“Governor McKee picks Judge Luis M. Matos for R.I. Supreme Court, passing over former House speaker Shekarchi; Matos, who was born in Portugal, was appointed to the Superior Court by former governor Lincoln Chafee in 2012 and previously worked as an assistant US attorney”: Edward Fitzpatrick of The Boston Globe has this report.

And Ian Donnis of Ocean State Media reports that “McKee passes over Shekarchi, picks Luis Matos for RI Supreme Court.”

“Surprise hearing scheduled in Luigi Mangione’s case — sparking speculation of plea deal”: Ben Kochman of The New York Post has this report.

“Trump Plans to Tap Federal Trial Court Judge for Eighth Circuit”: Olivia Alafriz of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Dispatching Humphrey’s Executor; Charles Thach’s forgotten presidential history could have strengthened the case”: Christopher James Wolfe has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“The Supreme Court’s Recusal Rules Are Worthless; Cases involving the oil and gas industry are great for Justice Samuel Alito, a noted investor in the oil and gas industry”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Trump bullying of Lisa Cook doesn’t just show his lawlessness. It shows his weakness. The Supreme Court brushed back his attempt to fire the Fed governor once. But the president is hoping a loophole may give him another shot at retribution.” Columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr has this essay online at The Boston Globe.

“The FBI proved Comey’s innocence. The DOJ indicted anyway. In the seashells case, the FBI searched for proof that gangsters used ’86’ to mean ‘kill’ and that Comey knew it. Now an expert says their theory is ‘preposterous.’” Roger Parloff has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“NJ Justices Signal Trouble for Personal Info Takedown Law”: Alex Ebert of Bloomberg Law has a report (subscription required for full access) that begins, “New Jersey’s law prohibiting disclosure of public officials’ home addresses and phone numbers may violate the First Amendment due to the statute’s lack of an intent standard, the state’s high court ruled Wednesday as it sidestepped the constitutionality of the law itself.”

You can access today’s decision of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, on certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, at this link.

Update: In other news coverage, Nikita Biryukov of New Jersey Monitor reports that “NJ Supreme Court opinion on privacy law seen as win for data brokers.”

“Goldstein Unveils Cooley Appeal Team”: Jared Foretek of Law360 has this report (subscription required for access).

“Trump’s New White House Lawyer Embodies MAGA Mold in Second Term”: Justin Henry, Ryan Tarinelli, and Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Sullivan Revisited: The outcome of the famous libel case rests on fabricated legal foundations.” Glenn Reynolds has this book review post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“How Democrats can repair the broken Supreme Court”: U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Trump cheers Alito staying for another Supreme Court term: ‘One of the greatest of all time’; The 76-year-old conservative justice confirmed he will remain for another term, batting down retirement speculation.” Eric Mack of Fox News has this report.

“Trump refuses to back down as Supreme Court blocks major policies; The president is seeking ways around rulings on tariffs, birthright citizenship and the Fed; Experts say the moves don’t signal outright defiance, but they push the court’s limits”: Julian Mark of The Washington Post has this report.

“Samuel Alito Is Not Doing Himself Any Favors; The Supreme Court justice recently spoke out about a new biography of him; The biographer responds”: Ankush Khardori has this post at his “OPENfile” site.

“Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from oil and gas assets since joining supreme court, analysis shows; Critics argue US high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case”: Dharna Noor of The Guardian has this report.

“White House Asks Justice Department to Consider New Reflecting-Pool Prosecution; Officials asked the department whether it is possible to bring new charge against Olympic canoeist after U.S. attorney dropped case”: Alex Leary and Sadie Gurman of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Luigi Mangione’s N.Y. Trial Will Have an Anonymous Jury; The identities of the 12 jurors will be shielded from the public; Jury selection is set to start on Sept. 8”: Hurubie Meko, Kate Christobek, and Anusha Bayya of The New York Times have this report.

Kyle Schnitzer and Steven Vago of The New York Post report that “Luigi Mangione’s NYC trial rules revealed as court OKs 86 news orgs, anonymous jury — after concerns of ‘intimidation’ by sick fans.”

And Patricia Hurtado and David Voreacos of Bloomberg News report that “Mangione Trial Will Have Anonymous Jurors, More Media Access.”

“Trump’s former lawyers: Judge Emil Bove swears in Attorney General Todd Blanche at the White House.” Hannah Rabinowitz of CNN has this report.

“The Fifth Circuit’s Dangerous Obsession with DeRay Mckesson; The nation’s most conservative appeals court is ignoring decades of Supreme Court precedent to punish protest leaders for exercising their First Amendment rights”: G.S. Hans has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Why didn’t Justice Alito retire? This is Justice Alito’s moment — and he’s not going to let it pass him by.” Noah Feldman has this post at his Substack site.

“Trump Judicial Picks Squeezed by Looming Midterm, Senate Recess”: Olivia Alafriz of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“The court should hold oral argument outside of the capital”: Josh Blackman has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“William Howard Taft by John G. Roberts, Jr.; Maintaining your dignity and principles through defeat can pave the road for future success”: The “In Pursuit” Substack site has this post.

“SCOTUS’s October Preview”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Arkansas governor to appoint temporary Supreme Court justice to fill in for Webb”: Antoinette Grajeda of Arkansas Advocate has this report.

“What’s going on at NH’s Supreme Court?” Julia Barnett and Todd Bookman of New Hampshire Public Radio have a report that begins, “Two justices from the New Hampshire Supreme Court — one now retired, the other the current chief justice — are making headlines: Not for their rulings, but for their actions off the bench.”

“The little-noticed Supreme Court case that could impact where people pray”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

“Korean spa seeks high court’s help after male demands to enter female-only communal space; Attorneys with PJI, ADF ask US Supreme Court to take case of Olympus Spa in Washington state”: Alliance Defending Freedom issued this news release today.

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

“Sometimes, These F*ckers Lose”: You can access the new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“‘We’ve never seen anything like this’: ICE’s detention crackdown swamps the courts; Families, lawyers and judges describe a year of frantic emergency cases after ICE began detaining people who have lived in the U.S. for years.” Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.

“A crime reporter was picked for jury duty and left with more than he expected; The trial in a D.C. courtroom brought together jurors from across the city for five days”: Juan Benn Jr. of The Washington Post has this report.

“A Tale of Two Chiefs: Two recent decisions show Chief Justice Roberts’s institutionalism can sometimes be more like illusionism.” Josh Blackman has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“243. Birthright Citizenship, Redux: President Trump’s new attempt to cabin birthright citizenship is a lot narrower than the one the Supreme Court struck down in June; Its key provisions are still unconstitutional.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“The Delusions of John Roberts: The Chief Justice insists that his Supreme Court isn’t biased even as it keeps making dramatic leaps rightward.” Margaret Talbot has this Profiles article in the August 17, 2026 issue of The New Yorker.