“Attorney General Schmidt apologizes for state’s citation of Dred Scott case”: Bryan Lowry of The Wichita Eagle has this report.

Second Circuit opts-out from the reduced word limits for federal appellate briefs, joining the Seventh, Ninth, and Federal Circuits: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit today issued this notice of proposed rulemaking.

And the Federal Circuit‘s notice of its intention to opt-out, which I had not been aware of until today, can be accessed here.

“Washington Redskins trademark case put on hold”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Death Throes: Changing how America thinks about capital punishment.” Lincoln Caplan has this cover story in the November-December 2016 issue of Harvard Magazine.

“SCOTUS Above All Else: Sen. John McCain’s recent comments reveal how the Republican Party’s Supreme Court strategy is backfiring.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Wake Up Progressives: The 2016 Election is Now All About the Supreme Court and Every Issue You Care About.” Rick Hasen has this post today at his “Election Law Blog.”

“Kansas Approvingly Cites Dred Scott to Explain Why It Can Ban Abortion”: Mark Joseph Stern has this post (containing an update at the end) online at Slate.

“GOP obstructionism gone haywire: No new Supreme Court justices until the next Republican president?” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

And online at USA Today, Nan Aron has an essay titled “Debating the Supreme Court: The stakes for the Supreme Court are colossal; As many as three seats could be filled in the next president’s first term.”

“Hatch, Lee say they would not back wholesale block of Clinton high court picks”: Thomas Burr of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

Amber Phillips of The Washington Post has a blog entry titled “John McCain is right: Senate Republicans could block a Clinton Supreme Court nominee indefinitely.”

And Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Chuck Grassley Says Senate Can’t Just ‘Stonewall’ Clinton’s Supreme Court Nominees.”

“The Daily 202: The Supreme Court will be a focus of tonight’s presidential debate.” James Hohmann of The Washington Post has this report.

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg Versus Colin Kaepernick”: Law professor Michael C. Dorf has this essay online today at Justia’s “Verdict.”

Also today, at his “Dorf on Law” blog, professor Dorf has a post titled “Colin Kaepernick and the Meaning of Patriotism.”

“Supreme Court Recusals”: Law professor Charles Fried had this letter to the editor in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

“The Case for Shrinking the Supreme Court; Congress should strike a blow against judicial activism and for political comity by reducing the size of the Court”: Law professor Michael Stokes Paulsen has this essay online today at National Review.

“Republican Party Divided Over Trump Shows Unity on Supreme Court”: Steven T. Dennis of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Constitution Check: Could the Supreme Court handle a long-term vacancy?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.