“NC Supreme Court election could change ideological tilt”: Anne Blythe of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has an article that begins, “As key pieces of the legislative agenda get scrutiny in the courts, partisan organizations and politicians are focusing on the race for the one seat up for grabs on the North Carolina Supreme Court.”

“Is The Supreme Court Ever Actually Going To Be An Election Issue? Here’s everything you need to know about the Supreme Court and the 2016 election.” Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report today.

“What I Learned From Executing Two Men”: Semon Frank Thompson, former superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary, has this essay in the SundayReview section of today’s edition of The New York Times.