“Ginni Thomas Privately Praised Group Working Against Supreme Court Reform: ‘Thank You So, So, So Much.’ In a call with donors, First Liberty Institute’s Kelly Shackelford read the supportive email he said came from Thomas. The leader of the religious-rights group also labeled Justice Elena Kagan ‘treasonous’ for backing a stronger ethics code.” Andy Kroll of ProPublica and Nick Surgey of Documented have this report.

“Texas Political Cases Shift to New GOP-Backed Appeals Court; Republican justices replace Democrats in deciding state cases; Judge hopes rule of law, not politics, will be ‘North Star’”: Ryan Autullo of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Do you have a 1st Amendment right to tape virtual court hearings? US appeals court ducks question.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post about a decision that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued last week.

“Supreme Court Conservatives Are Less Likely to Explain Recusals; Liberal justices often explain decision to step aside in cases; Court’s 6-3 conservative majority eschews the practice”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson and John Crawley of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discusses new memoir, ‘Lovely One,’ at Apollo Theater”: Hillel Italie of The Associated Press has this report.

And Lydia Wheeler and Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law report that “Ketanji Brown Jackson Starts New Memoir’s Publicity Blitz; 16 in-person events scheduled in four weeks; Book deals comes with big advance.”

“What The Voting Rights Act And Civil Rights Act Mean To Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson”: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has posted this video on YouTube, along with videos titled “‘A Five-Alarm Fire’ — Why Justice Jackson Finds SCOTUS’s Ruling In Trump’s Immunity Case Troubling” and “‘Hard Work Is My Professional Brand’ — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Reads From Her Favorite Poem.”

“Justice Jackson Treads Carefully in Talking About the Supreme Court; In a new memoir, the first Black woman on the Supreme Court was more forthcoming about her upbringing in Miami, Matt Damon and her rise to the court”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

“Justice Jackson’s ‘Enforceable’ Ethics Code; The Justice gives encouragement to partisans who want to politicize the Supreme Court”: This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson reflects on ‘groundbreaking’ path to the Supreme Court in new memoir”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

“Justice Jackson Had ‘Wrenching’ Time as Big Law Working Mom”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson and Seth Stern of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Ketanji Brown Jackson opens up about journey to Supreme Court”: Today with Hoda & Jenna has posted this video on YouTube.

“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s journey to the Supreme Court”: This audio segment appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” along with an audio segment titled “Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson opens up on family.”

“The Most Conservative Branch: In his new book, Reading the Constitution, Stephen Breyer criticizes recent Supreme Court decisions on issues such as abortion and gun rights as the product of rigid and imperfect reasoning rather than of ideology, and he argues for a more pragmatic jurisprudence.” Senior U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff (S.D.N.Y.) has this book review (subscription required for full access) in the September 19, 2024 issue of The New York Review of Books.

“In Memoriam: Professor Frederick Schauer, a ‘Giant’ in the Legal Academy; Influential Constitutional Theorist and Free Speech Scholar Made Worldwide Impact.” The University of Virginia School of Law has posted online this obituary written by Mary Wood.

“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on journey to Supreme Court, reforms and more”: CBS Mornings has posted this video on YouTube, along with a video titled “Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s memoir reveals details on Supreme Court confirmation, family life.”

“Judge allows state arguments about Donna Adelson’s attempted flight to Vietnam”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

And Katie McLaughlin of Court TV has a report headlined “Donna Adelson pretrial requests: Not in Charlie’s courtroom, no 💰 talk.” Court TV has posted on YouTube at this link the video of last Thursday’s pretrial in this case.

“In ‘Lovely One,’ Ketanji Brown Jackson Credits the Mentors Who Lifted Her Up; The Supreme Court justice’s memoir is deeply personal and full of hope, and highlights a fairy-tale marriage to her college boyfriend”: Alexandra Jacobs has this book review online at The New York Times.

And online at The Washington Post, Rosa Brooks has a book review titled “Ketanji Brown Jackson gives readers a tour of her meteoric rise; The Supreme Court justice’s new memoir, ‘Lovely One,’ does not have the wry wit or sharpness that characterizes her judicial voice.”

“Should SCOTUS have binding ethics rules? Ketanji Brown Jackson doesn’t see why not.” NPR has posted online these highlights of an interview with Juana Summers. More from the interview is scheduled for broadcast on this evening’s edition of “All Things Considered.”

