“Herald drafted a suit seeking ALF records. DeSantis aide pressured law firm not to file it.” Daniel Chang of The Miami Herald has this report.

“Fight Over Texas Abortion Ban Reaches Supreme Court; State officials say the pandemic requires restricting abortions, while clinics say the state is cynically using the crisis to achieve longstanding goals”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Providers Ask Supreme Court to Ease Texas Abortion Ban During Coronavirus Emergency; Executive order halts nonessential medical procedures, including most abortions, during pandemic.”

María Méndez of The Dallas Morning News reports that “Texas abortion providers ask U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on legal battle over pandemic order; The move comes a day after a federal appeals court upheld Texas’ temporary ban on most abortions.”

And Ariane de Vogue and Caroline Kelly of CNN report that “Abortion providers ask Supreme Court to freeze ruling blocking some abortions in Texas.”

“Kansas coronavirus update: Supreme Court sides with Gov. Laura Kelly in fight over church crowds.” Sherman Smith of The Topeka Capital-Journal has this report.

And Jonathan Shorman and Dion Lefler of The Wichita Eagle report that “Kelly’s order limiting Kansas church services stands, justices rule hours before Easter.”

Access tonight’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Kansas in Kelly v. Legislative Coordinating Council: The Court’s website offers this link to the ruling, but the link doesn’t provide access to the opinion as of yet.

Update at 10:04 p.m. eastern time: The opinion can now be accessed here.

“Don’t like the Wisconsin election mess? Don’t blame the courts.” George T. Conway III and David Lat have this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Abortion providers ask Supreme Court to intervene after Texas bans procedures citing coronavirus”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Jennifer Haberkorn of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court asked to block Texas abortion ban.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Abortion Clinics Ask Supreme Court to Ease Texas Limits.”

Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico reports that “Abortion providers ask Supreme Court to ease pandemic-related ban; Texas and other red states have sought to restrict the procedure during the coronavirus emergency.”

And John Kruzel and Marty Johnson of The Hill report that “Reproductive rights groups ask Supreme Court to ease Texas abortion restrictions amid pandemic.”

Planned Parenthood has posted online at this link the emergency application to vacate that it filed in the U.S. Supreme Court today.

“Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Jill Karofsky says Tuesday’s election should not have been held, blasts court and Robin Vos”: Bill Glauber and Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report.

“‘Panic and Fear Already Consume Our Daily Lives’: Will the Supreme Court Pass the Coronavirus Test? Politically explosive cases on voting rights, abortion, and DACA — and maybe Trump’s tax returns — could become supercharged during a public health emergency in an election year.” Cristian Farias has this report online at Vanity Fair’s Hive.

“Coronavirus delays put some Supreme Court cases in limbo. Trump may benefit.” David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Easter near, Kansas Supreme Court weighs fate of Kelly order limiting church gatherings”: Jonathan Shorman and Dion Lefler of The Wichita Eagle have an article that begins, “The fate of Gov. Laura Kelly’s order limiting the size of church gatherings remained uncertain Saturday morning as the Kansas Supreme Court entertained the possibility of striking down a resolution that had extended Kelly’s emergency powers during the coronavirus pandemic.”