“Trump-world clashes over Barrett vs. Lagoa; On one side are political operatives focused on the reelection upsides; On the other are movement conservatives who say Trump can’t afford to blow this”: Alex Isenstadt and Marc Caputo of Politico have this report.

And Robert Iafolla and Aysha Bagchi of Bloomberg Law report that “Lagoa’s Resume Recalls Conservative Regret Over O’Connor, Souter.”

“The Special Hell of Trump’s Supreme Court Appointment; With a nonexistent mandate, he does extraordinary damage”: Columnist Frank Bruni has this essay online at The New York Times.

“With Court Prize in Sight, Republicans Unite Behind Trump Once Again; The swift rally behind President Trump’s push to fill a Supreme Court seat before the election reflects his lock on the Republican Party”: Nicholas Fandos will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

And also in Wednesday’s edition of that newspaper, Peter Baker will have a news analysis headlined “With Nothing Else Working, Trump Races to Make a New Supreme Court Justice the Issue; Even as he presses ahead, some Republicans wonder whether it would be better to hold a confirmation vote before the election or start hearings but leave the final vote until afterward.”

“The Ginsburg-Scalia Act Was Not a Farce; There is a lot for us to learn, not just from their friendship, but from their intellectual combat”: Columnist Jennifer Senior has this essay online at The New York Times.

“End the Poisonous Process of Picking Supreme Court Justices; I’m a libertarian-conservative; We need to depoliticize the court and appoint members to a single 18-year-term”: Law professor Steven G. Calabresi has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Equifax, class counsel strike back at plaintiffs’ lawyer who slammed $380 mln deal”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has a post that begins, “The class action plaintiffs’ lawyer Jay Edelson knew he was exposing himself to attack when he filed a proposed amicus brief earlier this month at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, backing objectors who are challenging the approval of Equifax’s $380.5 million settlement of data breach claims.”

“Biden and the Supreme Court: He refuses to say if he’d go along with his party’s court-packing scheme.” This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Online at The Washington Post, Henry Olsen has an essay titled “Packing the Supreme Court is a horrible idea. Democrats must reject it.”

And online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “Expand the Court: Mitch McConnell established new rules; It’s time for Democrats to play by them.”

“Pennsylvania Republicans plan to appeal mail ballot deadline ruling to U.S. Supreme Court”: Amy Gardner of The Washington Post has this report.

“Trump’s Supreme Court front-runners ‘antithetical’ to Ginsburg’s legacy, critics say; Donald Trump has vowed to choose a woman to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but LGBTQ and civil rights activists say those on his list could undo her legacy”: Julie Moreau of NBC News has this report.

“What The Supreme Court’s Unusually Big Jump To The Right Might Look Like”: Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Laura Bronner, and Anna Wiederkehr have this post at FiveThirtyEight.

“Republicans Play With Fire on the Court; Most voters want the next president to fill the seat and may punish GOP senators”: Columnist William A. Galston has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“How the Religious Right Has Transformed the Supreme Court: The Roberts court has used the First Amendment to advance conservative Christian values.” Law professors Lee Epstein and Eric Posner have this essay online at The New York Times.

“Handmaid’s Tale? U.S. Supreme Court candidate’s religious community under scrutiny.” Daniel Trotta of Reuters has this report.

“History shows how SCOTUS nominations play out in election years”: Mark Walsh has this report online at ABA Journal.

“Federal judge denies Gov. Tom Wolf’s request for stay on pandemic restrictions ruling”: Jan Murphy of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report on a ruling that the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued today denying a stay pending appeal.

“Judiciary Steps Up Calls to Enact Security Measures”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today.

“Amy Coney Barrett has emerged as Trump’s favorite”: Kaitlan Collins, Kevin Liptak, Ariane de Vogue, and Pamela Brown of CNN have this report.

“‘You Would Do the Same’: Graham Is Defiant on Supreme Court Reversal; Senator Lindsey Graham said he would refuse to confirm a Republican’s Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year; Now he is rushing to deliver President Trump’s third justice.” Catie Edmondson has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Biden Himself Is One Obstacle to Democrats’ Court Packing Plan”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg Refused to Step Down: She could have had President Obama nominate her successor; But she didn’t get to the Supreme Court by letting other people tell her what she could do.” Emily Bazelon has this essay online at The New York Times Magazine.

“Alumni Make Clerkship Record a Streak; 108 Alumni Serving in Courts Nationwide”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

“That time I nearly (accidentally) mowed down the Notorious Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Rule 1: When preparing to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court, don’t crash into Ruth Bader Ginsburg, its most beloved justice.” Judge Randall M. Howe of the Court of Appeals of Arizona has this essay online at The Arizona Republic.

Thanks to another judge on that court, who is a regular “How Appealing” reader, for forwarding the link.

“Miguel Estrada as Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick could right historic wrong; The move would expose Democrats for the racist, political looters they are”: Columnist Charles Hurt has this essay online at The Washington Times.

“What Trump Should Look for in a Supreme Court Nominee”: Law professors John Yoo and James Phillips have this essay online at Newsweek.

“Romney supports holding a vote on next Supreme Court nominee; The announcement means Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has enough votes to move forward with Trump’s pick”: Burgess Everett of Politico has this report.