“The New Trump Jan. 6 Brief Is Still a Long Shot; A Supreme Court that supported sweeping presidential immunity is unlikely to be swayed by special counsel Jack Smith’s (mostly good) arguments”: Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“US Supreme Court Debut Tops Advocate’s Packed Argument Calendar; Pete Patterson among five attorneys making Supreme Court debut; But veteran advocates dominate first Supreme Court sitting”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“New Fifth Circuit Chief to Lead Court in National Spotlight; Jennifer Elrod to become chief judge; Will oversee circuit hearing high-profile cases”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Supreme Court will tackle transgender rights, ‘ghost guns’ in term beginning Monday”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Supreme Court to Decide Whether Mexico Can Sue U.S. Gun Makers; The justices will consider whether a 2005 law that gives gun makers broad immunity applies in the case, which accuses them of complicity in supplying cartels with weapons”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Abbie VanSickle and Adam Liptak of The New York Times have an article headlined “Death Penalty, Nuclear Waste and More: Supreme Court Rounds Out Coming Term; Three cases all stem from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans, which often finds itself to the right of the Supreme Court.”

Justin Jouvenal and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court takes new cases, including Mexican suit against U.S. gunmakers; The Supreme Court added cases for its term starting Monday, including a lawsuit by Mexico seeking to hold U.S. gun makers liable for violence in that country.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court to Weigh Mexican Government’s Lawsuit Against U.S. Gunmakers; Justices also dismiss challenges to air-pollution rules ahead of new term beginning Monday.”

Maureen Groppe of USA Today has an article headlined “Can Mexico sue U.S. gun companies? The Supreme Court will decide; Mexico claims that between 70% and 90% of the guns recovered at crime scenes were trafficked into the country from the U.S.”

And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court to hear dispute between gun companies and Mexico over trafficking.”

“The Key to Understanding This Supreme Court Term Is Neil Gorsuch’s Summer Calendar”: Jay Willis has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Senate Democrats Filibuster D.C. Circuit Nominee Miguel Estrada; Dramatic escalation of confirmation wars”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in fifteen cases, which will result in thirteen oral arguments.

“What Oral Argument Engagement Tells Us About Supreme Court Opinion Writing”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“With more support than ever for innocence claim, Richard Glossip prepped for round 2 at SCOTUS; Convincing a Republican attorney general to advocate against a death sentence is a near impossible feat, but Supreme Court roadblocks could force Oklahoma to execute a man in a conviction it doesn’t accept”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Glossip v. Oklahoma: The Story Behind How a Death Row Inmate and the Oklahoma A.G. Concocted a Phantom ‘Brady Violation’ and Got Supreme Court Review (Part III); Courts must be cautious in death penalty and other criminal cases when presented with a prosecutor’s confession of ‘error’ — such the Oklahoma A.G.’s dubious confession in this case.” Paul Cassell has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Republicans expect to confirm even more Supreme Court justices if Trump wins; GOP senators anticipate that in a second term, Trump would have at least one Supreme Court vacancy to fill; Democrats hope that prospect motivates their voters this fall”: Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report.

“Gun, transgender rights, porn cases loom as US Supreme Court returns”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

“More Women Are Being Locked Up for Their Pregnancies Than Ever Before; Thank the Supreme Court”: Law professor Mary Ziegler has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Victim’s Unsealed Testimony Reveals New Details in Epstein Case; The woman testified in a now-settled lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase on behalf of hundreds of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims”: Matthew Goldstein of The New York Times has this report.

“Jack Smith’s Big New Jan. 6 Brief Is a Major Indictment of the Supreme Court”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — founder of the “Election Law Blog” — has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Judge Unseals New Evidence in Federal Election Case Against Trump; Judge Tanya Chutkan made public portions of a filing by prosecutors setting out their argument for why the case should go forward despite the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity”: Alan Feuer and Charlie Savage of The New York Times have this report.

You can view the redacted filing at this link.

“Glossip v. Oklahoma: The Story Behind How a Death Row Inmate and the Oklahoma A.G. Concocted a Phantom ‘Brady Violation’ and Got Supreme Court Review (Part II); Glossip and Oklahoma have no response to the fact that that Glossip’s defense team knew all about the allegedly ‘withheld’ Brady information.” Paul Cassell has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Fifth Circuit Doubles Down on International Shoe“: Maggie Gardner recently had this interesting post at the “Transnational Litigation Blog.”

“TikTok Seeks Full Circuit Rehearing of ‘Blackout’ Challenge Suit; Third Circuit panel misread 2024 NetChoice ruling, Tiktok says; August decision ‘threatens chaos across the industry,’ it says”: Maia Spoto of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a petition for rehearing en banc filed yesterday.

“With Mangi nomination still on the ropes, Helmy says he’s hopeful for November vote; Time running out for Dems to confirm Mangi to Third Circuit”: Joey Fox of New Jersey Globe recently had this report.

“Judge Kira Klatchko, Class of ’04”: The UC Davis School of Law recently published this interview.

“The Supreme Court Tanked Its Reputation. This Is the Way Back. The legitimacy crisis is getting worse. But it’s not too late to revive faith in America’s highest court.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“False Claims Act’s whistleblower provisions are unconstitutional, US judge rules”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” has this post about a federal district judge’s ruling issued Monday.

“The Law School Dean Who Quietly Worked to Overturn the Election; Lawyers who worked to keep Trump in power in 2020 have risked being disbarred; But not Mark Martin”: Shawn Musgrave has this report online at The Intercept.

“State v. Yelp: A personal jurisdiction battle in the new 15th Court of Appeals.” Adam Shniderman has this post at his Substack site, “14th & Colorado,” which is the location in Austin of the Supreme Court of Texas.

“Supreme Court swaps its history book for a dictionary to review regulations on ghost guns; The high court threw out the government’s ban on bump stocks last term. Now the feds are fighting to uphold rules to curb firearms without serial numbers”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Couple denied adoption because they aren’t married takes case to U.S. Supreme Court”: Chris Ramirez of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

“Glossip v. Oklahoma: The Story Behind How a Death Row Inmate and the Oklahoma A.G. Concocted a Phantom ‘Brady Violation’ and Got Supreme Court Review (Part I); Glossip alleges that his prosecutors withheld evidence at his murder trial — and the Oklahoma A.G. curiously supports his claim. But the prosecutors didn’t withhold anything. And the victim’s family remains enmeshed in decades of frivolous capital litigation that has now reached the Supreme Court.” Paul Cassell has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“California Bans Legacy Admissions at Private Colleges; Move to curb legacy preference follows Supreme Court’s decision to strike down affirmative action”: Nicholas Hatcher of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Keynote: Hon. Elizabeth Prelogar, Solicitor General of the United States.” The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted this video on YouTube of an event recorded July 24, 2024.

Additional YouTube content from this event includes videos titled “The Doors Dobbs Opened” and “The Supreme Court Review.”

“Was Marcellus Williams innocent? On the unavoidability of wrongful convictions.” Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.”

“Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2024?” The Federalist Society has posted this video on YouTube.

“Take Trump’s Plan to Jail the Supreme Court’s Critics Seriously; The right to criticize the powerful is a cornerstone of democracy; In Trump’s America, it’s cause for a prison sentence”: Jay Willis has this essay online at The New Republic.

“From Penumbras & Emanations to History & Tradition, and Beyond”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”