“Court won’t rehear immigration case, Redskins case denied”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Starting Lineups: SCOTUS Attorneys and Firms of Record at the Beginning of OT 2016.” Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Merrick Garland’s Lonely Road to Purgatory: The outrage over the obstruction of the Supreme Court nominee has cooled, leaving him to wander largely unnoticed in the Capitol in hopes that a lame-duck session will bring him deliverance.” Matt Laslo of The Daily Beast has this report.

“Op-Doc: Supreme Court v. the American Voter; This year’s election will be the first in over 50 years without the full protection of the Voting Rights Act.” The New York Times has posted this video online.

“OT2016 #1: ‘The Satisfaction of Giving a Gift.'” You can access the inaugural episode of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Ian Samuel and Dan Epps, via this link.

“Scalia’s absence haunts Supreme Court’s new term”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“Supreme Court Rejects Plea to Reconsider Obama’s Immigration Plan”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report, along with articles headlined “Supreme Court Declines to Consider N.C.A.A. Rules on Paying Athletes” and “Supreme Court Won’t Rule on Wisconsin Campaign Finance Case.”

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court declines to hear immigration and Redskins cases.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court refuses to rehear immigration case.”

And Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Review Appeals on Pay for College Athletes; High court turns away appeals by NCAA and group of basketball and football players.”

“2016 Term Preview: Reflections on the thin gruel of a docket crafted in large part to avoid 4-4 ties; Plus, a conversation with the latest judge to be personally insulted by Donald Trump.” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in her ‘Own Words'”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this book review.

“Judges Who Are Elected Like Politicians Tend to Act Like Them”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“What 2,000 cases show about Tennessee’s death penalty”: Stacey Barchenger of The Tennessean has this report.

“McKee’s early end to Third Circuit chief judgeship: collegiality over partisanship?” Matthew Stiegler has this post today at his “CA3blog.”

“High Court Opens New Term With Low Profile”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“Fighting Words: Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg is speaking out — and what it means for the battles ahead.” Elaine Showalter has this article online at The New Republic.

“A Crippled Supreme Court’s New Term”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Police: Magbanua was ‘conduit’ in Markel slaying.” Sean Rossman has this front page article in today’s edition of The Tallahassee Democrat.

“Smith takes on new role; City man has been a federal judge since 1988”: Kay Stephens of The Altoona Mirror recently had an article that begins, “An Altoona man who has sat on the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals since 2002 will take on the role of chief judge starting Oct. 1. Judge D. Brooks Smith will succeed Chief Judge Theodore A. McKee of Philadelphia, who is stepping down from the post but remaining on the court as an appeals judge.”

And Penn State News recently reported that “Adjunct professor, alumnus appointed chief judge of 3rd U.S. Circuit Court.”

“Powerful appeals court gets its first black chief judge”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “For Roger Gregory, serving as the first African-American chief judge of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond takes on even greater meaning when he thinks of who else has walked the halls of the building he now oversees.”

“Tim Kaine’s Long, Conflicted History With The Death Penalty”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“Supreme Court of Canada heads into challenging fall session”: Sean Fine of The Toronto Globe and Mail has this report, along with an article headlined “Canada’s bench strength: Meet the judges, new and old, of the Supreme Court.”

“No, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Does Not Intend To Retire Anytime Soon”: This audio segment featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“Justice Ginsburg rides celebrity wave, releases anthology”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has this report.

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’s office in six cases.

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Advice for Living”: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has this op-ed in the Sunday Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Supreme Court Aims for a Boring Term”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“AL Supreme Court upholds death penalty sentencing scheme”: Kelsey Davis of The Montgomery Advertiser has this report.

And Chris McDaniel and Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News report that “Alabama Supreme Court Upholds State’s Death Penalty Law; Months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a similar death penalty sentencing system, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled unanimously that its own system is still constitutional.”

You can access Friday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Alabama at this link.

“What to look for in the new Supreme Court term”: Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this post online at ABA Journal.

“The New Supreme Court Term: Cheerleading Uniforms, Bad Banks, and a Little Girl and Her Dog; ‘There are plenty of boring, important cases out there.'” Stephanie Mencimer of Mother Jones has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s docket is pretty sleepy — and that’s a good thing”: Mike Sacks has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Supreme Court cautious on new cases as term begins under cloud of vacancy politics”: Bill Mears of FoxNews.com has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court to weigh reach of insider trading law”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Suspected link in Markel killing charged with murder”: Karl Etters has this front page article in today’s edition of The Tallahassee Democrat.

And Sean Rossman of The Tallahssee Democrat has an article headlined “Documents: Police make case for Magbanua’s arrest.”

“What’s next for suspended Chief Justice Roy Moore and the Alabama Supreme Court?” Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has this report.

“Supreme Court to begin new term short-handed as its ideological balance hinges on fall vote”: Robert Barnes has this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Divided Supreme Court opens new term that could bring historic shift.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court faces historic transformation after election.”

Michael Doyle of McClatchyDC has an article headlined “What’s a shorthanded Supreme Court likely to do in its new term? Maybe nothing.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court in holding pattern, awaiting ninth justice.”

And at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center, Lyle Denniston has a post titled “With one seat vacant, the Supreme Court returns.”

“Extremist Imam Tests F.B.I. and the Limits of the Law”: Scott Shane and Adam Goldman have this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.