“The Supreme Court could decide the election, but only if an unlikely scenario unfolds. Here’s why.” Hanna Krueger of The Boston Globe has this report.

“Trump slams Supreme Court’s ‘political’ ruling to extend ballot deadlines”: Dave Boyer of The Washington Times has this report.

And David Wenner of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “Trump criticizes Supreme Court in Pa., calling it ‘horrible’ to count mail-ins arriving after Election Day.”

“The Supreme Court shouldn’t decide voting cases. It keeps getting them wrong. We’d be better off without the high court’s ‘shadow docket’ rulings on election law.” Law professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Lawsuit from father of aborted fetus dismissed; Alabama Supreme Court calls for Roe v. Wade overturn”: Greg Garrison of The Birmingham News has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Alabama issued yesterday.

“Daniel Cameron Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Uphold Abortion Law”: Ryland Barton of Kentucky Public Radio has a report that begins, “Attorney General Daniel Cameron is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate a Kentucky law that sought to ban a common abortion method.”

“Court-Packing Is Unconstitutional”: Law professor M. Todd Henderson has this essay online at Newsweek.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Will Baude has a post titled “Why isn’t Court-Packing Unconstitutional? It is easy for originalists to reject challenges to court-packing; but the non-originalist arguments should be spelled out.”

“Barr tells friends he would like to remain attorney general in second term if Trump is reelected”: Matt Zapotosky of The Washington Post has this report.

“The absurd legal theory conservative judges are using to restrict voting; No, state election laws don’t have to be set by legislatures alone without input from executives or courts”: Law professors Neal Katyal and Joshua A. Geltzer have this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Here’s How Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Could Steal the Election — and Why It Probably Won’t; Please let me talk you back from the ledge for a minute”: Jay Michaelson has this essay online at The Daily Beast.

Also online at The Daily Beast, Kenneth F. McCallion has an essay titled “The Supreme Court Trashes What Was Left of Its Legitimacy; While Kavanaugh is speculating about a ‘rigged election’ even before it’s completed, the Court should have no role — and certainly not the final say — in the 2020 outcome.”

“Woman Who Mailed Threat to Susan Collins Gets 30 Months in Prison; Suzanne Muscara, 38, sent a threatening letter to the senator’s home in 2018 after becoming upset with her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice, the authorities said”: John Ismay of The New York Times has this report.

Nick Sambides Jr. of The Bangor Daily News reports that “Burlington woman sentenced for threatening Susan Collins in 2018 letter.”

And Kelley Bouchard of The Portland Press Herald reports that “Woman sentenced to 30 months for mailing anthrax threat to Sen. Collins; A federal jury found Suzanne Muscara of Burlington guilty last year of sending white powder in a threatening communication to the senator’s Bangor address in 2018.”

“McConnell plans to fill two key circuit court seats even if Trump loses”: Alexander Bolton of The Hill has this report.

“Judges nominated by President Trump play key role in upholding voting limits ahead of Election Day; An analysis by The Washington Post found that nearly three out of four opinions issued in voting-related cases by federal judges nominated by the president favored maintaining restrictions”: Ann E. Marimow and Matt Kiefer of The Washington Post have this report.

“What is going to happen to the Affordable Care Act?” Annalisa Merelli of Quartz has this report.

“Voters suing Minnesota over a mask mandate are asking the Supreme Court to intervene”: Jacey Fortin of The New York Times has this report.

“Trump Made It Clear He Wants The Supreme Court To Shut Down Vote Counting After Election Day; In his first rally of the last weekend of his reelection campaign, Trump insisted there would be ‘bedlam’ if a winner is not decided on election night”: Kadia Goba and Matt Berman of BuzzFeed News have this report.