“‘Warrior gene’ appeal to be heard by New Mexico Supreme Court”: Phaedra Haywood of The Santa Fe New Mexican has this report.

“What’s next for Harvard’s affirmative action case? It’s complicated.” Deirdre Fernandes has this front page article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

“My trip inside the Supreme Court”: Kevin Keller has this essay online at The Baltimore Sun.

“How much for that app? U.S. top court hears Apple antitrust dispute.” Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court to rule if customers can sue Apple claiming App Store is illegal monopoly; Apple urges the Supreme Court to throw the case out, arguing that it’s not selling anything but only operating a marketplace.”

And at Gizmodo, Rhett Jones has a post titled “Should the Supreme Court Knock the First Brick Out of Apple’s Walled Garden?“

“Kavanaugh And Gorsuch Confirmations Force Progressives To Rethink The Supreme Court; The new debate is about how best to challenge the court’s power”: Paul Blumenthal of HuffPost has this report.

“Civil forfeiture makes law enforcement lawless. The Supreme Court could change that.” Columnist George F. Will has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh is also in a music video: One week ago today, I had this post linking to a music video honoring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that appeared on the preceding night’s episode of Saturday Night Live.

It turns out that the newest Justice to join the U.S. Supreme Court also appears in a music video. The video is “Love It If We Made It” by The 1975. Caution: The song contains lyrics that are NSFW (including the second word of the song), and the video bears a warning that it “may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.” Justice Kavanaugh appears at this point in the video.

Update: And you can access here on YouTube what’s said to be the first live performance of the song for an audience.

“Abortion Pills Are No Post-Roe Panacea: Yes, they are revolutionary; But price and legal barriers to access mean that coat hangers aren’t safely back in the closet for good just yet.” Françoise Girard has this essay online at The New York Times.

“O Come All Ye Judges: The GOP Senate should confirm more nominees in December.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“Trump’s New Kavanaugh for the U.S. Court of Appeals: The president’s nominee, Neomi Rao, has a view of executive authority that’s as expansive as Brett Kavanaugh’s.” Andrew Kragie has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Eric Conn clients who lost disability benefits could get them back after court ruling”: Bill Estep of The Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued on Wednesday.

“The Two-Emperor Problem: What Trump v. John Roberts reveals about the Republic.” Columnist Ross Douthat has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Online at The Washington Post, columnist Hugh Hewitt has an essay titled “John Roberts counterpunches the counterpunching president.”

Douglas Ernst of The Washington Times has an article headlined “Schumer rips Chief Justice Roberts’ ‘political’ rulings while praising response to Trump; Democrat laments judge’s ‘partisan decisions which seem highly political.’” And in related commentary, Ralph Z. Hallow has an essay titled “Chief Justice Roberts shows how high the height of absurdity can actually reach,” while Wesley Pruden has an essay titled “It’s not war, but a remarkable skirmish at the top.”

Lukas Mikelionis of Fox News has a report headlined “Eager to slam Trump, Schumer contradicts himself in support of Chief Justice Roberts, critics say.” And in commentary, Robert Charles has an essay titled “Trump is right about biased judges; Schumer acknowledges ‘highly political’ rulings.”

Online at NBC News, law professor Jessica Levinson has an essay titled “Trump’s attack on Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts could lead to a constitutional crisis — but he has a point; Trump is doing his best to undermine the judiciary by portraying judges as nothing more than politicians in robes.”

And online at The Guardian (UK), Walter Shapiro has an essay titled “If Trump is cornered, the judges he disdains may finally bring him down.”