“US Chamber of Commerce sues Hawaii over law targeting Citizens United; The nation’s largest business lobby argues Hawaii’s first-in-the-nation law stripping corporations of election-spending power cannot survive First Amendment scrutiny”: Jeremy Yurow of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“‘Mom to mom, I am begging you.’ Why a court ruling has parents pulling their kids’ pictures offline. The rise of AI, and a recent court case, have heightened the stakes.” Janelle Nanos of The Boston Globe has this report.

You can access last month’s decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

“Supreme Court Allows Expansive Federal Database for Voter Screening; Critics of a citizenship database built by the Trump administration have raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

Julian Mark, Justin Jouvenal, and Patrick Marley of The Washington Post report that “Government can use Social Security data to identify noncitizen voters, Supreme Court rules; President Donald Trump wants to let states use a federal database that includes voters’ personal information to check for noncitizens on voter rolls.”

Louise Radnofsky of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Says Trump Officials Can Use Immigration Database for Voter Checks; System could be used to scrub voter rolls and potentially challenge election results.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Supreme Court lets states use federal citizenship database in midterms; Critics warn that the system, known as SAVE, is incomplete and likely to result in unwarranted challenges to voters.”

And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Supreme Court greenlights national citizenship database ahead of midterms; President Trump’s baseless election fraud claims surrounding widespread noncitizen voting have led to a slew of legal battles ahead of the November election.”

You can access today’s decision of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Kalshi Can Face Ohio, Tennessee Enforcement After New Ruling”: Eric Heisig of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access today’s decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

“Supreme Court Rejects Missouri’s Republican-Drawn Voting Map”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

You can access today’s per curiam decision of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Trump Judicial Nominee: For Ethical Reasons, I Cannot Discuss the Time I Called Biden a ‘Great National Nightmare’; Lots of judges are Republicans; Not all of them are this loud about it.” Jay Willis has this post at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site.

“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticizes Supreme Court’s use of emergency docket; In a public appearance, Jackson said the high court’s use of the emergency docket was ‘problematic’ and called for more restraint from her colleagues when using it”: Julian Mark of The Washington Post has this report.

And Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Jackson skewers Supreme Court over emergency docket; The liberal justice avoided direct discussion of Trump’s success with urgent high court appeals.”

“The Challenges for Legal Commentary in the Last Weeks Before Election Day”: Bob Bauer has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.

“Bonus 252: TROs vs. Preliminary Injunctions; The Eighth Circuit’s shenanigans in the Missouri redistricting case are a good excuse to reflect on the (collapsing) distinctions between the two most common types of emergency trial court relief.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“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.

Update: In other coverage, Ian Duncan of The Washington Post reports that “Federal appeals court rules Pentagon can blacklist Anthropic; The loss comes after the artificial intelligence company prevailed in a connected case in San Francisco.”

And Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service reports that “DC Circuit finds Pentagon justified in labeling Anthropic ‘supply chain risk’; A Trump-appointed majority sided with the secretary of defense’s determination that the company’s Claude AI tool could refuse orders during military operations.”

“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.

“Trump Invites Supreme Court Picks to State Dinner After Barbs”: Seth Stern of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“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.

“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.

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

“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.

“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.