“Term Limits and Turmoil: Roe v. Wade’s Whiplash.” Christopher Sundby and law professor Suzanna Sherry have posted this article on SSRN (via “SCOTUSblog“).

“When It Comes to the Death Penalty, the Supreme Court Legalized Torture Long Ago”: Liliana Segura of The Intercept has this report.

“Christopher McDonald becomes the first person of color to serve on the Iowa Supreme Court”: Luke Nozicka of The Des Moines Register has this report.

And Erin Murphy of The Gazette of Cedar Rapids, Iowa reports that “Christopher McDonald sworn in as first minority justice on Iowa Supreme Court; Born in Thailand, he lived around the world as ‘Army brat.’“

“Ex-Justice Loughry starts serving prison sentence”: West Virginia MetroNews has an article that begins, “The U.S. Bureau of Prisons confirmed former West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry self reported to prison on Friday. Loughry began serving his two year sentence at a federal facility in South Carolina.”

“Brian Hagedorn’s likely Supreme Court win cements conservative dominance in state”: Riley Vetterkind of The Wisconsin State Journal has this report.

“Philly lawyer convicted of aiding Baltimore drug ring”: Chris Palmer of The Philadelphia Inquirer had this article back in February 2017.

On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued this decision affirming the judgment of conviction.

“Pete Buttigieg’s Plan to Politicize the Supreme Court: How will letting the parties appoint justices improve the court’s reputation for nonpartisanship?” Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: An Entire Semester of Admin Law?” Aaron Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“Appeals court in D.C. rules judges may not create exceptions to grand-jury secrecy rules”: Tom Jackman and Spencer S. Hsu have this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Katelyn Polantz of CNN reports that “Ruling on grand jury records could affect release of Mueller report details.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Appeals court narrows path for disclosure of grand jury info in Mueller report; Court splits, 2-1, in a closely watched case that could affect the release of the special counsel’s review.”

Jacqueline Thomsen of The Hill reports that “Federal appeals court ruling on grand juries could play role in Mueller report release.”

Tierney Sneed of TPM reports that “Appeals Court Decision In Grand Jury Case Is Bad News For Mueller Report Seekers.”

In commentary, online at Politico Magazine, Deana K. El-Mallawany has an essay titled “What a Decades-Old Grand Jury Probe Just Revealed About the Mueller Report: A federal court decision on Friday shows how Congress can finally get its hands on the special counsel’s work.”

And online at Slate, Brianne Gorod and Ashwin Phatak have a jurisprudence essay titled “How Congress Can Get Around a New Ruling That Threatens the Release of the Mueller Report.”

You can access Friday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“Joe Biden’s handling of Anita Hill hearing re-emerges with latest controversy”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.