“The Supreme Court betrayed again — this time from the bench; Nicholas Roske brought gun, ammunition and tactical knife to justice’s home in 2022”: Mike Davis has this essay online at Fox News.

“Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots; With an accidental social-media post, Trump showed how much had changed since his first term”: Josh Dawsey, Sadie Gurman, and Aruna Viswanatha of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“CT inmates have no ‘established rights’ to gender-affirming care, appeals court says in reversal”: Bruno Matarazzo Jr. of CT Insider has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued Monday.

“Fragmented Fifth Circuit Partly Revives Religious Pamphlets Suit”: Mallory Culhane of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that a fragmented three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Trump Gets Fresh Chance to Fight Judge He Picked in Oregon”: David Voreacos and Erik Larson of Bloomberg News have this report.

“Chinese Hackers Said to Target U.S. Law Firms; Williams & Connolly, one of the nation’s most prominent law firms, told clients that its computer systems had been infiltrated and that hackers may have gained access to some client emails”: Michael S. Schmidt of The New York Times has this report.

“Reagan’s originalist revolution changed the Supreme Court forever; Meese, Rehnquist, Scalia and Bork reshaped constitutional law and restored the Founders’ intent”: Law professor Josh Blackman and John G. Malcolm have this essay online at The Washington Times.

And in yesterday’s mail, I received an advance copy of The Heritage Guide to the Constitution: Fully Revised Third Edition, for which Blackman and Malcolm served as editors.

“Judges appointed by Trump keep ruling against him. He’s not happy about it. From the National Guard to deportations, Trump has suffered numerous legal setbacks from people he put on the bench.” Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.

“With One Damning Question, Ketanji Brown Jackson Defined the Supreme Court’s New Term”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Judge Poised to Free Abrego Garcia if Officials Can’t Supply Deportation Plans; The judge expressed exasperation at government lawyers’ failure to answer ‘basic questions’ or produce evidence during what she called a ‘topsy-turvy, inside-out day’”: Minho Kim of The New York Times has this report.

“For Cases of Beer, the Plane Was Seized; An Alaskan bush pilot asks for help from the Supreme Court”: The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“Judge in Comey case is known for sparing but powerful remarks in court; U.S. District Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff, a former public defender nominated by President Joe Biden, has a reputation as a measured jurist”: Salvador Rizzo of The Washington Post has this report.

“No, Trump Can’t Deploy Troops to Wherever He Wants”: Law professor Stephen I. Vladeck has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“J&J Must Pay Record $966 Million in Talc Baby Powder Cancer Case”: Jef Feeley of Bloomberg News has this report.

“The Appellate Void”: Law professor Andrew Coan has posted this article online at SSRN.

“Supreme Court sharply questions law banning conversion therapy; Colorado’s law, similar to ones on the books in nearly 30 states, may infringe on free speech rights, justices suggest”: Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

“Justice Barrett’s Dogma: A Response to a Recent Interview.” Adrian Vermeule has this post at “The New Digest” Substack site.

“The court opens for business despite a federal shutdown”: Mark Walsh has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“NH Supreme Court Justice Hantz Marconi to plead guilty, ending legal saga”: Todd Bookman of New Hampshire Public Radio has this report.

“Voter guide to Pa. Supreme Court retention: Donohue, Dougherty & Wecht.” Chris Potter of Pittsburgh’s NPR News Station 90.5 WESA has this report.

“In 2019, Trump Made Her a Federal Judge. In 2025, She Blocked His Troop Deployment. Judge Karin Immergut worked on Ken Starr’s investigation of Bill Clinton. Now she’s ruled against Trump’s attempt to send troops to Portland.” Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times has this report.

“Kavanaugh’s Would-Be Assassin Is a Man; The court credited his claim to be a woman, but the rest of us are free to speak the truth”: Matthew Hennessey will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“No Immediate Evidence Fire at South Carolina Judge’s Home Was Intentional; Investigators are searching for the cause of the blaze at the home of Judge Diane Goodstein and her husband, a former Democratic state senator”: Joseph De Avila of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Justices begin 2025 term after blockbuster summer of emergency rulings; In two relatively low-stakes appeals on criminal procedure and federal jurisdiction, the high court appeared to find more common ground compared to the rifts between the justices on emergency appeals”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Louisiana Ten Commandments Order Gets Fifth Circuit Second Look”: Ufonobong Umanah of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link.

“DOJ Can’t Delay Abrego Garcia Deportation Case Amid Shutdown”: Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Fire Consumes the Home of a South Carolina State Judge; Three people, who had to be rescued by kayak, were injured; The cause of the fire is under investigation”: Mike Ives and Adeel Hassan of The New York Times have this report.

“The Origin of ‘Equal Justice Under Law’”: Anthony Kennedy has this guest essay, excerpted from his forthcoming book, online at The New York Times.

“Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Ghislaine Maxwell; The onetime employee and friend of Jeffrey Epstein argued that a secret agreement between prosecutors and the multimillionaire financier invalidated her conviction”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

John Fritze of CNN reports that “Supreme Court brushes aside Laura Loomer lawsuit against social media companies.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Live Nation Rejected by Supreme Court in Consumer Antitrust Case.”

Blake Brittain of Reuters reports that “US Supreme Court will not hear Purdue appeal in OxyContin patent case.”

And Jan Wolfe of Reuters reports that “US Supreme Court rebuffs Project Veritas challenge to Oregon ban on secret recordings.”

“Trump looms large in Chief Justice John Roberts’ legacy; As Roberts enters his third decade as chief, critics see him enabling power grabs by a norm-breaking president”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

And in commentary, online at The Guardian, columnist Steven Greenhouse has an essay titled “Why does the supreme court keep bending the knee to Trump? As a new term begins, the justices have continually failed to provide a check on presidential power — with disastrous consequences.”

“State supreme court battles move to Pennsylvania, where 3 Democratic justices hope to keep seats”: Marc Levy of The Associated Press has this report.

“Supreme Court Returns to Face Trump Tests of Presidential Power; As the justices return to the bench Monday, the court will confront a series of cases central to the president’s agenda”: Ann E. Marimow and Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times have this report.

And Andrew Chung and John Kruzel of Reuters report that “US Supreme Court starts new term, with major Trump cases in store.”

“Notwithstanding the verbiage: Why the government’s late-night effort to deport Guatemalan children failed.” Adam Unikowsky has this post at his “Adam’s Legal Newsletter” Substack site.

“SCOTUSblog Summit: Judge Patrick Bumatay and Justice Amy Coney Barrett.” The Dispatch has posted this video on YouTube.

“‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency; Before the election, we surveyed the legal establishment about what a second Trump term could mean for the rule of law. A year later, they’re very, very worried.” Emily Bazelon has this report online at The New York Times Magazine.