“Judge Disqualifies Nevada’s Acting U.S. Attorney From Handling Cases; A federal judge said Sigal Chattah was not ‘validly serving as acting U.S. attorney’; The Trump administration had appointed her to the post in a way that circumvented federal procedures”: Danny Hakim of The New York Times has this report.

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada at this link.

“Citing ‘Diabolical’ Investigation, John Eastman Asks Calif. Supreme Court to Reject His Disbarment; In a filing with the high court, the former Chapman University law school dean said he was the victim of a partisan prosecution, an allegation a review panel rejected this year”: Cheryl Miller of The Recorder has this report.

You can access the filing at this link.

“Pa Supreme Court Justices Team Up for First Campaign TV Ad; Pennsylvanians need to vote ‘Yes’ this November to protect our courts”: The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued this news release today.

You can view the 30-second television spot via this link.

“Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech; In a blistering opinion, a federal judge in Boston said the Trump administration used the threat of deportations to systematically intimidate certain campus demonstrators into silence”: Zach Montague of The New York Times has this report.

Joanna Slater of The Washington Post reports that “Trump administration illegally targeted pro-Palestinian protesters, judge rules; The efforts to detain and deport noncitizen activists earlier this year represented an unconstitutional infringement on the First Amendment, the ruling says.”

Louise Radnofsky of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Judge Rebukes Trump Administration’s Efforts to Deport Pro-Palestinian Campus Activists; Reagan administration nominee finds top officials violated the First Amendment by targeting noncitizens over their speech.”

Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio of The Boston Globe reports that “Judge rules that federal government violated free speech rights of noncitizens engaged in pro-Palestinian speech.”

And Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico report that “Judge excoriates Trump in blistering decision calling efforts to deport pro-Palestinian academics illegal; The Reagan-appointed judge decried Trump’s ‘great threat to Americans’ freedom of speech.’”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts at this link.

“Demand Justice Names New President to Fight Trump Judicial Push”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Anthony Kennedy: The Real Crisis at the Supreme Court Is Justices Being Rude to Each Other; For a guy who is purportedly worried about the future of democracy, Kennedy sure did a lot to erode it.” Madiba K. Dennie has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“The Rainmaker: What 20 Years In Supreme Court Practice Have Taught Me; Neal Katyal looks back on his career, sharing how collaboration, improv, and listening reshaped his approach to leadership and advocacy.” Neal Katyal has this post at “Above the Law.”

“Fight Over Hidden Report on Trump Documents Case Goes to Appeals Court; Meanwhile, previously secret passages in court filings over grand jury fights in two cases against the president have been revealed”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this report.

“IEEPA Authorizes Asset Freezing, Not Seizing: Treating a tax or tariff as different from a confiscation is an interpretive issue that should be decided by Congress, not the judiciary.” Paul Stephan has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Emergency abortion denials by Catholic hospitals put woman in danger, lawsuit claims”: Clara Harter of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“The group behind a misleading mailer targeting the Pa. Supreme Court retention elections”: Katie Meyer of Spotlight PA has this report.

“Catholics hold a Supreme Court majority. How does faith affect decisions?” Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

“Justice Kennedy Reveals Jokes, Surprise Encounters in New Memoir”: Seth Stern of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Democracies in the Age of Fragmentation”: Richard Pildes has this post at the Democracy Project of NYU Law.

“A Conversation with Justice Clarence Thomas”: The Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition has posted this video on YouTube.

“‘Hypercharged’ Is the Only Word for This Supreme Court”: Law professors Kate Shaw, William Baude, and Stephen I. Vladeck have this discussion online at The New York Times.

“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Describes Her Fight Against Injustice; In a talk on campus, Jackson discussed her new memoir and highlighted lessons from her mother”: Lia Opperman has this report online at Princeton Alumni Weekly.

“Pa. Supreme Court ruling on mail-in ballot reporting called ‘a win’ for voters”: J.D. Prose of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.

Friday’s 4-to-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consisted of a majority opinion and two dissenting opinions (here and here).

“Trump and Comey: An Escalating Conflict With No Off-Ramp; The yearslong face-off between Donald Trump and James Comey amounts to a case study of how the president grew evermore emboldened to carry out his revenge agenda.” Maggie Haberman of The New York Times has this report.

“The Man Behind Trump’s Push for an All-Powerful Presidency; Russell T. Vought spent years drawing up plans to expand presidential power and shrink federal bureaucracy; Now he is moving closer to making that vision a reality, threatening to erode checks and balances”: Coral Davenport of The New York Times has this report.

“State Supreme Court’s ‘jock tax’ ruling leaves Pa. city cash-strapped”: J.D. Prose of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.

“The Supreme Court Was Right to End Universal Injunctions — Legally, at Least”: Ben Brown has this essay online at Harvard Political Review.

“The Roberts court turns 20; The Supreme Court’s 2025 term could carry major rulings on voting rights, campaign finance, executive power and transgender rights”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Ancient Wisdom: How a Supreme Court Justice Changed My Life; Justice Lewis Powell taught me many things, including what humility was about, and how to let your thoughts evolve even at an age when most people see theirs harden.” Joel Klein has this essay online at The Free Press.

“Taking Stock of the Birthright Citizenship Cases, Part IV: DOJ’s Ineffective Responses to Plaintiffs’ Statutory Argument.” Marty Lederman has this post at the “Just Security” blog.

“He is Louisiana’s lawyer on the 10 Commandments, Voting Rights Act and more. Here’s his story.” Mark Ballard of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has an article that begins, “A mere decade ago, as an LSU law student, J. Benjamin Aguiñaga paced the parking lots around Tiger Stadium, going over legal arguments in his head.”

“Special Feature: Must Administrative Officers Serve at the President’s Pleasure?” Caleb Nelson has this post at the Democracy Project of NYU Law.

“State Abortion Clashes Portend Potential High Court Intervention”: Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Pa. Supreme Court to weigh special licensing rule for carrying a gun in Philadelphia; A permit to openly carry a firearm is required in the state’s largest city, but not elsewhere in the commonwealth”: Peter Hall of Pennsylvania Capital-Star has this report.

“Supreme Court meets to discuss Ghislaine Maxwell appeal and other pending cases; The annual ‘long conference’ is when the justices discuss all the cases that piled up over their long summer recess”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

“Justice Clarence Thomas defends Supreme Court overturning precedent, says cases aren’t ‘gospel’”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“Pa. Supreme Court justices rarely lose seats in retention elections, so why is this year’s race so important? With three Democrats on the ballot, campaign money is pouring in and control of the seven-member court could hang in the balance.” Michael Tanenbaum of PhillyVoice has this report.

“Federal courts may quickly face curtailed operations if government shuts down; Tighter budgets and rising costs have created a difficult situation for courts”: Devin Dwyer of ABC News has this report.

“Amy Coney Barrett’s brand of originalism irritates some people. Good. The Supreme Court justice’s new book shows her understanding of the need for judicious restraint.” Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The Trump Administration’s SCOTUS Winning Streak”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.