“Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission petitions U.S. Supreme Court to take up case over anti-LGBTQ hiring lawsuit”: Sydney Brownstone of The Seattle Times has this report on a petition for writ of certiorari submitted for filing today in the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Freemansburg man charged with 3 counts of cyberstalking years after conviction in Facebook threats case, Supreme Court appeal”: Molly Bilinski of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has an article that begins, “A Freemansburg man who won a 2015 Supreme Court appeal of his sentence for social media threats was charged last month with cyberstalking after allegedly harassing a prosecutor in that case, as well as his ex-wife and former girlfriend.”

“Progressives call for new probe, impeachment of Justice Kavanaugh”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“Postmates brings mass arbitration to SCOTUS, sort of”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“Supreme Court won’t block Maine’s Covid restrictions on churches; The church pointed to the Delta variant in asking the court to decide on restrictions that have already been lifted”: Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.

“US Supreme Court Justice to Visit UW College of Law Sept. 16”: The University of Wyoming issued this news release today.

“‘People who do not want to be vaccinated may go elsewhere’: Court sides with IU on mandate.” Arika Herron of The Indianapolis Star has this report.

Brian Flood of Bloomberg Law reports that “Indiana University’s Covid Vaccine Mandate Survives Appeal.”

And Olivia Covington of The Indiana Lawyer has a post titled “7th Circuit declines to impose injection injunction on IU vaccine mandate.”

Circuit Judge Frank H. Easterbrook wrote today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel.

“A nonpartisan approach to reforming the Supreme Court”: John S. Martin and Phillip Allen Lacovara have this essay online at The Hill.

“Religious groups eye legal challenges to Delta variant restrictions and vaccine mandates”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“Federal court sides with St. Louis County in lawsuit over 2020 stay-at-home order”: Joe Millitzer of Fox 2 in St. Louis has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued Friday.

“Inmate’s Sex-Reassignment Surgery Suit Sees 5th Cir. Setback”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued Friday.

“No immunity for Marine Corps from N.C. pollution fine — 4th Circ.” Sebastien Malo of Reuters has this report.

And Erika Williams of Courthouse News Service reports that “4th Circuit rules Marine Corps must face lawsuit over refusal to pay air pollution fines; Partially reversing a district court decision, the Fourth Circuit ruled that federal government entities are not immune to lawsuits seeking civil penalties for violating state air pollution laws.”

You can access Thursday’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

“2nd Circ. Revives Contract Suit Against Fee-Transferring Attys”: Law360 has this report (subscription required for access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued Friday.

“DC Circ. Upholds Judicial Watch’s $2.8M Win Over Klayman”: Law360 has this report (subscription required for access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued Friday.

“Biden’s judges: More diverse and more of them.” Mark Sherman and Darlene Superville of The Associated Press have this report.

“Pennsylvania court vacancies allow voters to shape judiciary”: Mark Scolforo of The Associated Press has this report.

“Among those deep in the fight is Leonard Leo, a chairman of the Federalist Society, the legal organization known for its decades-long campaign to fill the courts with conservative judges.” In the August 9, 2021 issue of The New Yorker, Jane Mayer has an article headlined “The Big Money Behind the Big Lie: Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined to win at all costs.”