“The Losing Isn’t Over for Trump’s Justice Department”: Elie Honig has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“The Situation: Not The Way I Wanted This to End; But I’ll take it.” Benjamin Wittes has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Pa. Supreme Court eases 24-hour notice rule for local officials, angering transparency advocates”: Tom Riese of 90.5 WESA has this report.

Yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consisted of a majority opinion in part, a concurring opinion, and two dissenting opinions (here and here).

“SC Supreme Court sets date to hear Alex Murdaugh murder conviction appeal”: Michael M. DeWitt, Jr. of The Greenville News has this report.

“Oklahoma Supreme Court tosses Bible lawsuit after education leader declines to enforce mandate”: Janelle Stecklein of Oklahoma Voice has this report.

“A Supreme Court Term With Unusually High Economic Stakes; Let’s hope the justices rule against Trump’s claims regarding tariffs and the removal of Fed governors”: Alan S. Blinder will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Trump wants SCOTUS to take the ‘headless fourth branch’ to the slaughterhouse; As the high court reviews President Trump’s executive branch firing authority, the independence of regulatory boards hangs in the balance”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“ACLU lawyers name Emil Bove, now a federal judge, as possible witness in contempt inquiry; The former DOJ official — who was Trump’s criminal defense lawyer before that — is one of nine names submitted to Judge Boasberg”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

And Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service reports that “Senate Dems demand information on Emil Bove ethics complaint, threats against judges; Lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee filed a raft of FOIA requests to break through what they framed as the Trump administration’s ‘stonewalling’ on key issues.”

“4th Circuit Judge’s Worry of En Banc Overuse Spurs Back-and-Forth; ‘By subjecting litigation to the en banc detour, we shield it from Supreme Court review while the often year-long proceeding plays itself out,’ Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III wrote; ‘Shielding significant cases from the Supreme Court for prolonged periods can have deleterious consequences’”: Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has this report.

You can access last Thursday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the opinions concurring therein and dissenting therefrom, at this link.

“Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago; The Trump administration has claimed the police were slow to protect federal agents on Oct. 4, but videos and audio show that their rationale conflates hours of events involving a shooting, a protest, a car crash and a police radio call”: Devon Lum, Mattathias Schwartz, Christoph Koettl, and Ainara Tiefenthäler of The New York Times have this report.

“This ‘sleepy’ Supreme Court case could change Americans’ lives; The case involving Chevron and Louisiana is an attempt to reshape national policy through state courts”: Alaska Attorney General Stephen J. Cox has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Gov. Ferguson taps former AG civil rights chief for WA Supreme Court”: Jim Brunner of The Seattle Times has this report.

Mitchell Roland of The Spokesman-Review reports that “Spokane native Colleen Melody selected for state Supreme Court.”

Simone Carter of The Olympian reports that “Gov. Bob Ferguson unveils first appointment to WA state Supreme Court.”

And Jerry Cornfield of Washington State Standard reports that “Gov. Bob Ferguson makes his pick for WA Supreme Court seat; Colleen Melody, who leads the civil rights division at the state attorney general’s office, will succeed Justice Mary Yu, who is retiring.”

“As judges face more threats, only the Supreme Court gets new security funds; There was a spike in threats against the judiciary in the early months of 2025, Marshals Service data shows”: Derek Hawkins of The Washington Post has this report.

“Montana Republicans Are Trying to Hijack the Montana Supreme Court; The state’s highest court ruled against GOP lawmakers in a few high-profile cases; GOP lawmakers are responding in kind”: Steve Kennedy has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“In Texas case, it’s politics vs. race at the Supreme Court, with control of Congress at stake”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Major Supreme Court disputes await rulings on tariffs, National Guard and gerrymandered maps”: Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times have this report.