“The Court is pleased to announce oral arguments held in open court in all court locations will be live streamed — audio only — beginning October 25, 2022.” So begins an announcement that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit posted online today.

Update: In news coverage, Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Appeals court in Mar-a-Lago documents case to resume livestreaming.”

“Alito Assured Ted Kennedy in 2005 of Respect for Roe v. Wade, Diary Says; In the senator’s recollection, the Supreme Court justice who wrote the opinion overturning the abortion ruling tried to show Mr. Kennedy that he was not a threat to Roe”: John A. Farrell of The New York Times has this report.

“What Does a Counselor to the Chief Justice Do? With the retirement of Jeffrey Minear, the little-known job of counselor to the chief justice comes to the fore.” Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.”

“The Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Democracy; Moore v. Harper has hit the Supreme Court calendar, and conservative Judge Michael Luttig is sounding the alarm”: Former Fourth Circuit Judge J. Michael Luttig was Dahlia Lithwick’s guest on this week’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast.

“In highly political, richly funded contests for Illinois Supreme Court majority, pledges of impartiality stir skepticism”: John Keilman has this front page article in today’s edition of The Chicago Tribune.

“Mexican, Colombian Supreme Court Justices Discuss Path to Abortion Rights at Petrie-Flom Center Forum”: Asher J. Montgomery of The Harvard Crimson has this report.

“Clarence Thomas freezes order for Lindsey Graham to testify before Georgia grand jury investigating 2020 election”: Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed of CNN have this report.

You can view today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“The Chief Justice Who Isn’t: How John Roberts lost control of the Supreme Court.” Matt Ford has this cover story in the November 2022 issue of The New Republic.

“A Prosecutor’s Change of Heart in a Capital Case at the Supreme Court; A district attorney in Texas, convinced that the evidence that sent Areli Escobar to death row was flawed, is supporting his request for a new trial”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Judicial Notice (10.22.22): Not-So-Good Behavior; A SCOTUS advocate with style, an Ohio judge gone rogue, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

Therein, Lat suggests that I don’t “love” Lisa S. Blatt‘s “colorful and colloquial” oral argument style. Allow me to respond with a quote from Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. — “Not true!”

I once had the pleasure of arguing against Blatt (link to mp3 oral argument audio) at the Third Circuit, and my memories of that experience — from just over eight years ago — remain quite positive.