“253. Introducing ‘The Court We Need’: Due out May 4, 2027, my second book about the Supreme Court offers a more nuanced diagnosis of exactly what’s wrong with the Court — and how (and why) we should fix it.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Justice Alito Recuses From Suncor Climate Case at Supreme Court”: Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“A New Term of Supreme Chaos”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Supreme Court vote shadows Maine Sen. Susan Collins in her first race after abortion rights decision”: Kimberlee Kruesi and Patrick Whittle of The Associated Press have this report.

“Jenner & Block Nabs NJ Top Supreme Court Advocate Feigenbaum”: Alex Ebert of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Trump takes fight over prisoners’ transgender medical treatment to Supreme Court”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has this report.

John Fritze of CNN reports that “Trump asks Supreme Court to suspend transgender medical care in federal prisons.”

And Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Trump asks Supreme Court to OK limits on transgender-related care for prisoners; Lower courts ruled that the Bureau of Prisons policy didn’t appear to grapple with relevant evidence.”

You can access the court filing at this link.

“Clarence Thomas, a Profile in Courage; Justice Clarence Thomas’s brand of originalism is ‘going further,’ and he is now on track to set the Supreme Court’s longevity record”: Mark Pulliam has this book review post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“The Fourteen-Year Labor to Try the 9/11 Case; Justice has been delayed; Will it be denied?” Bryce G. Poole has this post at Civitas Outlook.

“Trump Gets Fifth Circuit Vacancy as Bush Appointee Steps Back”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Is the SCOTUS Climate Change Case a ‘Conservative Intuition in Search of a Constitutional Clause’?” Ryan J. Walsh and Michael A. Fragoso have this essay online at the In Limine site of the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy.

In the October 5, 2026 issue of The New Yorker: In the Talk of the Town section, Jelani Cobb has a Comment titled “The President vs. the Press: Donald Trump’s behavior cannot be called unexpected at this point; What was noteworthy last week, however, was the way that the media responded.”

And Eyal Press has an Annals of Law article headlined “Should I Stay or Should I Go? The quandary faced by government lawyers who think that the Trump Administration is subverting justice.”

“Everybody Out of the Pool: Trump banned three news outlets from the White House; Then something unprecedented happened.” You can access the new installment of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“Judicial Notice (09.27.26): Slow On The Uptake? An ‘epic resignation letter,’ a Trump judge ruling against Trump, a Supreme rebuke of a circuit court, and ‘boomerang’ partners returning to Weil Gotshal.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.