“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Supreme Court ethics, presidential immunity”: CBS Sunday Morning has posted this video on YouTube.

“Transgender rights, ghost guns, porn ID cases on Supreme Court docket; stakes high in next term”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is hitting the road to promote her new memoir, ‘Lovely One’”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Shining a Light on State Supreme Court Races”: You can access today’s new episode of the Strict Scrutiny podcast via this link, or on YouTube here.

“Judicial Notice (09.02.24): Second Chances; Justice Jackson’s big interview, a fun Biglaw departure memo, a major ruling on Section 230, and a new trial for Sarah Palin.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“New Trump Charges Expose the Supreme Court’s Failings; The special prosecutor’s revised case may force the justices to reckon with their flawed presidential immunity ruling”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Three Ohio Supreme Court races on the November ballot will have a huge impact in the coming years; Ohio’s highest court currently has a 4-3 Republican majority”: Megan Henry of Ohio Capital Journal has this report.

“The Constitution Is Sacred. Is It Also Dangerous? One of the biggest threats to America’s politics might be the country’s founding document.” Jennifer Szalai has this Critic’s Notebook essay online at The New York Times.

“Prosecutors Seek Simpler Path in Federal Election Case, as Trump Seeks Delays; In a court filing, prosecutors suggested their revisions would let them steer clear of the Supreme Court ruling on immunity; Donald Trump’s lawyers made clear they would continue broad attacks on the case”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

“America Does Not Need the Death Penalty”: The New York Times has published this editorial.

“Trump Contorts Himself on Abortion in Search of Political Gain; The former president is willing to make as many rhetorical and policy shifts as he deems necessary to win in November, vexing some social conservatives”: Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman of The New York Times have this report.

And Ruth Igielnik of The New York Times reports that “More Voters, Especially Women, Now Say Abortion Is Their Top Issue; Donald J. Trump is shifting his stance on reproductive rights, but voters, by a wide margin, say that they trust Kamala Harris on the issue.”

“Trump comes out against Florida’s abortion rights ballot measure after conservative backlash; The GOP nominee landed in hot water on abortion Thursday, after criticizing Florida’s six-week ban and initially declining to take a stance on a state ballot measure”: Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report.

“With Trump indictment, appeal, Jack Smith launches final pre-election moves; Revised indictment against Donald Trump shows careful legal maneuvering as the special counsel tries to keep the election-interference case alive”: Perry Stein and Josh Dawsey of The Washington Post have this report.

“Md. Supreme Court upholds decision to reinstate Adnan Syed murder conviction; The decision is the latest twist in a long legal drama that has surrounded ‘Serial’ podcast subject Adnan Syed since his murder conviction in 2000”: Omari Daniels and Tom Jackman of The Washington Post have this report.

Christine Hauser of The New York Times reports that “Maryland Supreme Court Orders Redo of Hearing That Freed Adnan Syed; The court upheld an appellate court’s decision to reinstate the murder conviction of Mr. Syed; The case was the focus of the podcast ‘Serial.’”

And Tim Prudente, Justin Fenton, and Dylan Segelbaum of The Baltimore Banner report that “Maryland Supreme Court reinstates murder conviction of Adnan Syed and orders new hearing.”

You can access today’s 4-to-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of Maryland at this link.

“Pennsylvania Court, on 4-1 Vote, Holds That Failing to Count Timely But Undated (or Misdated) Mail-In Ballots Violates the State Constitution; Case Likely Headed to State Supreme Court and Potentially SCOTUS on Federal Cases”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”

And at Democracy Docket, Rachel Selzer reports that “Pennsylvania Counties Must Count Undated and Misdated Mail-in Ballots, Court Rules.”

You can access today’s ruling of an en banc panel of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

“With Court Victories, Conservatives Push Back on Biden Policies; Legal challenges have blocked many of the policies that President Biden saw as critical to his legacy, on issues like immigration and student loans”: Hamed Aleaziz and Michael D. Shear of The New York Times have this report.

“Pennsylvania Supreme Court Issues Scheduling Order So That Any 2024 Election-Related Challenges Can Be Decided Quickly”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”

You can access the Pa. Supreme Court‘s order at this link.