“Pa. Supreme Court considering Pittsburgh’s ‘jock tax’ as city’s financial crisis deepens”: Hallie Lauer of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this report.

And Peter Hall of Pennsylvania Capital-Star reports that “Pa. Supreme Court grants limited appeal of ruling striking down Pittsburgh’s ‘jock tax.’”

You can access Monday’s order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania granting review at this link.

“Supreme Court’s Hand-Picked Advocate Argues for Killing Richard Glossip; Oklahoma’s attorney general believes Glossip’s conviction should be overturned; Chief Justice John Roberts chose a former clerk to argue that the AG is wrong”: Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith of The Intercept have this report.

You can access the brief at this link.

“SCOTUS conservatives made clear they will consider anything. The right heard them. Three moves this week show how the real lesson of this Supreme Court term isn’t what most journalists were writing about.” Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

“KY clerk who denied marriage licenses to gay couples wants Supreme Court ruling overturned”: Karla Ward of The Lexington Herald Leader has a report that begins, “Former Rowan County clerk Kim Davis is arguing in federal appeals court that the Supreme Court decision on gay marriage should be overturned, and she should not have to pay a judgment to one of the couples she denied a marriage license.”

And Sarah Ladd of Kentucky Lantern reports that “Kim Davis’ legal counsel moves to make her appeal a springboard for overturning marriage rights.”

You can access at this link Kim Davis’s brief for appellant filed Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

“FCC Broadband Subsidy Scheme Unconstitutional, 5th Circuit Says; Court: FCC subsidy scheme an unconstituional ‘tax’; Private company’s role in scheme also problematic”: Ufonobong Umanah of Bloomberg Law has this report on a 9-to-7 en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

“US Judge Recounts Security Concerns After Trump Election Ruling; Stephanos Bibas recounted angry calls after election ruling; His 2020 decision rejected Trump campaign bid to nix ballots”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

“Federal Circuit Panel Urges Extension of Newman’s Suspension; Recommendation would leave judge sidelined through late 2025; Newman has responded to investigation with lawsuit and appeal”: Michael Shapiro of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Blake Brittain of Reuters reports that “Panel calls for suspension to continue for 97-year-old US appeals judge.”

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit posted online a web page titled “Release of Materials in Judicial Investigation” containing links to various materials, including the Redacted Report and Recommendation of the Special Committee.

“GOP states’ effort to restrict abortion pill rebuffed by appeals court”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Biden Favors Younger Judges in Shift From Previous Democrats; Over half of Biden’s appeals court appointments under 50; Shift continues Trump-era practice to choose younger judges”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Constitutional warning shot for social media ‘deplatforming’ laws; If the right case ever does arrive at the Supreme Court, laws like those in Florida and Texas will likely be destroyed”: Damon Root has this essay online at Freethink.

“J&J Allies With Mass-Tort Specialists to Seal $8 Billion Talc Settlement; Votes from the weakest talc claims against Johnson & Johnson could help the company end mass cancer lawsuits in bankruptcy court”: Andrew Scurria, Erin Mulvaney, and Alexander Gladstone of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Harris reinvigorates effort to frame election around abortion rights; Democrats view Vice President Harris as a more effective messenger on abortion than President Biden”: Rachel Roubein and Yasmeen Abutaleb of The Washington Post have this report.

And Erika Edwards and Bracey Harris of NBC News report that “Harris’ frank talk about abortion and its impact on women’s health might energize voters; Republicans could be forced to revisit the topic of abortion if Vice President Kamala Harris becomes the Democratic nominee for president.”

“Kamala Harris said 19 words in 2018 that taught us all we need to know. Curious about what kind of candidate she’ll be? Her dismantling of Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his confirmation hearing is worth a rewatch.” Columnist Monica Hesse has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“$30 million gift will fund center to push for Supreme Court overhaul; Private equity investor Jim Kohlberg will fund research, public outreach and policy advocacy on the Supreme Court, through the Brennan Center for Justice”: Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

“The Federal Judiciary Is Looking the Other Way On Workplace Sexual Harassment; As it turns out, a wildly unethical judiciary thinks itself above the law in more ways than one”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Can Biden top Trump’s number of judicial appointments?” Russell Wheeler has this post online at The Brookings Institution.

“Donna Adelson back in court as her trial in Dan Markel’s murder nears”: Elena Barrera of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“Chief Judge Michael A. Chagares of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit announced the launch today of a new website devoted to preserving and presenting the history of the Court.” So begins a news release that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.

You can access the website at this link. Conspicuously, the court’s implementation of a 5 p.m. filing deadline doesn’t appear yet on the Milestones page.

“Tossing Trump’s case was risky for Judge Cannon — at least for now; Judge Aileen Cannon sidestepped key legal rulings to find that special counsel Jack Smith was improperly appointed to investigate Donald Trump”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

“Bush Extends Olive Branch to Senate Democrats; But new era of good feelings doesn’t last long”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Amicus Citations in OT 2022 and 2023”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Judicial Notice (07.21.24): Lady Maga? J.D. Vance’s high-powered spouse, a Ninth Circuit judge’s benchslap of his colleagues, a big-ticket deal in legal tech, and Willkie’s winning ways.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“9th Circuit’s Unusually Low Reversal Rate This Supreme Court Term Doesn’t Tell Full Story”: Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has this report.

“The Hubris and Hackery of Aileen Cannon”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.

And at his “Adam’s Legal Newsletter” Substack site, Adam Unikowsky has a post titled “Don’t be a visionary; Why Judge Cannon should have gone with the flow.”

“SCOTUS Doesn’t Have To Be This Way; One of the world’s most respected jurists compares the US Supreme Court to the most widely cited western democratic high court — Canada’s”: You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“Supreme Court is embracing reason and compromise”: George Liebmann has this essay online at The Baltimore Sun.

“The Supreme Court is power hungry. There is one sure way to rein it in.” Law professor Aaron Tang has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Trump is poised to bypass his legal woes thanks to judges he appointed; The string of victories reflects luck and timing”: Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.

“Why Yale Law Is So Good at Producing Reactionaries Like JD Vance: The tiny, liberal program accounts for a surprising number of conservative politicians and Supreme Court justices.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“The Supreme Court Can’t Outrun Clarence Thomas’ Terrible Guns Opinion”: Law professor Barry Friedman and Dahlia Lithwick have this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Republican Attorneys General Just Want the Supreme Court to Make Them Feel Good; Red-state officials keep filing dubious lawsuits that invoke the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction, hoping their ideological allies will resolve partisan disagreements in their favor”: Joshua Perry has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Pro-Lifers Helped Bring Trump to Power. Why Has He Abandoned Us?” Patrick T. Brown has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“US appeals court to reconsider ban on felons possessing guns”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report on an order granting rehearing en banc, and the dissent therefrom, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Full Fifth Circuit Sides With Mississippi’s Felon Voting Ban; En banc court rejected claims provision is ‘cruel and unusual’ punishment; Majority said ban can only be changed through legislation”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a 13-to-6 en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

“You may not know the name, but Bill Baird is the ‘father’ of birth control”: Jeffrey Fleishman of The Los Angeles Times has this report.