“A Senators-Only Right to Sue in Shutdown Deal; In their legislation reopening the government, senators awarded themselves a legal power to sue the government that should be universal”: Anya Bidwell and Patrick Jaicomo have this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“Judging The Justice System In The Age Of Trump: Nancy Gertner.” You can access the new episode of David Lat’s “Original Jurisdiction” podcast via this link.

“Gorsuch Joins Sotomayor as Supreme Court Children’s Author”: Justin Wise of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Justice Dept. Struggled to Find Lawyers to Handle Maurene Comey Suit; Ms. Comey, the daughter of the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey, sued the Trump administration after she was abruptly fired; Now the U.S. attorney in Albany has agreed to take the case”: Jonah E. Bromwich and William K. Rashbaum of The New York Times have this report.

“Judge will rule soon on Comey and James effort to disqualify prosecutor; U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie appeared skeptical that Lindsey Halligan had been lawfully appointed as U.S. attorney”: Jeremy Roebuck and Salvador Rizzo of The Washington Post have this report.

C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Prosecutor in James Comey, Letitia James Cases Faces Test of Legitimacy; Judge considers whether Trump administration legally appointed Lindsey Halligan, who quickly brought charges president wanted.”

Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico report that “Judge appears skeptical of Lindsey Halligan’s appointment as interim US attorney; A ruling against Halligan could threaten the cases she brought against James Comey and Letitia James.”

Chris Strohm and Jimmy Jenkins of Bloomberg News report that “Trump Foes Comey, James Dispute Prosecutor’s Authority in Court.”

And Gary Grumbach, Fiona Glisson, and Gabrielle Khoriaty of NBC News report that “Judge appears skeptical of DOJ arguments for keeping Lindsey Halligan as prosecutor in James Comey and Letitia James cases; Attorneys for Comey and James argued that Halligan is unlawfully serving as acting U.S. attorney and therefore the indictments against the pair should be thrown out.”

“Halligan in the hot seat as Comey, James move to disqualify her as interim US attorney; A judge will hear arguments Thursday on the validity of Lindsey Halligan’s appointment to lead the Eastern District of Virginia”: Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report.

Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward of Reuters report that “Trump foes Comey, James to challenge appointment of US attorney.”

And Alexander Mallin, Katherine Faulders, and Nicholas Kerr of ABC News report that “Attorneys for Comey, James set to challenge appointment of Trump-installed prosecutor; Lawyers for the two will argue that Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed.”

“Bonus 192: The Court vs. the Circuit Justice; Tuesday’s ruling in the SNAP case appears to be the second example in seven months (and for quite some before that) of the full Supreme Court taking an application away from the circuit justice.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Trump v. James and Maurene Comey”: Jeffrey Toobin has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“GOP Senator Blocks Trump Judge Picks to Get Tribe Recognized”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Making Sense of the Emergency Appropriations Decisions”: Zachary S. Price has this post at the blog of the Harvard Law Review.

“AJEI Indoctrinates Judges in Trans Ideology”: Ed Whelan has this post at the “Bench Memos” blog of National Review.

“How the Supreme Court Defines Liberty: Recent memoirs by the Justices reveal how a new vision of restraint has led to radical outcomes.” Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“Abortion Has Remained Mostly Accessible. That May Soon Change.” The New York Times has published this editorial.

“Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director; In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation and squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet”: Sadie Gurman, Aruna Viswanatha, Josh Dawsey, and Jack Gillum of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Supreme Court Extends Order Allowing Limits on Food Stamp Payments; The justices allowed the Trump administration to withhold full benefits for two more days while Congress worked to advance a government funding bill”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

Mark Berman of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court extends pause on order requiring full SNAP payments; The Trump administration has twice asked the Supreme Court in recent days to stop other judges from forcing it to fully fund SNAP benefits for November.”

And Lydia Wheeler and Sabrina Siddiqui of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Extends Pause on SNAP Funding Order; Brief extension comes as government shutdown near a resolution in Congress.”

