“A Trump-Appointed Judge Who Showed Him Favor Gets the Documents Case; The surprise assignment of Judge Aileen Cannon could be a setback for prosecutors as they unveiled a sweeping classified files indictment”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this news analysis.

Registration is now open to attend the 2023 Appellate Judges Education Institute Summit in Washington, DC November 2–5, 2023: More details and a link to register can be accessed here.

How many events can you attend at which Fifth Circuit Judge James C. Ho, Dahlia Lithwick, and law professor Erwin Chemerinsky are all on the list of scheduled speakers?

“Solicitor General Seeks Staff as Justices Request More Responses; SG’s office handles US government high court cases; Justices can ask for response when government previous waived it”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling is no victory for democracy”: Law professors Melissa Murray and Steve Vladeck have this op-ed online at The Washington Post.

And online at Justia’s Verdict, law professor Michael C. Dorf has an essay titled “A Decade After Gutting the Voting Rights Act, Chief Justice Roberts Rescues It.”

“Did Breyer Nomination Cost Al Gore the 2000 Presidential Election? Ralph Nader blasts Stephen Breyer as ‘extremist’ supporter of ‘corporate power.'” Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.