“A Taney descendant joins the effort to rename Philly’s Taney Street; Joy Taney, a descendant of the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney who authored the Dred Scott decision joined a group of Philadelphia activists seeking to rename a street named for the justice”: Sarah Gantz of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“On voting rights, Chief Justice Roberts is far from a moderating voice”: Jazmine Ulloa has this front page article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

“Texas takes its ban on school mask mandates to the state Supreme Court”: Andrea Kannapell of The New York Times has this report.

“Landlords aim to block Biden’s new eviction moratorium in appeals court”: Tierney Sneed of CNN has this report.

Last night, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued this scheduling order.

“Christian Seattle homeless mission turns to Supreme Court after ruling strips away employment discretion; Christian group claims it will be unable to continue if it must hire people outside its faith”: Ronn Blitzer of Fox News has this report.

“Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer turns 83 amid urging for him to retire before 2022 midterms; Three Supreme Court justices were confirmed to the bench under former president Donald Trump”: John Bowden of The Independent (UK) has this report.

“Judicial Notice (08.14.21): Secret Santa Skadden; A belated nomination for Solicitor General, British firms descend upon the West Coast, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.