“Grand Jury Declines to Indict Man Accused of Throwing Sandwich at Officer in D.C.; The decision is a setback for the Trump administration as it ramps up law enforcement in the city to target crime”: C. Ryan Barber and Louise Radnofsky of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Abrego Garcia Requests Asylum in the United States; The request is another possible path for the Salvadoran man, who has already been deported and returned by the Trump administration, to remain in the country”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

“The Fate of the Fed May Turn on Two Words: ‘For Cause’; The Supreme Court has said the Federal Reserve Board’s independence warrants protection; President Trump’s effort to fire a member will test that commitment.” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

And in commentary, online at The New York Times, law professor Kate Shaw has a guest essay titled “The Supreme Court Must Limit This President. Start With the Fed.”

“Justice Lindsey Miller-Lerman, first woman to serve on Nebraska Supreme Court, to retire”: Cindy Gonzalez of Nebraska Examiner has this report.

“Supreme Court declines to revive Hunter Biden, computer repairman’s dueling lawsuits”: Xerxes Wilson of The Delaware News Journal has this report.

“US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to Speak at A&T Sept. 3”: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University recently issued this news release.

“Louisiana asks Supreme Court to gut Voting Rights Act and ban use of race in redistricting; The case could strike a major blow to the landmark civil rights-era law”: Zach Montellaro of Politico has this report.

“The Ninth Circuit Appoints Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky to Defend a Police Officer’s Excessive Force Conviction . . . and also allows victim’s attorney Caree Harper and me to defend the conviction”: Paul Cassell has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“California Supreme Court tosses second GOP effort to block redistricting”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“Donna Adelson trial recap: Jury hears ‘the bump,’ Adelsons talk in ‘code.’” Elena Barrera of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“Cleo E. Powell elected chief justice of Virginia Supreme Court”: Luca Powell of The Richmond Times-Dispatch has this report.

“Bonus 174: Playing the Justices for Fools; President Trump’s latest emergency application rests on a contrived procedural emergency and a forfeited substantive claim — apparently banking on the view that the Court doesn’t mind being played.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Trump’s Planned Suit Over Senate Blue Slips Faces Slim Odds”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Donna Adelson trial live: Detective tracing web of evidence in Dan Markel murder.” Elena Barrera of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.