“How Rutherford B. Hayes could impact this year’s presidential election”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“Why Biden Won’t Talk About Judges; The judiciary chairman was a divisive brawler — as Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas learned too well”: Ilya Shapiro has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“White House: Trump to release list of potential Supreme Court nominees after Labor Day.” Morgan Chalfant of The Hill has this report.

“Supreme Court Fellows Set to Begin New Term”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today. According to the news release, the four individuals “will be working virtually during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.”

“Supreme Court Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis defends seat against Federal Way Judge David Larson”: Kip Hill of The Spokesman-Review has an article that begins, “A newly appointed Supreme Court justice with a background in Native American tribal law has drawn a challenge from a Federal Way municipal judge for her seat.”

“New Jersey sends first Black woman — and the youngest — to state Supreme Court”: Dustin Racioppi of The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey has this report.

And Brent Johnson of NJ Advance Media reports that “N.J. now has 1st Black woman on state Supreme Court; Fabiana Pierre-Louis was just sworn in.”

“Cussing Cheerleader Case Needs Supreme Court Review, School Says”: Peter Hayes of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

“Longtime Oregon Supreme Court justice and Eugene resident Hans Linde dies at age 96”: Ashley Conklin of The Register-Guard of Eugene, Oregon has this report.

“From bathrooms to ball fields, transgender rights advance in wake of Supreme Court ruling”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“The Pragmatic Case for a Unitary Executive: The unitary executive is one place where the arguments of originalists and living constitutionalists reinforce one another.” John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Who Gets to Vote in Florida? With the election hanging in the balance, Republican leaders continue a long fight over voting rights.” Dexter Filkins has this article in the September 7, 2020 issue of The New Yorker.