“White House prepping Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court confirmation hearing; West Wing staff expect questions on Rose Garden event, which infected the president and other with coronavirus”: Brooke Singman of Fox News has this report.
“Inside the People of Praise, the Tight-Knit Faith Community of Amy Coney Barrett; Even for a conservative religious community, the People of Praise is notable in how deeply embedded members are in one another’s lives”: Ruth Graham and Sharon LaFraniere of The New York Times have this report.
“Guests at Trump’s events scattered across the country. Potentially exposed, many of their contacts may never be identified.” Isaac Stanley-Becker, Rosalind S. Helderman, Josh Dawsey, and Amy Gardner of The Washington Post have an article that begins, “An evangelical pastor preached in Georgia. An attorney exercised at a gym in California. A political strategist went out on the stump in North Carolina. And a Cabinet secretary embarked on a three-state tour of manufacturing facilities. Each had been in Washington days before, visiting the White House for a Sept. 26 ceremony introducing President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee.”
“A Different Kind of Originalist; Amy Coney Barrett makes Antonin Scalia look moderate”: Gregory Bassham has this essay online at Commonweal.
“Judge Barrett espouses ‘hard-right view of the Second Amendment,’ Dems warn”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.
“Justice Breyer reminisces about RBG, ducks questions about Barrett”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.
“Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation would be an LGBTQ rights emergency”: Jim Obergefell and Alphonso David have this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Devin Nunes lost in court against a magazine. Now he wants to change US libel law.” Kate Irby has this report online at The Fresno Bee.
“Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster for Google; Supreme Court justices seem poised to allow copyrights on APIs”: Timothy B. Lee of Ars Technica has this report.
“Biden vows to share court packing views — after the election”: Seth McLaughlin of The Washington Times has this report.
And Adam Edelman of NBC News reports that “Biden says he won’t divulge position on court packing until after election; His comment creates additional confusion on where the Democratic presidential nominee stands on a key issue.”
“Trump says if Amy Coney Barrett is not confirmed to Supreme Court it will be Republicans’ fault”: Tyler Olson of FOXBusiness has this report.
“Supreme Court puts on hold Trump administration request to reimpose medication abortion restrictions”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.
Adam Liptak of The New York Times reports that “Supreme Court Won’t Immediately Revive Abortion-Pill Restriction; A federal judge, citing the pandemic, had suspended a federal requirement that women seeking medication abortions pick up a pill in person.”
Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court, amid pandemic, temporarily lets women get abortion pills without doctor visits.”
Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters report that “U.S. Supreme Court declines to block mail delivery of abortion pill.”
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Refuses for Now to Halt by-Mail Abortion Pills.”
Bradford Betz of Fox News reports that “Supreme Court blocks federal abortion pill delivery restrictions; Health care providers can temporarily arrange for the delivery of mifepristone during the pandemic.”
Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico reports that “Supreme Court refuses to restore abortion pill restrictions, for now; The case was the first on abortion decided by the court since Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death.”
John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court declines to reinstate medical abortion restriction.”
And in commentary, online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “The bizarre abortion order just handed down by the Supreme Court, briefly explained; It’s hard not to read the Court’s order as a ploy to delay an abortion showdown until after the election.”
You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the two-Justice dissent therefrom, at this link.
“Is the Supreme Court Too Catholic? From Antonin Scalia to Amy Coney Barrett, opposition to Catholic nominees has been mainly about the politics of abortion, not their religious faith.” Matthew J. Franck has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.
“Both sides on abortion certain Barrett would restrict, if not overturn, landmark court decision”: Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post has this report.
“Democrats look to avoid giving GOP fresh election-year material in Supreme Court spectacle”: Lauren Fox and Manu Raju of CNN have this report.
“In reversal, court says Wisconsin absentee ballots must be returned by Election Day”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “A divided federal appeals court Thursday reinstated a Wisconsin law that allows absentee ballots to be counted only if they are returned by Election Day.”
Todd Richmond of The Associated Press reports that “Court blocks extension of Wisconsin absentee ballot deadline.”
And in commentary, online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “A Disastrous New Ruling Will Likely Disenfranchise Tens of Thousands of Wisconsin Voters; ‘Good luck and G-d bless, Wisconsin,’ the dissenting judge wrote; ‘You are going to need it.’”
You can access today’s per curiam ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.
“Laurence Tribe Gets the VP’s Vote Wrong; The influence of law professors like Tribe shows why it is so necessary to confirm justices who will read the Constitution according to its text”: John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.
“Teacher or lawyer? At Rhodes College, Amy Coney Barrett made a pro-con list for her future; Barrett’s time in Memphis at Rhodes College put her on the path that would later qualify her for a lifetime appointment to the highest court.” Laura Testino of The Commercial Appeal of Memphis, Tennessee has this report.
The article is accompanied by a series of photos titled “Amy Coney Barrett at Rhodes College.”
“Questions for Amy Coney Barrett: Here are some suggestions for senators considering her nomination to the Supreme Court.” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.
“Democrats resigned that Amy Coney Barrett confirmation is inevitable: ‘We can’t stop the outcome’; Republicans have the majority, votes.” Marisa Schultz of Fox News has this report.
“Republicans Tread Warily on Roe v. Wade Ahead of Amy Coney Barrett Hearing”: Steven T. Dennis and Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News have this report.
“Wheel ‘Em In! It’s Judge Amy Everywhere. Trump’s new nominee is on super-speed dial.” Columnist Gail Collins has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times.