“Ketanji Brown Jackson grabs the spotlight in first Supreme Court session; Unlike some rookie justices, Jackson wasn’t reticent when the court opened session on Monday”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

“The Onion tells the Supreme Court — seriously — that satire is no laughing matter”: Jessica Schneider of CNN has this report.

The best U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief ever? The Onion | America’s Finest News Source today filed this amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in the case captioned Novak v. City of Parma, Ohio, No. 22-293.

Congratulations to attorneys Stephen J. van Stempvoort and D. Andrew Portinga of Miller Johnson on their accomplishment.

“How SCOTUS Distorts Democracy”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.

And yesterday’s new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast is titled “Horse Sausage.”

“The Supreme Court will begin a new term with more contentious cases on its docket”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wades into questioning on murky wetlands dispute as Supreme Court opens new term; Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the court is an active questioner in her debut oral argument; The case asks the justices to revisit the scope of the Clean Water Act”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

“Five months later, Supreme Court still investigating who leaked the abortion case; A new Supreme Court term is underway and the identity of the leaker is still unknown”: Brianna Herlihy of Fox News has this report.

“Judge Robert M. Dow, Jr., named Counselor to the Chief Justice”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Supreme Court issued this news release today.

“Justice Elena Kagan, in Dissent; What to do about the loss of trust in the Supreme Court”: Lincoln Caplan has this article online at Harvard Magazine.

“Justice Delayed, Justice Denied: 11th Circuit Fails To Rule On Case For Seven Years; The exclusive story of how a key appeals court left one case languishing for nearly a decade.” Josh Kovensky of Talking Points Memo has this report.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in nine cases and called for the views of the Solicitor General in four cases.

“Laurence Silberman, Federal Appeals Court Judge, Shaped Conservative Legal Theory; The Nixon administration veteran has died at 86”: Jess Bravin, James R. Hagerty, and Jan Wolfe of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

In commentary, The Wall Street Journal has published an editorial titled “Judge Laurence H. Silberman, 1935-2022; He was more consequential than most Supreme Court Justices.”

Online at The Wall Street Journal, Paul Clement has an essay titled “America Loses a Judicial Giant; Judge Laurence Silberman was a paragon of restraint on the bench and always a great public servant.”

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “Rest In Peace Judge Silberman; We lost a legal legend.”

“At St. Matthew’s 70th Red Mass, a celebration of God and good work”: Michael Laris of The Washington Post has this report.

“The Supreme Court Is Blowing Up Law School, Too; Inside the growing furor among professors who have had enough”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Justice Thomas goes toe-to-toe with the legal ‘chimpanzee'”: Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times have this report.

“America Has a Ginni Thomas Problem”: Online at The New York Times, columnist Charles M. Blow has an essay that begins, “Clarence and Virginia (Ginni) Thomas don’t discuss their dueling efforts to destroy our democracy when they come home from a day of wreaking havoc.”

“A partisan Supreme Court is 2022’s other incumbent”: Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Supreme Court Term Opens With New Justice and Weighty Cases; Election law, affirmative action and how gay rights and religious rights coexist are on the docket after court’s historic last session”: Jess Bravin and Jan Wolfe of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Ketanji Brown Jackson’s first few months at the fractured Supreme Court”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

“Alabama’s high-stakes Supreme Court fight over racial gerrymandering, explained; Merrill v. Milligan could eliminate one of the few remaining nationwide safeguards against rigged legislative maps”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Good on the Supreme Court for keeping live audio. Now it’s time to go further.” The Washington Post has published this editorial.

“The Supreme Court’s Big New Term; There is a feeling with this Court that the conservative Justices could make a landmark ruling out of almost any case”: Amy Davidson Sorkin will have this Comment in the October 10, 2022 issue of The New Yorker.

“Weighty U.S. Supreme Court term dawns with environmental and race cases”: Andrew Chung and Nate Raymond of Reuters have this report.

“A shaken Supreme Court returns to chambers; Can a court riven by ideological divisions, security threats and a leak probe ever get back to normal?” Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

“Curtain lifts on another historic Supreme Court term in the new normal”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“As New Term Starts, Supreme Court Is Poised to Resume Rightward Push; The justices return to the bench on Monday to start a term that will include major cases on affirmative action, voting and discrimination against gay couples; Several will take on questions about race”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“They’re Back: Ultraconservative Supreme Court Justices Hearing Cases Again This Week; The court’s conservative supermajority returns on Oct. 3 with affirmative action and voting rights squarely in its sights.” Paul Blumenthal of HuffPost has this report.

“Republicans abandon Obamacare repeal; On Capitol Hill and the 2022 campaign trail, the party’s appetite for undoing former President Obama’s signature law has faded, lawmakers and candidates say”: Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s Business Docket: Upcoming Supreme Court cases could have big implications for businesses.” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“Is Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch a Conservative — or a Wild Card? Nearly five years into his tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court, Colorado’s Neil Gorsuch has established himself as a modern textualist in the mode of Antonin Scalia. He’s also become something of a conservative wild card. Will that unpredictability extend to gay rights?” Spencer Campbell has this article in the October 2022 issue of 5280 magazine.

“Can Indian Country withstand the new Supreme Court? The High Court is set to hear a case that will affect thousands of Native kids. Is it qualified to judge?” Nick Martin has this essay online at High Country News.

“Dead Man Living: What happened when Alabama tried and failed to kill Alan Eugene Miller.” Elizabeth Bruenig has this article online at The Atlantic.

“Judicial Notice (10.01.22): Ho No He Didn’t! Pundits react to Judge Jim Ho’s Yale Law boycott, Latham raids yet another rival, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Will the Call for a Yale Boycott Be a Wake Up Call for the Woke? Don’t Bet on it.” Jonathan Turley has this post at his blog.

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