“Voting Rights Cases Make This Supreme Court Squeamish; The court really wants to stay out of the political thicket; Call it the ‘Roberts Doctrine'”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“SC bill reviving electric chair, firing squad clears Senate, heads to House”: Emily Bohatch of The State of Columbia, South Carolina has this report.

And Andrea Salcedo of The Washington Post reports that “South Carolina could force death row inmates to choose between electric chair, firing squad.”

“The Hidden Ideological Stakes of SCOTUS Patent Case”: Law professor Michael C. Dorf has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.

“Institutional Racism, Affirmative Action, and Judicial Hubris: Part I.” Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

“South Carolina Shows Where the Anti-Abortion Movement Is Headed; Taking their cue from Trump, absolutists are going all out to overturn Roe v. Wade”: Law professor Mary Ziegler has this essay online at The New York Times.

“J&J Appeals $2.1 Billion Talc Judgment to Supreme Court”: Cameron Ayers has this post at the “Mesowatch” blog about a petition for writ of certiorari filed yesterday in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Update: In other coverage, Julie Steinberg of Bloomberg Law reports that “J&J Wants Supreme Court to Ax $2.1 Billion Missouri Talc Verdict.”

“The Roberts Court and DIGs”: Bryan Gividen has this post at The Juris Lab.

“At the Supreme Court, even time is up to interpretation”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.