“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.

“Pure Gaslighting: What the judge hearing the case against James Comey should say.” Reynolds Holding has this post at his “Better Judgment” Substack site.

“180. The Roberts Court Turns Twenty: The Supreme Court is much less popular and much more divisive today than it was when John Roberts was sworn in as the 17th Chief Justice on September 29, 2005; And at least much of that is his fault.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Alaska Seized a $95,000 Plane Over Illicit Cargo: A Six-Pack of Beer; The plane’s owner, an 82-year-old veteran, has asked the Supreme Court to hear his case and set limits on forfeitures of property used to commit crimes.” Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column online at The New York Times.