“New Trump Charges Expose the Supreme Court’s Failings; The special prosecutor’s revised case may force the justices to reckon with their flawed presidential immunity ruling”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Three Ohio Supreme Court races on the November ballot will have a huge impact in the coming years; Ohio’s highest court currently has a 4-3 Republican majority”: Megan Henry of Ohio Capital Journal has this report.

“The Constitution Is Sacred. Is It Also Dangerous? One of the biggest threats to America’s politics might be the country’s founding document.” Jennifer Szalai has this Critic’s Notebook essay online at The New York Times.

“Prosecutors Seek Simpler Path in Federal Election Case, as Trump Seeks Delays; In a court filing, prosecutors suggested their revisions would let them steer clear of the Supreme Court ruling on immunity; Donald Trump’s lawyers made clear they would continue broad attacks on the case”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

“America Does Not Need the Death Penalty”: The New York Times has published this editorial.

“Trump Contorts Himself on Abortion in Search of Political Gain; The former president is willing to make as many rhetorical and policy shifts as he deems necessary to win in November, vexing some social conservatives”: Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman of The New York Times have this report.

And Ruth Igielnik of The New York Times reports that “More Voters, Especially Women, Now Say Abortion Is Their Top Issue; Donald J. Trump is shifting his stance on reproductive rights, but voters, by a wide margin, say that they trust Kamala Harris on the issue.”

“Trump comes out against Florida’s abortion rights ballot measure after conservative backlash; The GOP nominee landed in hot water on abortion Thursday, after criticizing Florida’s six-week ban and initially declining to take a stance on a state ballot measure”: Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report.

“With Trump indictment, appeal, Jack Smith launches final pre-election moves; Revised indictment against Donald Trump shows careful legal maneuvering as the special counsel tries to keep the election-interference case alive”: Perry Stein and Josh Dawsey of The Washington Post have this report.

“Md. Supreme Court upholds decision to reinstate Adnan Syed murder conviction; The decision is the latest twist in a long legal drama that has surrounded ‘Serial’ podcast subject Adnan Syed since his murder conviction in 2000”: Omari Daniels and Tom Jackman of The Washington Post have this report.

Christine Hauser of The New York Times reports that “Maryland Supreme Court Orders Redo of Hearing That Freed Adnan Syed; The court upheld an appellate court’s decision to reinstate the murder conviction of Mr. Syed; The case was the focus of the podcast ‘Serial.’”

And Tim Prudente, Justin Fenton, and Dylan Segelbaum of The Baltimore Banner report that “Maryland Supreme Court reinstates murder conviction of Adnan Syed and orders new hearing.”

You can access today’s 4-to-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of Maryland at this link.

“Pennsylvania Court, on 4-1 Vote, Holds That Failing to Count Timely But Undated (or Misdated) Mail-In Ballots Violates the State Constitution; Case Likely Headed to State Supreme Court and Potentially SCOTUS on Federal Cases”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”

And at Democracy Docket, Rachel Selzer reports that “Pennsylvania Counties Must Count Undated and Misdated Mail-in Ballots, Court Rules.”

You can access today’s ruling of an en banc panel of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

“With Court Victories, Conservatives Push Back on Biden Policies; Legal challenges have blocked many of the policies that President Biden saw as critical to his legacy, on issues like immigration and student loans”: Hamed Aleaziz and Michael D. Shear of The New York Times have this report.

“Pennsylvania Supreme Court Issues Scheduling Order So That Any 2024 Election-Related Challenges Can Be Decided Quickly”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”

You can access the Pa. Supreme Court‘s order at this link.

“Governor Lamont Nominates the Honorable Raheem L. Mullins as Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court”: The Office of Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont issued this news release today.

“Adnan Syed’s fate in hands of Maryland Supreme Court as clock winds down”: Tim Prudente of The Baltimore Banner has this report.

“A new indictment points to Trump’s illegal acts — and justices’ errors; What does the new Trump indictment tell us? That the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling makes no sense.” Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Scale of Trump’s appeals court overhaul unmatched by Biden, even as Democrats could approve more total judges”: Tierney Sneed of CNN has this report.

“Justice Sotomayor’s side hustle during a hectic term? A kids’ musical. She told a theater crowd in Kansas City, Mo., that she believes her biggest legacy lies outside her trailblazing role in the law.” Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

“Sarah Palin Is Granted New Libel Trial Against The New York Times; A federal appeals court said the judge overseeing the original trial, which Ms. Palin lost, had wrongly excluded evidence and might have swayed jurors as they were deliberating”: David Enrich of The New York Times has this report.

