“Judge Cannon won’t recuse from trial of accused Trump golf course gunman; Judge Aileen M. Cannon disputed speculation that she would favor the former president in hopes that he would nominate her to a higher judicial appointment”: Perry Stein of The Washington Post has this report.

And Alan Feuer of The New York Times reports that “Judge Refuses to Recuse Herself From Trump Assassination Case; The man accused of plotting to shoot Donald J. Trump at his golf course had asked the judge to step aside, saying she had been praised by the former president and listed as a possible Trump appointee.”

“Missouri voters may overturn one of nation’s strictest abortion bans; A constitutional amendment on the state ballot would protect ‘the right to make and carry out decisions about all matters relating to reproductive health care’”: Annie Gowen of The Washington Post has this report.

“Deploying on U.S. Soil: How Trump Would Use Soldiers Against Riots, Crime and Migrants; The former president’s vision of using the military to enforce the law domestically would carry profound implications for civil liberties.” Charlie Savage, Jonathan Swan, and Maggie Haberman of The New York Times have this report.

“Pennsylvania Mail Ballots at the Supreme Court; The Justices are asked to halt the state Supreme Court’s judicial rewrite on rejected mail ballots”: The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“In a Legal House of Horrors, It’s an Office Contest That Scares the Judges Most; Staffers in Southern District spend weeks preparing for Halloween competition presided over by real jurists; ‘I don’t know if I’ll ever be as traumatized as I was then’”: Corinne Ramey will have this front page article in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“She said she had a miscarriage — then got arrested under an abortion law”: Caroline Kitchener of The Washington Post has this report.

“My Fellow Republicans, It’s Time to Say Enough With Trump”: Former Fourth Circuit Judge J. Michael Luttig has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Partisanship Roils State Supreme Courts. Not in New Jersey. Unwritten traditions guide appointment process. Consensus-building steers court away from ‘big swings.’” Alex Ebert of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Gun Owners’ Challenge to D.C. Magazine Limit Fails on Appeal; Plaintiffs sued over ban on magazines with more than 10 rounds; D.C. prohibition has historical analog, D.C. Cir. says”: Mike Vilensky of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service reports that “DC Circuit swats Second Amendment challenge to ban on extended magazines; The challenge, which followed a 2022 Supreme Court decision requiring certain gun restrictions to have a ‘historical analogue’ in order to stand, is likely to find its way back to the high court.”

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

Update: In other coverage, Salvador Rizzo of The Washington Post reports that “D.C.’s high-capacity magazine ban upheld by federal appeals court; A panel ruled in a 2-1 decision that that the limit of 10 rounds of ammunition remains constitutional after Supreme Court rulings bolstering gun rights.”

“Originalism as Identity”: Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

“Second Circuit axes suit from Muslim men placed on No Fly List; The three men claimed the FBI placed them on the No Fly List after they refused to become informants”: Erik Uebelacker of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“Pennsylvania ‘Naked’ Ballots Fight Reaches US Supreme Court; Republicans want justices to intervene in swing-state fight; Dispute over voters getting second chance if ballot incomplete”: Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News has this report.

“How the Newest Supreme Court Justices Compare. A Look at Each of Their Respective First Two Years on the Court.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.