“Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire F.T.C. Commissioner; The justices said they will consider whether to overrule a landmark Supreme Court precedent that has limited the president’s ability to fire top officials at the agency”: Abbie VanSickle and Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times have this report.

Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court allows Trump to fire Democratic member of trade commission; The high court will also hear arguments about overturning a 90-year-old precedent that allowed Congress to create independent agencies.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court to reconsider a 90-year-old precedent protecting independent agency officials.”

Lydia Wheeler and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court to Reconsider Limits on President’s Power to Fire Top Officials; The justices for now have allowed Trump to remove the FTC’s last remaining Democratic commissioner.”

Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court to decide if it will overturn decision protecting FTC members from presidential removal; The court said Trump can fire for now the sole Democrat on the Federal Trade Commission as the justices decide whether to overturn a century-old ruling protecting the heads of independent agencies.”

And Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court OKs Trump firing of FTC official, may end 80-year executive power limit.”

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

“Trump’s Handpicked Prosecutor Takes Over Comey and James Cases; The president is pushing up against the statute of limitations in his pursuit of charges against a former F.B.I. director, and also wants the attorney general of New York and a California senator prosecuted”: Devlin Barrett and Glenn Thrush of The New York Times have this report.

Salvador Rizzo of The Washington Post reports that “Trump adviser named interim U.S. attorney in key Virginia office; Lindsey Halligan will lead the Eastern District of Virginia, where Trump is demanding criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI director James Comey.”

And in commentary, The Washington Post has published an editorial titled “Trump’s lawfare escalates in Virginia; Congress and the courts can check the president’s politicization of the Justice Department.”

“Luigi Mangione slams ‘Marvel movie’ perp walk in bid to block death penalty; Mangione accused federal and local officials of staging a scene for political benefit, not public safety, in the aftermath of his arrest”: Nina Pullano of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access Defendant Luigi Mangione’s Motion Challenging the Constitutionality of the Death Penalty at this link.

“Trump’s civil rights boss challenged by appeals court weighing Illinois assault weapons ban; Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, the head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division, took the unusual step of traveling to Chicago to briefly participate in arguments Monday before the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals”: Jon Seidel of The Chicago Sun-Times has this report.

You can access the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

“Trump’s latest pick to reform the federal judiciary is another home run; The Senate must do its job and quickly confirm Rebecca Taibleson to the seventh circuit”: Mike Davis has this essay online at Fox News.

“179. Whither the Birthright Citizenship Cases? Notwithstanding the Court’s June ruling, President Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order remains blocked — a broader lesson on the risks of paying attention to only one part of the news cycle.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Fourth Circuit Judge Says Gorsuch Call Out ‘Really Unfortunate’”: Justin Wise of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

“What Trump Wants from a TikTok Deal with China; The Chinese-owned social-media app was banned by Congress because of national-security concerns, but the President seems more interested in leveraging its future for his personal gain”: Clare Malone has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“Looking for Bright Spots in the Courts”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Trump Picks New Virginia Prosecutor After Bondi Rebuke”: Ben Penn of Bloomberg News has this report.

Online at Bloomberg Opinion, law professor Barbara McQuade has an essay titled “Pam Bondi Isn’t the President’s Enforcer; The Justice Department is meant to serve the public, not the Trump White House.”

And at the “Executive Functions” Substack site, Jack Goldsmith has a post titled “How Should a DOJ Political Appointee Think About a Trump-Weaponized DOJ? Reflections on the Ethics of Service.”

“Judicial Notice (09.21.25): Free Speech Under Attack; Pam Bondi on ‘hate speech,’ a Biglaw associate fired for Charlie Kirk commentary, a prosecutor’s messy ouster, and two firms losing lots of lawyers.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Newman Makes Full-Court Press in Appeals Challenge of Suspension”: Michael Shapiro of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

You can access the petition for reargument en banc via this link.