“Supreme Court poised to keep marching to right in new term”: Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press have this report.

“Trump defends ‘great woman’ Ginni Thomas after Jan. 6 testimony”: Gabby Orr of CNN has this report.

“Black Voting Districts Are Vanishing as the Supreme Court Gets Out Its Eraser; Justices will decide whether Republican-led Alabama discriminates against Black voters by drawing congressional districts that favor White candidates; The court’s ruling will likely affect other states too”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“The Supreme Court Has a Crisis of Trust”: This editorial will appear in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Free Speech Is the Most Fundamental American Value; Why I oppose both Ivy League censorship and New York Times v. Sullivan”: Senior D.C. Circuit Judge Laurence H. Silberman has this essay — the text of a Constitution Day speech that he delivered last month — online at The Wall Street Journal.

“A Jan. 6 Judge Was Targeted in a SWAT Hoax. He Likely Won’t Be the Last. ‘Swatting’ call sent police to judge’s home before hearing. Judiciary has backed bill to scrub personal information online.” Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Apple, rebuffed in bid for appeal to shield Tim Cook emails, asks 9th Circuit for help”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post about a petition for writ of mandamus filed yesterday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

“Senate Democrats plan hearing on judicial nominees in October recess”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Four Years Later, Kavanaugh Probe Still Raising Questions”: Cara Bayles of Law360 has this report.

“Giving Yale Law School The Heave-Ho; Another way to understand the boycott of YLS grads”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Pa. Supreme Court Chief Justice Max Baer, a Pittsburgh native, dies, called ‘a tireless champion for children'”: Rich Cholodofsky of TribLIVE has this report.

Peter Hall of the Pennsylvania Capital-Star reports that “Pa. Supreme Court Chief Justice Max Baer has died; Debra Todd becomes first woman to lead court; ‘He was respectful, honest and carried himself with dignity and integrity,’ House Speaker Bryan Cutler said.”

And in commentary, online at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Ken Gormley, president of Duquesne University, has an essay titled “An Appreciation: Max Baer, a judge’s judge, a lawyer’s lawyer.”

“Pa. Supreme Court Chief Justice Max Baer dies at 74”: Jon Moss, Gillian McGoldrick, and Mick Stinelli of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have this report.

Christine Vendel of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “Pa. Supreme Court Chief justice Max Baer dies at 74.”

And Max Mitchell of The Legal Intelligencer reports that “Pa. Supreme Court Chief Justice Max Baer Dies; A cause of death was not immediately known for the 74-year-old who took over the court’s helm last year.”

Today, the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania issued a news release titled “Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Passing of Chief Justice Max Baer.”

Update: In other news coverage, Diane Mastrull of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “Pa. Supreme Court Chief Justice Max Baer has died; Debra A. Todd becomes the new chief justice, the first woman to lead the state Supreme Court.”