“FBI surveillance letters weighed in San Francisco appeals court”: Howard Mintz will have this article in Monday’s edition of The San Jose Mercury News.

“Federal court hearing examines Guantanamo hunger-strike policy”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

“Fractions of Women in Texas”: Online today at The New Yorker, Amy Davidson has a post that begins, “How do you count women in Texas, and when do the numbers get big? There is a good deal of bad math in a decision made last week, by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, that had the effect of closing all but eight abortion clinics in the state; until recently, there were about forty.”

“Law Without History?” Retired Justice John Paul Stevens will have this review of Second Circuit Chief Judge Robert A. Katzmann‘s new book, “Judging Statutes,” in the October 23, 2014 issue of The New York Review of Books.

“The Supreme Court Cases That Could Change America In The Coming Year”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed has this report.

“Voting rights on docket as new Court term opens; gay marriage, Obamacare fights possible”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has this report.

“Allen Stanford files 299-page appeal of his 110-year sentence”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Dallas Morning News.

“Unvetted Quebec judge Clement Gascon takes Supreme Court seat”: Sean Fine will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail.

“America’s Post-Crash Constitution: How the Great Recession rewrote our laws.” Law professor Ganesh Sitaraman has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Sonia Sotomayor v. tradition: Can charisma move the court?” This excerpt from Joan Biskupic’s new book — “Breaking In: The Rise of Sonia Sotomayor and the Politics of Justice” — appears online at Reuters.

And you can view Biskupic’s appearance on a recent broadcast of C-SPAN2’s “Book TV” via this link.

“God’s Rottweilers: Meet the small nonprofit law firm that’s reshaping American politics.” Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux has this article online at Politico Magazine about the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s redesigned home page is now online: You can view it at this link.

The page provides easier access to audio and transcripts of recent oral arguments.

“Since 1891, only white males have represented Alabama on its federal appellate court [and] no Democratic president has appointed an Alabama nominee to the Eleventh Circuit.” So writes Leslie M. Proll online at AL.com in an essay titled “Vacancies must be filled on Alabama’s federal bench.”

“The Most Ambitious Environmental Lawsuit Ever: A quixotic historian tries to hold oil and gas companies responsible for Louisiana’s disappearing coast.” Nathaniel Rich has this cover story in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Amendment 3 could reshape Florida’s high court”: This article will appear in Monday’s edition of The Orlando Sentinel.

And The Sarasota Herald-Tribune has an article headlined “Is Legislature’s proposed amendment practical or political?”

“High Court to hear case dealing with natives on juries; The Supreme Court is set to tackle a long standing issue on Monday — aboriginal underrepresentation on juries hearing criminal cases”: The Toronto Star has this report.

“Justices face questions as ‘John Doe’ probe lands in Supreme Court”: Dee J. Hall of The Wisconsin State Journal has an article that begins, “Should the four-member conservative majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court decide a case involving groups that spent more than $8 million to get them elected?”

“Voting rules, gay marriage, other issues await Supreme Court”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Richard Wolf of USA Today has articles headlined “Supreme Court term starts slow but could ‘explode’” and “While gay marriage waits, Supreme Court takes the bait.”

And The Guardian (UK) reports that “Supreme court prepares busy schedule of religious, women’s and voters’ rights; Most active branch of US government faces high-stakes session following recent run of controversial decisions.”

“FedEx Says Kansas Ruling on Drivers Based on Old Practice”: Bloomberg News has this report.

“Six Justices Attend Annual Red Mass in D.C.” Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

You can freely access the full text of the post via Google News.

“No challenge expected on Missouri abortion law”: The Associated Press has this report.

“For Now, Court Stays Mum On Gay Marriage Cases”: This audio segment, featuring Nina Totenberg, appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday.”

“A shareholder solution to ‘Citizens United'”: Jamie B. Raskin has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“From Felony Conviction to Bar Exam; Court says D.C. Circuit clerk Shon Hopwood can pursue bar admission”: Tony Mauro will have this article in tomorrow’s edition of The National Law Journal reporting on a recent order of the Supreme Court of Washington State.

You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.

And in June 2014, Hopwood had a blog post titled “Graduation: From Federal Prison to Juris Doctorate.”

“Who Are ‘We the People’?” Eric L. Lewis has this essay in the Sunday Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Supreme Court weighs same-sex marriage debate; Need for ruling as lawsuits progress”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

And Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Justices’ new term has expectations on gay unions.”

“Court Could Confront Marriage, Abortion, Affirmative Action in New Term”: Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.

And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Inmate beards, Facebook threats on U.S. top court’s docket.”

“Kane denies Castille’s request for info on explicit e-mails”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.