“Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Could Face Challenge in Federal Courts; Legal experts say the former Army officer convicted in a 2009 mass shooting could face a narrow, rushed path to appeal a public execution by firing squad”: Abbie VanSickle and John Ismay of The New York Times have this report.

“Public executions are the work of tyrants. Now, the U.S. is joining in.” Columnist Lorraine Ali has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Senate Fact Finders Decry Costs of Migrant Detention at Guantánamo; The setup has cost more than $100 million, the study said; A recent inspection found nearly 450 government employees and zero detainees”: Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s most consequential cases of the new term”: Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Guantanamo Dispatch: All Four Defendants’ Confessions Are Now Suppressed in the 9/11 Case.” Carol Rosenberg has this post at the “Just Security” blog.

“Trump’s DOJ Is Hiring Only the Best MAGA Wing Nuts; A future Democratic president will have to do more than rehire a competent civil service, they’ll have to cleanse the federal bureaucracy of its Trumpist stench”: Jason Linkins has this essay online at The New Republic.

“How Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil; The president’s allies have sought to prove a ‘grand conspiracy’ through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry; It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence”: Alan Feuer and Glenn Thrush of The New York Times have this report.

“Supreme Court Recusals in Spotlight as Alito Drops From Oil Case”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“The Real Harm of a Public Execution: It is hard to appreciate how awful this viewing experience will be, until you have it.” Graeme Wood has this essay online at The Atlantic.

And Elizabeth Bruenig has an essay online at The Atlantic titled “Public Execution Won’t Have the Effect Trump Intends; Livestreaming Nidal Hasan’s death would only credit the Fort Hood shooter’s argument that this country is barbarous.”

“Florida Bar Exam Fees for Veteran Lawyers Ruled Constitutional”: Alex Ebert of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access today’s decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“New York prosecutors aim to keep Luigi Mangione state murder case alive; Mangione’s lawyers claim trying him on state murder charges would trigger double jeopardy since he already pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges”: Erik Uebelacker of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Trump, asked if he approved live-streaming execution, says ‘absolutely’; The Pentagon said this week that the execution by firing squad, scheduled for Dec. 3, would be live-streamed for the public to watch”: Maegan Vazquez, Natalie Allison, and Ian Duncan of The Washington Post have this report.

Peter Baker of The New York Times has a White House Memo headlined “For Trump, a Firing Squad on Livestream Becomes the Latest Spectacle; The idea seemed to surprise even some inside the Trump administration.”

Ad Courtney McBride of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Says ‘Making a Determination’ on Broadcasting Execution.”

“Year in Review: California Supreme Court 2025-2026; Highlights and key statistics from the 2025–2026 court year.” Judicial Council Public Affairs has posted this report at the California Courts Newsroom.

“Will NH Supreme Court scandal move voters? Democrats bet yes, skeptics doubt it; The resignation of New Hampshire’s chief justice is becoming a campaign issue, as Democrats press for action and experts question whether voters will make it a priority Nov. 3”: Kevin Landrigan of The New Hampshire Union Leader has this report.

And Garry Rayno of InDepthNH reports that “Supreme Court Denies Request to Delay Oral Arguments Challenged Over Issues Related to Martin Scandal.”

“Trump Says Title IX Excludes Trans Girls. The Supreme Court Could Weigh In Next. The nation’s high court already upheld state laws barring transgender girls from female athletics. It didn’t decide the flip side of that issue.” Mark Walsh of Education Week has this report.

“Alabama Supreme Court rules 7-0 for Tuberville, ends ‘residency hoax’ in courts for good”: Grayson Everett of Yellowhammer has this report.

You can access today’s per curiam decision of the Supreme Court of Alabama at this link.

“Supreme Court denies request to extend deadline for skill games; Under the court’s June 15 ruling, all skill games must be removed from businesses by Tuesday”: Peter Hall of Pennsylvania Capital-Star has this report.

You can access here and here today’s orders of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

And in other coverage, Andrew Seidman, Gillian McGoldrick, and Abraham Gutman of The Philadelphia Inquirer report that “‘Skill games’ could soon be seized from Pa. shops as Supreme Court deadline nears; Law enforcement officials are urging businesses that house the games to remove them from their premises; Unplugging the machines isn’t sufficient to comply with the law.”

