“‘My Boss Is Not the President Who Appointed Me.’ 3 Appellate Judges Defend Judiciary’s Independence. Third Circuit Judges Stephanos Bibas, Cheryl Ann Krause and Marjorie Rendell stressed during a National Constitution Center event Friday that political beliefs don’t steer decision-making on the bench.” Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has this report.

You can view the video of today’s National Constitution Center event on YouTube at this link.

“Thomas Latest Justice to Insist Court Isn’t Political Entity”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Women can say no to sex if Roe falls, says architect of Texas abortion ban; Jonathan Mitchell writes in supreme court brief that ‘women can “control their reproductive lives” without access to abortion'”: Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Jessica Glenza of The Guardian (UK) have this report on an amicus brief that attorney Jonathan F. Mitchell filed in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the organization Texas Right to Life in the pending case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org.

“Supreme Court urged to review ban on drug injection sites”: Maryclaire Dale of The Associated Press has this report.

“The Leftist Lawyers Who Think the Supreme Court Sucks; The hosts of ‘5-4,’ a popular legal podcast, hope to combat overly romantic notions about our broken system”: Alex Barasch has this post online at The New Yorker.

You can access the podcast via this link.

“The Supreme Court’s actions on abortion and voting rights would have stunned RBG”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this news analysis.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death was announced on the evening of September 18, 2020 — one year ago tomorrow. My post collecting early coverage of that news can be accessed here.

“A Federal Judge Is Appearing at the Same Event as a Lawyer Who Pushed Election Fraud Claims. Here’s What Ethics Experts Are Saying.” Avalon Zoppo and Jacqueline Thomsen of The National Law Journal have this report.