“Supreme Court reinstates death sentence for convicted Arizona killer”: Lauren Castle of The Arizona Republic has this report.

“Only the Ky Supreme Court can fix the bar exam fiasco once and for all”: Sarah Reddick has this essay online at The Lexington Herald Leader.

“Institutions Saved the 2020 Election; Trump may refuse to concede, but the judiciary and the states did their duty”: Columnist William A. Galston will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Trump’s Coup Attempt Isn’t Over”: Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Judicial independence must be preserved in our federal courts”: Law professor Charles Fried has this essay online at The Hill.

“Supreme Court continues to block state COVID-19 restrictions on religious gatherings”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court sides with Colorado church in COVID-19 challenge.”

Terrence T. McDonald of The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey reports that “Supreme Court hands win to NJ priest, rabbi who sued over religious worship COVID restrictions.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has reports headlined “Colorado Church Wins Round at Supreme Court on Covid Limits” and “Supreme Court Orders New Review of New Jersey Church Capacity Caps.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court backs religious groups against Covid-19 restrictions in Colorado and New Jersey.”

Pete Williams and Dareh Gregorian of NBC News report that “Supreme Court sides with houses of worship in Colorado, New Jersey, on coronavirus restrictions; The rulings are the latest by the high court against pandemic restrictions on religious institutions.”

Ronn Blitzer of Fox News reports that “Supreme Court sides with Colorado church, NJ religious leaders over state coronavirus restrictions; Lower courts instructed to review cases again in light of a ruling against similar restrictions in New York.”

And in related commentary, online at The Hill, law professor Aviam Soifer has an essay titled “For conservative justices, faith in ‘religious freedom’ trumps public health.”

Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued two orders, and you can access them here and here.

“Justices asked again to reinstate rule for abortion pill”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court a second time to reinstate a rule that women must pick up an abortion pill in person during the COVID-19 pandemic.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “U.S. Asks High Court to Halt Mail Delivery of Abortion Pills.”

You can access today’s federal government filing at this link.

“U.S. Senate votes 51-44 to confirm Kirsch as new federal appeals court judge”: Dan Carden of The Times of Munster, Indiana has this report.

Matthew Daly of The Associated Press reports that “Senate confirms Barrett replacement on federal appeals court.”

And Brandi Buchman of Courthouse News Service reports that “Senate Confirms Amy Coney Barrett Replacement on Seventh Circuit.”

You can access at this link today’s official roll call vote tally of the U.S. Senate confirming Thomas L. Kirsch II to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

“Why Trump’s attempt to steal the election was too much even for Republican judges; Judges are highly political, but they aren’t exactly like politicians”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Bill Barr Quit. What Finally Spooked Him? The attorney general’s sudden departure raises alarms about what Trump might do next.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“The moral hypocrisy of conservative leaders is stunning”: Columnist Michael Gerson has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Why Representative Mike Johnson Thinks That the Election Isn’t Over”: Isaac Chotiner has this “Q&A” online at The New Yorker.

“Time’s Up Is Refrain as Supreme Court Chafes at Remote Arguments”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has a report that begins, “Justice Samuel Alito had a lot to say and not much time to say it during the Supreme Court’s remote argument on counting undocumented immigrants as part of the census.”

“10th Circuit deems memes acceptable evidence in federal enticement case”: Michael Karlik of Colorado Politics has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued yesterday.

“The Ivy League’s Race Problem: Three cases have brought attention to the racial weighting used by the most elite universities.” Thomas Ascik has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Raimondo’s 2 Supreme Court picks head to House floor”: Mark Reynolds of The The Providence (R.I.) Journal has this report.

“Oil companies fight to get climate cases before Supreme Court”: James Osborne of The Houston Chronicle has this report.