“Democrats to boycott committee vote on Barrett nomination to the Supreme Court”: Donna Cassata of The Washington Post has this report.

Jennifer Haberkorn of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Democrats plan to boycott Barrett committee vote, but GOP won’t let that slow her Senate confirmation.”

Lindsay Wise of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Democrats to Boycott Committee Vote on Amy Coney Barrett; Protest comes as Republicans aim to get Supreme Court pick confirmed by Election Day.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Senate Democrats to boycott committee vote for Amy Coney Barrett.”

Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick of The Associated Press report that “Democrats to boycott Barrett vote, Senate GOP pushes ahead.”

Richard Cowan of Reuters reports that “Republicans to push ahead with U.S. Supreme Court pick despite Democrats’ boycott.”

Manu Raju and Ted Barrett of CNN report that “Democrats planning to boycott Senate Judiciary vote to advance Barrett nomination.”

Morgan Phillips of Fox News reports that “Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham brushes off reports committee Democrats may boycott ACB vote.”

Marianne LeVine of Politico reports that “Senate Democrats to boycott Barrett’s Judiciary Committee vote Thursday.”

And Jordain Carney of The Hill reports that “Democrats to boycott committee vote on Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination.”

“Supreme Court lets Alabama ban curbside voting in November election”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court blocks curbside voting in Alabama, ending a pandemic election option; Voting rights advocates said the option would have made voting easier and safer during the Covid-19 pandemic.”

And at his “Election Law Blog,” Rick Hasen has a post titled “Supreme Court in Unsigned Order on 5-3 Vote Reinstates Alabama Ban on Curbside Voting; Justice Sotomayor Writes Dissent for Three Liberal Justices; What It Means.”

You can access tonight’s 5-to-3 order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the dissent therefrom, at this link.

“GOP senators push to ban Supreme Court packing: ‘We’re sticking with 9’; Republicans filed a constitutional amendment to limit the number of Supreme Court justices to nine.” Marisa Schultz of Fox News has this report.

“9 ways to reform the Supreme Court besides court-packing; The Supreme Court threatens American democracy; Here’s how to stop it”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“A 6-3 Supreme Court could allow the government to openly discriminate in its policies; Last term, the Justice Department glossed over the president’s true motives; Now the mask can come off”: Law professors Leah Litman and Kate Shaw have this essay online at The Washington Post.

“I Should Have Worn a Mask; It’s not a partisan or cultural symbol, not a sign of weakness or virtue”: Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“The legal doctrine that could sway the election”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“Feinstein Faces Questions About Judiciary Committee Leadership; Senator would be first woman to lead panel if Democrats win the majority, but progressives want her to step aside”: Natalie Andrews has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“The Philosophy That Makes Amy Coney Barrett So Dangerous: Do we really want our rights to be determined by the understandings of centuries ago?” Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-gay policies”: Michelle R. Smith and Michael Biesecker of The Associated Press have this report.