“Supreme Court Lets Trump Administration Cut N.I.H. Grants for Disfavored Research; The court’s order was fractured, with the justices splitting over whether individual cancellations and the policy behind them could be challenged in a federal trial court”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Justin Jouvenal and Derek Hawkins of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court clears way for nearly $800 million in cuts to NIH grants; The ruling allows the Trump administration to slash research on health issues in minority, gay and transgender communities while legal battles play out over the funding.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court says Trump may cancel DEI-related health research grants.”

Louise Radnofsky and Nidhi Subbaraman of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Lets Trump Administration Halt Funding for Some Research Grants; A lower court had found the administration violated the law by canceling work involving diversity, transgender and Covid issues, among others.”

Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court allows Trump to cut $783 million in NIH research grants he targeted for DEI; The Trump administration targeted the National Institute of Health grants as part of its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion.”

And Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court clears way for Trump to cancel DEI grants at NIH.”

You can access today’s 5-to-4 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Jury locked in for Donna Adelson trial as prosecutors pursue justice in Dan Markel murder”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

And Lauren del Valle and Jean Casarez of CNN have an article headlined “A law professor was stalked and killed by hit men. His former mother-in-law is now on trial for the 2014 contract killing.”

“Alina Habba, Trump’s former personal lawyer, is not legally serving as the acting US attorney for New Jersey, judge rules”: Kara Scannell of CNN has this report.

And Tracey Tully of The New York Times reports that “Judge Says Alina Habba Has Acted Without Legal Authority; Defense lawyers had questioned whether Alina Habba, a Trump loyalist, was legally authorized to run the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, written by the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, at this link.

“Gov. Cox didn’t want the power to pick Utah’s chief justice. Lawmakers might make him do it anyway. A new version of a bill Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed is slated to be considered in a special legislative session and would force him to pick a Utah Supreme Court chief justice.” Robert Gehrke of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

“Guns or weed? Trump administration says you can’t use both.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

“The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America; The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years; Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism.” Ed Pilkington of The Guardian has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaking at UVA Sept. 18”: Jane Kelly of UVA Today has this report.

“California Supreme Court clears way for Newsom’s redistricting plan”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“Judge Halts Texas Law Mandating the Ten Commandments in School; The state law had said public schools would have to display the Ten Commandments in a ‘conspicuous’ location in every classroom in Texas by Sept. 1”: Pooja Salhotra of The New York Times has this report.

Anumita Kaur and Michelle Boorstein of The Washington Post report that “Judge blocks some Texas public schools from displaying Ten Commandments; The injunction affects 11 school districts named as defendants in a lawsuit.”

And Jaden Edison, Eleanor Klibanoff, and Alejandro Serrano of The Texas Tribune report that “Judge temporarily blocks Texas’ Ten Commandments requirement in 11 school districts; The attorneys challenging the new state law hope that other school districts won’t implement it after a federal judge found it unconstitutional.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas at this link.

“Divided Court Eliminates Trump’s Half-Billion-Dollar Fine in Fraud Case; New York appeals judges said that the judgment was excessive, but agreed to uphold the case so the appeal could continue”: Ben Protess and Jonah E. Bromwich of The New York Times have this report.

Shayna Jacobs of The Washington Post reports that “Appeals court voids $500 million fine in N.Y. case against Trump, upholds fraud finding; The ruling by a split, five-member panel of New York’s First Department Appellate Division was made public on Thursday.”

Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal reports that “N.Y. Appeals Court Throws Out $500 Million Civil Fraud Penalty Against Trump; The sharply divided panel’s decision paves the way for further proceedings before the state’s highest court.”

And Alex Swoyer and Tom Howell Jr. of The Washington Times report that “New York appeals court tosses Trump’s ‘excessive’ fraud fine in blow to AG Letitia James.”

You can access today’s ruling of a five-judge panel of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, at this link.

“Donna Adelson trial live: As jury selection winds down, opening statements may begin today.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.