“A Republican senator is holding up Trump’s judicial nominee. She hasn’t publicly explained why. Marsha Blackburn interviewed Samuel Adkisson in March. Now, her refusal to return a blue slip has left his nomination in limbo.” Patrick McNeil has this post at his “Nomination Notes” Substack site.

“QP1: Chief Justice Terry Adams; Questions Presented: A judge’s-eye view of appellate advocacy.” Andrew Gould has this post at his “1910 & Beyond” Substack site, along with a post titled “QP2: Chief Justice Tracy Christopher; Questions Presented: A judge’s-eye view of appellate advocacy.”

“Replacing Alito on the court? It’s if, not when; Democrats could choose to hold any Supreme Court vacancy open if they regain Senate control.” Michael Macagnone of The Hill has this report.

“Trump was right. There, I said it. Paid family leave, children’s savings accounts, cheaper drugs — and, yes, even Supreme Court justices. A reluctant accounting of what Trump got right.” Alex Beam has this essay online at The Boston Globe.

“With Trump’s praise, a new book and retirement buzz, eyes are on Justice Alito; Samuel A. Alito Jr., who has often been in the shadow of other conservative justices, has taken on new prominence as a champion for the president’s policies”: Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

“Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says; If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history”: Chris Cameron of The New York Times has this report.

Amy B Wang, Aoife Walsh, and Maegan Vazquez of The Washington Post report that “Fort Hood shooter’s execution will be live-streamed, Defense Dept. says; ‘We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it,’ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday about the firing squad execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan.”

And Lara Seligman and Anne Flaherty of The Wall Street Journal report that “Pentagon Says Fort Hood Shooter Execution Will Be Livestreamed; Hegseth says he wants to ensure ‘people are able to watch it’; firing squad is planned.”

“Justices confront internet privacy with Blockbuster-era law; The Supreme Court is taking on digital marketing next week in a case asking how federal consumer privacy rights apply when companies sell data for targeted advertising”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Supreme Court, for Now, Sides With Trump Administration in TV Ad Fight; The court paused a lower-court ruling while it considered the latest move in a monthslong fight over who is entitled to low rates for political ads”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Trump pulls SCOTUS back into war over TV ad rates for midterms; The justices are being asked to take up the fight over who should be able to buy political commercials at a discount.”

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

“The Seashells Case Against Comey at a Crossroads; A judge will soon rule on whether the former F.B.I. director must face trial for an Instagram post”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “The Docket” newsletter online at The New York Times.

“Douglass’s Two Constitutions: When Frederick Douglass began to appreciate the Constitution, it was a turning point in the drama of emancipation.” John O. McGinnis has this book review post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Harvard Law Library Book Talk | Supremacy: How Rule by the Court Replaced Government by the People.” Harvard Law School has posted this video on YouTube.

“Samuel Alito’s Tortured Attempts to Explain Himself; In the midst of his will-he-or-won’t-he retirement tour, the justice is at great pains to make his view of originalism make a lick of sense”: Matt Ford has this essay online at The New Republic.

And online at Reason, Damon Root has a post titled “Alito’s ‘Practical Originalism’ Doesn’t Sound Very Originalist; The conservative justice seems to favor the kind of results-oriented judging that originalists are supposed to oppose.”

“The Supreme Court Is Playing With Fire”: You can access today’s new installment of “The Conversation” between Emily Bazelon and David French online at The New York Times.

“Justice Alito Calls Out Empty Reporting From ‘Court Watcher’ Joan Biskupic; Biskupic no longer has any inside information so instead she is forced to make up reporting based on the Justice’s apparent body language”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Pepperdine Caruso School of Law Hosts US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, Judge Allison Jones Rushing, and Judge Andrew Oldham for Armand Arabian Advocacy Tournament”: Pepperdine Newsroom has published this news release.

“Justice Alito explains why he thought Clarence Thomas was ‘scary’”: Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times have this report, along with an article headlined “Justice Alito says ‘very little was done’ about intimidating protests.”

“SUNCOR Gets Complicated”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“‘Time for a Woman’: Ronald Reagan’s 1980 campaign pledge runs into a harsh reality.” Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.