“Trump Flexes Legal Muscle to Expand Power Over US Elections; The Justice Department’s aggressive strategy includes suing states for voter records, investigating election officials and fighting for GOP redistricting measures”: Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Washington lawyer Goldstein loses bid for release as he appeals tax crime conviction”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report.

“COURT ORDER filed denying Motions for release pending appeal, for expanded word limits, and to accelerate case processing”: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued this order today in the United States v. Thomas C. Goldstein appeal.

Goldstein’s previously submitted Brief for Appellant presumed that the request for an expanded word limit would be granted and consisted of 17,990 words according to the attached word-count certification.

“Ninth Circuit finds lower court missed the mark in Hawaii firearms regulation case; An en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit determined Hawaii’s gun licensing rules are objective and non-abusive, making them presumptively constitutional”: Alan Riquelmy of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access yesterday’s 6-to-5 en banc decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Texas A&M drag ban cases before federal judges after conflicting rulings; Student groups in two cases concerning drag performances on Texas A&M System campus venues argue the bans violate First Amendment protections”: Jessica Priest of The Texas Tribune has this report.

And Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law reports that “Fifth Circuit Searches for Free-Speech Line in Drag-Show Case.”

You can access the audio of today’s en banc oral argument of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

Update: In other coverage, Christina van Waasbergen of Courthouse News Service reports that “LGBTQ student groups challenge Texas A&M bans on campus drag shows; The groups are asking the Fifth Circuit to rule policies prohibiting drag shows at university venues violate the First Amendment.”

“Donald Trump’s Drive for Unimpeded Control of the Administration ‘Message’; It includes both banning news organizations from the White House and casting aside limits on the Attorney General and other senior officials’ partisan political advocacy”: Bob Bauer has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.

“Mike Lee could soon be in position to grant Trump a big Senate wish; Senate Republicans have so far defended the ‘blue slip’ tradition giving them a veto over some presidential appointments; But a key MAGA ally could go his own way”: Jordain Carney and Chris Marquette of Politico have this report.

“Delaware Supreme Court denies Hocker’s absentee voting challenge”: Tim Carlin of Spotlight Delaware has this report.

You can access Monday’s decision of the Supreme Court of Delaware at this link.

“Chief Justice Rehnquist and Chief Justice Roberts Did Not See Eye-to-Eye About Dames & Moore v. Regan; In the South Texas Law Review, Rehnquist described his opinion in Dames & Moore as ‘similarly important’ to Gibbons v. Ogden; His law clerk, and future Chief Justice, would disagree”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“NH Supreme Court delays argument in case after attorney raises ethics concerns”: Todd Bookman of New Hampshire Public Radio has this report.

“Whites Only: The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our history.” Ari Berman and Pema Levy have this article in the September+October 2026 issue of Mother Jones.

“The Tell: Chapters 7 and 8; The winnings were gone, the debts remained and federal agents were asking questions; Tom Goldstein needed another opponent; He found Andy Beal, a billionaire banker with a taste for the highest stakes.” Bradley Hope has this post online at The Foundry.

“Dispute Over Missouri’s Congressional Map Again Returns to Supreme Court; A federal appeals court sided with Republicans seeking to use district boundaries redrawn last year to give the G.O.P. an advantage in the upcoming midterms”: Ann E. Marimow and Mitch Smith of The New York Times have this report.

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Missouri’s House map heads to Supreme Court for third time; Redistricting opponents are asking the high court to once again block a map that would likely give the GOP an additional seat.”

And Madlin Mekelburg of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Asked to Again Block Missouri’s GOP Voting Map.”

You can access the court filing at this link.

“The Supreme Court has a good chance to start fixing a bad law; The Indian Child Welfare Act’s main concern is identity politics, not children’s welfare”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Three justices on N.H. Supreme Court worked to keep chief’s disciplinary proceedings confidential; Court records show their attorney warned that premature disclosure would create an ‘unmistakable’ impression that they, too, had been accused of judicial misconduct”: Steven Porter of The Boston Globe has this report.

“Trump cites national security, midterms coverage to defend press ban; The president’s lawyers are asking the courts to overrule a longstanding precedent that protects journalists’ access to the White House”: Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report.

Erik Wemple of The New York Times has an article headlined “In Court Filing Defending Media Ban, White House Says Access Is a ‘Privilege’; President Trump determined that CNN, MS NOW and Politico were in ‘violation of the standards of professionalism and decorum’ expected at the White House.”

Victoria Craw of The Washington Post reports that “Trump tells judge media ban is necessary to protect national security; Ahead of a court hearing, the administration cited reports about the White House ballroom and the Iran war to defend its ban against CNN, MS NOW and Politico.”

And Madlin Mekelburg of Bloomberg News reports that “DOJ Tells Judge Trump White House Media Ban Is Lawful.”

You can access the court filing at this link.

“Judges’ Casual Writing Embraces Slang — and Not Everyone’s a Fan”: David Lat has this new installment of his “Exclusive Jurisdiction” column online at Bloomberg Law.

“Aesthetic Standing First Principles: some very sketchy thoughts.” William Baude has this post at this “Divided Argument” Substack site.