“Amy Coney Barrett Is a Maddening Voice on Grant Cases; The justice’s opinion on the Trump administration’s termination of NIH funding has implications for other cases before the court, including Harvard’s lawsuit”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“The Shadow Docket Just Won’t Quit”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Kilmar Abrego García detained by ICE days after release from custody; He was detained at a required check-in at the agency’s Baltimore office pending trial, his attorney said”: Maria Sacchetti, Jeremy Roebuck, and Dana Munro of The Washington Post have this report.

And Jack Morphet of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Kilmar Abrego Garcia Set for Deportation After Being Arrested by ICE; Secretary Kristi Noem says 30-year-old Salvadoran being processed for deportation.”

“Donna Adelson trial live updates: Jury returns for more testimony in Dan Markel case.” Elena Barrera of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“Judicial Notice (08.24.25): 2,400 Hours—Again? Another Biglaw firm with a hefty hours expectation, a pair of wins for Donald Trump, a loss for Judge Pauline Newman, and the passing of a beloved jurist.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Reframing Jan. 6: After the Pardons, the Purge; In its campaign of ‘uprooting the foot soldiers,’ the Trump Justice Department has fired or demoted more than two dozen Jan. 6 prosecutors, even as those they sent to prison walk free.” Dan Barry and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this report.

“Abrego Garcia’s Lawyers Accuse Administration of Seeking to ‘Coerce’ Plea; Officials dangled an offer to send Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica if he pleaded guilty to criminal charges, the lawyers said in a filing, then threatened to send him to Uganda if he did not”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

“Rare SC Supreme Court race will pit Associate Justice Few against challengers”: John Monk of The State of Columbia, South Carolina has this report.

“‘What they can prove’: Takeaways from the first week of Donna Adelson’s murder trial.” Jeff Burlew and Elena Barrera of The Tallahassee Democrat have this report.

“Would This Supreme Court Ever Overturn Same-Sex Marriage?” Elie Honig has this post at “The Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“Texas Republicans revive effort to further restrict abortion pills; The legislative proposals would allow people to sue manufacturers and distributors of abortion pills”: Colleen DeGuzman and Terri Langford of The Texas Tribune have this report.

“Texas, Florida ask to join mifepristone case, boosting effort to ban abortion drug; The two states, which have near-total abortion bans, said nationwide access to mifepristone makes it impossible to enforce their abortion laws”: Praveena Somasundaram of The Washington Post has this report.

“Donna Adelson trial RECAP: Attorneys begin questioning witnesses in Dan Markel murder case.” Elena Barrera of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“It’s Not Always Over When It’s Over: SCOTUS allows rearguments in some cases.” Mark Walsh has this report online at ABA Journal.

“Abrego Garcia, Free From Tennessee Jail, Is Returning to Maryland, Lawyer Says; It remains unclear what will happen next to Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia; The Justice Department has said that if he was released from custody in Tennessee, it would likely seek to re-deport him”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

And Maria Sacchetti and Jeremy Roebuck of The Washington Post report that “Kilmar Abrego García set free after illegal deportation, smuggling charges; The man whose case has become a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s deportation campaign has been released while awaiting trial; ICE could try to quickly deport him.”

Update: In other coverage, Mariah Timms and Louise Radnofsky of The Wall Street Journal report that “Abrego Garcia Is Released From Custody, but Threat of Deportation Looms; After mistakenly deporting the Salvadoran to his home country and then charging him, the Trump administration has said it plans to deport him elsewhere.”

“Federal appeals panel upholds Connecticut’s assault weapons ban”: Larry Neumeister of The Associated Press has this report.

And Beth Wang of Bloomberg Law reports that “Connecticut Assault Weapon Ban Preserved by Second Circuit.”

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

Update: In other coverage, Erik Uebelacker of Courthouse News Service reports that “Second Circuit won’t budge on Connecticut’s Sandy Hook-era AR-15 ban; A panel of appellate judges found that the AR-15 ban doesn’t violate the Second Amendment, based on the country’s history of restricting ‘unusually dangerous’ weapons.”

“The fallout from the Alina Habba ruling has begun; A judge in New Jersey postponed indefinitely a CEO’s sentencing, citing a judge’s ruling Thursday that prosecutors were not legally authorized to handle cases under Habba’s leadership”: Ry Rivard of Politico has this report.

And Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service reports that “Senate blue slips thrust back in limelight after Trump sidesteps Congress on US attorney nominee; Alina Habba, acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, slammed Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley for defending the established tradition that has blocked her nomination in Congress.”

“‘Matriarch mastermind’ or ‘normal person’? Dueling portraits in Donna Adelson murder trial.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“DC Circuit Rejects Judge Newman’s Appeal in Suspension Case”: Michael Shapiro of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Blake Brittain of Reuters reports that “98-year-old US appeals judge loses bid to revive lawsuit over her suspension.”

