“Rare R.I. Supreme Court vacancy raises questions of race, power; Contenders include a powerful state senator and a trial court judge who would be the first person of color on the high court”: Edward Fitzpatrick of The Boston Globe has this report.

“How the Supreme Court could overturn Roe — while claiming to respect precedent; Conservatives could build on abortion restrictions that point to ‘scientific uncertainty'”: Law professor Mary Ziegler has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Trump Says He Will Create a Statuary Park Honoring ‘American Heroes’; The executive order includes John Adams, Harriet Tubman and Martin Luther King Jr. among those who would be honored; So would Billy Graham, Antonin Scalia and Ronald Reagan”: Michael Crowley of The New York Times has this report.

“UW College of Law Postpones Visit by U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch”: The University of Wyoming on Thursday issued a news release that begins, “The University of Wyoming College of Law has postponed the campus visit of United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch amid the public health situation concerning the novel coronavirus COVID-19.”

“A New Direction For The Hawaii Supreme Court? Gov. David Ige will get a chance to name a new member to the state’s highest court with the retirement of Richard Pollack.” Chad Blair of Honolulu Civil Beat has this report.

“Meet the Supreme Court’s current most unpredictable member; Inconsistency has been all too consistent a pattern when it comes to judges nominated by Republicans”: Columnist Cal Thomas has this essay online at Fox News.

“Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana case sets back abortion foes’ hopes of overturning Roe v. Wade”: Tala Hadavi of CNBC has this report.