“The Supreme Court could decide the election, but only if an unlikely scenario unfolds. Here’s why.” Hanna Krueger of The Boston Globe has this report.

“Trump slams Supreme Court’s ‘political’ ruling to extend ballot deadlines”: Dave Boyer of The Washington Times has this report.

And David Wenner of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “Trump criticizes Supreme Court in Pa., calling it ‘horrible’ to count mail-ins arriving after Election Day.”

“The Supreme Court shouldn’t decide voting cases. It keeps getting them wrong. We’d be better off without the high court’s ‘shadow docket’ rulings on election law.” Law professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Lawsuit from father of aborted fetus dismissed; Alabama Supreme Court calls for Roe v. Wade overturn”: Greg Garrison of The Birmingham News has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Alabama issued yesterday.

“Daniel Cameron Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Uphold Abortion Law”: Ryland Barton of Kentucky Public Radio has a report that begins, “Attorney General Daniel Cameron is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate a Kentucky law that sought to ban a common abortion method.”

“Court-Packing Is Unconstitutional”: Law professor M. Todd Henderson has this essay online at Newsweek.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Will Baude has a post titled “Why isn’t Court-Packing Unconstitutional? It is easy for originalists to reject challenges to court-packing; but the non-originalist arguments should be spelled out.”

“Barr tells friends he would like to remain attorney general in second term if Trump is reelected”: Matt Zapotosky of The Washington Post has this report.

“The absurd legal theory conservative judges are using to restrict voting; No, state election laws don’t have to be set by legislatures alone without input from executives or courts”: Law professors Neal Katyal and Joshua A. Geltzer have this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Here’s How Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Could Steal the Election — and Why It Probably Won’t; Please let me talk you back from the ledge for a minute”: Jay Michaelson has this essay online at The Daily Beast.

Also online at The Daily Beast, Kenneth F. McCallion has an essay titled “The Supreme Court Trashes What Was Left of Its Legitimacy; While Kavanaugh is speculating about a ‘rigged election’ even before it’s completed, the Court should have no role — and certainly not the final say — in the 2020 outcome.”

“Woman Who Mailed Threat to Susan Collins Gets 30 Months in Prison; Suzanne Muscara, 38, sent a threatening letter to the senator’s home in 2018 after becoming upset with her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice, the authorities said”: John Ismay of The New York Times has this report.

Nick Sambides Jr. of The Bangor Daily News reports that “Burlington woman sentenced for threatening Susan Collins in 2018 letter.”

And Kelley Bouchard of The Portland Press Herald reports that “Woman sentenced to 30 months for mailing anthrax threat to Sen. Collins; A federal jury found Suzanne Muscara of Burlington guilty last year of sending white powder in a threatening communication to the senator’s Bangor address in 2018.”

“McConnell plans to fill two key circuit court seats even if Trump loses”: Alexander Bolton of The Hill has this report.

“Judges nominated by President Trump play key role in upholding voting limits ahead of Election Day; An analysis by The Washington Post found that nearly three out of four opinions issued in voting-related cases by federal judges nominated by the president favored maintaining restrictions”: Ann E. Marimow and Matt Kiefer of The Washington Post have this report.

“What is going to happen to the Affordable Care Act?” Annalisa Merelli of Quartz has this report.

“Voters suing Minnesota over a mask mandate are asking the Supreme Court to intervene”: Jacey Fortin of The New York Times has this report.

“Trump Made It Clear He Wants The Supreme Court To Shut Down Vote Counting After Election Day; In his first rally of the last weekend of his reelection campaign, Trump insisted there would be ‘bedlam’ if a winner is not decided on election night”: Kadia Goba and Matt Berman of BuzzFeed News have this report.

“If the Supreme Court decides the election, it will likely all come down to Brett Kavanaugh; Welcome to the Bad Place”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Families to take religious school tuition issue to US Supreme Court after losing appeal”: Nick Sambides Jr. of The Bangor (Me.) Daily News has this report.

“Justice Barrett is pro-life and pro-faith — good news for religious conservatives; The days of nominees hiding their faith and downplaying their religious convictions as too ‘controversial’ should be over”: U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) has this essay online at Fox News.

“Faith, foster care and LGBT rights collide at Supreme Court; Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s first major case on religious liberty, LGBT rights”: Devin Dwyer and Janet Weinstein of ABC News have this report.

And online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “One of Barrett’s first cases asks if religion is a license to discriminate against LGBTQ people; The Supreme Court’s new culture warrior will leap straight into the culture war.”

“Trump says Supreme Court will have aided a Biden win”: Morgan Chalfant of The Hill has a report that begins, “President Trump on Friday sought to preemptively place blame on the Supreme Court should he lose reelection and said that Democratic nominee Joe Biden would pack the high court with ‘radical left’ justices if he wins the White House.”

“Thomas Jefferson has a clear message for the Supreme Court about the Constitution and ‘originalism’; Jefferson had a lot to say — and some of it is inscribed on the walls of the Jefferson Memorial”: Professor Donald F. Kettl has this essay online at MarketWatch.

“Judge Amy Coney Barrett and Me: A 6-3 Supreme Court hits different if you’re about to lose the rights that make your life possible.” Dave Holmes has this essay online at Esquire magazine.

“Minnesota opts against asking Supreme Court to block mail-in ballots ruling”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“Evers asks Supreme Court to expedite lawsuit over capacity limits for bars, restaurants”: Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

“Pa. Democrats enter the homestretch fearing the Supreme Court will throw out votes”: Jonathan Tamari, Andrew Seidman, Julia Terruso, and Jonathan Lai of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

“Options for Biden’s Supreme Court Reform Commission”: Law professor Michael C. Dorf has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.

And at his “Dorf on Law” blog, he has a related post titled “Is There Time for a Switch in Time?“

“Er, Can I Ask a Few Questions About Abortion? You know who really reduced abortion numbers in the U.S.? President Obama, with the Affordable Care Act.” Columnist Nicholas Kristof has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“In Voting Cases, Chief Justice Roberts Is Alone but in Control; While the chief justice’s views have not been fully endorsed by any of his colleagues, they have so far prevailed in five recent disputes, delivering victories to both Democrats and Republicans”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“SCOTUS Election Law Kremlinology — Or How Brett Kavanaugh Might Yet Save the Republic”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“Justice Barrett May Inspire Pro-Life Votes for Trump; Suburban women and religious voters like his judicial appointments, even if his character makes them leery of a second term”: Nicole Ault will have this op-ed in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Also in tomorrow’s edition of that newspaper, Curt Levey will have an op-ed titled “The Barrett Battle That Wasn’t: This confirmation was supposed to be especially hard; How did it turn out to be especially easy?“

“The Obamacare Case for Dummies (and everyone else)”: Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

“Who’s Ready for Another Bush v. Gore? The Supreme Court ponders ruling on late ballots — after Nov. 3.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Sure Are Pushing Some Crazy Legal Theories Lately; And they all lead to the mass disqualification of mail ballots”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“7-6 court decision rejects higher hurdle for disability discrimination lawsuits”: Michael Karlik of Colorado Politics has this report on an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Tossing FACTA class action, en banc 11th Circuit says courts, not Congress, decide when risk is real”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post about a 7-to-3 en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.