“‘The day I disclose, my career is over’: the journalist facing an $800 daily fine to keep her sources secret; If Catherine Herridge’s petition to the US supreme court fails, she’ll be on the hook for a daily fine until she discloses her sources — a case unsettling press freedom organizations”: Jeremy Barr of The Guardian has this report.

“Arrest follows sighting of guillotine parked next to the Supreme Court; The U.S. Capitol Police charged a man from California with carrying a dangerous weapon”: Ben Conarck of The Washington Post has this report.

And Iris Kwok of The Los Angeles Times reports that “SoCal man with a guillotine is arrested near U.S. Supreme Court building, police say.”

“Trump, Mail Ballots and the Supreme Court: The Justices withhold judgment on his USPS push, as Nov. 3 nears.” This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“11th Circuit tosses $12M verdict in cruise passenger’s sexual assault suit against Carnival; The appellate court ordered a new trial in the case after finding a Florida federal court wrongly prevented the jury from hearing evidence that an FBI agent concluded the encounter between the drunk passenger and a crew member was consensual”: Kayla Goggin of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access today’s decision of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“Federal Appeals Court Confirms It’s Still Legal To Talk About Abortion; Anti-abortion activists claimed that overturning Roe would allow each state to regulate abortion ‘as its citizens wish’; Republican state lawmakers have been far more ambitious”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“SCOTUS’s Immigration Rulings Chastise Trump on Morality; Mullin v. Doe should have been resolved on legal grounds without the need to virtue signal about immigration”: Josh Blackman has this post at Civitas Outlook.

“Gorsuch’s Con-jority Opinion in Slaughter; Gorsuch’s concurrence in Trump v. Slaughter may hold the key to the future of separation of powers jurisprudence”: Andy Smarick has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“The Supreme Court Thinks You Are Stupid; The conservative justices are reserving for themselves the power to decide whether Trump can hijack the 2026 midterms”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“US appeals court considers reassigning case from judge over AI use”: Sara Merken of Reuters has this report.

“As Supreme Court’s Trump ‘Emergencies’ Return, Debate Simmers Over How Much to Say; The justices are still struggling with whether and when to explain themselves to the public when the court issues temporary, but consequential, orders”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

“Can the Midterms Be ‘Stolen’ On Jan. 3? It’s Complicated. Panic about a ‘rogue clerk’ is likely unwarranted — but it’s worth paying attention.” Molly Roberts has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“The justices should regularly sit on the lower courts”: Josh Blackman has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Civility vs. Collegiality | Interview: Judges Tom Griffith and David Tatel.” You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.