You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

Update: In other coverage, Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service reports that “DC Circuit rejects 98-year-old Federal Circuit judge’s suspension appeal; U.S. Circuit Judge Bradley Garcia wrote that D.C. Circuit precedent required Pauline Newman had to bring her claims to the Judicial Conference of the United States.”

“Donna Adelson trial live: Attorneys lay out their theories of Dan Markel murder case.” Elena Barrera of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“Supreme Court Lets Trump Administration Cut N.I.H. Grants for Disfavored Research; The court’s order was fractured, with the justices splitting over whether individual cancellations and the policy behind them could be challenged in a federal trial court”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Justin Jouvenal and Derek Hawkins of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court clears way for nearly $800 million in cuts to NIH grants; The ruling allows the Trump administration to slash research on health issues in minority, gay and transgender communities while legal battles play out over the funding.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court says Trump may cancel DEI-related health research grants.”

Louise Radnofsky and Nidhi Subbaraman of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Lets Trump Administration Halt Funding for Some Research Grants; A lower court had found the administration violated the law by canceling work involving diversity, transgender and Covid issues, among others.”

Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court allows Trump to cut $783 million in NIH research grants he targeted for DEI; The Trump administration targeted the National Institute of Health grants as part of its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion.”

And Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court clears way for Trump to cancel DEI grants at NIH.”

You can access today’s 5-to-4 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Jury locked in for Donna Adelson trial as prosecutors pursue justice in Dan Markel murder”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

And Lauren del Valle and Jean Casarez of CNN have an article headlined “A law professor was stalked and killed by hit men. His former mother-in-law is now on trial for the 2014 contract killing.”

“Alina Habba, Trump’s former personal lawyer, is not legally serving as the acting US attorney for New Jersey, judge rules”: Kara Scannell of CNN has this report.

And Tracey Tully of The New York Times reports that “Judge Says Alina Habba Has Acted Without Legal Authority; Defense lawyers had questioned whether Alina Habba, a Trump loyalist, was legally authorized to run the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, written by the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, at this link.

“Gov. Cox didn’t want the power to pick Utah’s chief justice. Lawmakers might make him do it anyway. A new version of a bill Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed is slated to be considered in a special legislative session and would force him to pick a Utah Supreme Court chief justice.” Robert Gehrke of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

“Guns or weed? Trump administration says you can’t use both.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

“The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America; The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years; Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism.” Ed Pilkington of The Guardian has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaking at UVA Sept. 18”: Jane Kelly of UVA Today has this report.

“California Supreme Court clears way for Newsom’s redistricting plan”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“Judge Halts Texas Law Mandating the Ten Commandments in School; The state law had said public schools would have to display the Ten Commandments in a ‘conspicuous’ location in every classroom in Texas by Sept. 1”: Pooja Salhotra of The New York Times has this report.

Anumita Kaur and Michelle Boorstein of The Washington Post report that “Judge blocks some Texas public schools from displaying Ten Commandments; The injunction affects 11 school districts named as defendants in a lawsuit.”

And Jaden Edison, Eleanor Klibanoff, and Alejandro Serrano of The Texas Tribune report that “Judge temporarily blocks Texas’ Ten Commandments requirement in 11 school districts; The attorneys challenging the new state law hope that other school districts won’t implement it after a federal judge found it unconstitutional.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas at this link.

“Divided Court Eliminates Trump’s Half-Billion-Dollar Fine in Fraud Case; New York appeals judges said that the judgment was excessive, but agreed to uphold the case so the appeal could continue”: Ben Protess and Jonah E. Bromwich of The New York Times have this report.

Shayna Jacobs of The Washington Post reports that “Appeals court voids $500 million fine in N.Y. case against Trump, upholds fraud finding; The ruling by a split, five-member panel of New York’s First Department Appellate Division was made public on Thursday.”

Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal reports that “N.Y. Appeals Court Throws Out $500 Million Civil Fraud Penalty Against Trump; The sharply divided panel’s decision paves the way for further proceedings before the state’s highest court.”

And Alex Swoyer and Tom Howell Jr. of The Washington Times report that “New York appeals court tosses Trump’s ‘excessive’ fraud fine in blow to AG Letitia James.”

You can access today’s ruling of a five-judge panel of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, at this link.

“Donna Adelson trial live: As jury selection winds down, opening statements may begin today.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“Justice Sotomayor vs. the Court Packers; She thinks there’s no way to apply term limits to the sitting Justices”: This editorial will appear in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“‘I didn’t form any opinions’: Jury selection nears end stage in Donna Adelson murder trial.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report. According to the article, opening statements in the trial court begin as early as tomorrow afternoon.

“What Justice Scalia Taught Me: If students can’t defend dissent in law school, how will they defend justice in court?” The Free Press has posted online these remarks from Danielle Sassoon.

“A Tale of Two Jurists in the Trump Era: James Boasberg, Emil Bove, and the state of the rule of law.” Jonathan Blitzer has this essay online at The New Yorker.