“Maduro Asks US Court to Dismiss Drug-Trafficking Prosecution”: Bob Van Voris and Andreina Itriago of Bloomberg News have this report.

“DA Larry Krasner will not be called to testify about a case that has roiled his office; Two city prosecutors testified Tuesday and continued to paint a portrait of an office consumed by internal conflicts; But U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond said he won’t seek Krasner’s testimony”: Chris Palmer of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“How the Supreme Court Helps Trump Run Out the Clock: A president who loves breaking the law is very lucky to have a Supreme Court that gives him the time he needs to do it.” Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Democrats meeting monthly to plan crackdown on Supreme Court”: Susan Ferrechio of The Washington Times has this report.

“Judge Blocks Trump’s Second Try to Restrict Birthright Citizenship; The ruling raised concerns that babies already defined as citizens by the Supreme Court could have their citizenship revoked under an order the president signed in August”: Zach Montague of The New York Times has this report.

And Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump’s New Birthright Citizenship Curbs Halted by Court.”

You can access today’s decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland at this link.

“GOP-Led Effort to Cap Supreme Court Bench Fails in House Vote”: Olivia Alafriz of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Update: You can view the roll call vote tally at this link.

“The Purcell Principle and the Post Office”: William Baude has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

“Birthright Citizenship and Reasoning by Analogy; Some Fundamental Matters in Constitutional Law”: Cass Sunstein has this post at his Substack site.

“Full Third Circuit Will Review Ability to Hear Immigration Case”: Alexis Waiss of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

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

“Using legal loopholes and executive power, Trump is remaking Washington; The president’s ballroom and other projects are racing the courts and the clock, as the GOP-led Congress largely sits silent”: Dan Diamond and Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post have this report.

“New Jersey Seeks High Court Review of Kalshi Sports Markets”: Gillian R. Brassil of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access the cert. petition at this link.

“Why the government is running 24-7 surveillance on some lobster boats; It is tracking every federally permitted lobsterman from Maine to Virginia”: Tobias Russell has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Goodwin Supreme Court Practice Chief Santos Bolts for Proskauer”: Meghan Tribe and Jacklyn Wille of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Trump’s ‘Lightning Speed’ Outpaces the Courts; In his breakneck construction of a grand ballroom and in many other initiatives, critics say, the president has tried to outrun judicial review”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“Florida Bar Rejects Bid to Review DHS Lawyer Over Judge Posts”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s Ballroom Decision Is About More Than the Ballroom”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Federal Circuit Writing More After Critique of One-Word Rulings”: Michael Shapiro of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Krasner Threatened ‘Consequences,’ Rejected Conflict Warnings in Exoneration Case, More Supervisors Testify; ‘She said something like, “Do you think Mr. Stiegler is losing any sleep over this?” I think I said something like “no, but I’m sure he will,”’ the supervisor said”: Riley Brennan of The Legal Intelligencer has this report.

“Hulu To Explore Murder Of Dan Markel In Docuseries”: Peter White of Deadline recently had this report.

You can view the trailer for the docuseries on YouTube.

“What a Churchill quote reveals about the Supreme Court’s ballroom decision: ‘We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us,’ wrote Justice Roberts in dissent, quoting Winston Churchill on the tie between aesthetics and ideals.” Columnist Philip Kennicott has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Tribes fight at Ninth Circuit for land development rights; The Ninth Circuit was asked to consider the Interior Department’s role in disputes between two Native American tribes”: Carly Nairn of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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

“Pennsylvania Gambling Addicts Hope That ‘Skill Games’ Will Go Bust; The machines, which enjoyed legal protection until a recent court ruling, could go dark in October”: Nick Keppler of The New York Times has this report.

“He brought a guillotine to D.C. He didn’t expect to get arrested. Philan Le told The Post about the guillotine’s journey from California and what came next. Legal experts say convicting him may be a challenge.” Ben Conarck of The Washington Post has this report.

“On Trump’s Ballroom, Chief Justice Finds Himself in an Unusual Spot: In Dissent; Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has been in the majority in divided cases more times than any other chief since 1953; But not this time.” Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

“DC Circuit rules soldier’s desertion court-martial was wrongfully revoked; Robert ‘Bowe’ Bergdahl was dishonorably discharged after leaving his unit in Afghanistan in 2009, but was immediately captured and held hostage by the Taliban for five years before a 2014 prisoner swap”: Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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

“The Supreme Court’s Ballroom Standing; The Justices rule that courts aren’t a venue for architecture criticism”: This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Texas asks Fifth Circuit to force J&J to pay for Tylenol court shuffle; The state claims a last-minute removal to federal court was a stall tactic, while Johnson & Johnson says it had a fair shot under Supreme Court precedent”: Gabriel Tynes of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“Misconduct Complaint Tossed Against Judge Over Pro-Israel Talks”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access the decision at this link.

“Fifth Circuit might inject new life into Texas’ Covid-19 vaccine lawsuit; Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking to revive his lawsuit claiming Pfizer lied to the public about the efficacy of its Covid-19 vaccine — and Fifth Circuit judges’ jurisdictional concerns could give him a boost”: Christina van Waasbergen of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“GOP Seeks Information on Ethics Probe of US Judge in Atlanta”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access the letter request at this link.

“Nearly 25 years after the attacks, Supreme Court asked to bring closure to 9/11 case; As prosecutors continue to face setbacks in the long-running Sept. 11 death penalty case, the justices were asked to revive plea agreements derailed by the former defense secretary”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Fraud Law Whistleblowers Are Constitutional, Appeals Court Rules”: Daniel Seiden of Bloomberg Law has a report (subscription required for full access) that begins, “A whistleblower convinced the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that False Claims Act suits don’t violate Article II of the US Constitution, a Tuesday opinion said.”

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

“The Supreme Court’s Ballroom Non-Decision: The Court avoided the merits of Trump’s ballroom fight by leaning on aesthetic standing—and left the doctrine murkier than before.” Molly Roberts has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“The Grim Implications of the Supreme Court’s Ballroom Ruling; The Republican appointees have given the Trump administration a license to lie”: Ankush Khardori has this post online at his “OPENfile” site.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “Making Sense Of The Chief Justice’s Tango In The Ballroom Case; It was the Chief, and not KBJ, who was holding up the case. Was he trying to flip ACB’s vote?“

“Has the First Amendment Ever Been More Relevant?” You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.