“Judicial Notice (10.04.26): The Horror, The Horror; Viral moments for Senators Schmitt and Britt, Justice Alito’s retirement reflections, a great week for Latham, and more movement in the Supreme Court bar.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Court Tosses ​​Sentence After A.I. Video of Victim ‘Forgiving’ His Killer Is Played; An appellate court in Arizona threw out the prison sentence of a man convicted of manslaughter after an A.I.-generated video of his victim was played in court”: Adeel Hassan of The New York Times has this report.

You can access last Wednesday’s decision of the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, at this link.

“Alito says he knows who leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade”: Susan Ferrechio of The Washington Times has this report.

“The Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justice.” Jan Crawford of CBS News has this report.

“Alito says there is ‘concerted effort’ to intimidate Supreme Court; The longtime justice said he is ‘concerned about the future of the court’ amid growing calls for reform”: Cheyanne M. Daniels of Politico has this report.

“Appeals Court Pauses Return of Seattle US Attorney Trump Fired”: Ben Penn of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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

“The Fall of Roe Changed Doctors. Now They’re Changing Politics. State-level abortion debates have activated physicians as a political force like never before.” Alice Miranda Ollstein has this book excerpt online at Politico Magazine.

Ollstein’s forthcoming book is titled “Side Effects: How Abortion Bans Impact Everyone’s Health.”

“Boulder County Wants to Smash ‘Abundance’; The Supreme Court hears a case in which the Colorado locality seeks to make energy more expensive”: Cory L. Andrews has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“Trump is putting a generation of young judges on the bench — for life; Trump has nominated at least 33 people in their 30s to lifetime federal judgeships”: Erica Orden of Politico has this report.

“Justice Alito: This was a ‘STRESS TEST’ of our constitutional rights.” Fox News Clips has posted this video on YouTube.

“Immigration, religion and AR-15s on Supreme Court’s early docket as justices open new term”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has this report.

“A Supreme Court Battle Over Climate Change Begins; The justices are about to hear a lawsuit that could determine whether the oil industry faces billions of dollars in liability for damages caused by global warming”: Karen Zraick of The New York Times has this report.

Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has an article headlined “Should Big Oil pay for climate change? A Supreme Court case will help decide. Boulder, Colo., is hoping its novel lawsuit will be the environmental equivalent of the landmark litigation that produced billions in damages and settlements against Big Tobacco and opioid makers.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court to weigh whether oil companies can be forced to pay for climate damage.”

And Maureen Groppe and Trevor Hughes of USA Today have an article headlined “‘Rich hippies’ versus big oil. Supreme Court hears landmark climate change case. The case, the first the Supreme Court will hear when the justices return from their summer break on Oct. 5, is also one of the biggest it will consider this term.”

“Supreme Court heads into new term with one eye on President Trump”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

“Comparing the Credentials Of Three Decades of Fifth Circuit Nominees; The Butler didn’t do it”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law Celebrates 57 Years of Greater Purpose at Annual Law Dinner”: Jacqueline Cleaveland of Pepperdine University has this report.

“Trump. Climate. AR-15s. The Supreme Court is about to go back to work.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.