“Arizona to end peremptory challenges to potential jurors”: Paul Davenport of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Arizona’s top court is eliminating the longstanding practice of allowing lawyers in criminal and civil trials in state courts to remove potential jurors without explanation, a move that proponents said would help prevent discrimination in the selection of trial jurors.”

“Texas abortion law that bans procedure as early as six weeks set to go into effect after court cancels hearing, denies motions; Senate Bill 8 is poised to officially become law on Wednesday”: Neelam Bohra of The Texas Tribune has this report about orders that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued Friday and today.

“As Washington Stews, State Legislatures Increasingly Shape American Politics; From voting rights to the culture wars, state legislatures controlled by Republicans are playing a role well beyond their own state borders”: Michael Wines of The New York Times has this report.

“Judicial Notice (08.28.21): ‘Whatever’; An appellate argument fail, a celebrity lawyer leaves his longtime firm, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Biden’s Supreme Court losses prompt more ‘shadow docket’ scrutiny”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

Joan Biskupic of CNN reports that “Conservative-dominated bench denies Biden same deference it once gave Trump.”

And earlier in the week, online at The Washington Post, law professor Steve Vladeck had an essay titled “The Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’ helped Trump 28 times. Biden is 0 for 1. ‘Emergency relief’ may play out differently for the current administration, the justices’ recent ruling on ‘Remain in Mexico’ suggests.”