“A Louisiana Supreme Court candidate just won the runoff by default; here’s why; Front-runner Piper Griffin wins by default because runoff opponent Terri Love quits the race”: John Simerman of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.

“With No Evidence of Fraud, Trump Fails to Make Headway on Legal Cases; The president appeared to have little path through the courts to shift the outcome of the election, leaving him reliant on long shots like recounts or pressure on state legislatures”: Jim Rutenberg, Nick Corasaniti, and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this report.

“Justice Paul Thissen defeats perennial Supreme Court candidate Michelle MacDonald; Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul Thissen won by nearly 19 percentage points of the votes tabulated by Thursday”: Stephen Montemayor of The Minneapolis Star Tribune has this report.

“Federal jury finds man at center of landmark Supreme Court ruling guilty in retrial”: Curtis Killman of The Tulsa World has an article that begins, “A jury deliberated about an hour Friday before finding Jimcy McGirt guilty again of sexually molesting a 4-year-old girl in 1996 at a Broken Arrow home.”

“LGBTQ rights may be safe at the Supreme Court — for now”: Law professor Tim Holbrook has this essay online at CNN.

“Justice Alito temporarily grants Pennsylvania GOP request to enforce segregation of late ballots”: Elise Viebeck, Robert Barnes, and Emma Brown of The Washington Post have this report. You can access the order at this link.

“Trump’s Supreme Court Comments Put Barrett in a Bind; The court’s newest justice has been backed into a corner and ought to recuse herself from any election rulings”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Trump faces tough road in getting Supreme Court to intervene”: Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press have this report.

“The Supreme Court case that could kill Obamacare, explained; With the GOP almost certain to hold the Senate, millions of Americans will be defenseless if the Court decides to take away their health coverage”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Is Court Packing Constitutional? While Congress can add justices to the Court, it can only do so if its act is ‘necessary and proper.'” Mike Rappaport has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“A solution to the politicization of the Supreme Court”: Professor Scott S. Boddery and Charles A. Phillips have this essay online at The Hill.

“Even if Roe is gone, the abortion conflict is a far from over”: Law professor Mary Ziegler has this essay online at The Hill.

“America’s new power couple: Mitch and Joe; How a Biden presidency and McConnell-led Senate might actually get along.” Burgess Everett, Alex Thompson, and Marianne LeVine of Politico have this report.

“Why the Supreme Court is unlikely to steal the election for Donald Trump; Trump’s lawyers haven’t come up with anything that could plausibly flip the election”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“The Affordable Care Act Does Not Have An Inseverability Clause”: Abbe R. Gluck has this post at the “Take Care” blog.