“All three Pa. Supreme Court justices are retained following a historically expensive race; The court will hold its liberal majority for at least two more years, retaining Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty, and David Wecht through the 2026 midterms and ahead of the 2028 election”: Gillian McGoldrick and Ximena Conde of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

“Mystery conservative donors bankroll opposition to Trump’s tariffs; The Supreme Court test of Trump’s power is backed by a group funded without disclosure by wealthy conservatives, highlighting a deep split over import taxes”: Cat Zakrzewski of The Washington Post has this report.

Louise Radnofsky and Gavin Bade of The Wall Street Journal have a report headlined “What’s at Stake as Trump’s Tariffs Go Before the Supreme Court; Refunds, trade deals and presidential power are all in play.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Tariffs Fate Rides on Supreme Court Justices He Picked.”

And Shawn Donnan, Laura Curtis, and Enda Curran of Bloomberg News report that “Supreme Court Confronts Trump’s Power to Disrupt Global Economy.”

“D.C. Sandwich Thrower Goes on Trial as Jurors Hear of Mustard and Onions; Jury will consider whether Sean Dunn committed misdemeanor assault when he threw a Subway footlong at federal agent”: C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Justice Department ordered to turn over Comey grand jury docs; A federal judge said she didn’t receive a complete record of former FBI Director James Comey’s indictment and gave the DOJ one day to fill in the blanks”: Joan Hennessy of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Tune In to the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The Justices Will Be Squirming.” Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Judge Ho Critiques Constitutionality of Whistleblower Lawsuits”: Daniel Seiden of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“Trump’s Blanket Tariffs Are a Bridge Too Far; The case against his use of IEEPA is powerful; The justices shouldn’t defer to presidential power”: Douglas A. Irwin and Alan Wm. Wolff will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority; NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court”: Jane C. Timm of NBC News has this report.

“Supreme Court could yank Whole Foods back into baby food brawl; The high court’s dog food scuffle over federal versus state court jurisdiction has reemerged this term in a baby food brawl”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times reports that “Supreme Court Considers Toxic Baby Food Lawsuit Involving Whole Foods; The justices grappled with a case involving a lawsuit by a Texas couple who claimed toxins in baby food had sickened their son.”

“Appeals judges react skeptically to Sam Bankman-Fried’s bid to overturn fraud conviction”: Larry Neumeister of The Associated Press has this report.

Jack Queen of Reuters reports that “Appeals court skeptical of Sam Bankman-Fried’s bid to toss crypto fraud conviction.”

Bob Van Voris, Miles J. Herszenhorn, and Chris Dolmetsch of Bloomberg News report that “SBF Faces Skeptical Judges at Appeal of FTX Fraud Verdict.”

And Josh Russell of Courthouse News Service reports that “Sam Bankman-Fried asks Second Circuit for retrial of FTX fraud case; Bankman-Fried’s defense argued on appeal that he was ‘hamstrung’ at trial by the prejudicial rulings of the Manhattan federal judge who oversaw his criminal fraud case.”

“Confirmation of Maine attorney to appeals court divides state’s senators; Joshua Dunlap was nominated by Trump to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in July”: Emily Allen of The Portland Press Herald has this report.

And Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law reports that “Senate Confirms Trump-Tapped Judge to Left Leaning First Circuit.”

“Pennsylvania Supreme Court: What Is a ‘Retention Election’ and How Does It Work? Voters will decide whether three justices who were elected as Democrats keep their seats for another 10-year term.” Tim Balk and Nick Corasaniti of The New York Times have this report.

“When the Government Stops Defending Civil Rights; The Department of Education’s abandonment of traditional civil-rights litigation has effectively transported parents back in time, to the era before the 1964 Civil Rights Act”: Eyal Press has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“Sam Alito Forced to Briefly Contemplate the Crushing Weight of His Intellectual Bankruptcy; At oral argument in Hencely v. Fluor Corporation, Alito came agonizingly close to acknowledging how freely self-described textualists set aside the text when they find it inconvenient”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Balls and Strikes: Why the tariffs should go down.” Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.”

“D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ goes on trial, says prosecution is half-baked; A grand jury declined to indict Sean C. Dunn for hurling a sub at a federal officer; Prosecutors then filed a downgraded charge”: Salvador Rizzo of The Washington Post has this report.