Laura Wagner of The Washington Post reports that “Sarah Palin wins bid for new defamation trial against New York Times; An appellate court ruled that the federal judge who heard the case undermined the jury by announcing he would dismiss the suit while they deliberated.”

And Erin Mulvaney and Jan Wolfe of The Wall Street Journal report that “Sarah Palin Wins New Trial in Defamation Case Against New York Times; Appeals panel says trial judge made errors that deprived Palin of a fair trial.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

“Appeals Court Raises Questions Over Section 230 Law Giving Social-Media Companies Legal Immunity; Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled TikTok could potentially be liable for recommending ‘blackout challenge’ video to girl who died”: Alyssa Lukpat of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “TikTok must face lawsuit over 10-year-old girl’s death, US court rules.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

“Which Justice Writes the Most Important Decisions on the Supreme Court?” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“A Montco family sued their neighbors over lawn signs that protested an antisemitic slur. A decade later, the Pa. Supreme Court said the signs were legal. An Abington Township family posted nearly two dozen signs with anti-hate messages in a yearlong protest of their neighbor’s use of an antisemitic slur.” Abraham Gutman of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Last week’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consisted of a majority opinion and two dissenting opinions (here and here).

“The president’s crimes: The oldest constitution in the world was not made for the political culture of modern America; The Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v United States is a symptom of its crisis.” Jonathan Sumption has this article in the October 2024 issue of Prospect Magazine.

“Sumption lays into US court; Former UK justice attacks ‘absurdity’ of his US counterparts’ Trump ruling”: Joshua Rozenberg has this post at his “A Lawyer Writes” Substack site.

“How ‘America’s Worst Court’ Intimidates Elected Officials To Fight Judicial Reform”: Mark Pulliam has this post at The Federalist.

“The law finally caught up with notorious Philadelphia landlord Phil Pulley … but for voting fraud; He has acted with impunity for years across Philadelphia; Then, in the 2020 election, he allegedly decided one vote wasn’t enough for him”: William Bender and Ryan W. Briggs of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

“Lawsuits Fly Over Election Rules and Who Gets to Vote; Democrats challenge certification rules in Georgia, while GOP targets registration procedures in Arizona and North Carolina”: Mariah Timms of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she was ‘concerned’ about Trump immunity ruling”: Caitlin Yilek of CBS News has this report.

And Sara Boboltz of HuffPost reports that “Ketanji Brown Jackson Is ‘Prepared’ If 2024 Election Goes To Supreme Court; The Supreme Court justice also voiced concern about the high court’s presidential immunity decision in a rare interview.”

“Mass. high court rules possessing a switchblade knife is no longer a crime under the Second Amendment”: John R. Ellement of The Boston Globe has this report.

And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Massachusetts high court strikes down switchblade ban.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at this link.

“What ‘leave it to the states’ really means for abortion; Just look at Arkansas”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Special Counsel Revises Trump Election Indictment to Address Immunity Ruling; Jack Smith’s filing, in the case charging the former president with plotting to overturn the 2020 election, came in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling giving former presidents broad immunity”: Alan Feuer and Charlie Savage of The New York Times have this report.

Devlin Barrett and Perry Stein of The Washington Post report that “New Trump indictment tries to salvage case after Supreme Court ruling; Special counsel Jack Smith stripped out parts of the Jan. 6 indictment that could conflict with the high court’s immunity decision.”

And Sadie Gurman and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal report that “Special Counsel Unveils New Trump Indictment in Jan. 6 Case; Jack Smith sticks with same charges against former president, says new indictment conforms with Supreme Court’s immunity ruling.”

You can access the revised indictment at this link.

“Tom Girardi found guilty of wire fraud: ‘It wasn’t a hard decision,’ juror says.” Brittny Mejia of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Abortion Rights, on Winning Streak, Face Biggest Test in November; Ten states have ballot measures to establish a right to abortion in their state constitutions; The pushback has already begun”: Kate Zernike of The New York Times has this report.

“The Supreme Court is sowing confusion over how it will handle election disputes this fall”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

“9th Circuit’s chief judge cleared of failing to probe possible misconduct”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

You can view Friday’s order of the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Federal appeals court declares Missouri’s ‘Second Amendment Preservation Act’ unconstitutional”: Jason Hancock of Missouri Independent has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.