“Back on the Bench, the Supreme Court Is Diligent and Dour; The justices considered a routine case on unemployment benefits in characteristic style, peppering the lawyers with questions and dropping hints about their views”: Adam Liptak has this news installment of his “Sidebar” column.

“Judicial Notice (10.06.24): Changing Of The Guard; Fresh leadership for the Fifth Circuit, Kirkland’s latest coup, a noteworthy departure from the SEC, and a new boutique in a booming field.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Constitution Day 2024: Judge Jon Newman & Professor Marin Levy on their book, Written and Unwritten.” The Supreme Court Historical Society recently posted this video on YouTube.

“The Supreme Court Itself Is This Term’s Blockbuster”: Nancy Gertner and law professor Stephen I. Vladeck have this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“An Unsealed Brief, Ghost Guns, & Antitrust Law as Social Justice”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link or on YouTube here.

“What We’re Watching This New Supreme Court Term: It’s not the cases, it’s the mayhem.” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“Trump’s Election Bid Is a Wild Card as Supreme Court Term Opens; Court returns with cases on ‘ghost guns’, trans care on agenda; Presidential election disputes may wind up before justices”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“A 263-day wait for jobless benefits: Alabama shrimp farmer takes case to Supreme Court; In March of 2021, the month independent shrimper Derek Bateman was first able to get through to someone in his state’s unemployment office, the average wait time for an appeal was 263 days.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court called for the views of the Solicitor General in four cases and called for a response to a rehearing petition in one case.

“Porn sites. Ghost guns. Transgender rights. The Supreme Court gets back to work.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

“Ghost guns, transgender care on Supreme Court agenda as election looms; A new term begins Monday, with hot-button social issues on the docket and the possibility of legal disputes about the 2024 presidential vote”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

“Bruised Supreme Court Returns to Bench With Possible Election Cases Looming; Aside from major disputes on issues like transgender rights and guns, the docket is fairly routine; That could change fast if the presidential race is contested”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“The New Trump Jan. 6 Brief Is Still a Long Shot; A Supreme Court that supported sweeping presidential immunity is unlikely to be swayed by special counsel Jack Smith’s (mostly good) arguments”: Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“US Supreme Court Debut Tops Advocate’s Packed Argument Calendar; Pete Patterson among five attorneys making Supreme Court debut; But veteran advocates dominate first Supreme Court sitting”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“New Fifth Circuit Chief to Lead Court in National Spotlight; Jennifer Elrod to become chief judge; Will oversee circuit hearing high-profile cases”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Supreme Court will tackle transgender rights, ‘ghost guns’ in term beginning Monday”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Supreme Court to Decide Whether Mexico Can Sue U.S. Gun Makers; The justices will consider whether a 2005 law that gives gun makers broad immunity applies in the case, which accuses them of complicity in supplying cartels with weapons”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Abbie VanSickle and Adam Liptak of The New York Times have an article headlined “Death Penalty, Nuclear Waste and More: Supreme Court Rounds Out Coming Term; Three cases all stem from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans, which often finds itself to the right of the Supreme Court.”

Justin Jouvenal and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court takes new cases, including Mexican suit against U.S. gunmakers; The Supreme Court added cases for its term starting Monday, including a lawsuit by Mexico seeking to hold U.S. gun makers liable for violence in that country.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court to Weigh Mexican Government’s Lawsuit Against U.S. Gunmakers; Justices also dismiss challenges to air-pollution rules ahead of new term beginning Monday.”

Maureen Groppe of USA Today has an article headlined “Can Mexico sue U.S. gun companies? The Supreme Court will decide; Mexico claims that between 70% and 90% of the guns recovered at crime scenes were trafficked into the country from the U.S.”

And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court to hear dispute between gun companies and Mexico over trafficking.”

“The Key to Understanding This Supreme Court Term Is Neil Gorsuch’s Summer Calendar”: Jay Willis has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Senate Democrats Filibuster D.C. Circuit Nominee Miguel Estrada; Dramatic escalation of confirmation wars”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in fifteen cases, which will result in thirteen oral arguments.

“What Oral Argument Engagement Tells Us About Supreme Court Opinion Writing”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“With more support than ever for innocence claim, Richard Glossip prepped for round 2 at SCOTUS; Convincing a Republican attorney general to advocate against a death sentence is a near impossible feat, but Supreme Court roadblocks could force Oklahoma to execute a man in a conviction it doesn’t accept”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“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 III); Courts must be cautious in death penalty and other criminal cases when presented with a prosecutor’s confession of ‘error’ — such the Oklahoma A.G.’s dubious confession in this case.” Paul Cassell has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“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.