“Luigi Mangione’s next court hearing could last all week — here’s why; The court may hear from numerous witnesses, including the police officers who arrested Mangione in Pennsylvania”: Erik Uebelacker of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“The Situation: You Get To Play Lindsey Halligan’s Hand; She made her bed; Now you get to lie in it.” Katherine Pompilio and Benjamin Wittes have this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Hundreds Attend 114th Harvard Ames Moot Court Competition at Law School”: Sidhi Dhanda and Caroline G. Hennigan of The Harvard Crimson recently had this report.

And Harvard Law School has posted on YouTube a video titled “Ames Moot Court Competition 2025.”

“Trump administration prosecutions focus new attention on grand juries; The administration has struggled with an unusual level of rejections in some cases and procedural stumbles in others”: Perry Stein of The Washington Post has this report.

“Appeals court upholds $1M penalty against Trump in lawsuit against Hillary Clinton; The judges ruled that the president’s arguments ‘were indeed frivolous’”: Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico have this report.

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

“Chief Judge William H. Pryor Jr. delivers the 2025 Rice-Hasson Distinguished Lecture”: Elyse Paul of Notre Dame Law School has this report.

And on YouTube, Notre Dame Law School has posted a video titled “2025 Rice Hasson Lecture.”

“Trump’s Retribution Push Has Expanded Even as It Hits Legal Barriers; A judge dismissed indictments against two of the president’s foes, but a new Pentagon investigation of a prominent Democrat shows how he is using a whole-of-government approach to punish those who cross him”: Michael S. Schmidt of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“The ‘Wild Card’ in the Comey and James Cases: Will Judges Pick the Next Prosecutor? The dismissal of indictments that President Trump sought against his perceived foes opens the door for federal judges to pick a new U.S. attorney to replace a Trump loyalist.” Devlin Barrett of The New York Times has this report.

“Mark Kelly Is Being Investigated for Telling the Truth”: Law professor David Cole has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump; The president has now seen three criminal cases against him dissolve since he was re-elected last year”: Richard Fausset and Danny Hakim of The New York Times have this report.

“Top US Officials Identified by DOJ in Deportation Contempt Fight”: Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “The Trump administration identified top US officials involved in the decision not to turn around planes of deported migrants in March per a judge’s order, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and Judge Emil Bove, who was a Justice Department official at the time.”

And Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico report that “Kristi Noem made call to hand over deported men to El Salvador, DOJ says; The disclosure adds a wrinkle to the murky timeline surrounding the unprecedented deportation effort.”

You can access yesterday’s court filing at this link.

“The Losing Isn’t Over for Trump’s Justice Department”: Elie Honig has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“The Situation: Not The Way I Wanted This to End; But I’ll take it.” Benjamin Wittes has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Pa. Supreme Court eases 24-hour notice rule for local officials, angering transparency advocates”: Tom Riese of 90.5 WESA has this report.

Yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consisted of a majority opinion in part, a concurring opinion, and two dissenting opinions (here and here).

“SC Supreme Court sets date to hear Alex Murdaugh murder conviction appeal”: Michael M. DeWitt, Jr. of The Greenville News has this report.

“Oklahoma Supreme Court tosses Bible lawsuit after education leader declines to enforce mandate”: Janelle Stecklein of Oklahoma Voice has this report.

“A Supreme Court Term With Unusually High Economic Stakes; Let’s hope the justices rule against Trump’s claims regarding tariffs and the removal of Fed governors”: Alan S. Blinder will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Trump wants SCOTUS to take the ‘headless fourth branch’ to the slaughterhouse; As the high court reviews President Trump’s executive branch firing authority, the independence of regulatory boards hangs in the balance”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“ACLU lawyers name Emil Bove, now a federal judge, as possible witness in contempt inquiry; The former DOJ official — who was Trump’s criminal defense lawyer before that — is one of nine names submitted to Judge Boasberg”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

And Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service reports that “Senate Dems demand information on Emil Bove ethics complaint, threats against judges; Lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee filed a raft of FOIA requests to break through what they framed as the Trump administration’s ‘stonewalling’ on key issues.”

“4th Circuit Judge’s Worry of En Banc Overuse Spurs Back-and-Forth; ‘By subjecting litigation to the en banc detour, we shield it from Supreme Court review while the often year-long proceeding plays itself out,’ Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III wrote; ‘Shielding significant cases from the Supreme Court for prolonged periods can have deleterious consequences’”: Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has this report.

