“Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch reveals the two rules he tells his law clerks to follow”: Sam Dorman of Fox News has this report.

“Witnessing a Federal Execution”: Peter Slevin has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Gerrymandering Is a Cancer State Courts Can’t Cure; A North Carolina court’s ruling is a fluke, not a trend”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“The Secret Files of the Master of Modern Republican Gerrymandering”: David Daley has this post online at The New Yorker.

“UChicago’s history of dialogues with U.S. Supreme Court justices: Ruth Bader Ginsburg to visit Harris Public Policy for Sept. 9 talk.” Jack Wang of UChicago News has this report.

“Biden Wants to Work With ‘the Other Side.’ This Supreme Court Battle Explains Why. In the clash over Robert H. Bork’s nomination, Joe Biden’s moderate instincts defined a winning strategy.” Alexander Burns of The New York Times has this report.

“‘Aryan’ and ‘Octoroon’: Couples challenge racial labels to get married in Virginia.” Rachel Weiner has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Frank Green of The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that “Suit filed challenging race question for Virginia marriage license.”

And Matthew Barakat of The Associated Press reports that “Law requiring marriage applicants to divulge race challenged.”

“The Supreme Court has become just another arm of the GOP”: U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has this essay online at The Washington Post.

In Bashman news from Australia: Ben Harvy of The Advertiser of Adelaide reports that “Four men with baseball bat bash man inside own home.”