“Supreme Court Kicks Off New Term With Collegiality”: Jess Bravin has this post today at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog.”

“Supreme Court Faces Controversial Docket As New Term Opens”: This audio segment featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Supreme Court Justices Seem Wary of Suit in Austrian Train Injury”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

And Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “In first case of new term, justices may limit access to courts.”

“High court denies Huguely appeal”: The Daily Progress of Charlottesville, Virginia has this report.

And The Baltimore Sun reports that “Supreme Court rejects hearing Huguely appeal in Yeardley Love death.”

“Appeals of baseball, insider trading cases among those rejected as Supreme Court opens term”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News reports that “San Jose loses legal fight against MLB over Oakland A’s plan.”

And Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “U.S. Supreme Court rejects San Jose’s bid to lure Oakland A’s.”

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern preview the October 2015 Term: Online at Slate, they have a jurisprudence essay titled “The Supreme Court’s Most Important Cases of the New Term: Just how bad will things be for abortion, affirmative action, unions, and voting rights?”

In addition, Lithwick has a jurisprudence essay titled “How the Supreme Court Justices Spent Their Summer Vacation: As the new term begins, can they ever forgive one another?”

“Will Sandra Day O’Connor’s Legacy Live On? We’re lucky it lasted as long as it did.” Linda Hirshman has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Pope Francis’ Message Isn’t Echoed at Red Mass: A reminder that the only faith that should matter at the Supreme Court is faith in the Constitution.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“U.S. Supreme Court: Jim Thorpe’s body to remain in town that bears his name.” Peter Hall of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has this report.

The New York Times reports that “Supreme Court Declines to Hear Jim Thorpe Appeal.”

The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court rules on Jim Thorpe’s remains.”

And Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court denies appeal seeking return of Jim Thorpe’s remains.”

“Supreme Court Plans to Highlight Revisions in Its Opinions”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

And Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Supreme Court Stops Lawyers From Paying Line-Standers In Big Cases; The move is among measures to combat questionable court practices; But there’s still more to be done.”

“Plaintiff Friedrichs: I dared defy the unions.” The Washington Examiner has this report.

“Why liberals fear new Supreme Court term could hurt abortion rights and unions”: David G. Savage has this article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

I will be attending the Appellate Judges Education Institute Summit in Washington, DC from November 12 through 15, 2015: Given how much I enjoyed attending last year’s AJEI Summit in Dallas (see here and here), I am please to say that I will be attending this year’s event located even closer in Washington, DC. And I have been reliably advised that the summit will be held in an even more convenient location, at least for me, in Philadelphia, PA in a year or two from now. You can access this year’s program via this link.

Although registration for the program will remain open until the end of the month, this Friday marks the deadline for obtaining hotel reservations at the event’s location at the AJEI’s negotiated discount rate.

“The politicization of our Supreme Court”: Law professor Richard Garnett has this essay online today at FoxNews.com.

“SCOTUS Inadvertently Posted, and Promptly Deleted, Same-Day Oral Argument for OBB Personenverkehr AG v. Sachs”: Josh Blackman has this blog post today. Now if only he had saved the audio file so he could share it with the rest of us.

“Supreme Court Opens With a Trip to Europe”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

You can access the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in OBB Personenverkehr AG v. Sachs, No. 13-1067, at this link.

Ninth Circuit dismisses appeal of transgendered former inmate Michelle Norsworthy as moot: You can access today’s per curiam ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Legal Writing that Moves Gavels”: In a podcast you can access here, J. Craig Williams and Bob Ambrogi interview Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski and Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf of the District of Nebraska.

“A dangerous Obamacare lawsuit”: Irvin B. Nathan has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“U.S. court rejects creditors’ bid for Argentine funds held by BNY Mellon”: Reuters has this report on two non-precedential summary orders (here and here) that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal is reporting: He has news updates headlined “Supreme Court Denies DOJ Appeal on Insider-Trading Prosecutions; Move ends the government’s effort to overturn a court ruling favoring Wall Street defendants“; “Major League Baseball Scores Victory at Supreme Court; Justices decline to review baseball’s antitrust exemption“; and “Supreme Court Denies Appeal by Long-Time Madoff Investors; Action clears way for distribution of $900 million in recovered funds.”

“Richard Glossip and the End of the Death Penalty”: Lincoln Caplan recently had this post online at The New Yorker.

“For Court’s Conservatives, New Term Starts Now”: Kenneth Jost has this post at “Jost on Justice.”

“5th US Circuit hears appeal of ex-New Orleans Mayor Nagin”: The Associated Press has this report. When the audio of today’s oral argument becomes available online, I will link to it.

“The New SCOTUS Term: What’s Law Got to Do With It?” Eric Segall has this post today at “Dorf on Law.”

On today’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal“: Three segments about the start of the U.S. Supreme Court‘s October 2015 Term.

The first featured Lawrence Hurley of Reuters on the phone. The second featured Adam Liptak of The New York Times live in the studio. And the third featured Nan Aaron and Carrie Severino providing their views.

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases, but the Court did call for the views of the Solicitor General in four cases.

And in Maryland v. Kulbicki, No. 14-848, the Court issued a per curiam summary reversal.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court declines to review insider trading case“; “Supreme Court rejects San Jose appeal over Athletics’ move“; “Supreme Court won’t hear Virginia lacrosse-case appeal“; “High court leaves in place Staten Island toll discounts“; “High court won’t hear dispute over Chrysler dealerships“; “Justices let stand death sentence for 72-year-old Georgian“; “High court turns away appeal from former Walker aide“; and “High court won’t hear Rangel’s appeal to overturn censure.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Insider-Trading Cases Imperiled as U.S. Supreme Court Spurns Appeal” and “Baseball’s Antitrust Exemption Survives U.S. Supreme Court Appeal.”

Lawrence Hurley and Nate Raymond of Reuters report that “Supreme Court won’t hear major insider trading case.” Hurley also has reports headlined “Supreme court won’t hear challenge to baseball antitrust immunity“; “Supreme Court rejects appeal from Madoff Ponzi scheme victims“; “Supreme Court rejects Paul Allen’s interval licensing patent appeal“; “U.S. top court rejects I/P Engine’s bid to restore $30 million patent verdict“; and “U.S. top court rejects Charles Schwab appeal in breach-of-contract dispute.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Government rebuffed on major insider trading case.”

“The 4 Types of Supreme Court Justices: How heroes, soldiers, minimalists and mutes explain America’s judicial system.” Law professor Cass R. Sunstein has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Supreme Court faces politically charged election-year docket”: Robert Barnes has this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Businesses See Chance to Derail Lawsuits as Supreme Court Returns.”