“Planned Parenthood announces it is resuming abortions in Wisconsin”: Molly Beck and Jessie Opoien of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report.

“How Donald Trump’s DOJ gave Biden a major assist in the coming impeachment probe: The department’s 2020 opinion around Trump’s impeachment trial could place some serious constraints on House Republicans now.” Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report.

“How the Supreme Court Could Undercut the Future of Criminal Justice Reform: For people convicted of drug offenses, years of their lives could come down to what nine justices think the word ‘and’ means.” Madiba K. Dennie has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“New Light on the ERA? A long history of amending resolutions with legal effect.” Stephen E. Sachs has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“The Worst Trump Judge In America Is Barbara Lagoa; Why Jeb Bush might have been the only reason the former Florida Supreme Court justice didn’t replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court”: James LaRock has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Senate Republicans Learn to Use Their Majority Muscle; An interview with John Yoo”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“No Liberal ‘Victory’ Is Safe at a Captured Supreme Court; Alabama Republicans’ open defiance of the decision in Milligan demonstrates that they understand the Supreme Court better than the justices themselves”: Jay Willis has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Key Senate Democrat makes in-person pitch to John Roberts for Supreme Court ethics code”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“Should Philly be able to set its own gun laws? Pa. Supreme Court justices seem skeptical; The six-member panel asked pointed questions of the city’s attorneys during a hearing Wednesday, asking why the city was using the courts, and not the legislature, in an attempt address gun laws.” Chris Palmer of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

And Sammy Caiola of Philadelphia’s WHYY has a report headlined “Philly wants to create its own firearm policies to curb gun violence; Pa. Supreme Court will soon rule on preemption law; The city of Philadelphia is suing the state over the right to pass local firearms legislation; The Pa. Supreme Court heard arguments today.”

“The Supreme Court’s Growing Ethics Splits: Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito are defiant, the rest are varying levels of quiet.” Matt Ford has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Vos now probing the idea of impeaching Protasiewicz with former justices”: Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

“Fuld: Right for the Wrong Reason.” At the “Transnational Litigation Blog,” Zachary D. Clopton has a post that begins, “In a major decision interpreting Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. (2023), the Second Circuit in Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization held that personal jurisdiction may not be established by relying on the “deemed consent” provision of the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act (‘PSJVTA’).”

“California Legislature approves concealed-carry limits, teeing up possible Supreme Court fight”: Hannah Wiley of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

In earlier related coverage, Kevin Rector of The Los Angeles Times reported last Thursday that “9th Circuit ruling threatens California ban on unlicensed open carry of handguns.” You can access last Thursday’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Women denied abortions file lawsuits in Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma over bans”: Gabriella Borter of Reuters has this report.

“Women will make up majority of Missouri Supreme Court after Gov. Parson announces pick”: Kacen Bayless of The Kansas City Star has this report.

And Jack Suntrup of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that “Parson picks former Montgomery County prosecutor to fill Missouri Supreme Court vacancy.”

“Californians disapprove of Supreme Court’s work by a 2-1 ratio”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Boy Scouts abuse settlement faces questions as US Supreme Court weighs Purdue appeal”: Dietrich Knauth of Reuters has this report.

“Israel’s Supreme Court Weighs Law That Limits Its Own Power; Israel’s government passed a bill in July limiting judicial influence; The Supreme Court began meeting on Tuesday to decide whether to strike down the bill, potentially setting up a constitutional crisis”: Patrick Kingsley has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“The Desperate Need for Binding Recusal Rules for Supreme Court Justices”: Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

“Second Circuit Rejects Consent-Based Jurisdiction over PLO”: Maggie Gardner has this post at the “Transnational Litigation Blog” about two rulings (access here and here) that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued last Friday.

“Sweeping and Forcing the President into Section 3: A Response to William Baude and Michael Stokes Paulsen.” Law professors Josh Blackman and Seth Barrett Tillman have posted this article at SSRN.

And in related news coverage, A.R. Hoffman of The New York Sun has an article headlined “Clash of Constitutional Sages Taking Shape Over Whether Trump Can Be Disqualified From the Presidency Under 14th Amendment; A new draft law review article — seen by the Sun — says the case for barring the 45th president from a second term is riddled with ‘theoretical defects and other errors.’“

“Appellate Judges Retiring Too Soon or Too Late”: This month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column appeared in today’s print edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers.