“Bondi Gives Top Prosecutor New Title in Comey, James Challenges”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Jeremy Roebuck of The Washington Post reports that “Justice Dept. defends Lindsey Halligan against unlawful-appointment criticism; Federal lawyers said Attorney General Pam Bondi designated Halligan as a ‘special attorney’ to the Justice Department.”

“The Battle in Virginia Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller; Criminal inquiries pit the Miller family’s safety concerns against the First Amendment rights of an activist in Northern Virginia critical of the administration”: Devlin Barrett of The New York Times has this report.

“Bonus 187: Previewing the Tariffs Cases; The Solicitor General’s substantive defenses of President Trump’s tariffs are remarkably weak, but there’s still a reason why *these* were the first merits cases he wanted the Supreme Court to decide.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“John Roberts And Congress Need To Immediately Stop Gross Ethical Violations By Federal Judges”: Mike Davis has this post at The Federalist.

“Blog Posts Help Spur Trump Tariffs Challenge at Supreme Court”: Justin Wise of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“An Obama-appointed judge’s ‘roadmap’ could help Trump win Supreme Court tariffs case”: John Kruzel of Reuters has this report.

“Supreme Court Grapples With Suit by Soldier Injured in Bombing on U.S. Base; The lawsuit stemmed from a 2016 suicide attack in Afghanistan by a former Taliban member hired as a subcontractor on an American military base”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

And Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post reports that “Soldier wounded in suicide bombing wants right to sue military contractor; The Supreme Court is considering the legality of a suit filed by a U.S. soldier who was injured in an explosion at an air base in Afghanistan.”

“Retired Supreme Court Justice Kennedy reflects on cases, politics, Sacramento boyhood”: Sharon Bernstein of The Sacramento Bee has this report.

“Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent; Jury selection started on Monday for Sean C. Dunn, who was charged with misdemeanor assault after hitting a federal agent with a ‘sub-style sandwich’”: Zach Montague of The New York Times has this report.

“Why New York’s Trump ‘Hush Money’ Trial Was a Travesty: There’s no way he could have known he was committing a crime, since prosecutors concocted the offense.” Alan M. Dershowitz has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“Jack Smith, Trump’s Target, Shifts From Defense to Counterattack; The former special counsel has told people in his orbit he welcomes the opportunity to present the public case against the president denied to him by adverse court rulings and the 2024 election”: Glenn Thrush of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“Bust the Filibuster at the GOP’s Peril; Break the Senate’s 60-vote rule, and a vital check on the left is gone”: This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Trump’s Power Faces Pressure Test in Court and at Ballot Box; President Trump has a lot riding on the results of Tuesday’s elections, his tariffs case at the Supreme Court and the future of the government shutdown”: Erica L. Green of The New York Times has this report.

“The Tariff King and the Supreme Court: Will the Justices stop Trump from usurping Congress’s power over taxes and tariffs?” This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Idaho book censorship law bothers Ninth Circuit; The schools say the state’s restrictions on ‘harmful’ materials violate their First Amendment rights”: Monique Merrill of Courthouse News Service has this report.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted the video of today’s oral argument on YouTube.

“Demanding Kavanaugh Recusal in School Prayer Case Ignores History”: Jeremy Dys has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.

“Supreme Court Confronts Trump and His Tariffs in Test of Presidential Power; The justices face a so-called legitimacy dilemma as they deal with a tricky legal dispute and a president who has made clear he would view defeat as a personal insult”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

Maureen Groppe of USA Today has a report headlined “Trump says his tariffs will help American businesses. So why are they suing? Small businesses are leading the charge against President Trump’s sweeping tariffs. The Supreme Court will hear their challenge on Nov. 5.”

John Fritze of CNN reports that “Big business sits out the Supreme Court fight over Donald Trump’s tariffs.”

And Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has a report headlined “A major question for the Supreme Court: Will it treat Trump as it did Biden?“

“The Monthslong Legal Battle to Save Foreign Aid; One lawsuit, underway since February, has sought to compel President Trump to honor Congress’s vision for foreign aid; It still has a long way to go”: Zach Montague of The New York Times has this report.

“NJ Solo Practitioner to Face Lisa Blatt in Supreme Court Debut”: Justin Wise of Bloomberg Law has this report.