“Republicans expect to confirm even more Supreme Court justices if Trump wins; GOP senators anticipate that in a second term, Trump would have at least one Supreme Court vacancy to fill; Democrats hope that prospect motivates their voters this fall”: Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report.

“Gun, transgender rights, porn cases loom as US Supreme Court returns”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

“More Women Are Being Locked Up for Their Pregnancies Than Ever Before; Thank the Supreme Court”: Law professor Mary Ziegler has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Victim’s Unsealed Testimony Reveals New Details in Epstein Case; The woman testified in a now-settled lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase on behalf of hundreds of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims”: Matthew Goldstein of The New York Times has this report.

“Jack Smith’s Big New Jan. 6 Brief Is a Major Indictment of the Supreme Court”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — founder of the “Election Law Blog” — has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Judge Unseals New Evidence in Federal Election Case Against Trump; Judge Tanya Chutkan made public portions of a filing by prosecutors setting out their argument for why the case should go forward despite the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity”: Alan Feuer and Charlie Savage of The New York Times have this report.

You can view the redacted filing at this link.

“Glossip v. Oklahoma: The Story Behind How a Death Row Inmate and the Oklahoma A.G. Concocted a Phantom ‘Brady Violation’ and Got Supreme Court Review (Part II); Glossip and Oklahoma have no response to the fact that that Glossip’s defense team knew all about the allegedly ‘withheld’ Brady information.” Paul Cassell has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Fifth Circuit Doubles Down on International Shoe“: Maggie Gardner recently had this interesting post at the “Transnational Litigation Blog.”

“TikTok Seeks Full Circuit Rehearing of ‘Blackout’ Challenge Suit; Third Circuit panel misread 2024 NetChoice ruling, Tiktok says; August decision ‘threatens chaos across the industry,’ it says”: Maia Spoto of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a petition for rehearing en banc filed yesterday.

“With Mangi nomination still on the ropes, Helmy says he’s hopeful for November vote; Time running out for Dems to confirm Mangi to Third Circuit”: Joey Fox of New Jersey Globe recently had this report.

“Judge Kira Klatchko, Class of ’04”: The UC Davis School of Law recently published this interview.

“The Supreme Court Tanked Its Reputation. This Is the Way Back. The legitimacy crisis is getting worse. But it’s not too late to revive faith in America’s highest court.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“False Claims Act’s whistleblower provisions are unconstitutional, US judge rules”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” has this post about a federal district judge’s ruling issued Monday.

“The Law School Dean Who Quietly Worked to Overturn the Election; Lawyers who worked to keep Trump in power in 2020 have risked being disbarred; But not Mark Martin”: Shawn Musgrave has this report online at The Intercept.

“State v. Yelp: A personal jurisdiction battle in the new 15th Court of Appeals.” Adam Shniderman has this post at his Substack site, “14th & Colorado,” which is the location in Austin of the Supreme Court of Texas.

“Supreme Court swaps its history book for a dictionary to review regulations on ghost guns; The high court threw out the government’s ban on bump stocks last term. Now the feds are fighting to uphold rules to curb firearms without serial numbers”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.