“How to fix the Supreme Court: It doesn’t require a constitutional amendment.” David Litt has this essay online at The Boston Globe.

“Victim’s father criticizes delays in execution, says Purkey ‘needed to take his last breath’; U.S. rejects dementia claims, executes second man in a week at Terre Haute prison”: Lisa Trigg of The Tribune-Star of Terre Haute, Indiana has this report. And Sue Loughlin of The Tribune-Star has an article headlined “Anti-death penalty group: Email proves executions a ‘political stunt.’”

Vic Ryckaert, Elizabeth DePompei, and Justin L. Mack of The Indianapolis Star report that “Wesley Ira Purkey executed in Terre Haute, 2nd man put to death this week.”

Hailey Fuchs of The New York Times reports that “Government Executes Second Federal Death Row Prisoner in a Week; Wesley Ira Purkey was killed by lethal injection at the penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind., for killing a teenage girl more than two decades ago.”

Mark Berman of The Washington Post reports that “Justice Dept. carries out second federal execution after another late-night, divided Supreme Court ruling.”

Jess Bravin and Sadie Gurman of The Wall Street Journal report that “U.S. Executes Second Federal Inmate This Week After a 17-Year Hiatus; Supreme Court rejected Wesley Ira Purkey’s competency claims; A third inmate is set to die Friday.”

Jeff Mordock and S.A. Miller of The Washington Times report that “Wesley Purkey, Kansas child killer, executed after last-minute Supreme Court intervention.”

Anna Spoerre of The Kansas City Star has an article headlined “Killer of Kansas City teenager was executed after death warrant expired: expert.”

Michael Balsamo and Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press report that “US executes 2nd man in a week; lawyers said he had dementia.”

Jonathan Allen and Shubham Kalia of Reuters report that “U.S. completes second execution in a week, dividing judges and victims’ families.”

Jessica Schneider of CNN reports that “Wesley Purkey executed after Supreme Court cleared the way for second federal execution since 2003.”

And Greg Norman of Fox News reports that “Wesley Ira Purkey executed by lethal injection, the second federal execution this week; Purkey’s lawyers contended he had dementia and was unfit to be executed.”

You can access this morning’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the dissents therefrom, at this link.

“Supreme Court Allows Restrictions on Voting by Ex-Felons; The case concerned a Florida state law that limited the sweep of a voter initiative meant to allow former prisoners to vote”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Amy Gardner and Lori Rozsa of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court deals blow to felons in Florida seeking to regain the right to vote.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court sides with Florida GOP to block ex-felons from voting.”

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Denies Emergency Bid for Restoration of Felon Voting Rights in Florida; Trial court ruling for felons remains on hold during state’s appeal.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court temporarily blocks felons from voting in Florida.”

Lawrence Mower of The Tampa Bay Times reports that “Supreme Court declines to overturn decision in fight over felon voting in Florida; The next step is for the case to go before federal judges in Atlanta on Aug. 18, primary day.”

Bobby Caina Calvan of The Associated Press reports that “US High Court deals setback to Florida felon voting rights.”

Jan Wolfe and Andrew Chung of Reuters report that “U.S. Supreme Court leaves in place curbs on voting by ex-felons in Florida.”

Dan Berman, Veronica Stracqualursi, and Kelly Mena of CNN report that “Supreme Court says Florida can enforce law limiting ex-felons who owe fines from voting.”

Gary Fineout of Politico reports that “Supreme Court allows limits on felon voting in Florida.”

John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court declines to reinstate vote of nearly 1 million Florida felons.”

Todd Ruger of Roll Call reports that “Supreme Court allows Florida to enforce felon voting rights law; Decision is the fourth ahead of the election that cuts against access to the ballot.”

And in commentary, online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “The Supreme Court Just Stopped 1 Million Floridians From Voting in November.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the dissent therefrom, at this link.

“Charlie Baker must pick a person of color for the SJC; With Justice Barbara Lenk’s impending retirement, he has an chance to further diversify the high court”: Columnist Shirley Leung has this essay online at The Boston Globe.

“Some Courts Slow Reopening Plans as COVID Cases Rise”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today.

“Black Judge Has to Explain to White Colleague Why Racial Profiling Is Bad; Judicial diversity matters”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Why the Religion Cases Matter Most”: John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“The Many Dimensions of the Chief Justice’s Triumphant Term; Among them: Religion got a place at the public table long reserved for secular society.” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

“The centre holds: An end-of-term report for SCOTUS; The 2019-20 Supreme Court term defied simple ideological division.” Steven Mazie has this article (subscription or registration may be required for full access) in the July 18, 2020 issue of The Economist.

“Full federal appeals court upholds Richmond judge in contentious search and seizure case”: Frank Green of The Richmond Times-Dispatch has an article that begins, “A divided federal appeals court Wednesday, in opinions invoking George Floyd, Eric Gardner, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and others, held that Richmond police violated the rights of a felon caught with a handgun when he was stopped and searched in 2017.”

This blog’s earlier coverage of yesterday’s en banc Fourth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.