“Second Amendment fight moves beyond guns with Supreme Court poised for big ruling; Federal judges strike down switchblade and body armor restrictions, fueling optimism ahead of Supreme Court AR-15 fight”: Elaine Mallon of Fox News has this report.

“Republicans claim UNH law school’s event on judicial ethics gives Democrats an ‘in-kind’ boost; A prominent GOP politician is calling on the state attorney general to open a sweeping investigation as questions about three New Hampshire Supreme Court justices linger”: Steven Porter of The Boston Globe has this report.

“Gov. Green’s Mark On Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Set To Grow Even Larger; The governor will soon pick his third justice to the high court, and another vacancy is expected next year”: Chad Blair of Honolulu Civil Beat has this report.

“$800-a-day penalty threatens to bleed reporter dry as explosive legal fight heads to Supreme Court; The former Fox News reporter faces $800-a-day contempt fines for refusing to reveal who exposed alleged China ties”: Morgan Phillips of Fox News has this report.

“Former Hawaiʻi Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald Receives National Judicial College’s Highest Honor”: The Hawaii State Judiciary has issued this news release.

“How the conservative Supreme Court has rewritten the rules for the midterms”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

“Trump Rushes to Put Imprint on DC — If Lawsuits Don’t Stop Him”: Georgia Fearn of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Bets on Alito Show Supreme Court Tangled in Prediction Markets”: Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“In the memoir, Woodward clears up another decades-long mystery: Which Supreme Court justices talked to him for the 1979 bestseller ‘The Brethren’?” So reports Craig Whitlock of The Washington Post in an article headlined “Bob Woodward spills his ‘Secrets’; In a new memoir, the legendary reporter names a parade of confidential sources who enabled monumental scoops in The Washington Post and his blockbuster books.”

“Supreme Court Justices Grouse About Job as Divisions Take Toll”: Justin Wise of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“How the Supreme Court Is Shaping the Midterm Elections; Recent rulings have affected the ads voters see and the candidates on their ballots”: James Romoser and Neil Mehta of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“The State Officials Defending the Midterms from the President; Donald Trump has tried to purge voter rolls nationwide; Deidre Henderson, the Republican lieutenant governor of Utah, is among the chief election officers standing in his way”: Barton Gellman has this “The Political Scene” article in the November 2, 2026 issue of The New Yorker.

“259. DOJ’s Preemptive Election Interference: Two new lawsuits by the Trump administration — in California and Alaska — are almost certain losers; But it’ll be hard to remedy the further distrust in election results that they seem intended to sow.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.