“Fourth Circuit says opioid distributors can face public nuisance claims; The three-judge panel further held that local governments are entitled to billions of dollars in abatement to help curb future harm”: Joe Dodson of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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

“Supreme Court wants more time and information before deciding if Trump can send National Guard to Chicago”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

You can view today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Partisanship, Ads and Millions of Dollars Shape Pa. Supreme Court Retention Election; Political and legal experts weigh in on the major themes of the retention election so far”: Tristin Hoffman of The Legal Intelligencer has this report.

“Ch-ch-changes: Amendments to the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure bring SCOTX closer to SCOTUS.” Adam Shniderman has this post at his “14th & Colorado” Substack site.

“Prediction Markets See a Close Call on Trump Tariff Case at Supreme Court; Trump’s tariffs are heading for a Supreme Court showdown and bettors see a close call”: Laura Curtis of Bloomberg News has this report.

“This Supreme Court decision could basically guarantee higher inflation; When politicians meddle in monetary policy, inflation inevitably follows”: John W. Snow and Christopher Smith have this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Trump Will Always Ask the Supreme Court For More; The conservative justices have repeatedly demonstrated their willingness to reshape executive power to fit their favorite president’s agenda”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Seven UChicago Law alumni clerking for Supreme Court justices; The alumni serve seven justices at the nation’s highest court”: Mark Cohen of UChicago News has this report.

“Why tracking spending in this year’s critical Pa. Supreme Court retention races is so difficult”: Stephen Caruso and Katie Meyer of Spotlight PA have this report.

Jaxon White of WITF has a report headlined “Partisan tensions flare in Pennsylvania Supreme Court retention election.”

And online at National Review, Dan McLaughlin has an essay titled “Pennsylvania Supreme Court Retention Election Is a Key Swing-State Test; In a major judicial election in the Keystone State, Democrats are more focused than Republicans.”

“William Rehnquist, his clerk John Roberts and the Supreme Court precedent at the center of Trump’s tariffs case”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

“Wisconsin vs. Catholic Charities, Round II; Despite a unanimous loss at the Supreme Court, Attorney General Josh Kaul won’t quit”: The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“The Supreme Court won’t hurt America if it strikes down the tariffs; Despite the Trump administration’s warnings, the economy will not suffer from obeying the Constitution”: Scott Lincicome has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Kavanaugh’s Chambers Are a Big Pipeline for Trump Circuit Judges”: Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Abortion access a key focus as conservatives aim to flip Pa. Supreme Court; Democrats and health advocates focus on reproductive rights as conservatives take aim at Pa. top court”: Benjamin Kail of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this report.

Paula Reed Ward of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that “Pa. Supreme Court retention races erupt into high-stakes battle between Dems, GOP for control.”

PBS NewsHour has a segment titled “Why Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court election has national implications.”

Robert Yoon of The Associated Press has a report headlined “AP Decision Notes: What to expect for the Nov. 4 election in Pennsylvania.”

And Jackson Healy of Courthouse News Service reports that “Millions spent to unseat liberal majority on Pennsylvania Supreme Court; Once a mundane election, three Democratic justices have seen millions in national funds both to retain and oust them.”

“9th Circuit agrees to broader review of Oregon National Guard deployment: What happens next?” Maxine Bernstein of The Oregonian has this report.

Erik Larson of Bloomberg News reports that “Appeals Court to Review Order Letting Trump Send Guard to Oregon.”

And Monique Merrill of Courthouse News Service reports that “Ninth Circuit to rehear challenge to National Guard deployment in Portland; The protests in Portland have been peaceful and deployment of the National Guard isn’t warranted, the plaintiffs say.”

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

“Trump Argues in Formal Appeal That His Conviction Was ‘Fatally Marred’; In 2024, a jury found that Donald J. Trump approved a scheme to falsify business records to conceal a hush-money payment to a porn star; He became the first felon president”: Jonah E. Bromwich of The New York Times has this report.

Ben Kochman of The New York Post reports that “Trump appeals historic Manhattan hush money conviction that branded him a felon.”

Erica Orden of Politico reports that “Trump appeals his criminal conviction in New York hush money case; The president, who has suffered few consequences for his conviction, seeks to quash the verdict — and his status as a felon.”

