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Friday, September 25, 2026

“Appeals court allows Pentagon to label Anthropic a national security risk; The government retains wide latitude to use the supply-chain risk label”: Hassan Ali Kanu of Politico has this report.

And Zoe Tillman, Madlin Mekelburg, and Rachel Metz of Bloomberg News report that “Anthropic Faces Court Setback on US Supply Chain Risk Label.”

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

Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Jackson says all is not well on the Supreme Court emergency docket; The most junior member of the high court has been outspoken about her objections to her colleagues’ actions on the emergency docket”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

Posted at 1:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Tell: Chapter 11; Tom Goldstein has made his case; Now the jury returns, and the Supreme Court lawyer faces the verdict in his own tax-fraud trial.” Bradley Hope has this post — the final of the series — online at The Foundry. You can access the entire lengthy 11-part series via this link.

Posted at 12:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.” Nick Corasaniti of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 9:06 AM by Howard Bashman



“Why Trump’s lawsuit against Selzer, Des Moines Register failed on every level”: Laura Belin has this post at the “Bleeding Heartland” blog.

Posted at 8:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Most Likely Avenue for Supreme Court Reform: Among the many ideas to change a wayward court, there is one that already has broad support — and is very likely to succeed.” Simon Lazarus has this essay online at The New Republic.

Posted at 8:40 AM by Howard Bashman



“A timeline of turmoil — Philly DA Larry Krasner’s uncertain future: How a routine case devolved into controversy.” Chris Palmer of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Posted at 8:36 AM by Howard Bashman