“Behind black robes, Supreme Court justices reveal colorful differences. Defying Trump. Breaking records. Solo dissents. Here’s how each Supreme Court justice stood out this term.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

“Putting the Civil Rights Act back on track; The Trump administration’s fight against unlawful disparate-impact liability is good for business and the Constitution”: T. Elliot Gaiser and Josh Craddock have this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Judges tour the Midwest to offer unusual warning about attacks on courts; All week, current and retired judges have spoken out about physical threats to judges and a rising tide of criticism from politicians and elected officials”: Cole Reynolds of The Washington Post has this report.

“Trump’s go-to attorneys take unusual steps for a sitting president; Trump was advised to fire Boris Epshteyn; Instead, Epshteyn is leading the president’s personal legal team”: Isaac Arnsdorf and Perry Stein of The Washington Post have this report.

“Under the Gavel 2026: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Most Recent Term in Review.” You can view the video of this recent event via this link.

“This Is a Lot More Worrying Than the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Executive Power”: David Lawrence has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Samuel Alito, a MAGA-Friendly Justice With a New Conservative Legal Vision; Samuel Alito is fusing establishment conservatism and the Trump movement into a new legal doctrine; His approach to the law may outlast them both”: James Romoser of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“A woman won $4 million playing the lottery. Then, her divorce case went to the Rhode Island Supreme Court. A previously undisputed divorce took a turn after one spouse got lucky.” Christopher Gavin of The Boston Globe has this report.

You can access the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island at this link.

“DHS’ Use of Force at Portland Facility Queried by Ninth Circuit”: Mallory Culhane of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Monique Merrill of Courthouse News Service reports that “Feds urge Ninth Circuit for continued tear gas use at Portland ICE facility; The appeals court previously stayed two preliminary injunctions that blocked federal agents from deploying tear gas and other chemical munitions outside the Portland ICE facility.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted the video of today’s oral argument on YouTube.

“What Happened to End Citizens United PAC v. FEC? The D.C. Circuit reheard the case en banc over sixteen months ago, but there’s still no opinion.” Jonathan H. Adler has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“The Conservative Justices Are Itching to Create a Constitutional Right to Buy an AR-15; The Trump White House joins the gun activists petitioning the Supreme Court to continue its rewrite of the Second Amendment”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Full Fifth Circuit Will Hear Challenge to Mandatory Detention”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link.

“How ‘skill games’ exploded across Pennsylvania — and sparked a multimillion-dollar political fight; Parx Casino and Pace-O-Matic spent millions battling over Pa. gambling policy; Lawmakers now must decide who wins”: Andrew Seidman of The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article that begins, “Shortly after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court dealt a legal blow to so-called skill games in June, the CEO of Parx Casino celebrated the decision and blamed the unregulated slot machine-like devices for attracting ‘rampant crime, money laundering, compulsive gambling and underage gambling.’”

“Work on Trump’s E. Jean Carroll Defamation Case Divides Sullivan & Cromwell; Law firm’s co-chairman assured partners it would stay out of the president’s appeal of sex-abuse and defamation cases; It reversed course after being asked by Trump’s personal lawyer”: C. Ryan Barber, Joe Palazzolo, and Josh Dawsey of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Democrats Forget the Supreme Court’s Purpose; The justices’ role is that of constitutional referee, not partisan policymaker”: Columnist James B. Meigs has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“Trump Bid for Birthright Redo Would Be ‘Longest of Long Shots’”: Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And John Fritze of CNN reports that “Trump seeks do-overs at a Supreme Court that rarely grants them.”

“The Supreme Court Isn’t Trump’s Lackey; Progressives advocating radical measures like court packing need to think again”: Charles Lane recently had this post at the “Persuasion” Substack site.

“Illinois Ban on AR-15s Is Constitutional, Seventh Circuit Rules”: Megan Crepeau of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

You can access today’s decision of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

“Clarence Thomas Doubled Down on Presidential Power; The conservative justice pushed for greater executive authority even in cases in which Trump won”: Damon Root has this post online at Reason.

“The Supreme Court Is Enabling Red States and Limiting Blue Ones”: Ronald Brownstein has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Roberts, Re, and the Accommodation; Stability as Judicial Self-Aggrandizement”: Beau Baumann has this post at his “Passing Political Time” Substack site.

“The Unbearable Lightness of a Todd Blanche Confirmation Fight; If the Senate doesn’t confirm Blanche, he can still run the Justice Department”: Eric Columbus has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Sotomayor and Abortion, Part 1; The political tide turns”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Trump lawyer Matthew Schwartz is about to be rewarded with a lifetime appellate court judgeship; The Senate is expected to vote on Tuesday to confirm Schwartz to the Second Circuit”: Patrick McNeil has this post at his “nomination notes” Substack site.

“SCOTUS Vibe Check”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“US appeals court rejects Trump’s latest bid to delay paying E Jean Carroll $5.8m; US president contested judge’s order to release money after Carroll’s 2023 sexual abuse and defamation trial against him”: Victoria Bekiempis of The Guardian has this report.

You can access yesterday’s single-judge order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

“The Conservative Justices Attached Some Major Strings to the Latest Decision On Presidential Power; The Supreme Court is not only transferring political power from Congress to the executive branch; It is also reserving a ton of political power for itself”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Texas Appeals Courts Feel Weight of Unexpected Case Influx”: Ryan Autullo of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Emil Bove’s Trump iPhone Wallpaper Might Be the Most Deranged Thing About Him; The list of reasons Trump’s former lawyer is unfit to hold judicial office just got longer and weirder”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Extremism in Defense of Stability is No Vice; Maximalism in Barbara and Cook”: Richard M Re has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

“Bonus 237: Looking Toward OT2026; None of the 24 cases currently on the Court’s ‘merits’ docket for its upcoming term involve high-profile Trump administration disputes; But at least three sets of those cases are coming—and quickly.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Supreme Court Term Review (feat. Sarah Isgur and Melissa Murray)”: The Blessings of Liberty with Jeffrey Rosen has posted this video on YouTube.

“Part of Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE’ Law Ruled Illegal by Appeals Court; The law limits teaching on race, gender and other topics; Part of the law related to colleges was struck down; It remains in effect in K-12 schools”: Vimal Patel of The New York Times has this report.

And Andrew Atterbury of Politico has an article headlined “‘Breathtaking assertion of power’: Appeals court slams door on Florida ‘Stop Woke’ law championed by DeSantis; The decision from a divided 2-1 panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit is a devastating, possibly final blow to the so-called Stop WOKE act touted by the DeSantis administration.”

You can access yesterday’s decision of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“An Interview with Raffi Melkonian; Appellate lawyer, dean of #AppellateTwitter, and DnDer”: Bradley Guin has this post at his “footnotes” Substack site.

“How Political Is This Supreme Court? The legal commentator Elie Honig thinks that the Trump-appointed Justices are getting unfair criticism.” Isaac Chotiner has this “Q&A” online at The New Yorker.