“Massachusetts Court Won’t Use Term ‘Grandfathering,’ Citing Its Racist Origins; The term was ‘adopted by some states after the Civil War in an effort to disenfranchise African-American voters,’ the court noted”: Azi Paybarah of The New York Times has this report on a ruling that the Appeals Court of Massachusetts issued today.

“Senate GOP divided over whether they’d fill Supreme Court vacancy”: Alexander Bolton of The Hill has this report.

And at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York Magazine, Eric Levitz has a post titled “Two GOP Senators Oppose Filling Supreme Court Vacancy in 2020.”

“Supreme Court Leaks Are Unfortunate, But This Wasn’t A Big Deal; A response to my co-blogger Josh Blackman”: Orin S. Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Judge Whose Son Was Killed by Misogynistic Lawyer Speaks Out; ‘Two weeks ago, my life as I knew it changed in an instant, and my family will never be the same,’ Judge Esther Salas said in a video statement”: Tracey Tully of The New York Times has this report.

Ted Sherman of NJ Advance Media has an article headlined “‘My son’s death cannot be in vain…’ Judge speaks out for first time of the day of horror when a ‘madman’ attacked.”

Michael Sheridan of The New York Daily News has an article headlined “Federal judge whose son was killed by gunman dressed as FedEx driver speaks out: ‘We are living every parent’s worst nightmare.’”

Brendan O’Brien of Reuters reports that “Latina judge from New Jersey breaks silence two weeks after attacker kills her son.”

Eric Levenson of CNN reports that “New Jersey federal judge whose family was attacked details her son’s last words.”

Jon Haworth of ABC News reports that “Judge Salas breaks silence in heartbreaking video tribute after son’s shooting death; ‘This monster knew where I lived and what church we attended,’ said Salas.” Earlier, Meredith Deliso of ABC News reported that “Threats to judges are increasing, and experts say misogyny is a problem; Roy Den Hollander is the primary suspect in two murder investigations.”

Stephanie Pagones of Fox News reports that “Judge Salas releases statement after son killed, husband shot in attack by lawyer; ‘My son’s death cannot be in vain,’ she said.”

Hayley Miller of HuffPost reports that “Esther Salas Pleads For Stronger Protection Of Federal Judges After Son’s Murder; The federal judge spoke out for the first time about the fatal shooting at her home in New Jersey in an emotional video.”

And Tasneem Nashrulla of BuzzFeed News reports that “Judge Esther Salas Spoke Out About The Shooting That Killed Her Son And Injured Her Husband.”

Eyewitness News ABC7NY has posted on YouTube a video titled “Complete statement from Judge Esther Salas after son killed, husband shot.”

“The Supreme Court is leaking. That’s a good thing. The norms of secrecy on the high court go way too far.” Law professor Daniel Epps has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“A Supreme Court Divided Cannot Stand. John Roberts Must Step up or Step Off.” Law professor Josh Blackman has this essay online at Newsweek.

“A Vast Racial Gap in Death Penalty Cases, New Study Finds; Defendants convicted of killing white people, the study found, were far more likely to be executed than the killers of Black people”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Madison Warned About ‘Sanctuary’ States; He foretold their interest in ‘exaggerating their inhabitants’ to ‘swell’ their numbers in Congress”: David B. Rivkin Jr. and law professor John S. Baker Jr. have this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“A Historic Supreme Court Ruling Upends Courts in Oklahoma; Local prosecutors are referring criminal cases to the federal and tribal courts, which are now flooded with new cases”: Jack Healy of The New York Times has this report.

“Democrats warn GOP: Don’t fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020 or we’ll retaliate; Senate talk of a potential — but uncertain — opening close to a presidential election has reignited a clash over the future of the court.” Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report.

“Supreme Court Signals Federal Judiciary Won’t Mediate Fights Over Voting and Virus; High court’s conservative majority sees scant constitutional authority to weigh in on state elections”: Jess Bravin has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Socially distanced, layers of plexiglass and with clear face shields, jury trials set to resume in the Lehigh Valley”: Laurie Mason Schroeder has this front page article in today’s edition of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.