“Supreme Court Blocks Louisiana Abortion Restrictions”: Adam Liptak will have this front page article in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court on 5-to-4 vote blocks restrictive Louisiana abortion law.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court blocks restrictive Louisiana abortion law by 5-4 vote as Roberts joins liberals.”

Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Divided Supreme Court Blocks Louisiana Regulations on Abortion Providers for Now; High court court’s action, which split the justices 5-to-4, puts state regulations on hold while litigation continues.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court blocks Louisiana abortion restrictions, handing anti-abortion movement a temporary setback.”

Elizabeth Crisp of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana reports that “U.S. Supreme Court blocks Louisiana law that would require abortion providers to have admitting privileges.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court blocks Louisiana abortion clinic law.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court blocks restrictive Louisiana abortion law.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Blocks Louisiana From Enforcing Restrictive Abortion Law.”

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court blocks Louisiana abortion law as John Roberts joins liberal justices in 5-4 ruling; The ruling blocks Louisiana from enforcing a law that women’s groups said would have left the state with just one doctor allowed to perform abortions.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court blocks Louisiana abortion law from taking effect.”

Gregg Re of Fox News reports that “Roberts joins Supreme Court’s liberal wing in striking down Louisiana abortion law.”

Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “The Supreme Court Has Put A Louisiana Abortion Law On Hold For Now; A 5-4 vote, with Chief Justice John Roberts joining the more liberal justices.”

And Lyle Denniston has a blog post titled “Abortion rights safe in Louisiana — for now.”

You can access tonight’s 5-to-4 stay order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh’s dissent therefrom, at this link.

“PDR Network or Why the Hobbs Act Doesn’t Incorporate Chevron Doctrine (Part I)”: James R. Conde has this guest post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“A Conversation with Chief Justice John Roberts”: Belmont University has posted this video on YouTube.

And Joe Bendekovic and Bronte Lebo of BelmontVision report that “Belmont College of Law hosts Chief Justice Roberts.”

“Louisiana law requiring admitting privileges for abortion providers takes effect Friday, unless Supreme Court acts”: Elizabeth Crisp of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has this report.

“Event analyzes roles of race, gender in testimonies against Supreme Court nominees”: Olivia Mazzucato of The Daily Bruin, the student newspaper of UCLA, has this report.

Yesterday evening, UCLA hosted an event titled “Speaking Truth to Power: From Thomas to Kavanaugh.” You can access the video of the event at Vimeo via this link.

“After Qualified Immunity”: Law professor Joanna C. Schwartz has posted this interesting article online at SSRN (via “Legal Theory Blog“).

“Muslim Inmate’s Execution Is Blocked Over Denial of Request for Imam”: Julia Jacobs of The New York Times has this report.

Ivana Hrynkiw of Alabama Media Group reports that “Stay of execution granted for Alabama inmate; appeals court says state violated First Amendment.”

Melissa Brown of The Montgomery Advertiser reports that “Court grants Muslim death row inmate stay of execution.”

And Steve Almasy and Marlena Baldacci of CNN report that “Alabama murderer is suing state to allow imam to be with him when he is executed.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“Virginia lt. gov. retains Kavanaugh’s lawyers. His accuser hires Christine Blasey Ford’s.” Caroline Kelly and Dan Merica of CNN have this report.

“Sources: Pa. Supreme Court Justice Kevin Dougherty received union-paid benefits in Local 98 case.” Mark Fazlollah, Craig R. McCoy, and Jeremy Roebuck have this front page article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.