“David Souter: A modest jurist from a bygone era; The Supreme Court justice shaped today’s court more than any other jurist.” Columnist David Von Drehle has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The Case of District Judges vs. Trump: They’re the only officials besides the president who exercise constitutional authority unilaterally, particularly when they issue nationwide injunctions; James C. Ho of the Fifth Circuit says they often abuse that power.” James Taranto will have this new installment of The Weekend Interview in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Justice David Souter, Who Traded White Marble for the White Mountains; Retiring at just 69 after two decades on the Supreme Court, the justice left a legacy of case-by-case judging, intellectual rigor and a complete lack of pretension”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this Supreme Court Memo.

“Statements from the Supreme Court Regarding the Death of Retired Associate Justice David Souter”: Available online at this link.

“Bonus 147: Shell Games and Nationwide Injunctions; The Trump administration’s geographic gamesmanship with immigration detainees crystallizes the need for the Supreme Court to preserve (at least some) nationwide injunctions.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“David Souter Knew His Role; The late justice understood that an essential part of being a Supreme Court justice was being a responsible steward of the power entrusted to him”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

And at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site, Jay Willis has a post titled “Here Are Some Fun David Souter Stories That Didn’t Make the Cut: An important lesson about eating apples the right way.”

“Pa. Appeals Court Upholds $177.3M Roundup Judgment; The three-judge panel soundly rejected a litany of challenges Monsanto lodged against the verdict in Caranci v. Monsanto, including a defense the company has pushed aggressively throughout the broader Roundup litigation”: Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer has this report on a ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania issued yesterday.

“Souter’s Leftward Turn Changed Future Supreme Court Nominations; Bush nominated Souter, known as ‘stealth nominee,’ in 1990; Souter quickly disappointed conservatives with vote to uphold Roe v. Wade”: Tiana Headley and Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Justice Sotomayor Says Lawyers Must ‘Stand Up’ and ‘Fight This Fight’; In pointed remarks, the justice told an audience of hundreds of lawyers that she had joined them as ‘an act of solidarity’”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Lawrence Hurley of NBC News reports that “Justice Sonia Sotomayor urges lawyers to ‘stand up’ amid Trump tumult; The liberal justice spoke at an event hosted by the American Bar Association, a legal group that has been targeted by the Trump administration.”

And Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law reports that “Justice Sotomayor Stands in ‘Solidarity’ with Embattled ABA; Can’t stand to lose the battles we face, Sotomayor said; Group has come under attack by Trump administration.”

“Trump’s DOJ Weighs Gun Rights as a Focus for Civil Rights Division”: Myles Miller of Bloomberg News has this report.

En banc Ninth Circuit rejects argument that 18 U.S.C. sec. 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional as applied to non-violent felons under Bruen’s Second Amendment analytical framework: You can access the ruling at this link.

Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke issued a 65-page opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part.

“Justice Souter’s Papers Will Be Available In The Year 2075; The Justice was ’emphatic’ that his papers would be available only fifty years after his death”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“There Was Much More to David Souter”: Jeffrey Toobin has this essay online at The New York Times.

“The Road to the Bench Within the Third Circuit”: The Federalist Society has posted this video on YouTube.

“David H. Souter, Republican Justice Who Allied With Court’s Liberal Wing, Dies at 85; He left conservatives bitterly disappointed with his migration from right to left, leading to the cry of ‘no more Souters’”: The New York Times has published this obituary written by Linda Greenhouse.

The Public Information Office of the U.S. Supreme Court issued this news release today.

“Dan Markel murder: Charlie Adelson files appeals brief seeking new trial.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

You can access the appellate brief at this link.