“Thomas signals no slowdown to precedent purge; Thomas said the justices shouldn’t ‘turn off their brain’ to precedents that no longer make sense”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“11th Circuit upholds law targeting racial violence on government property; The ruling affirmed the conviction of Jordan Leahy for using his car to terrorize a Black family on a Florida road”: Megan Butler of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.

“Trump Gets the Retribution He Sought, and Shatters Norms in the Process; A prosecutor’s drive to indict James Comey trampled over the Justice Department’s long tradition of keeping a distance from politics and the White House, and raised the prospect of more arbitrary charges”: Alan Feuer, Jonah E. Bromwich, and Maggie Haberman of The New York Times have this news analysis.

“The Supreme Court and Trump’s Firing Power; Maybe it was a mistake all along to empower a vast D.C. bureaucracy”: This editorial will appear in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Barrett spurns Supreme Court bias claims after string of Trump shadow docket wins; Justice Amy Coney Barrett sat for an extended discussion where she defended the high court’s rulings and her jurisprudence”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“The DNC is jumping into the 2025 Pa. Supreme Court fight to protect Democrats in November election; Concerned over conservatives’ efforts to realign the state’s highest court, Democrats are ramping up spending in what is usually a low-key Pa. race”: Carmen Russell-Sluchansky of WHYY has this report.

Chris Potter of WESA reports that “Financial reports show big-dollar donations in Pa. Supreme Court judicial retention contest.”

And in commentary, online at The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, columnist John Baer has an essay titled “Pa. Supreme Court retention elections are very different this year.”

“Judges Say Justices Need to Give More Emergency Docket Guidance”: Justin Wise of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Perspectives on Judicial Restraint in Modern Originalism with Judge Patrick Bumatay”: Case Western Reserve University School of Law has posted this video on YouTube.

And in news coverage, Eric Heisig of Bloomberg Law reports that “Ninth Circuit Judge Pushes ‘Bloodthirsty Originalism’ Embrace” (subscription required for full access).

“State Supreme Court calls foul on Pittsburgh’s ‘jock tax,’ adding to city’s financial headaches”: Julia Maruca of WESA has this report.

Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion and two concurring opinions (here and here).

“Bonus 179: The Stare Decisis-Free Docket; The Court’s recent treatment of Humphrey’s Executor may only encourage lower-court judges to do exactly what Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh purported to rail against in August: not follow precedents.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.