“New York AG will fight Texas over abortion pills in ‘shield’ law challenge; Democrat Letitia James is squaring off against her Texas counterpart, Republican Ken Paxton, in a closely watched legal battle”: Praveena Somasundaram of The Washington Post has this report.

“Amy Coney Barrett’s Memoir Is as Careful and Disciplined as Its Author; In a studiously bland new book, ‘Listening to the Law,’ the Supreme Court justice describes her legal philosophy and tries to sidestep the court’s recent controversies”: Jennifer Szalai has this book review online at The New York Times.

And online at The Washington Post, law professor Noah Feldman has a book review titled “What does Amy Coney Barrett really think? Her new book offers some clues. In ‘Listening to the Law,’ the Supreme Court justice lays out her judicial philosophy. It sounds a lot like Antonin Scalia’s.”

“The Supreme Court’s ICE Raids Ruling Is Shameful; The conservative majority essentially decided it’s OK to use racial profiling in immigration enforcement”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

And online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a Jurisprudence essay titled “The Supreme Court Just Let ICE Detain Americans Based on Race.”

“My Last TaxProf Blog Post”: Paul Caron has this post at his “TaxProf Blog,” which has been in existence for the past 21 years.

Karen Sloan of Reuters reports that “Groundbreaking law blog calls it quits after 21 years.”

And Christine Charnosky of Law.com has an article headlined “Eulogy to a Blog: Paul Caron Ends TaxProf Blog.”

Perhaps anticipating today’s news, David Lat in his weekly Substack roundup shares his hope that I should never retire from legal blogging.

“US Chief Justice Lets Trump Oust FTC Commissioner for Now”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report on an order the Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. issued today.

“Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops; A federal judge had ordered agents not to make indiscriminate stops relying on factors like a person’s ethnicity or that they speak Spanish”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court lifts limits on immigration raids in the Los Angeles area; The raids sparked major protests in Southern California. President Donald Trump deployed troops from the California National Guard and Marines in response.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court upholds ‘roving patrols’ for immigration arrests in Los Angeles.”

Mariah Timms of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Lifts Limits on Immigration Raids in Los Angeles; Order lets Trump administration proceed with patrols that earlier targeted largely Latino areas.”

Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “In a win for Trump, Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops; A lower court said federal agents need a reasonable suspicion that someone is in the country illegally and can’t rely on factors such as ethnicity.”

And Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court OKs Trump’s L.A. immigration sweeps, says ethnicity ‘relevant factor.’”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Appeals Court Upholds Carroll’s $83 Million Judgment Against Trump; The judges rejected President Trump’s argument that the Supreme Court’s decision extending presidential immunity should shield him from liability for defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll”: Benjamin Weiser of The New York Times has this report.

Mark Berman of The Washington Post reports that “Appeals court denies Trump effort to toss $83 million judgment in E. Jean Carroll case; A civil jury had last year ordered Donald Trump to pay the writer E. Jean Carroll more than $83 million for defaming her.”

Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Trump Loses Bid to Overturn $83 Million Damages Award to E. Jean Carroll; The jury had found the president was liable for defamation.”

Erin Mansfield of USA Today reports that “Appeals court won’t throw out E. Jean Carroll case for presidential immunity.”

And Tom Howell Jr. of The Washington Times reports that “Trump loses bid to toss $83M defamation judgment in favor of E. Jean Carroll.”

You can access today’s 70-page per curiam ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

“US could be forced to refund ‘about half’ of tariffs if SCOTUS rules against Trump, Bessent says; The Treasury Department collected more than $180 billion in tariff revenue for the year, through August”: Ari Hawkins of Politico has this report.

“Judicial Notice (09.07.25): All Apologies; A swift verdict for Donna Adelson, a rare apology from a federal judge, a slew of partner moves at Sullivan & Cromwell, and Kirkland’s hire of a sports-law star.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Enemies of the State: How the Trump Administration declared war on Venezuelan migrants in the U.S.” Jonathan Blitzer has this article in the September 15, 2025 issue of The New Yorker.

“177. The (Not-So-)Interim Docket: Justice Kavanaugh’s attempt to re-brand how the Supreme Court handles emergency applications is belied by how the Supreme Court is actually handling emergency applications.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“The Lower Courts Punch Up”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Justice Barrett Declares Her Independence Ahead of Trump-Dominated Term; Least predictable member of Supreme Court’s conservative bloc goes on tour to plug her new book”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.