You can access last Thursday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the opinions concurring therein and dissenting therefrom, at this link.

“Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago; The Trump administration has claimed the police were slow to protect federal agents on Oct. 4, but videos and audio show that their rationale conflates hours of events involving a shooting, a protest, a car crash and a police radio call”: Devon Lum, Mattathias Schwartz, Christoph Koettl, and Ainara Tiefenthäler of The New York Times have this report.

“This ‘sleepy’ Supreme Court case could change Americans’ lives; The case involving Chevron and Louisiana is an attempt to reshape national policy through state courts”: Alaska Attorney General Stephen J. Cox has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Gov. Ferguson taps former AG civil rights chief for WA Supreme Court”: Jim Brunner of The Seattle Times has this report.

Mitchell Roland of The Spokesman-Review reports that “Spokane native Colleen Melody selected for state Supreme Court.”

Simone Carter of The Olympian reports that “Gov. Bob Ferguson unveils first appointment to WA state Supreme Court.”

And Jerry Cornfield of Washington State Standard reports that “Gov. Bob Ferguson makes his pick for WA Supreme Court seat; Colleen Melody, who leads the civil rights division at the state attorney general’s office, will succeed Justice Mary Yu, who is retiring.”

“As judges face more threats, only the Supreme Court gets new security funds; There was a spike in threats against the judiciary in the early months of 2025, Marshals Service data shows”: Derek Hawkins of The Washington Post has this report.

“Montana Republicans Are Trying to Hijack the Montana Supreme Court; The state’s highest court ruled against GOP lawmakers in a few high-profile cases; GOP lawmakers are responding in kind”: Steve Kennedy has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“In Texas case, it’s politics vs. race at the Supreme Court, with control of Congress at stake”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Major Supreme Court disputes await rulings on tariffs, National Guard and gerrymandered maps”: Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times have this report.

“DOJ Defense of Top Prosecutors Tees Up Debate for Supreme Court”: Celine Castronuovo and Ben Penn of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Supreme Court Urged to Reject GOP-Drawn Texas Voting Maps”: Madlin Mekelburg of Bloomberg News has this report.

“In Gulf of America case, AP renews legal fight to end White House ban; The Associated Press, which sued the government after being barred from covering White House events, presented its case to a circuit court panel”: Scott Nover of The Washington Post has this report.

And Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service reports that “DC Circuit judges spar over AP access to White House; A general rule barring federal courts from issuing injunctions against the president stands in the way of restoring Oval Office access for the nation’s largest wire service.”

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

“The Gang That Couldn’t Indict Straight; Trump’s revenge lawfare on James Comey and Letitia James gets thrown out of court”: This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“It Turns Out Lindsey Halligan Was a Fake Prosecutor All Along”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“How Constitutional Limits Become Negotiable”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Judge Dismisses Cases Against Comey and James, Finding Trump Prosecutor Was Unlawfully Appointed; The decision is a setback for the president’s efforts to wield the criminal justice system against his perceived enemies”: Alan Feuer and Devlin Barrett of The New York Times have this report.

Jeremy Roebuck and Salvador Rizzo of The Washington Post report that “Judge tosses cases against Comey and James, rules prosecutor appointment unlawful; The decision could end the prosecution of the former FBI director; The government could refile charges against the New York attorney general.”

C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal reports that “James Comey and Letitia James Cases Dismissed in Blow to DOJ; Judge finds Lindsey Halligan, who led the prosecution of two of the president’s perceived adversaries, wasn’t properly appointed.”

Susan Ferrechio of The Washington Times reports that “Judge dismisses criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James.”

Kyle Cheney, Josh Gerstein, and Hassan Ali Kanu of Politico report that “Comey, James cases dismissed as judge disqualifies interim US attorney Lindsey Halligan; A judge concluded Halligan’s appointment violated laws that limit the ability of DOJ to install top prosecutors without Senate confirmation.”

Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico also have a report headlined “Lindsey Halligan is out — but there are major questions about what comes next; Here’s a look at the most pertinent questions following the dismissal of the cases against James Comey and Letitia James — and what might come next.”

You can access here and here today’s rulings of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

“Trump’s Mark on Ninth Circuit Tested as Challenges Progress”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.