“Against the Tiers of Constitutional Scrutiny”: Attorneys Joel Alicea and John D. Ohlendorf have this article in the Fall 2019 issue of National Affairs.

“Supreme Court could hear groundbreaking case that challenges UN immunity”: Ben Evansky of Fox News has this report.

“What Reconstruction-Era Laws Can Teach Our Democracy”: Lincoln Caplan will have this review of Eric Foner’s new book, “The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution” in the Sunday Book Review section of the September 29, 2019 issue of The New York Times.

And earlier this week, NPR’s “Fresh Air” had an audio segment titled “‘Second Founding’ Examines How Reconstruction Remade The Constitution” consisting of an interview with Foner about his new book.

“Why I became an American citizen”: Louise Gorsuch has this essay online at Fox News.

“A Pastafarian hilariously trolled a town council meeting. The stakes are profoundly serious. The Satanic Temple and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster are playing a dangerous high-stakes game with the Supreme Court.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Deconstructing Clarence Thomas: The justice’s reactionary legal philosophy rests on faith in the power of adversity to fuel black progress.” In the September 2019 issue of The Atlantic, Michael O’Donnell has this review of Corey Robin’s new book, “The Enigma of Clarence Thomas,” and Myron Magnet’s recennt book, “Clarence Thomas and the Lost Constitution.”

“Interpreting Clarence Thomas: How to grapple with the justice’s unique judicial thought, rather than dwell on his biography.” In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Barton Swaim has this review of Corey Robin’s new book, “The Enigma of Clarence Thomas.”

And in the September 9, 2019 issue of National Review magazine, Theodore Kupfer’s review of that same book was titled “The Not-So-Enigmatic Clarence Thomas.”

“High-Profile Cases Sparking New Debate Over Old Legal Concept of Felony Murder; Longstanding rule comes under fresh attack as critics say it is often applied unfairly on the young and minorities”: Daja Henry of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“The Man Democrats Loathe More Than Trump; Sen. Mitch McConnell on his high-stakes battles for the Supreme Court, his ways of cajoling reluctant colleagues, and the chamber’s future”: Fred Barnes has this new installment of The Weekend Interview in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Why America’s Abortion Rate Might Be Higher Than It Appears; Evidence suggests more American women are ‘self-managing’ their abortions”: Claire Cain Miller and Margot Sanger-Katz have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Justices’ DC sniper case examines teen murderers’ sentences”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has this report.

“Justice Zahra: Wilder’s 2018 defeat ‘devastating’ to rule of law.” Beth LeBlanc of The Detroit News has this report.

“The Supreme Court And Code Of Ethics”: This audio segment featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Judicial Make-Up Call: With two more Trump nominees, Patrick Bumatay and Lawrence VanDyke, this isn’t Obama’s Ninth Circuit.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“How Originalism Changes Legal Analysis”: John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

And also at that blog, Mark Pulliam has a post titled “Explaining Originalism.”

“Administrative State Under Judicial Fire: Appeals courts brawl over agency power; Will the Justices intervene?” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Why They’ll Never Stop Targeting Kavanaugh; The continuing assault reflects both a fixation and an effort to deprive the court of its legitimacy”: Columnist Peggy Noonan has this essay online at Thw Wall Street Journal.

“Two Times Reporters on ‘The Education of Brett Kavanaugh’: Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly discuss their new book, and Tim Winton talks about his most recent novel, ‘The Shepherd’s Hut.'” The New York Times has posted online this Book Review podcast hosted by Pamela Paul.

“Court says Sacramento-area transgender man can sue Mercy San Juan over denying hysterectomy”: Cathie Anderson of The Sacramento Bee has this report.

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Suit by transgender man initially refused surgery reinstated by appeals court.”

And columnist Michael Hiltzik of The Los Angeles Times has an essay titled “Court reinstates lawsuit against Catholic hospital for refusing transgender patient’s surgery.”

You can access Tuesday’s ruling of the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District at this link.

“Trump judicial picks face rare GOP opposition”: Jordain Carney of The Hill has this report.

“Trump to nominate ex-Nevada solicitor general to appeals court”: Debra J. Saunders of The Las Vegas Review-Journal has this report.

“Take a second look at Ozerden”: Retired U.S. District Judge Royal Furgeson (W.D. Tex.) has this letter to the editor online at The Dallas Morning News.

“Magbanua denied separate trial in Markel slaying”: Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“Where the Top Democratic Candidates Stand on the Supreme Court”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Gerald Bostock’s is one of the landmark LGBTQ discrimination cases SCOTUS will soon hear. He tells Tim Teeman he wants to ‘ensure nobody goes to work in fear of losing their job.'” Tim Teeman of The Daily Beast has this report.

“After cancer, Supreme Court’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg hits the road to prove her vitality — and longevity”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

And Jessica Chasmar of The Washington Times reports that “Ruth Bader Ginsburg fires back at suggestion she should have retired under Obama.”

“Abortion front and center as new U.S. Supreme Court term nears”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“Trump announces two judicial nominees for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

Jordan S. Rubin of Bloomberg Law reports that “Openly Gay Prosecutor Among Two Planned Ninth Circuit Nominees.”

And Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service reports that “Trump Continues to Reshape Ninth Circuit With Two New Picks.”

The White House today issued a news release titled “President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees and United States Marshal Nominee.”

“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.”