“Utah files suit challenging Biden’s monument restoration; At a combined 3.2 million acres, the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears monuments are too large to be responsibly managed, officials allege”: Brian Maffly of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

And Kyle Dunphey of Deseret News reports that “Utah sues federal government over Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante expansion; Utah politicians say Biden violated the Antiquities Act, accusing him of ‘repeated, abusive federal overreach.’“

“How a Corporate Law Firm Led a Political Revolution: The untold story of Jones Day’s push to move the American government and courts to the right.” David Enrich will have this article in this upcoming Sunday’s issue of The New York Times Magazine.

“Post-Roe, the Supreme Court Is on a Collision Course With Democracy; After destabilizing the nation over abortion, and moving further right on guns, climate, and religion, the conservative justices’ sights are on affirmative action, voting rights, and a fringe legal theory that could empower Trump-friendly state legislatures for future elections”: Cristian Farias has this essay in the September 2022 issue of Vanity Fair.

“Did Congress Really Rebuff the Supreme Court on Climate Rule? Democrats are toasting a victory against the conservative justices’ assault on environmental law; But it might be a short celebration.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Prominent U.S. appeals court judge calls Supreme Court term limits ‘intriguing'”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

Seventh Circuit Judge Diane P. Wood was the guest on the most recent episode of the “Judgment Calls with Hon. David F. Levi” podcast.

I didn’t learn of the existence of this podcast, which launched in November 2019, until today, but a bunch of other federal appellate judges have been guests, along with several other judges. You can access an archive of past episodes via this link.

“Sherry Colb”: At his “Dorf on Law” blog, Michael C. Dorf has a post that begins, “I’m writing with unspeakably sad news. Sherry Colb — my co-blogger, co-author, colleague, best friend, and wife for over 31 years, died this morning.”

“North Carolina justices offer a liberal roadmap for overturning elections”: Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Congressional Responses to Dobbs“: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Court: Mississippi can continue blocking felons from voting.” Emily Wagster Pettus of The Associated Press has this report.

Bobby Harrison of Mississippi Today reports that “5th Circuit upholds Jim Crow-era law written to keep Black Mississippians from voting; A majority of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that since the Mississippi Legislature reconsidered the voting rights provision in later years, it no longer is discriminatory.”

And Ashton Pittman of Mississippi Free Press has a report headlined “‘A Wrong Never Righted’: Court Upholds Mississippi’s 1890 Jim Crow Voting Law.”

You can access yesterday’s 10-to-7 en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in which the majority opinion was issued per curiam, at this link. In his dissenting opinion, Circuit Judge James E. Graves, Jr. explains that “Recounting Mississippi’s history forces me to relive my experiences growing up in the Jim Crow era.”

“Court: Arkansas can’t ban treatment of transgender kids.” Andrew DeMillo of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.