“Blunt stands by Trump and his possible Supreme Court picks, including judge from St. Louis”: Celeste Bott of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has this report.

“Why It Matters: Supreme Court.” Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg to make opera debut”: Reuters has this report.

“Is the Supreme Court counting on getting a ninth justice in January?” Juliet Eilperin and Robert Barnes of The Washington Post have this report.

“Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court legacy”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

“Court to get one, maybe two, big cases on war crimes”: Lyle Denniston has this blog post today.

“Appeals court considers claim against agent in fatal cross-border shooting”: Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court considers Arizona cross-border shooting case.”

You can view via YouTube at this link today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

“Appeals court revives lawsuit by Abu Ghraib inmates”: The Associated Press has this report.

And Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Iraqis Who Sued Over Torture At Abu Ghraib Win New Round In Court; The long-running case seeks to hold accountable a military contractor blamed for egregious abuses.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

“Short-handed Supreme Court delays action in 3 cases”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Why doesn’t Clarence Thomas get his due? He’s a black man who challenged liberal orthodoxy; After a remarkable 25-year career on the nation’s highest court, the fact that he’s not celebrated by all Americans is a travesty.” Mark Paoletta has this entry today at the “PostEverything” blog of The Washington Post.

“Alito delights Shea’s crowd with insights into Supreme Court”: Jay Tokasz has this front page article in today’s edition of The Buffalo News.

“After 25 years, Clarence Thomas still dissents”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“Worse Than Trump: The GOP’s Merrick Garland blockade is more disastrous for democracy than anything Donald Trump will do after Election Day.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Fighting Clinton’s Court Nominees? That’s Crazy.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Flake says it might be Garland time”: Burgess Everett of Politico.com has this report.

“Geoffrey Stone – Public Affairs – 2016-10-12”: Public Affairs TV with Jeff Berkowitz has posted on YouTube this interview with law professor Geoffrey R. Stone discussing the upcoming presidential election and its impact on the U.S. Supreme Court.

“College of Law Dean Craig Boise described as the ‘most interesting man in the world'”: Alex Erdekian of The Daily Orange, the student newspaper of Syracuse University, has this report.

Law professor Josh Blackman‘s foray into physical fitness while clerking for the Sixth Circuit gives rise to the Petition of the Day at “SCOTUSblog”: You can access the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“Military Can Try Guantanamo Detainee for Conspiracy, Court Rules; Ruling, involving bin Laden follower, could lead to expanded military prosecutions”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And in today’s edition of The Washington Post, Ann E. Marimow has an article headlined “Appeals court upholds conspiracy conviction of Guantanamo Bay detainee.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s en banc D.C. Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“Kagan and Urofsky share admiration for Justice Louis Brandeis”: Andrew Hamm has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“The Great Supreme Court Debate”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Harvard students object to use of personal data in admissions bias suit”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.

Seventh Circuit affirms denial of preliminary injunction against Illinois’s restrictions on concealed carry of guns by nonresidents: Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner wrote today’s ruling on behalf of the majority on a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

“Felon’s air-powered BB gun is no ‘firearm,’ Minnesota Supreme Court rules”: Rachel E. Stassen-Berger of The Pioneer Press of St. Paul, Minnesota has this report.

And Liz Sawyer of The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that “Minnesota’s Supreme Court overturns felony conviction, rules that BB gun is not a firearm; Supreme Court vacates conviction for possession.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Minnesota at this link.

“Immigrants, advocates keenly watch Iowa Supreme Court case”: Grant Rodgers of The Des Moines Register has an article that begins, “The Iowa Supreme Court’s decision on whether a county attorney has the authority to prosecute a Mexican immigrant on a charge of felony identify theft and forgery could break legal ground and have serious implications for undocumented immigrants being urged by the federal government to come out of the shadows.”

And at “On Brief: Iowa’s Appellate Blog,” Rox Laird has a post titled “Iowa Supreme Court argument recap: Justices keep cards close to the vest in immigration case.”

“Alaska Supreme Court goes to Valley school to hear case of smelly septage”: Zaz Hollander of Alaska Dispatch News has this report.

“Trump’s Striking Lack of Interest in the Supreme Court: It’s the issue many conservatives care about most — but when Clinton blew an answer at the debate, the Republican nominee didn’t even seem to notice.” Matt Ford of The Atlantic has this report.

And online at The Los Angeles Times, law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has an essay titled “What was left unsaid about the Supreme Court and the future of your constitutional rights in the last debate.”

“Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in Buffalo tonight for invite-only event”: Aaron Besecker of The Buffalo News has this report.

“Columbia church finds itself at center of U.S. Supreme Court squabble”: Rick Montgomery has this front page article in today’s edition of The Kansas City Star.

“The Supreme Court’s Election Day ‘Doomsday scenario'”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

In today’s mail: I received a complimentary copy of the book “Business and the Roberts Court,” edited by law professor Jonathan H. Adler.

“The candidates and the Constitution”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today.

“U.S. appeals court upholds al Qaeda publicist’s conviction”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

Sam Hananel of The Associated Press reports that “Federal appeals court upholds Guantanamo conspiracy conviction of bin Laden assistant.”

And Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Appeals Court Upholds Conviction Of Bin Laden Assistant In 9/11 Terror Plot; Ali Hamza Ahmad al Bahlul had been convicted of conspiracy to commit war crimes.”

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

SCOTUSDaily interviews NPR’s Nina Totenberg: You can read the interview at this link.

“Neither Trump Nor Clinton Understands What the Supreme Court Is Supposed to Do; Both candidates promise appointees who share their policy views”: Jacob Sullum has this post today at Reason’s “Hit & Run” blog.