* Senate Republicans take another step forward on repealing the Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare. [MedCity News]
* Shocker: President Donald Trump has no “tapes” of his conversations with James Comey. [Talking Points Memo]
* Our own Elie Mystal breaks down this morning’s Supreme Court decisions, in conversation with Brian Lehrer of WNYC. [WNYC]
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* And if you want to read the SCOTUS rulings for yourself, Howard Bashman has links to all of them. [How Appealing]
* Professor Ilya Somin explains how zoning and other land use controls exacerbate the affordable housing crisis. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]
* Professor Richard Re argues that Bivens isn’t dead — at least not yet. [PrawfsBlawg]
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* A great profile of a great rainmaker: Bill Carmody of Susman Godfrey. [Lawdragon]
* A Thomson Reuters tool that takes torture out of timekeeping. [LawSites]
David Lat is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law and the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at [email protected].