“Supreme Court Allows Longer Deadlines for Absentee Ballots in Pennsylvania and North Carolina; Republicans in both states opposed the extensions; Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who joined the court on Tuesday, did not participate in either case, saying she had not had time to fully review the briefs”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

You can access today’s U.S. Supreme Court orders here and here.

“Want Nonpartisan Court Reform? Add 4 Liberal Justices.” Eric Levitz has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York Magazine.

“Rep. Ro Khanna thinks he has answer to Supreme Court turmoil — term limits”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“Justice Thomas’ wife boosts unsupported claims against Biden”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Baker nominates Kimberly Budd as chief justice”: Matt Stout of The Boston Globe has an article that begins, “Governor Charlie Baker on Wednesday nominated Kimberly S. Budd to be chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, putting her in line to become the first Black woman to lead the state’s highest court in its 328-year history.”

Steph Solis of The Republican of Springfield, Massachusetts reports that “Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker seeks to elevate Judge Kimberly Budd to chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court.”

And in commentary, online at The Boston Globe, Shirley Leung has an essay titled “Kimberly Budd is the right choice to be chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court; She is beyond qualified, and Governor Baker was wise to look past another candidate’s political connections.”

“What the Democrats Achieve By Threatening to Pack the Supreme Court”: Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Supreme Court Conservatives Map Path to Help Trump Win a Contested Race”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“‘Baptism by fire’ for newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Barrett”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“Barrett Joins Court With Critical Ballot Cases Pending; North Carolina, Pennsylvania decisions expected with court back at full strength”: Jess Bravin and Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“The Cases Where Amy Coney Barrett’s Presence On The Supreme Court Could Make A Difference Immediately”: Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux has this post at FiveThirtyEight.

“Brett Kavanaugh foreshadows how Supreme Court could disrupt vote counting”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“Kavanaugh’s Opinion in Wisconsin Voting Case Raises Alarms Among Democrats; The Supreme Court justice’s suggestion that ballots arriving after Election Day could ‘flip the results’ left voting rights activists concerned about how the court might rule in postelection fights”: Jim Rutenberg and Nick Corasaniti have this front page news analysis in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“As Supreme Court Weighs Election Cases, a New Life for Bush v. Gore; After two decades of legal obscurity, the ruling that handed the 2000 election to George W. Bush is getting fresh attention”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“The Supreme Court Should Stay Out of State Election Law; Allowing federal courts to muck around with state election laws is dangerous and destabilizing”: Law professors Akhil Reed Amar, Vikram David Amar, and Neal Kumar Katyal have this essay online at The New York Times.