“Governor Nominates Todd Eddins To Hawaii Supreme Court; The 1st circuit judge is expected to join a liberal-leaning majority on the state’s highest court”: Blaze Lovell of Honolulu Civil Beat has this report.

“Decision that ‘undermined’ Gov. Whitmer spices up court race”: Ed White of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A decision that torpedoed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s emergency orders during the coronavirus pandemic has led to calls for political payback in the election for two seats on the Michigan Supreme Court.”

“Equal Rights Amendment battle highlights obstacles to challenging federal decisions in court”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“Appeals court stops more paper backups of Georgia voter records”: Mark Niesse of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an article that begins, “A federal appeals court on Saturday ruled against requiring up-to-date paper copies of voter registration and absentee voting information at Georgia polling places on Election Day.”

“Amy Coney Barrett’s Rise Is a Threat to Families Like Mine; Many of us thought gays and lesbians had won the marriage battle; Maybe not”: Kara Swisher has this essay online at The New York Times.

“GOP asks Supreme Court again to block PA ballot extension”: Marc Levy of The Associated Press has this report.

And Jonathan Lai of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “Pennsylvania GOP again asks U.S. Supreme Court to block mail ballot deadline extension.”

Update: At his “Election Law Blog,” Rick Hasen has a post titled “Understanding the Pennsylvania GOP Hail Mary Fighting the Extended Deadline for Receipt of Mailed Ballots, and the Awful Pressure that the GOP’s Petition Could Put on Soon-to-Be Justice Barrett.”

“An all-American nightmare: Brace for a massive crisis if a 5-4 Supreme Court decides this election.” Cristian Farias has this essay online at The New York Daily News.

“Murkowski, in a Turnabout, Says She Will Vote to Confirm Barrett; The iconoclastic Alaska Republican said she remained opposed to filling the Supreme Court seat so close to an election but could not hold that against a qualified nominee”: Nicholas Fandos of The New York Times has this report.

Colby Itkowitz of The Washington Post reports that “Sen. Murkowski says she will vote to confirm Barrett to the Supreme Court.”

Sam Fossum, Ted Barrett, Manu Raju, and Ali Zaslav of CNN report that “Murkowski announces she will vote yes to confirm Amy Coney Barrett.”

Lauren Egan of NBC News reports that “Murkowski reverses course, will vote to confirm Barrett to Supreme Court; The Republican senator from Alaska had initially opposed confirming a new justice to the Supreme Court so close to a presidential election.”

Marisa Schultz of Fox News report that “Lisa Murkowski announces support for Amy Coney Barrett during rare Saturday Senate session; A procedural vote is set for Sunday, final confirmation on Monday.”

Burgess Everett of Politico reports that “Murkowski to back Barrett, despite opposing election-year SCOTUS vote; Senate Republicans plan to confirm the Supreme Court nominee on Monday, over furious Democratic opposition.”

And Jordain Carney of The Hill reports that “Murkowski says she will vote to confirm Barrett to Supreme Court on Monday.”

“Despite rhetoric, GOP has supported packing state courts”: Andrew DeMillo of The Associated Press has this report.

Online at Politico Magazine, Jack Shafer has an essay titled “Biden’s Slippery Tactic to Snuff the Court-Packing Debate; Nothing beats a bipartisan commission for dodging a no-win controversy.”

And online at The Hill, law professor Jonathan Turley has an essay titled “Here are the worst proposals to reform Supreme Court.”

“The ACA Case Reveals the Politics of ‘Constitutionality’; The Court may well invalidate the law, but not without taking a considerable risk”: Law professor Nicholas Bagley has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Supreme Court sides mostly with Republicans in last-minute voting cases; More rulings on election procedures with mail-in ballots in key battleground states are expected before Nov. 3”: Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.