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

“The Supreme Court Just Took a Scary Voting Case That Has Trump Salivating. He Might Be Disappointed.” Law professor Richard L. Hasen has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Supreme Court’s Silence on Gay Marriage Speaks Volumes”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Conservatives Take a Victory Lap at Federalist Society Event”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Jordan Fischer, Suzanne Monyak, and Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law have a report headlined “‘CrossFit Meets Shooting’ in Judge VanDyke’s Off-Bench Hobby.”

And in commentary, online at Bloomberg Opinion, law professor Barbara McQuade has an essay titled “This Justice Department Is Redefining Who the Enemy Is.”

“Pillen appoints Derek Vaughn to Nebraska Supreme Court”: Fred Knapp of Nebraska Public Media has this report.

And Zach Wendling of Nebraska Examiner reports that “Pillen appoints first justice of color to Nebraska Supreme Court; ‘I’m ready to pull my sleeves up and ready to get to work,’ Justice-designate Derek Vaughn says.”

“Marriage Ruling Relieves Gay Americans and Leaves Conservatives Pledging New Challenges; The Supreme Court chose not to revisit a case involving same-sex marriage; The number of married same-sex couples has doubled in the last 10 years”: Amy Harmon of The New York Times has this report.

“Gov. Kay Ivey appoints legal advisor Will Parker to Alabama Supreme Court”: Anna Barrett of Alabama Reflector has this report.

“Supreme Court to Hear Major Challenge to Mail-In Ballot Laws; The justices agreed to hear a challenge to Mississippi’s law, a case that could upend similar measures in dozens of states before the 2026 election”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

And Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court to decide if mail-in ballots may arrive after Election Day; An appeals court found that federal law requires all ballots to be received by Election Day.”

“Trump administration asks Supreme Court to intervene in SNAP fight again; A lower-court judge had ordered the Trump administration to release November food assistance benefits in full”: Mark Berman and Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post have this report.

“Trump Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Verdict in E. Jean Carroll Case; The president said the assertions behind a judgment that he sexually abused and defamed the writer were ‘implausible’ and ‘unsubstantiated’”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

“Justice Department struggles as thousands exit — and few are replaced; The Justice Department has lost thousands of experienced attorneys and backfilled a fraction of the open jobs, in part because of a lack of qualified candidates”: Perry Stein of The Washington Post has this report.

“Trump Could Have Sent Military to Chicago, Official Tells Court”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Prison Guards Shaved His Dreadlocks. The Supreme Court Seems Skeptical He Can Sue. Lower courts condemned the treatment of Damon Landor, a Rastafarian, but found that a federal law protecting religious rights barred him from suing prison officials for money.” Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

“Immigrant detention firm seeks immunity in case before Supreme Court; A lower court denied Geo Group’s claim that it couldn’t be sued for allegations of forced labor in an ICE detention center because it was acting in the government’s interest”: Douglas MacMillan of The Washington Post has this report.

“Chief Justice Roberts Faces Career-Defining Decision on Trump; Supreme Court’s tariff case comes as the chief is under pressure from the president, the public and other judges”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“DOJ urges Seventh Circuit to block order on immigration agents’ excessive force; The Justice Department looked to the appeals court to block a federal judge’s order that prohibits federal immigration authorities from using excessive force”: Caitlyn Rosen of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“No, Justice Alito, Leapfrogging Courts Doesn’t ‘Make More Sense’”: Law professor Allison Orr Larsen has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.

“Former Judicial Clerks: Creating Legacies for Generations; A pattern of strategic succession is reshaping the federal judiciary, with judges increasingly replaced by their former clerks — cementing legal philosophies for generations.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Legalytics” Substack site.

“Trump Changes How Judicial Nominees Get Publicly Revealed”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision; Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, had asked the court to reconsider its landmark 2015 opinion”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

“Will SCOTUS Say No to Trump’s Tariffs?” You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.