“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.