“Insanity and the Supreme Court: The defense may be unpopular, but it’s a fundamental part of due process.” Law professor Stephen J. Morse and Richard J. Bonnie have this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“One of the most politically volatile terms in years tests John Roberts and the Supreme Court”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court to Weigh Hot-Button Issues Amid Tense Political Backdrop; New term beginning Monday will include cases on abortion, gay rights, gun rights and DACA.”

Shannon Bream and Bill Mears of Fox News report that “Supreme Court kicks off election-year agenda with hot-button immigration, guns and abortion cases.”

And this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered” contained an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Term Preview.”

“Trump administration plans to delay any changes if the ACA loses in court”: Paige Winfield Cunningham and Yasmeen Abutaleb of The Washington Post have an article that begins, “The Trump administration, with no viable plan for replacing critical health benefits for millions of Americans, plans to seek a stay if a federal appeals court invalidates all or part of the Affordable Care Act in the coming weeks — and may try to delay a potential Supreme Court hearing on the matter until after the 2020 presidential election, according to current and former administration officials.”

“The Supreme Court Will Soon Test Its Commitment to Abortion Rights; In a new case, the justices will reconsider past decisions that have protected women’s ability to terminate their pregnancies”: Emma Green of The Atlantic has this report.

Jessica Glenza of The Guardian (UK) reports that “Supreme court to consider abortion law almost identical to one it just rejected; In 2016, the court called Texas restrictions unconstitutional; But the makeup of justices has shifted prior to a similar Louisiana case.”

Jessie Hellmann of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court abortion case poses major test for Trump picks.”

At the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center, Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Where is the Supreme Court going on abortion?”

At the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist, Steven Mazie has a post titled “At a crossroads: The Supreme Court will review abortion-clinic rules in Louisiana; The case gives the new conservative majority its first chance to chip away at abortion rights.”

And in commentary, online at National Review, David French has an essay titled “Will the Justices Be Bold on Abortion? he Supreme Court will hear the most important pro-life case in a generation.”

“Brett Kavanaugh and the supreme court: here comes trouble; As the justices reconvene for a term that may even include an impeachment trial, two books fire opening shots that miss.” Lloyd Green has this review of two recent books online at The Guardian (UK).

“The Supreme Court Isn’t Your Friend, Liberals; Since Andrew Jackson added two cronies to create the now hallowed nine-Justice court, it’s almost always served as a reactionary instrument against workers and the popular will”: Jack Schwartz has this essay online at The Daily Beast.

And online at Fox News, Tim Chapman has an essay titled “Progressives’ plan to fundamentally alter Supreme Court would make it a political football.”

“It’s not the Supreme Court’s job to say whether ‘sex’ includes sexual orientation”: Columnist George F. Will has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Online at The Washington Post, Chase Strangio has an essay titled “I’m a transgender attorney fighting for my community. Will that make a difference to the Supreme Court?”

And online at The Gainesville (Ga.) Times, Connie Galloway has an essay titled “Georgia man’s Supreme Court fight shows what many LGBTQ people — including me — have endured.”

“Gay, transgender rights in spotlight as U.S. Supreme Court returns”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“Christian florist could lose everything if Supreme Court doesn’t weigh in, lawyer says”: Evie Fordham of Fox Business has this report.

“Impeachment Fight Lurks as Supreme Court Tackles Divisive Issues”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court to take up Louisiana justice in split-jury case on opening day of new term”: John Simerman has this front page article in The Times-Picayune of New Orleans.

John Hanna of The Associated Press reports that “US Supreme Court to review Kansas’ lack of insanity defense.”

Tucker Higgins of CNBC reports that “Supreme Court puts ‘insanity defense’ and split juries in focus as it hears arguments over two grisly murder cases.”

And in commentary, online at The Atlantic, law professor Garrett Epps has an essay titled “Does the Constitution Guarantee a Right to an Insanity Defense? When the Court opens its October 2019 term, it will face a pressing criminal-justice question: Can states abolish the insanity defense?“

“As the Supreme Court Gets Back to Work, Five Big Cases to Watch; In its first full term since the arrival of Justice Kavanaugh, the court could issue a number of blockbuster decisions on divisive issues in an election year”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court’s blockbuster term hits with LGBT, abortion, DACA and more.”

In commentary, today’s edition of The New York Times contains an editorial titled “Watch Out, America — The Supreme Court Is Back in Session; And conservatives could be the big winners.”

Online at Fox News, Carrie Severino and Gayle Trotter have an essay titled “Supreme Court facing major cases — and serious challenges to its independence.”

The National Constitution Center recently posted on YouTube a video titled “We the People Featuring SCOTUStalk: A Supreme Court Preview.”

And the new installment of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick with law professor Erwin Chemerinsky is titled “Get Ready for the Most Significant Supreme Court Term in a Decade; The justices are tackling abortion, guns, DACA, and LGBTQ rights.”