“A majority of the Arizona Supreme Court will soon be selected by Gov. Doug Ducey”: Maria Polletta has this front page article in today’s edition of The Arizona Republic.

“Supreme Court’s ’10th justice’ favors unusual tactic for Trump cases”: Lydia Wheeler of The Hill has this report.

“An Execution Without an Imam: Domineque Ray died Thursday night, in prison, without access to his religious leader; The Supreme Court thought that was fine.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Diversity Delusions at North Carolina: Like Harvard, the school has trouble defending an admissions policy that ill-serves minority students.” Heather Mac Donald has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“Prosecutor Drops Abortion Charge in Queens Murder Case, Stirring Debate”: Ashley Southall of The New York Times has this report.

“Is Alabama Anti-Religion? By moving to bar chaplains from the death chamber, the state has undermined the place of faith in the public sphere.” Alan Cross has this essay online at The New York Times.

“New Hampshire Women Lose State Supreme Court Battle to Go Topless”: Julia Jacobs of The New York Times has this report.

My earlier coverage of Friday’s New Hampshire Supreme Court ruling can be accessed here.

“Political Scripture: How did the Constitution become America’s authoritative text?” In the February 25, 2019 issue of The Nation, Karen J. Greenberg has this review of Jonathan Gienapp’s new book, “The Second Creation: Fixing the American Constitution in the Founding Era.”

“Democrats Come For Susan Collins After Brett Kavanaugh Backs Anti-Abortion Law; Demand Justice is running ads reminding Maine voters that their senator, who claims to support abortion rights, voted to confirm Kavanaugh”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

“A Temporary Win for Abortion Rights: Pro-choice advocates shouldn’t get their hopes up after the Supreme Court put a Louisiana statute on hold.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Programming note: Additional posts will appear here on Sunday evening.

As always while I’m away from the blog, appellate-related retweets are much more likely to appear on this blog’s Twitter feed.

“John Roberts isn’t ready to ‘jolt’ the legal system on abortion. Yet.” Columnist Michael McGough has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“States Are Shifting Farther Apart on Abortion; Split is driven by Supreme Court’s shift to right and sense that abortion right could be restricted”: Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Informer 3838 scandal: Police fear for lives of five new secret informers.” Chris Vedelago, Cameron Houston, and Ben Priess of The Age of Melbourne, Australia have this report.

According to the article, “The names remain a closely guarded secret for now, but a recent High Court precedent in the Informer 3838 case means police will be unable to prevent the eventual disclosure of their identities to criminal clients who may have grounds for appeal. The list of registered informers who may have breached professional privilege could include lawyers, doctors and other legal and medical professionals.”

“Michelle Carter’s attorney vows he’ll take case to U.S. Supreme Court; Involuntary manslaughter sentence could start Monday”: Laurel J. Sweet has this article in today’s edition of The Boston Herald.

And Danny McDonald of The Boston Globe reports that “Michelle Carter’s lawyers to ask to extend stay on her prison sentence.”

“In Surprise Abortion Vote, John Roberts Avoids ‘Jolt to the Legal System'”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.

And Elizabeth Dias and Timothy Williams of The New York Times have an article headlined “Anti-Abortion Activists Still See Their Best Chance in Years to Chip Away at Roe v. Wade.”

“By ruling against a Muslim on death row, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority alienated some of its supporters”: Eugene Scott of The Washington Post has this report.

Online at the Washington Examiner, Becket Adams has an essay titled “The liberals on the Supreme Court are right, conservatives wrong on Muslim execution case.”

And at National Review’s “The Corner” blog, David French has a post titled “The Supreme Court Upholds a Grave Violation of the First Amendment.”

“A so-called victory shows how the Supreme Court will kill ‘Roe v. Wade'”: Law professor Leah Litman has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Keep your shirt on! New Hampshire Supreme Court upholds conviction of women who defied topless ban.” Mark Hayward of The New Hampshire Union Leader has this report.

And Michael Casey of The Associated Press reports that “New Hampshire court upholds women’s topless conviction.”

You can access today’s 3-to-2 ruling of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire at this link.

“These Pending Cases Could Decide The Future Of Abortion Rights In America; At least 16 cases could come before the newly right-leaning Supreme Court, potentially wreaking havoc on Roe v. Wade”: Sara Boboltz of HuffPost has this report.

And online at ThinkProgress, Amanda Michelle Gomez has a report headlined “Hope is all that’s left, with Roe v. Wade in Louisiana; A look inside what could be Louisiana’s last abortion provider if SCOTUS rejects its own precedent.”

“Democrats slam Collins for Kavanaugh vote in wake of Supreme Court ruling on Louisiana abortion law”: Felicia Sonmez and Michael Scherer of The Washington Post have this report.

“Abortion, death penalty, religion: Late-night rulings show new alliances at Supreme Court.” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Abortion case shows Roberts firmly at Supreme Court’s center.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Chief Justice Roberts emerges as key figure on U.S. Supreme Court.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Abortion Votes Complicate Supreme Court’s Conservative Shift.”

“The Significance of Chief Justice Roberts Joining in the Stay of the Louisiana Abortion Law”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at “Dorf on Law.”

Online at ThinkProgress, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “The Supreme Court just placed Roe v. Wade on life support; SCOTUS to the lower courts: You can’t overrule Roe v. Wade, only we can overrule Roe v. Wade.”

Online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “Brett Kavanaugh Just Declared War on Roe v. Wade; John Roberts joined the liberals to save the constitutional right to choose — for now.”

And online at Bloomberg Opinion, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Kavanaugh Proves Just How Conservative He Is About Abortion; A Louisiana law restricting access is put on hold, but its future is far from certain.”

“The Supreme Court just handed down a truly shocking attack on Muslims; ‘Religious liberty’ is a sham”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at ThinkProgress.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Will Baude has a post titled “The Execution of Domineque Ray: Some troubling uncertainties in a case of troubling allegations of religious discrimination.”

“With eager candidates waiting in the wings, Texas Supreme Court slot sits open; An appointment to the high court would require a two-thirds confirmation vote, potentially handing Texas Senate Democrats an important bargaining chip in the contentious legislative debates to come”: Emma Platoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“Alabama executes Domineque Ray for 1995 killing of Selma teen”: Ivana Hrynkiw of The Birmingham News has this report.

And Melissa Brown of The Montgomery Advertiser reports that “Alabama executes Domineque Ray for 1995 Selma murder.”

You can access last night’s 5-to-4 order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and Justice Elena Kagan’s dissent therefrom, at this link.

“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.