“Merrick Garland’s goal is to restore the integrity of the Justice Department. His legacy will still be defined by Trump.” Matt Zapotosky, David Nakamura, and Devlin Barrett have this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Federal Judiciary Acts to Automate Judges’ Financial Disclosures; Move comes amid pressure from Congress on new legislation”: James V. Grimaldi, Joe Palazzolo, and Coulter Jones of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Ninth Circuit questions union influence in weighing vaccine mandate for prison guards; The union — and the state of California — claim a mass retirement by prison guards opposed to the Covid vaccine would undermine public safety”: Maria Dinzeo of Courthouse News Service has this report on a case argued today (access the oral argument video via YouTube) before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

“Americans want cameras at Supreme Court, but live audio there is on life support; Advocates are asking the court to at least continue its Covid-19 policy of livestreaming audio from argument amid renewed attention at getting cameras in the courtroom”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law reports that “Live Supreme Court Audio Should Be Permanent, Lawyers Say.”

“‘Revolutionary’ linguistics tool awaits star turn in Supreme Court arbitration case”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

“The CFAA ‘Gates-Up-or-Down’ Metaphor Is Baffling Courts — ACI v. Conservice”: Kieran McCarthy has this guest post at the “Technology & Marketing Law Blog.”

“GOP White House hopefuls get Supreme Court spotlight”: Jordain Carney of The Hill has this report.

“Future of Agency Created to Keep Mob Off Docks Now Up to Supreme Court; New Jersey wants to dissolve a product of the ‘On the Waterfront’ era; New York wants the country’s highest court to keep the bistate commission alive”: Patrick McGeehan of The New York Times has this report.

“California lets private citizens enforce state labor laws. The Supreme Court might put an end to that.” Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“The Supreme Court has declared open season on constitutional rights”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Document on plan to ‘occupy’ Capitol Hill buildings, Supreme Court on January 6 discovered by prosecutors”: Katelyn Polantz of CNN has this report.

“Andy Warhol’s Prince paintings could draw Supreme Court review, experts say”: Blake Brittain of Reuters has this report.

“The Whole Point of the Constitution Was to Weaken the States”: Columnist Jamelle Bouie has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Judiciary Releases Annual Report and Judicial Business 2021”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today, along with a news release titled “Judicial Conference Adopts Transparency Measures.”

“Skepticism of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Qualifications Is Hypocritical, 3rd Circuit Judge Says”: Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has this report.

“Sept. 11 Prosecutors Are in Plea Talks That Could Avert a Death-Penalty Trial; Pentagon prosecutors have struggled for more than a decade to hold the trial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and his accused accomplices in the attacks”: Carol Rosenberg and Charlie Savage of The New York Times have this report.

“New C-SPAN/Pierrepont Survey: Public Attitudes About the U.S. Supreme Court.” You can access the news release at this link, the complete survey results here, and the survey infographics at this link.

“Yale Law students protest anti-LGBTQ speaker, armed police presence triggers backlash; A Thursday Federalist Society event featuring a controversial conservative speaker sparked protest at the Law School”: Eda Aker and Philip Mousavizadeh of The Yale Daily News have this report.