“DOJ Wants to Muzzle Judges Who Speak Out About the Rule of Law”: Mark Recktenwald has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.

“How the Supreme Court Caused a Botched Execution in Tennessee; There is a straight line between the high court’s grisly machinations and the horrors that befell Christa Pike in the execution chamber”: Matt Ford has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Trump clashes ahead as new Supreme Court term begins; The president has lost major cases and openly criticized the justices, but he still has a winning record at the court, which will consider his immigration policies and more this term”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

“Finally, You Can Pay Money to Balls & Strikes; What better way to mark the start of a new Supreme Court term than doing your part to make legal journalism less awful?” Jay Willis has this post at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site.

“Todd Butler’s Problematic Publications; He consistently attacks Justice Scalia, as advancing his ‘own political agenda’”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” along with a related post titled “Todd Butler Compared Street Preacher In Supreme Court Case To ‘Domestic Terrorism’; The case was a dry dispute about jurisdiction; There was no reason to impugn the preacher’s faith.”