“With court ruling, Florida may be forced to defend putting sick kids in institutions”: Carol Marbin Miller of The Miami Herald has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued Tuesday.

“Court identifies First Amendment right for witnesses to hear executions”: Vandana Ravikumar of Cronkite News has this report on a ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued Tuesday.

“The Cost of Running Guantánamo Bay: $13 Million Per Prisoner; Set up nearly 18 years ago to house detainees in the war on terrorism, the prison on the remote naval base has grown into what appears to be the most expensive on earth.” Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

“Magbanua now asking for separate trial in Markel murder”: Julie Montanaro of Tallahassee, Florida’s WCTV Eyewitness News has this report.

“We asked the parties to file supplemental briefs on the original meaning of Article III’s case-or-controversy requirement, specifically whether the corpus of Founding-era American English helped illuminate that meaning. . . . Here, we agree with the parties that corpus linguistics turned out not to be the most helpful tool in the toolkit.” So concludes a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in a footnote to an opinion issued today.

“The Right Wing’s War on the L.G.B.T.Q. Community”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker.

“You’re Recused! Vermont Supreme Court Justices to Sit One Out.” Sasha Goldstein of Seven Days has an article that begins, “The sitting justices of the Vermont Supreme Court have all recused themselves from an upcoming case because of their professional relationship with one of the litigants.”

“SCOTUS Tells N.H. To File Response In ‘Free the Nipple’ Appeal, Signaling Court’s Interest”: Annie Ropeik of New Hampshire Public Radio has this report.

“Stitt picks justice as major abortion case heads to Supreme Court”: Chris Casteel of The Oklahoman has an article that begins, “Gov. Kevin Stitt’s appointment on Tuesday of a Supreme Court justice who apparently shares his anti-abortion views came just as the high court is expected to hear a challenge to a state law restricting the most common form of abortion.”

“Ahead of DACA’s date with Supreme Court, beneficiaries of the Obama-era program are on edge; DACA recipients cite quality of healthcare, food access and physical safety in their home countries as top concerns if they are deported, according to a survey released this week”: Obed Manuel of The Dallas Morning News has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to Deliver Eighth Annual Stevens Lecture Oct. 22”: The University of Colorado Law School has issued this news release.

In news coverage, John Marinelli of The Denver Post reports that “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to speak at CU Boulder; Visit is part of CU Law School’s annual John Paul Stevens Lecture.”

“Amy Coney Barrett Is Not a Safe Pick for the Supreme Court; Her writings on faith and jurisprudence should worry conservatives”: John Zmirak has this essay online at Human Events.

“Adnan Syed case: Defense lawyers group asks Supreme Court to review ‘Serial’ subject’s case.” Phil Davis of The Baltimore Sun has this report.

“All roads lead to ‘Roe’: What’s behind the latest Kavanaugh uproar.” Columnist Michael Gerson has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Kavanaugh impeachment calls mark latest strike on ‘judicial independence,’ Republicans say”: Ronn Blitzer of Fox News has this report.

“A Critical Threat to Sex Discrimination Protections: Three Supreme Court cases could redefine workplace rights for gay and trans people — and for everyone else.” Melissa Gira Grant of The New Republic has this report.

“The Kavanaugh Fight Left Wounds That Will Never Heal; From the scorched earth of last summer’s confirmation battle, nothing good can bloom”: Matt Ford of The New Republic has this report.

“Packing the Court Is a Real Threat: FDR’s legislation went nowhere but intimidated the justices into rewriting the Constitution.” Mario Loyola has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“The newest mural in town: Ruth Bader Ginsburg is larger than life on U Street.” Teddy Amenabar of The Washington Post has this report.

“Democrats need to take a page from Republican playbook on the Supreme Court”: Dan A. Cotter and law professor Kermit Roosevelt III have this op-ed in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“The GOP May One Day Regret Brett Kavanaugh”: Lili Loofbourow has this essay online at Slate.

“Pastafarian pastor leads prayer at Alaska government meeting”: The Associated Press has this report.

And in local coverage, Megan Pacer of Homer News of Homer, Alaska reports that “Borough assembly comes to Homer.”