“Ex-Alaska Judge’s Misconduct Triggers New Trial in Criminal Case; Judge Marco Hernandez granted new trial; Kindred received nude photos from involved prosecutor”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“The Supreme Court Is on Collision Course With Its Ethics Struggles; A new case the high court may take up this term concerns when judges should recuse themselves; It’s a problem with which these justices are intimately familiar”: Michael Linhorst has this essay online at The New Republic.

“‘If You Can Keep It’: The Stakes Of The State Supreme Court Elections.” You can access today’s new episode of NPR’s “1A” program via this link.

“State judge strikes down Georgia abortion ban; The law, which took effect in 2022 after the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, banned abortion around six weeks of pregnancy in the battleground state”: Fallon Gallagher and Rebecca Shabad of NBC News have this report.

You can access today’s ruling of the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia at this link.

“What Senate Democrats Blew Up in 2003: The Senate’s longstanding strong consensus against partisan filibusters of judicial nominations.” Ed Whelan recently had this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Colorado to pay web designer’s legal fees after losing LGBTQ anti-bias law case”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report.

“CT legislature OKs Raheem Mullins as Supreme Court chief justice; Raheem Mullins, Gov. Ned Lamont’s choice to serve as the next Supreme Court Chief Justice, appeared in front of the Judiciary Committee on Monday”: Andrew Brown of CT Mirror has this report.

“US judges warned to prepare for election-year security risks at courthouses; Courts advised to discuss threats with US authorities; Early voting for Nov. 5 election underway in some states; Serious threats against federal judges have risen”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Cops Battle Data Brokers for Privacy in Constitutional Clash; Data brokers face 141 lawsuits under a New Jersey privacy law; Federal Judge will hear constitutional arguments on Oct. 1”: Tonya Riley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Roberts Court Steps Back Rights Where Warren Court Leaped Ahead”: Philip Allen Lacovara has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.

“Former Attorney General John Hoffman wins confirmation to New Jersey Supreme Court”: Nikita Biryukov of New Jersey Monitor has this report.

“Supreme Court flooded with prayers for relief from groups eager to promote religion”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

“A clock, a mural, a petition: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s chambers tell her story.” Maureen Groppe and Susan Page of USA Today have this report.

“101. Justice Black and the 1948 Texas Democratic Senate Primary; 76 years ago yesterday, Justice Black effectively sealed LBJ’s first election to the U.S. Senate by staying lower-court investigations into alleged improprieties in the Texas Democratic primary.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Steel Yourself for a New SCOTUS Term”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link, or on YouTube here.

“Potential President Harris could face Senate GOP roadblock for any Supreme Court pick”: Manu Raju of CNN has this report.

“Prosecutors Overreach in the Case Against Eric Adams; As with Bob McDonnell, they haven’t alleged much by way of official acts in exchange for favors”: James Burnham and Yaakov Roth will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Judicial Notice (09.29.24): Turkish Delights; A leading prosecutor takes on a top defense lawyer, a circuit judge calls out an AUSA, and another Am Law 100 firm grows by merger.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Trump Plans Massive Shake-Up of Justice Department; Critics are alarmed by his threats of retribution”: Alex Leary and Sadie Gurman of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“The Next Supreme Court Gun Fight; This case has even more deadly implications than last term’s bumpstocks decision”: You can access today’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“Why the Latest Court Reform Bill Matters”: Columnist Jamelle Bouie has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Court’s Chevron Ruling Shouldn’t Be Over Read, Kavanaugh Says; Kavanaugh calls decision a ‘course correction’; Comments come in Catholic University appearance”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Jimmy Hoover of The National Law Journal has an article headlined “‘Be Not Afraid’: Kavanaugh on the Importance of Being Thick-Skinned; ‘In my job, you lose a lot of friends and that’s just the reality of it,’ Justice Brett Kavanaugh said at The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law.”

The Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition has posted on YouTube the video of the event titled “A Conversation with Justice Brett Kavanaugh.”

“Democrats See a Chance to Beat Trump on Judicial Confirmations; They hope to use the time after the election to approve judges, but Senator Durbin says their aggressive efforts have already produced a remarkable demographic shift on the federal courts”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this report.

“Republican senator backs judiciary workplace protections bill after Alaska judge scandal”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Senate panel OKs former state attorney general to become Supreme Court justice”: Dana DiFilippo of New Jersey Monitor has this report.

“Major Decision for Judge in Trump’s Election Case: How Much Evidence to Reveal; Prosecutors filed a sealed brief showing what they learned in the investigation; The former president’s lawyers say it amounts to a premature special counsel report that could hurt him before Election Day”: Charlie Savage and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this news analysis.

“The Pa. Supreme Court sided with DA Larry Krasner in his impeachment suit, casting doubt on the effort to remove him; The justices cited a procedural error by House Republicans; The DA’s lawyer said the effort to oust him ‘is dead’”: Chris Palmer of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued today.

The ruling consisted of a majority opinion, a concurring opinion, and an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

“Sweeping bill to overhaul Supreme Court would add six justices; The legislation by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is one of the most ambitious efforts to date to remake the Supreme Court following controversies over rulings and ethics”: Justin Jouvenal and Tobi Raji of The Washington Post have this report.

“Appeals Court Questions $489 Million Civil-Fraud Judgment Against Trump; Panel voices concern that case brought by New York attorney general overreached”: Corinne Ramey and Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

And Erik Uebelacker of Courthouse News Service reports that “NY appeals court hears Trump arguments to toss massive civil fraud judgment; A state attorney defended the $355 million disgorgement penalty, arguing that Trump owes so much because he committed ‘a lot of fraud.’“

“Ghost Guns Are Making the Gun Violence Crisis Worse. Will the Supreme Court Care? Are guns really ‘guns’ if you have to spend a few minutes assembling them in your home? Soon, Sam Alito will get to decide!” Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Stephen Vladeck Replies to Judge Reed O’Connor on Forum Selection and Judge-Shopping”: This post appears today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“How would a second Trump presidency change America’s courts? There’s a real risk Trump would fill the courts with MAGA nihilists.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“‘A flamingo in a flock of finches’: Judge blasts 9th Circuit rule on when dicta is binding.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post about an en banc decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Trump Judges Are High-Performing ‘Mavericks,’ New Study Claims”: David Lat has this new installment of his “Exclusive Jurisdiction” column online at Bloomberg Law.

“Over quarter of US judges not enrolled in home security program, report says”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.