And Erik Larson and Patricia Hurtado of Bloomberg News report that “Trump Appeals NY Hush Money Conviction, Citing Trial Errors.”

You can access the appellate brief at this link.

“Katyal to Argue Supreme Court Trump Tariff Case After Coin Toss”: Justin Wise of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Who are the 3 Pa. Supreme Court justices running for retention?” Paula Reed Ward of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has this report.

And Tristin Hoffman of The Legal Intelligencer has a report headlined “Who in Pa.’s Legal Community Financed Who in Supreme Court Retention Election Campaign; An analysis of the final campaign finance records before next week’s election shows Justice Kevin Dougherty leading in financial support.”

“Texas Justices Float Changes to Docket System, High Court Briefs”: Ryan Autullo of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor Offers Advice, Insight to BU Law Students at Annual Shapiro Lecture; She spoke with her former law clerk Cesar Lopez-Morales (LAW’14) in a wide-ranging conversation at the Tsai Performance Center”: Molly Glass of BU Today has this report.

School of Law, Boston University has posted on YouTube a video titled “BU Law Presents The Shapiro Lecture: In Conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.”

“UVA Law remains No. 5 in Supreme Court clerkships”: Mike Fox of UVA Today has this report.

“Will Trump’s Tariffs Survive Supreme Court’s ‘Major Questions’ Test? The justices used the doctrine, a judicially created method of reading statutes, to thwart several major Biden programs.” Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column online at The New York Times.

“Second Circuit upholds Keith Raniere sex cult abuse conviction; Raniere’s claims of digital evidence tampering stalled out on appeal, keeping in place his 120-year prison sentence”: Josh Russell of Courthouse News Service has this report on a decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“Trump Lands New Eighth Circuit Vacancy as Judge Goes Senior”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“DOJ stands down on deporting Kilmar Ábrego García to Liberia by Halloween; Liberia is the fourth African nation to be designated as a potential destination for the Maryland man, following Uganda, Eswatini and Ghana, despite Ábrego García’s stated willingness to be deported to Costa Rica”: Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Fire the Top Copyright Official; An appeals court sided with the director of the U.S. Copyright Office, saying her role is to work with Congress”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

And Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Trump asks Supreme Court to allow firing of register of copyrights.”

You can access the Court filing at this link.

“West Texas A&M Drag Show Ban to Get Full 5th Circuit Rehearing”: Ryan Autullo of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Jessica Priest of The Texas Tribune reports that “Federal appeals court will reconsider West Texas A&M drag show ban; The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday tossed a three-judge panel’s earlier ruling that found the ban violated students’ free speech rights; The court’s 17 judges will rehear the case.”

You can view today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit via this link.

“Senate confirms Trump’s pick for Court of Appeals, a longtime assistant US attorney in Milwaukee”: Lawrence Andrea of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

And Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law reports that “Trump Appeals Court Pick Who Drew Conservative Ire Confirmed.”

You can access the official roll call vote tally at this link.

“J&J Talc Cancer Suits Rise 17% After Failed Settlement Push”: Jef Feeley of Bloomberg News has this report.

“186. When Can States Prosecute Federal Officers? Stephen Miller claims that ICE officers have ‘immunity’ for anything they do while enforcing immigration law. Even as an argument about *state* criminal prosecutions, that claim is overstated at best.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“The Venezuela Boat Strikes and the Justice Department’s Golden Shield; How the Office of Legal Counsel Helps the White House in its Summary Killings”: Jack Goldsmith has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.

“America’s Book Club with Justice Amy Coney Barrett; Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett joins host David M. Rubenstein to discuss her new book, her early life and her view of the Constitution”: C-SPAN has posted this video online.

In the November 3, 2025 issue of The New Yorker: In the Talk of the Town section, Adam Gopnik has a Comment titled “Why Trump Tore Down the East Wing; The act of destruction is precisely the point: a kind of performance piece meant to display Trump’s arbitrary power over the Presidency, including its physical seat.”

And Jill Lepore has an article titled “Trump and the Presidency That Wouldn’t Shut Up; His posts and rants are omnipresent, ugly, and unhinged; Don’t look to history to make it make sense.”

“Trump’s DOJ Shakedown”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Don’t Tell Democrats How Their Judges Answered”: Michael A. Fragoso has this post at the “Bench Memos” blog of National Review.