican Laurel Libby lost the right to vote on state laws after she criticized a transgender high school athlete by name and posted a photo of her online, sparking violent threats.”

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

“Ranking Trump’s SCOTUS Shortlist (Mainly) by Their Writings; You may have seen these names before, but you have not seen this type of analysis”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Legalytics” Substack site.

“Why We Have So Many Former Federal Appellate Judges on the Supreme Court: Explaining the dramatic shift.” Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Trump Attacked One of His Top Allies Out of the Blue. We Know Why.” Law professor Aziz Huq has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Whitney Hermandorfer Dropped Three Big Hints That She’ll Let Trump’s Lawlessness Slide; The Sixth Circuit nominee seemed very confused about whether the Constitution applies to the president who picked her”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“What Should We Make of Justice Kavanaugh’s Snope Opinion? Distinguishing two different questions about the constitutionality of assault weapons bans.” William Baude has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

And online at Balls and Strikes, Madiba K. Dennie has a post titled “Brett Kavanaugh Is Almost Ready to Create a Legal Right to AR-15s; The Court turned away two cases from gun activists this week. But Kavanaugh assured them that the Court would probably ‘address the AR–15 issue soon, in the next Term or two.’”

“This Is the True Danger of Trump’s Tariffs”: Law professor Michael W. McConnell has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Judge Orders Trump Administration to Take Steps to Give Due Process to Deported Migrants; The judge also said the men, expelled under the Alien Enemies Act, were likely to prevail in their claims that they had been treated unfairly, deported with no chance to contest their removals”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

Jeremy Roebuck of The Washington Post has an article headlined “Judge: Migrants sent to Salvadoran prison need chance to challenge removals; U.S. Judge James E. Boasberg said deportees were ‘plainly deprived’ of their right to contest their removals before being flown to a Salvadoran prison in March.”

Mariah Timms of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Trump Administration Must Address Rights of Migrants Sent to El Salvador, Judge Rules; Decision sets up another showdown between Trump administration, courts over use of wartime law to remove hundreds of people.”

And Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Judge orders due process for illegal immigrants deported to El Salvador’s terrorist prison.”

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

“Trump nominees for judgeships face scrutiny of youth, lack of experience”: Erin Mansfield of USA Today has this report.

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Senators battle it out over Trump, rule of law during first appeals court nominee’s hearing.”

Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Trump appellate court nominee defends experience at US Senate hearing.”

Hailey Fuchs of Politico reports that “Confirmation process begins for Trump’s first judicial nominees; The Trump administration has fewer vacancies to fill this time around but still wants to put a conservative tilt on the federal bench.”

And Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service reports that “ABA sidelined as Trump’s first federal judges go under the Senate knife; The president’s current picks for a key appellate court vacancy and a group of federal courts are the first nominees in decades not to receive a rating from the country’s foremost legal professional organization.”

You can access the video of today’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing via this link.

“Emil Bove will be a great judge”: Law professor Robert Luther III has this essay online at Washington Examiner.

“Chief justice delivers traditional toast to president at Historical Society dinner; Chief Justice Roberts’s toast appeared somewhat jarring for the law firm summer associates and young lawyers in attendance, who exchanged quizzical looks”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

“Mexico’s Supreme Court Looks Set to Be Dominated by One Party; In a divisive and far-reaching election pushed by the governing Morena party, Mexicans voted for thousands of judges at every level on Sunday, remaking the courts”: Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and James Wagner of The New York Times have this report.

“Trump’s First Judicial Nominees Have Federalist Society Ties; Sixth Circuit, Missouri trial court picks are FedSoc members; Trump lashed out at group’s ex-chair Leo for bad nominations advice”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Group That Won Trump Trade Ruling Wants Tariffs Halted During Appeal”: Erik Larson of Bloomberg News has this report.

“National Trial Lawyer Hagan Scotten Joins Hueston Hennigan in New York”: Hueston Hennigan LLP issued this news release yesterday.

“When Donald Trump and Sheldon Whitehouse Agree: The leftwing Senator is delighted by the President’s attack on Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“Trump Rescinds Biden Policy Requiring Hospitals to Provide Emergency Abortions; At issue is how to interpret a federal law barring hospitals from turning away poor or uninsured patients”: Sheryl Gay Stolberg of The New York Times has this report.

