“Governor Lamont Nominates the Honorable Raheem L. Mullins as Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court”: The Office of Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont issued this news release today.

“Adnan Syed’s fate in hands of Maryland Supreme Court as clock winds down”: Tim Prudente of The Baltimore Banner has this report.

“A new indictment points to Trump’s illegal acts — and justices’ errors; What does the new Trump indictment tell us? That the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling makes no sense.” Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Scale of Trump’s appeals court overhaul unmatched by Biden, even as Democrats could approve more total judges”: Tierney Sneed of CNN has this report.

“Justice Sotomayor’s side hustle during a hectic term? A kids’ musical. She told a theater crowd in Kansas City, Mo., that she believes her biggest legacy lies outside her trailblazing role in the law.” Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

“Sarah Palin Is Granted New Libel Trial Against The New York Times; A federal appeals court said the judge overseeing the original trial, which Ms. Palin lost, had wrongly excluded evidence and might have swayed jurors as they were deliberating”: David Enrich of The New York Times has this report.

Laura Wagner of The Washington Post reports that “Sarah Palin wins bid for new defamation trial against New York Times; An appellate court ruled that the federal judge who heard the case undermined the jury by announcing he would dismiss the suit while they deliberated.”

And Erin Mulvaney and Jan Wolfe of The Wall Street Journal report that “Sarah Palin Wins New Trial in Defamation Case Against New York Times; Appeals panel says trial judge made errors that deprived Palin of a fair trial.”

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

“Appeals Court Raises Questions Over Section 230 Law Giving Social-Media Companies Legal Immunity; Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled TikTok could potentially be liable for recommending ‘blackout challenge’ video to girl who died”: Alyssa Lukpat of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “TikTok must face lawsuit over 10-year-old girl’s death, US court rules.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

“Which Justice Writes the Most Important Decisions on the Supreme Court?” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“A Montco family sued their neighbors over lawn signs that protested an antisemitic slur. A decade later, the Pa. Supreme Court said the signs were legal. An Abington Township family posted nearly two dozen signs with anti-hate messages in a yearlong protest of their neighbor’s use of an antisemitic slur.” Abraham Gutman of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Last week’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consisted of a majority opinion and two dissenting opinions (here and here).

“The president’s crimes: The oldest constitution in the world was not made for the political culture of modern America; The Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v United States is a symptom of its crisis.” Jonathan Sumption has this article in the October 2024 issue of Prospect Magazine.

“Sumption lays into US court; Former UK justice attacks ‘absurdity’ of his US counterparts’ Trump ruling”: Joshua Rozenberg has this post at his “A Lawyer Writes” Substack site.

“How ‘America’s Worst Court’ Intimidates Elected Officials To Fight Judicial Reform”: Mark Pulliam has this post at The Federalist.

“The law finally caught up with notorious Philadelphia landlord Phil Pulley … but for voting fraud; He has acted with impunity for years across Philadelphia; Then, in the 2020 election, he allegedly decided one vote wasn’t enough for him”: William Bender and Ryan W. Briggs of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

“Lawsuits Fly Over Election Rules and Who Gets to Vote; Democrats challenge certification rules in Georgia, while GOP targets registration procedures in Arizona and North Carolina”: Mariah Timms of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she was ‘concerned’ about Trump immunity ruling”: Caitlin Yilek of CBS News has this report.

And Sara Boboltz of HuffPost reports that “Ketanji Brown Jackson Is ‘Prepared’ If 2024 Election Goes To Supreme Court; The Supreme Court justice also voiced concern about the high court’s presidential immunity decision in a rare interview.”

“Mass. high court rules possessing a switchblade knife is no longer a crime under the Second Amendment”: John R. Ellement of The Boston Globe has this report.

And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Massachusetts high court strikes down switchblade ban.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at this link.

“What ‘leave it to the states’ really means for abortion; Just look at Arkansas”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Special Counsel Revises Trump Election Indictment to Address Immunity Ruling; Jack Smith’s filing, in the case charging the former president with plotting to overturn the 2020 election, came in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling giving former presidents broad immunity”: Alan Feuer and Charlie Savage of The New York Times have this report.

Devlin Barrett and Perry Stein of The Washington Post report that “New Trump indictment tries to salvage case after Supreme Court ruling; Special counsel Jack Smith stripped out parts of the Jan. 6 indictment that could conflict with the high court’s immunity decision.”

And Sadie Gurman and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal report that “Special Counsel Unveils New Trump Indictment in Jan. 6 Case; Jack Smith sticks with same charges against former president, says new indictment conforms with Supreme Court’s immunity ruling.”

You can access the revised indictment at this link.

“Tom Girardi found guilty of wire fraud: ‘It wasn’t a hard decision,’ juror says.” Brittny Mejia of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Abortion Rights, on Winning Streak, Face Biggest Test in November; Ten states have ballot measures to establish a right to abortion in their state constitutions; The pushback has already begun”: Kate Zernike of The New York Times has this report.

“The Supreme Court is sowing confusion over how it will handle election disputes this fall”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

“9th Circuit’s chief judge cleared of failing to probe possible misconduct”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

You can view Friday’s order of the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Federal appeals court declares Missouri’s ‘Second Amendment Preservation Act’ unconstitutional”: Jason Hancock of Missouri Independent has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.

“The No Kings Act Is About Putting the Supreme Court In Its Place; When judicial supremacy goes this wrong, the other co-equal branches of government have a responsibility to do something about it”: Molly Coleman has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Harris and Schumer Target the Supreme Court; Democrats make clear that if they win, they’ll push measures to destroy the judiciary’s independence”: David B. Rivkin Jr. and Andrew M. Grossman have this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“How a Federal Court in New Orleans Is Driving the Conservative Agenda; Today, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is an outlier; But a Trump victory in November could transform it into the standard-bearer of MAGA-era jurisprudence”: Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s recent decisions could undo big Biden accomplishments; The end of a decades-old legal precedent is a boon for lawyers, small-government conservatives and judges who want to out-expert agency analysts”: Marcia Brown of Politico has this report.

“The huge stakes in the Supreme Court’s new abortion case; Oklahoma v. HHS could potentially blow up much of Medicare and Medicaid if the justices decide to wild out”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Do Americans Have a Constitutional Right to an AR-15? Gun-Rights Groups Ask the Supreme Court. Firearms advocates fight state restrictions on the most popular rifle in the U.S.” Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

You can view the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“96. Bad Supreme Court Math: A recent effort to defend the Fifth Circuit’s SCOTUS track record usefully (if unintentionally) highlights several of the most common methodological errors in efforts to marshal Supreme Court data.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Jack Smith appeals Judge Cannon decision to throw out Trump case; The dismissal of Donald Trump’s indictment ‘conflicts with an otherwise unbroken course of decisions, including by the Supreme Court,’ the appeal says”: Perry Stein and Devlin Barrett of The Washington Post have this report.

And Katelyn Polantz of CNN reports that “Justice Department seeks to revive Trump documents case and defends role of special counsel.”

You can access the brief for appellant filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“Judicial Notice (08.25.24): Irreconcilable Differences; An injudicious judge, gun laws post-Brahimi, the breakup of Bennifer, and WilmerHale partnership news.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“They didn’t submit a photocopy that wasn’t required; Why abortion won’t be on the Arkansas ballot in November”: Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.”

“Nvidia has more friends than Facebook in cases at US Supreme Court”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

“Trump’s Latest Abortion Comments Expose the Bind He’s In”: Law professor Mary Ziegler has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.