“Some Hard Thought-Experiment Questions for Both Sides of the Abortion Debate”: Law professors Vikram David Amar and Alan E. Brownstein have this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.

“Supreme Court to Hear Ted Cruz’s Campaign Finance Challenge; The justices will also consider a dispute over whether Boston was entitled to turn down a private group’s request to raise a Christian flag in front of its City Hall”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“Ohio Supreme Court Justice Pat DeWine says he won’t recuse himself from redistricting lawsuits involving his father, Gov. Mike DeWine”: Andrew J. Tobias of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.

“Supreme Court Will Consider Abortion, Guns, Religious Liberty Cases This Term”: You can access today’s new episode of “The NPR Politics Podcast,” featuring Ayesha Rascoe, Nina Totenberg, and Carrie Johnson, via this link.

“Mississippi abortion clinic braces for Supreme Court showdown over Roe v. Wade; Jackson Women’s Health is on the front line of a battle over abortion rights”: Devin Dwyer, Jacqueline Yoo, and Bobby Gehlen of ABC News have this report.

“Texas trots out 1911 precedent, uptick in Oklahoma abortions in bid to doom DOJ suit”: Alison Frankel of Reuters has this news analysis.

“Judge David Stras Was Protested At Duke Law School; A student interrupted Judge Stras in the middle of his presentation about his grandparents experience in the Holocaust”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Do Eviction Moratoriums Violate the Contract Clause? Reviving the original meaning of the Contract Clause would create a steadier and more prosperous polity in the long run.” John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Alito Responds to Critics of the Supreme Court’s ‘Shadow Docket’; In a speech at Notre Dame, the justice addressed recent emergency rulings on abortion, asylum and evictions, saying they followed longstanding procedures”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes and Mike Berardino of The Washington Post report that “Alito defends letting Texas abortion law take effect, says Supreme Court critics want to intimidate justices.”

Jeff Parrott of The South Bend Tribune reports that “Justice Alito says nothing ‘shadowy’ about Supreme Court emergency orders during talk at Notre Dame.”

Casey Smith and Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press have a report headlined “A ‘dangerous cabal’? Alito says high court is no such thing.”

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Alito says recent Supreme Court decisions aren’t the work of ‘a dangerous cabal’; The court’s controversial decisions in cases involving abortion and evictions are instead the product of what has become known as the court’s ‘shadow docket,’ he said.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Alito speaks out on Texas abortion case and ‘shadow docket’; Conservative justice defends court’s high-profile emergency actions just one day after Senate hearing on topic.”

John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Alito bristles over criticism of Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket.’”

Nina Totenberg of NPR reports that “Justice Alito Calls Criticism Of The Shadow Docket ‘Silly’ And ‘Misleading.’”

And Gemma DiCarlo of WVPE Public Radio in Elkhart, Indiana reports that “Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito defends court’s emergency docket in Notre Dame lecture.”

“‘Rank nonsense’: Supreme Court Justice Alito fires back at criticism of ‘shadow docket,’ blames media.” John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Justice Alito pushes back against media, lawmakers criticism of Supreme Court.”

Tom Polansek of Reuters reports that “Alito decries ‘sinister’ portrayal of U.S. Supreme Court ‘shadow docket.’”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Justice Samuel Alito says Supreme Court is not a ‘dangerous cabal.’”

And at Law & Crime, Aaron Keller has a post titled “Justice Alito Responds to ‘Annoying’ Critics of ‘Shadow Docket,’ Says There Is No ‘Dangerous Cabal’ Deciding Cases ‘in the Dead of Night.’“

“The Supreme Court is in the building — contentious rulings behind, more major cases ahead”: Mark Walsh has this report online at ABA Journal.

“Alito Rebuffs Notion Supreme Court Overturned Roe in Texas Case”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Inside the Miserable Experience of Visiting the United States Supreme Court; Even before the pandemic, a byzantine array of rules and procedures kept the nation’s highest court closed to all but a very select few”: Jenny Hunter has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Supreme Court to Host Audio Livestream on Its Homepage”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Today, the Public Information Office of the U.S. Supreme Court issued a “Press Release Regarding Live Audio for Upcoming Oral Argument Sessions.”

“This Supreme Court Term, Conservatives Have One Aim: Stop Progress; During the next nine months, conservatives justices will use their power to attack abortion rights, weaken gun regulations, and rewind the clock to a darker age.” Elie Mystal will have this essay in the October 18, 2021 issue of The Nation.

“Justice Samuel Alito: ‘The Emergency Docket.'” You can access Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr.’s remarks live on YouTube via this link at this event sponsored by the Constitutionalism and Rule of Law Lab at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, with cosponsorship from the Notre Dame Law School.

“Nazi-looted art, Ted Cruz and Christian flags top new cases headed to Supreme Court; As well as ordering a merits hearing on a case involving the Texas senator, the Supreme Court added four new cases to its docket Thursday”: Alexandra Jones of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Bullying Stephen Breyer Is Good, Actually; Publicly criticizing politicians making bad decisions is a cherished American tradition; Supreme Court justices are not exempt just because they wear robes instead of suits”: Jay Willis has this post at Balls and Strikes.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in four new cases and postponed the question of jurisdiction in one direct appeal.