“Senators trade barbs as GOP deepens cross-examination of judiciary; Lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee came to blows as Republicans doubled down against nationwide injunctions from federal judges and cast doubt on Democrats sounding the alarm about the safety of jurists”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.

Today’s hearing of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee was titled “The Supposedly ‘Least Dangerous Branch’: District Judges v. Trump.” You can view the video of today’s hearing at this link.

“Court docs: Jailhouse snitch alleged Donna Adelson offered to pay for witness testimony.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“Tom Girardi — disgraced legal titan, former ‘Real Housewives’ husband — sentenced to 7 years in prison”: Harriet Ryan of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“A Stephen Miller Staffer and Tough Talk: Inside Trump’s Latest Attack on Harvard; The Justice Department opened an investigation into the student-run Harvard Law Review; The startling accusations show how the Trump administration is wielding power in pursuit of its political agenda.” Michael S. Schmidt and Michael C. Bender of The New York Times have this report.

And Aaron Sibarium of The Washington Free Beacon has an article headlined “CYA: Harvard Law Review Editors Spin New Narrative About Racial Preferences in Wake of Free Beacon Reports.”

“The Supreme Court should livestream opinion announcements”: Kit Beyer has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Trump overshadows Supreme Court as ruling season begins; The justices are increasingly juggling emergency cases related to the Trump administration’s policies as the court begins the period when it usually issues its biggest rulings”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

“Trump privately complains about Amy Coney Barrett and other Supreme Court justices he nominated”: Kristen Holmes and John Fritze of CNN have this report.

“The Right-Wing Culture Warriors Who Are Becoming Federal Judges; As an opinion columnist for his college newspaper, Josh Divine established himself as a conservative ideologue who never encountered a culture war he wouldn’t fight”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Low Turnout in Mexico’s Far-Reaching Judicial Election Fuels Legitimacy Concerns; Nearly 90 percent of voters did not cast ballots on Sunday, one of the lowest turnouts in any federal election since Mexico became a democracy”: Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, James Wagner, and Simon Romero of The New York Times have this news analysis.

“Four Justices for AR-15s . . . Next Time; The Court ‘should and presumably will address the AR-15 issue soon’”: The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“‘No more woke nonsense,’ former Alabama Supreme Court justice vows as he enters AG’s race”: Mike Cason of Alabama Media Group has this report.

“Trumpifying Federal Courts: The president’s attacks on the Federalist Society and his nomination of Emil Bove.” Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith have posted this video at their “Executive Functions” Substack site.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has posts titled “What Message Does Emil Bove’s Nomination Send To Justices Thomas and Alito? Do you really think Justices Thomas and Alito would prefer another Justice Barrett?”; “David French Is Right: Judges Do Seek The ‘Respect’ Of Their Peers; And that is the problem”; and “New Deal Justices and MAGA Justices: FDR appointed Hugo Black because he was a ‘thumping, evangelical New Dealer’; Why can’t Trump want a ‘thumping, evangelical MAGA warrior’?”

“Supreme Court Turns Down Challenge to Ban on Semiautomatic Rifles; The case from Maryland was the court’s latest opportunity to apply its recently announced history-based test for assessing the constitutionality of gun control laws”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“It’s Officially Bad Decision Season”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Supreme Court Leaves Intact ‘Assault Weapons’ Bans for Now”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

And in commentary, online at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “Justice Kavanaugh to Second Amendment: We’re Really Busy Now, Come Back In A Year Or Two.”

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in four cases and called for the views of the Solicitor General in three cases.

In Nicholson v. W.L. York, Inc., No. 23-7490, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a dissent, in which Justice Sonia Sotomayor joined, from the denial of certiorari.

And in Snope v. Brown, No. 24-203, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh issued a statement respecting the denial of certiorari, while Justice Clarence Thomas issued a dissent from the denial of certiorari. Justices Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and Neil M. Gorsuch also noted that they would have granted certiorari.

“155. What District Court Critics Aren’t Telling You: The increasingly loud claim that district courts are abusing their powers by blocking Trump administration policies depends upon a series of indefensibly selective (and easily rebutted) arguments.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.