“DHS Lawyer Faces Ethics Complaint Over ‘Worst’ Judges Posts”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Prosecutors claim Comey posted ‘86 47’ seashell photo to boost book sales; The Justice Department’s motion comes in response to James Comey’s effort to have charges against him dismissed as vindictive prosecution”: Perry Stein of The Washington Post has this report.

“Blanche’s DOJ Deputy Options Risk Renewed Settlement Fund Fight”: Ben Penn of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“‘No serious dispute’ that Comey’s seashell post could be read as a Trump threat, prosecutors say”: Eric Tucker of The Associated Press has this report.

And Celine Castronuovo of Bloomberg Law reports that “DOJ Maintains Comey Seashells Post Was Threat to Trump’s Life.”

Yesterday’s prosecution filings can be accessed here, here, here, and here.

“ICE’s wins on mandatory detention come from just a handful of judges; Trump’s second-term appointees have sided with the administration more than 60 percent of the time — twice the rate of his first-term judges”: Kyle Cheney and Jessie Blaeser of Politico have this report.

“The Administrative State Is on Life Support, but It’s Not Dead; How Donald Trump and the Supreme Court’s conservative justices fundamentally changed the federal government — and what to do about it”: Ankush Khardori has this post at his “OPENfile” site.

“A Missile Alert Half a World Away Interrupts Court Hearing at Guantánamo; A possible expert witness was hurried off a video feed after an emergency alert in Dubai, near the Strait of Hormuz, a flashpoint in the U.S.-Iran war”: Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.

“Harvard Students Can Cope With Getting a B”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Seventh Circuit dumps ban on abortion info for minors; Indiana’s ‘aid-or-assist’ statute prohibits doctors and abortion providers from sharing information about out-of-state abortions with minors without parental consent or court approval”: Caitlyn Rosen of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access today’s decision of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, consisting of a majority opinion and an opinion concurring in the judgment, at this link.

“Fourth Circuit upholds injunction barring immigration arrests at some houses of worship; The injunction, which applies to groups of Quakers, Sikhs and Cooperative Baptists, blocks a new policy that gives immigration officials discretion to conduct enforcement actions in sensitive areas like places of worship”: Joe Dodson of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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

“Trump’s Ballroom Blitz”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“South Carolina Vote-by-Mail Restrictions Deemed Unconstitutional”: Eric Heisig of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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

“Curtail the Cult of Judicial Celebrity; Americans need to see the Supreme Court as co-equal with the executive and congressional branches”: Josh Blackman has this post at Civitas Outlook.

“Trump Making Ballroom ‘Fait Accompli,’ Foes Tell Supreme Court”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Nonprofit pushes SCOTUS to keep Trump’s ballroom on pause; The National Trust for Historic Preservation says the president has no authority to destroy a third of the White House and replace it with a privately funded ballroom.”

You can access the court filing at this link.

“The chief justice should share much of his power”: Josh Blackman has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Donna Adelson seeks new delay on appeal, citing ‘medical emergency’; Adelson’s attorneys filed a motion Aug. 7 for more time and an amended motion three days after that”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat recently had this report.

And according to the Reddit site that covers the matter, you can access Donna Adelson’s appellate brief via this link.

“Trump Balks at Naming Advisers on Orders Targeting Law Firms”: Ryan Tarinelli of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“10th Circuit questions who bears burden of proving Native status in tribal land criminal cases; In recent years, the 10th Circuit has overturned child sex abuse convictions for three men after finding the government didn’t prove they weren’t ‘Indian’ — an antique carveout for crimes committed on tribal land”: Amanda Pampuro of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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

“Public Can Film Outside of a Police Station, Second Circuit Says”: Beth Wang of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

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

“Mangione’s State Trial Is Delayed as His Lawyers Seek Dismissal; The delay comes after Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to stalking that led to the death of Brian Thompson, a health care executive”: Hurubie Meko of The New York Times has this report.

And Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Luigi Mangione’s State Murder Trial Delayed After Guilty Plea in Federal Court; Defense has argued that prosecuting Mangione twice for insurance executive’s killing would violate protections against double jeopardy.”

“Supreme Court asked to hear case on Texas law requiring Ten Commandments in schools; The case could set up a landmark clash over the separation of church and state”: Justin Jouvenal and Laura Meckler of The Washington Post have this report.

Jaden Edison of The Texas Tribune reports that “Families ask U.S. Supreme Court to rule on Texas’ Ten Commandments requirement for public schools; Texas can enforce the state’s law requiring Ten Commandments posters in public schools; Here’s what to know about the latest legal challenges.”

And Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law reports that “ACLU Asks Supreme Court to Block Texas Ten Commandments Law.”

You can access the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Strategy of Picking U.S. Attorneys; It was the second federal appellate decision to take issue with the administration’s custom of leaving interim prosecutors in place to lead U.S. attorney’s offices to circumvent congressional approval”: Danny Hakim of The New York Times has this report.

“All the President’s Henchmen”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Top Federal Prosecutor in Nevada Invalidly Appointed, Panel Says”: Celine Castronuovo of Bloomberg News has this report.

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

“One Crazy Summer: Memories of my father’s confirmation hearings, 40 years ago this month.” Christopher J. Scalia has this essay online at National Review.

“An Unsurprising Term from an Unsurprising Court; Predictability is a part of the rule of law”: Aaron L. Nielson has this post at Civitas Outlook.

“Trump Is Trying to Blackmail the Supreme Court. Again. The administration now claims that building Trump’s ballroom is a national security imperative.” Ankush Khardori has this post at his “OPENfile” site.

And at Civitas Outlook, Richard Epstein has a post titled “Farewell to the President’s New East Wing; The entire District of Columbia could become a lasting tribute to Trump’s egotism and vulgarity.”

“244. The End of the Alien Enemies Act Litigation? Portrayed by some as a ‘win’ for President Trump, the Fifth Circuit’s dismissal of the key Alien Enemies Act appeal drives home how much the government had already lost.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Supreme Court Again Rejects Trump’s Appeal of $5 Million E. Jean Carroll Payment; The court declined President Trump’s long-shot request that it reconsider his appeal; He has separately asked the court to overturn a much larger 2024 award”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

And Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court rebuffs Trump’s bid to overturn $5 million verdict in Carroll case; The president was found liable of sexually assaulting and defaming E. Jean Carroll in the high-profile civil case.”

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

In the August 24, 2026 issue of The New Yorker: In The Talk of the Town section, Amy Davidson Sorkin has a Comment titled “Donald Trump Is Still Trying to Make It Harder to Vote; The SAVE America Act is just one part of a package that includes an executive order and threats of prosecution, all in an effort to make Trump’s math work.”

Andrew Marantz has a Profiles article titled “How Far Will the Trump Administration Go to Deport Mahmoud Khalil? Khalil, a legal permanent resident, protested Israel when he was a student at Columbia. Now the Trump Administration is trying to kick him out of the country.”

And Justin Chang has a movie review titled “Toons Have Seldom Been Loonier Than in ‘Coyote vs. Acme’; Dave Green’s film about Wile E. Coyote’s quest for compensation sounds a note of zany triumph, having escaped, Road Runner-like, Warner’s attempt to cancel it.”

“Angry at the Supreme Court, liberals push a slew of plans for overhauling it; As the midterms near, Democrats are proposing adding more justices, limiting their terms and more”: Julian Mark of The Washington Post has this report.

“Pennsylvania ended automatic life sentences for felony murder. Here’s what happens next. The state Supreme Court ruled that mandatory life sentences for second-degree murder were unconstitutional. Then state lawmakers missed the deadline to write a new law. Now what?” Jillian Kramer and Gillian McGoldrick of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

“Trump’s legal team shrinks; The departures have thinned the president’s legal team as Sullivan & Cromwell appeals his criminal and civil cases”: Erica Orden of Politico has this report.

“Blanche Refuses to Say He’ll Always Be Independent of Trump as Attorney General; The new head of the Justice Department said on ‘Meet the Press’ on Sunday that the president had never asked him to prosecute specific people — and never would”: Glenn Thrush of The New York Times has this report.

And Matthew Choi of The Washington Post has an article headlined “Blanche on whether DOJ will be independent: ‘I’m not going to pledge that’; The newly sworn-in attorney general rejected the idea of an independent Justice Department, lent support to Jeanine Pirro and declared the ‘anti-weaponization’ fund dead.”

“Trump says White House needs ‘military complex’ as courts block his ballroom; When Trump first unveiled his plans for the new East Wing addition, he said it was needed to host VIP guests. More recently, he is calling it a ‘desperately needed National Security structure’”: Dan Diamond of The Washington Post has this report.

And Will Hobson and Louise Radnofsky of The Wall Street Journal report that “Trump’s Ballroom Was His Dream of Beauty and Space; Now It’s a ‘Military Complex’; As courts have questioned the president’s authority for the project, he has leaned in to arguments of national security.”