“Appeals court to hear dispute over insurance coverage for COVID-19 shutdowns”: Terrie Morgan-Besecker of The Times-Tribune of Scranton, Pennsylvania had this report back on April 10, 2023 about an appeal that I argued two days later before a three-judge panel of the Pa. Superior Court sitting in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania on behalf of the insured in that case.

Today, my client received a favorable ruling in the case, consisting of a majority opinion and a concurring statement.

“What to know as Israel’s Supreme Court takes up the judicial overhaul”: Shira Rubin of The Washington Post has this report.

Ohad Zwigenberg of The Associated Press reports that “Protests against Israel’s judicial overhaul kick off at Supreme Court a day before crucial hearing.”

Maayan Lubell reports that “Protests grip Israel ahead of historic Supreme Court session.”

And The Times of Israel reports that “Security for justices said boosted ahead of high-stakes judicial overhaul hearing; Protection upped for 15 justices who will hear petitions against ‘reasonableness’ law; some judges reportedly spending the night away from home as precaution.”

“Auto week at D.C. Circuit raises ‘major questions’ for EPA”: Lesley Clark of Climatewire has this report.

“Is Wichita’s disorderly conduct law unconstitutional? Kansas Supreme Court to decide.” Matthew Kelly of The Wichita Eagle has this report.

“Can the Wisconsin Supreme Court overcome its fractured relations? Observers fear a point of no return.” Jessie Opoien of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

In related coverage, Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that “Lawsuit asks state Supreme Court to block Republican lawmakers from seeking to impeach Protasiewicz.”

Alexander Shur of The Wisconsin State Journal reports that “Lawsuit asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to block impeachment before Assembly acts.”

And Christine Fernando and Harm Venhuizen of The Associated Press report that “Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates often speak out on hot topics; Only one faces impeachment threat.”

“The Easiest Way for Congress to Rein in the Supreme Court. At least a little bit.” Chris Kromphardt has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Two Pieces to the Puzzle: Long Conference Petitions and Granted Cases for OT 2023.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empiical SCOTUS” blog.

“The Supreme Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of the United States successfully conclude judicial exchange”: The Supreme Court of Canada today issued a news release that begins, “The Right Honourable Richard Wagner, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada concluded a productive two-day meeting with a delegation from the United States Supreme Court last week. Members of the Supreme Court of Canada were delighted to host the Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr., Associate Justice Elena Kagan and retired Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer in Ottawa and Montreal.”

“A Pa. Supreme Court race this fall could have big implications for the 2024 presidential election; Judges Carolyn Carluccio and Dan McCaffery are running to fill a vacancy on the state Supreme Court, and the winner could become the deciding vote in important election cases”: Gillian McGoldrick of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“What Ginni Thomas and Leonard Leo wrought: How a justice’s wife and a key activist started a movement; Thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, a trove of so-called ‘dark money’ was about to be unleashed; Two activists prepared to seize the moment.” Heidi Przybyla of Politico has this report.

“Judicial Notice (09.09.23): Show Me The Money; A $16 billion judgment, a $7 billion M&A deal, an exciting new boutique, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Ethics office accuses attorney general of violating professional conduct rules; The complaint alleges communications from Austin Knudsen’s office during separation-of-powers fight ‘routinely and frequently undermined public confidence in the fairness and impartiality of our system of justice’”: Arren Kimbel-Sannit of Montana Free Press has this report, along with a report headlined “The complaint against Austin Knudsen: Knowns, and unknowns; What to know about the disciplinary proceedings against Montana’s top attorney and law-enforcement official.”

Shaylee Ragar of Montana Public Radio reports that “Oversight office charges Knudsen with 41 counts of misconduct.”

And in commentary, online at The Daily Montanan, Darrell Ehrlick has an essay titled “No man is above the law: Knudsen’s 41 charges were a long-time coming.”

“The Texas Bans on Abortion ‘Trafficking’ Are Even Scarier Than They Sound”: Law professor Mary Ziegler has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.