“Is the Fifth Circuit Becoming the New Ninth? The Court is taking more cases from the Fifth Circuit, and its decisions do not appear to be faring well.” Jonathan H. Adler has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Supreme Court Again Lets Biden’s Limits on ‘Ghost Guns’ Stand; After the justices temporarily revived the regulations in August by a 5-to-4 vote, lower courts nonetheless let two manufacturers continue to sell the weapons”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“The Worst Trump Judge In America Is Matt Kacsmaryk; When Republicans need a judge who will rubber-stamp their looniest ideas, they know exactly who to ask”: James LaRock has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“What the Tokyo Trial Reveals About Empire, Memory, and Judgment: The Allied tribunal in postwar Tokyo was modelled on the one in Nuremberg; That was the first mistake.” Ian Buruma has this Books essay in the October 23, 2023 issue of The New Yorker.

“Oral Argument in Great Lakes“: John F. Coyle has this post at the “Transnational Litigation Blog.”

“Judge orders Charlie Adelson’s parents to answer prosecutor questions for first time”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report, along with a report headlined “Judge allows secret recording in Adelson murder trial that helped convict Magbanua.”

“49. ‘Jawboning’ and Social Media in the (Dis)information Age: There’s a lot going on in Murthy v. Missouri’ At its core, the question is whether courts can draw a meaningful line between government persuasion and government coercion—especially in advance.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“The horseshoe theory of law: How Judge Reinhardt made a comeback in the Louisiana redistricting litigation.” Adam Unikowsky has this interesting post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.”

“And We’re Off to the Races”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Big BROTUS Energy”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast — discussing among other things last week’s U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments — via this link.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.