“How a rogue appeals court wrecked the patent system: Federal Circuit Appeals Court marks 30 years of spreading the ‘patent gospel.'” Timothy B. Lee has this blog post at “Ars Technica.”

“President Barack Obama has heavily influenced federal courts in Bay Area”: Howard Mintz has this Ninth Circuit-related article today in The San Jose Mercury News.

“Floating home or vessel? South Florida man’s case going before U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Supreme Court will hear a S. Fla. case whose outcome will have wide implications for those who live and work on the water.” The Miami Herald has this report.

“Court Weighs Same-Sex to Race-Related Laws Following Obamacare”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Will court open with bad blood? Last term ended with contentious health care ruling; But justices won’t let animosity, as with Congress, infect them,” Tony Mauro has this op-ed today in USA Today.

“Lord Neuberger to be sworn in as new Supreme Court President”: The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom issued this news release today.

“Another Big Supreme Court Term On The Docket”: Yesterday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday” contained this audio segment featuring Nina Totenberg.

And the start of the U.S. Supreme Court‘s October Term 2012 marks the tenth anniversary of “SCOTUSblog.”

“Election’s winner may shape Supreme Court; Vacancies likely within next 4 years”: This article appears today in The Boston Globe.

And Bill Mears of CNN.com has items headlined “Supreme Court possibilities if Obama is reelected” and “Supreme Court possibilities if Romney wins election.”

“Why the court wants to try again”: In Monday’s edition of The Washington Post, Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor Jr. will have an op-ed that begins, “The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument next week in Fisher v. University of Texas, the high court’s first case on the use of race in higher education admissions since its 2003 decisions in Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger.”

“As US Supreme Court opens, all eyes on Chief Justice John Roberts; The US Supreme Court opens its 2012-2013 term Monday with Justice Anthony Kennedy again the likely swing vote; But given his vote on the Affordable Care Act, Chief Justice John Roberts may not be predictably conservative either”: Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

“Justice Kennedy Is Back for More Torture”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“The Supreme Court, absent from the election debate”: Robert Barnes will have this article Monday in The Washington Post.

And Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Election raises stakes for possible Supreme Court vacancies.”

“Houseboat Case Docks at Supreme Court”: Brent Kendall will have this article Monday in The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.

And Monday’s edition of USA Today will contain an article headlined “Trader’s floating home battle goes to Supreme Court.”

“Supreme Court justices attend annual Red Mass”: The Associated Press has this report.

And lest we forget that the subject of a sentence determines the number of the verb, CNN.com has a blog post titled “Record number of justices attends Red Mass.”

From the summer edition of “Appellate Issues,” a publication of the American Bar Association’s Council of Appellate Lawyers: Among other interesting articles, the most recent edition of this publication contains an item headlined “An Interview With Howard J. Bashman on His How Appealing Blog.”

You can access earlier editions of the publication via this link. And thanks to the publication’s editor, David J. Perlman, for his interest in interviewing me in connection with this blog’s 10-year anniversary.

“Californians back change on three strikes, but not on death penalty; Proposition 36 would ease the three-strikes sentencing law; Proposition 34 would replace the death penalty with life without possibility of parole”: Jack Leonard and Maura Dolan have this front page article today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Lee Boyd Malvo, 10 years after D.C. area sniper shootings: ‘I was a monster.'” This front page article appears today in The Washington Post.

The newspaper has also posted online the audio of its reporter’s interview with Malvo and a handwritten note that Malvo sent to the reporter in advance of the interview.

“Presidential race may leave lasting imprint on Supreme Court; Future appointments by Obama or Romney could be pivotal on issues of gay rights, gun laws, abortion and money in politics”: David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

“How the Supreme Court can retain legitimacy”: Carrie Severino has this essay at Politico.com.

“Supreme Court to delve into more divisive issues”: Richard Wolf will have this article Monday in USA Today.

“Insight: Three lawyers ask U.S. Supreme Court: Why here?” Rebecca Hamilton of Reuters has an article that begins, “For more than three decades survivors of human rights abuses in foreign countries have turned to U.S. federal courts to seek justice. On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court hears a case that could make that impossible.”

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Big Brother, big dogs are looking at you.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Supreme Court cases could stir 2012 race”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.

“Brewer fills Arizona courts with Republican judges; Predecessors not as partisan”: This article appears today in The Arizona Republic. According to the article, “Brewer must make her third appointment to the state Supreme Court by Oct. 19, choosing among two Republican nominees and one Democrat.”

“Supreme Court faces another high-profile term”: Robert Barnes will have this article Sunday in The Washington Post.

And Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Supreme Court kicks off new term, faces agenda that could be historic.”

“Potus v. Scotus”: In the Sunday Book Review section of tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times, law professor Garrett Epps will have this review of Jeffrey Toobin’s new book, “The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court.”

“Supreme Court Faces Crucial Rulings in Coming Term”: In Sunday’s edition of The New York Times, Adam Liptak will have an article that begins, “The Supreme Court returns to the bench on Monday to confront not only a docket studded with momentous issues but also a new dynamic among the justices.”

“Comcast antitrust case heading to U.S. Supreme Court”: The Philadelphia Inquirer has this article today.

“Another big Supreme Court term kicks off Monday”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report. The AP also has this accompanying description of the big cases already accepted for review and likely to be accepted for review.

“Omar Khadr is going home to Canada from Guantanamo; The Toronto-born man who got to Guantanamo as a teenager was en route to more prison time in his native Canada as of 4:30 a.m. Saturday under a 2010 plea deal, a U.S. military source tells The Miami Herald”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this news update.

And The Toronto Globe and Mail has a news update headlined “Omar Khadr returned to Canada from U.S. Guantanamo Bay base.”

“Party Divide Still Evident in Supreme Court Job Approval; Fifty-seven percent of Democrats, 36% of Republicans approve”: Gallup issued this news release today.

“Supreme Court begins term with another Arizona case on the docket”: Cronkite News has this report.

“Activist’s Nine-Year Navy FOIA Fight Ends in Supreme Court Win”: Bloomberg News has this report.

“On October 1, 2012, Judge Carl E. Stewart of Shreveport, Louisiana, becomes the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit”: So begins a press release that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

“Google can’t enforce German Microsoft injunction — ruling”: Dan Levine of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued late today.