“Key Senate Democrat makes in-person pitch to John Roberts for Supreme Court ethics code”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“Should Philly be able to set its own gun laws? Pa. Supreme Court justices seem skeptical; The six-member panel asked pointed questions of the city’s attorneys during a hearing Wednesday, asking why the city was using the courts, and not the legislature, in an attempt address gun laws.” Chris Palmer of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

And Sammy Caiola of Philadelphia’s WHYY has a report headlined “Philly wants to create its own firearm policies to curb gun violence; Pa. Supreme Court will soon rule on preemption law; The city of Philadelphia is suing the state over the right to pass local firearms legislation; The Pa. Supreme Court heard arguments today.”

“The Supreme Court’s Growing Ethics Splits: Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito are defiant, the rest are varying levels of quiet.” Matt Ford has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Vos now probing the idea of impeaching Protasiewicz with former justices”: Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

“Fuld: Right for the Wrong Reason.” At the “Transnational Litigation Blog,” Zachary D. Clopton has a post that begins, “In a major decision interpreting Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. (2023), the Second Circuit in Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization held that personal jurisdiction may not be established by relying on the “deemed consent” provision of the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act (‘PSJVTA’).”

“California Legislature approves concealed-carry limits, teeing up possible Supreme Court fight”: Hannah Wiley of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

In earlier related coverage, Kevin Rector of The Los Angeles Times reported last Thursday that “9th Circuit ruling threatens California ban on unlicensed open carry of handguns.” You can access last Thursday’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Women denied abortions file lawsuits in Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma over bans”: Gabriella Borter of Reuters has this report.

“Women will make up majority of Missouri Supreme Court after Gov. Parson announces pick”: Kacen Bayless of The Kansas City Star has this report.

And Jack Suntrup of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that “Parson picks former Montgomery County prosecutor to fill Missouri Supreme Court vacancy.”

“Californians disapprove of Supreme Court’s work by a 2-1 ratio”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Boy Scouts abuse settlement faces questions as US Supreme Court weighs Purdue appeal”: Dietrich Knauth of Reuters has this report.

“Israel’s Supreme Court Weighs Law That Limits Its Own Power; Israel’s government passed a bill in July limiting judicial influence; The Supreme Court began meeting on Tuesday to decide whether to strike down the bill, potentially setting up a constitutional crisis”: Patrick Kingsley has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.