“Supreme Court faces more pandemic questions this term. Here are 4 takeaways from last year’s rulings. The court is skeptical about restrictions on religion and about mandates from ‘the administrative state.'” Herschel Nachlis, Kyle Thomson, Amy Park, and Annika Begley have this post at the “Monkey Cage” site of The Washington Post.

“House approves major abortion-rights bill as Dems slam Supreme Court over Texas abortion ruling; Bill virtually certain not to become law due to Senate filibuster”: Tyler Olson of Fox News has this report.

“Justice Barrett Investiture Ceremony”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Supreme Court issued this news release today.

“To sue the New York Times and his niece, Trump turned to a low-profile attorney from New Jersey”: David A. Fahrenthold and Alice Crites of The Washington Post have this report.

“Our constitutional crisis is already here”: Columnist Robert Kagan has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Interview: Mark Joseph Stern.” Elise Spenner has this post at the “High School SCOTUS” blog.

“We shouldn’t have to worry so much about whether Justice Breyer retires”: The Washington Post has published this editorial.

“Abortion Providers Ask Supreme Court for Fast Review of Texas Ban; The new filing asks the justices to use an unusual procedure to rule on a law that bans most abortions after six weeks and was designed to avoid judicial scrutiny”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report on a petition for writ of certiorari before judgment filed today in the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Pence hopeful the Supreme Court will restrict abortion in US”: Vanessa Gera and Balazs Kaufmann of The Associated Press have this report.

“Ex-soldier’s acceptance of Trump pardon didn’t constitute confession of guilt, court rules”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

And Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law reports that “Trump Pardonee Sees Habeas Petition Revived by Tenth Circuit” (subscription required for full access).

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link.

“3rd Circuit splits with 9th, says celeb can sue Facebook for unauthorized photo”: Alison Frankel of Reuters has this news analysis.

And at his “Technology & Marketing Law Blog,” Eric Goldman has a post titled “Third Circuit Says Section 230 Doesn’t Apply to Publicity Rights Claims — Hepp v. Facebook.”

“One Legal Strategy to Preserve Roe v. Wade: Flatter Three Conservative Justices.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Vaccine mandates few and far between in federal judiciary”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“An Arbitrary Line’s Arbitrariness is a Feature, Not a Bug (Mississippi Abortion Case Edition)”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“State Supreme Court oversteps on mandating vaccine”: Federal Way Municipal Court Judge Dave Larson has this essay online at The Seattle Times.

“Public approval of Supreme Court hits a new low in US, Gallup poll finds”: Bailey Aldridge of McClatchy DC has this report.

And Jeffrey M. Jones of Gallup reports that “Approval of U.S. Supreme Court Down to 40%, a New Low.”

“How the Supreme Court crafted its Roe v. Wade decision and what it means today”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“The memo that saved abortion rights in America”: Joshua Prager has this essay online at CNN.

Prager is the author of a new book titled “The Family Roe: An American Story.”

“What We Lost When We Lost Sandra Day O’Connor”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Facebook Unable to Duck Anchor’s Image Rights Suit, 3rd Cir. Says”: Kyle Jahner of Bloomberg Law has a report (subscription required for full access) that begins, “A Philadelphia news anchor convinced the Third Circuit that Facebook can’t use Communications Decency Act immunity to escape her lawsuit because publicity rights are intellectual property.”

You can access today’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

“SC Supreme Court issues Heritage Act ruling, calling vote measure an ‘overreach'”: John Monk and Emily Bohatch of The State of Columbia, South Carolina has this report.

Seanna Adcox of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina reports that “SC Supreme Court keeps part of Heritage Act intact, strikes supermajority vote approval.”

And Jeffrey Collins of The Associated Press reports that “South Carolina’s Confederate monument protection law upheld.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of South Carolina at this link.

“Prison strip-search case pits religious rights against transgender rights; An appeal by a Muslim inmate is testing what Wisconsin considers more important: the inmate’s religious beliefs or a transgender prison guard’s right to be treated the same as his cisgender colleagues.” Dave Byrnes of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Mississippi voting rights case is argued at US appeals court”: Emily Wagster Pettus of The Associated Press has this report.

And Sabrina Canfield of Courthouse News Service reports that “Full Fifth Circuit hears challenge to Mississippi felony voting ban; An en banc rehearing centered on the permanent disenfranchisement of Mississippians convicted of certain felonies through a constitutional amendment passed during the Jim Crow era.”

You can access the audio of today’s en banc oral argument of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“4th Circuit vacates earlier order, rendering 2A lawsuit moot”: Tyler Hammel of The Daily Progress of Charlottesville, Virginia has this report.

Denise Lavoie of The Associated Press reports that “Court throws out ruling on handgun sales to people under 21.”

Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court erases ruling allowing gun sales to people under 21.”

And Brad Kutner of Courthouse News Service reports that “Fourth Circuit vacates order striking down age limit for handguns; While not mandatory, the decision to vacate prior rulings in mooted cases is the Richmond-based appeals court’s customary practice.”

You can access today’s decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

“There’s No Constitutional Right to Interracial (or Same-Sex) Marriage, Says the Architect of the Texas ‘Heartbeat Bill’; It’s the one amicus brief supporting Mississippi’s abortion restriction that takes a wrecking ball to the Supreme Court’s fundamental-rights precedents”: Dale Carpenter has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“The State of Texas v. Jesus Christ: Texas’s refusal to allow a pastor to pray while holding a dying man’s hand is an offense to basic Christian values.” Elizabeth Bruenig of The Atlantic has this report.

“Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2021?” The Federalist Society has posted on YouTube at this link a video recording of this event from earlier today.

“Book Review: ‘The Authority of the Court and the Peril of How Much I Love My Job,’ by Stephen Breyer; The 83-year-old leader of the Court’s liberal wing is facing significant public pressure to step down from the bench; He decided to write a book instead.” At Balls and Strikes, Jay Willis has this review of Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s new book, “The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics.”

“The Supreme Court is Giving George W. Bush the Last Laugh on Guantanamo; The architects of the 43rd president’s assault on constitutional rights are now judges and justices; That’s bad news for fundamental constitutional rights”: Debra Perlin has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Supreme Court low on political standing”: Albert Hunt has this essay online at The Hill.

“Why Texas Abortion Opponents Aren’t Suing Dr. Alan Braid Over New Law; Physician who said he is first to violate new restrictions doesn’t present appealing case for conservative groups, legal scholars say”: Jacob Gershman has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Wisconsin Supreme Court to weigh in on sex trafficking victim defense in Kenosha homicide”: Bruce Vielmetti of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on whether a state law meant to protect victims of sex trafficking can serve as a defense to homicide.”

“Before off-duty police shooting, Chicago officer had complaint record. Should city pay?” Robert Klemko of The Washington Post has this report.

“Support for U.S. Supreme Court drops as Democrats and independents turn away from justices, poll finds”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Approval Drops as New Term Brings Divisive Issues.”

You can access online the “Detailed results of the Marquette law school supreme court poll-September 7-16, 2021” and a news release titled “New Marquette Law School Poll finds sharp decline since July in public opinion of the Supreme Court’s job performance; change is driven by partisan differences.”

“The Texas abortion law is a human rights crisis for American women”: Uma Thurman has this essay online at The Washington Post.