“Lawsuits Filed Against Texas Doctor Could Be Best Tests of Abortion Law; Legal experts said two lawsuits filed this week might test the constitutionality of the Texas law more than federal challenges by abortion providers and the Justice Department”: Ruth Graham, Adam Liptak, and J. David Goodman of The New York Times have this report.

“Abortion and the Adoption Option”: Law professor Sherry F. Colb has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.

“Justices ponder victim rights amendment that’s been in limbo”: Mark Scolforo of The Associated Press has this report.

You can access the audio of today’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on YouTube via this link.

“Trump Campaign Knew Lawyers’ Voting Machine Claims Were Baseless, Memo Shows; Days before lawyers allied with Donald Trump gave a news conference promoting election conspiracy theories, his campaign had determined that many of those claims were false, court filings reveal”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

“Texas’ near-total abortion ban caps a decadeslong war by conservative legislators to block access to the procedure; Getting an abortion in Texas has become more difficult than anywhere else in the nation”: Neelam Bohra of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“Biden Puts Another Former Public Defender Onto A U.S. Appeals Court; Veronica Rossman is now one of just eight U.S. appeals court judges with experience representing people who couldn’t afford an attorney”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court Adopts Hybrid Argument Format for New Term”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Georgia, Missouri Abortion Laws Tested Ahead of SCOTUS Look”: Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“A Brief History of Sam Alito Hating Public-Sector Unions; Nearly a decade ago, Justice Alito began inviting conservative activist groups to bring lawsuits that would hollow out workers’ rights; They responded”: Jenny Hunter has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“How Biden Began Building Back Better the Federal Bench”: Law professor Carl Tobias has this article at the Washington and Lee Law Review Online.

“A Preliminary Rejoinder to Aaron Tang”: Law professor John Finnis and professor Robert George have posted this paper at SSRN.

“The Case for Overturning Roe“: Law professors Mary Ann Glendon and O. Carter Snead have this essay in the current issue of National Affairs.

“How Sandra Day O’Connor’s Western Ethos Guided Her Supreme Court Tenure: The retired justice was born in El Paso and attended school there as a child but was especially shaped by her years on her family’s Arizona ranch.” Texas Standard has posted online this interview with Michelle Ferrari, who wrote and directed the new PBS American Experience documentary titled “Sandra Day O’Connor: The First.”

“To protect the supreme court’s legitimacy, a conservative justice should step down; If presidents do not get to replace justices in an election year, then Coney Barrett’s confirmation is illegitimate; if presidents do, then Gorsuch’s is illegitimate; You can’t have it both ways”: Professor Lawrence Douglas has this essay online at The Guardian (UK).

“Justice Dept. Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Roe v. Wade; The department also sought permission to present oral arguments in December when the court hears a case challenging Mississippi’s restrictive abortion law”: Katie Benner of The New York Times has this report.

You can access the federal government’s amicus brief at this link.

“Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear case of Chrystul Kizer, sex trafficking victim accused of killing abuser”: Jessica Contrera of The Washington Post has this report.

“I’m a Texas Abortion Provider. I Don’t Know How to Do Right by the Community I Took an Oath to Serve.” Ghazaleh Moayedi has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Senate Confirms Federal Defender Veronica Rossman to 10th Circuit Seat; Veronica Rossman is the first federal defender to sit on the 10th Circuit”: Jacqueline Thomsen of The National Law Journal has this report.

This evening, the U.S. Senate confirmed Veronica S. Rossman to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit by a vote of 50-to-42.

“Judge Holly Thomas — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

“Texas doctor who violated state’s abortion ban is sued, launching potential first test of constitutionality”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

You can view the complaint initiating suit at this link.

“Supreme Court to hear restrictive Mississippi abortion law on December 1”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“No, John C. Calhoun Didn’t Invent the Filibuster; As convenient as it might be to blame the filibuster on the famous defender of slavery, the historical record is much messier”: Professor Robert Elder has this essay online at The Bulwark.

“Judicial Notice (09.18.21): Scandal; A Biglaw partner gets indicted, a real-estate scion gets convicted, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“How Conservatives Fell in Love With Judicial Activism: The intellectual dishonesty of the right’s favorite complaint about the Supreme Court.” Adam Cohen has this post at Balls & Strikes.

“These People Are Telling Their Abortion Stories As The Supreme Court Prepares To Hear Its Biggest Reproductive Rights Case In Decades; More than 6,600 people signed their names to a new brief supporting abortion rights: ‘I hope the justices read every single one of them.'” Stephanie K. Baer of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“Rare first-edition copy of US Constitution could fetch $20 million”: Megan C. Hills of CNN has this report.

“Amy Coney Barrett Is Right About Problems With the Media. She Has a Chance to Fix It. If justices want to improve the public’s perception of the Supreme Court, they should seize the opportunity to open it up.” Katie Barlow has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Monument seeks remembrance of lynching that led to Supreme Court’s only criminal trial; For individuals who for years told the story of the lynching of Ed Johnson on a bridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the memorial is yet another way to reckon with 115-year-old instance of racial terror”: Daniel Jackson of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“At the Supreme Court, a Plea to Reveal Secret Surveillance Rulings; The justices will soon consider whether to hear a case arguing that the First Amendment requires disclosure of a secret court’s major rulings”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Trojan Horse”: You can access today’s new installment of season two of the “This Land” podcast, focusing on the fight to invalidate the Indian Child Welfare Act, via this link.

The description of today’s installment states, “We know which law firms and think tanks are bringing these lawsuits, but no one has been able to figure out who’s funding them — or why — until now.”

“What is the Supreme Court worried about?” Lyle Denniston has this blog post.

“A murky battle over religious beliefs and COVID-19 vaccination continues; Cottage industry helps people avoid shots by claiming it violates their faith”: Kay Lazar has this front page article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

“The Supreme Court and the Future of Roe v. Wade; Abortion rights may hinge on a case involving a Mississippi law — and the errors of fact and judgment in the state’s brief are staggering”: Margaret Talbot will have this Comment in the Talk of the Town section of the September 27, 2021 issue of The New Yorker.

“Breyer defends state of Supreme Court in interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“The new Texas abortion law is becoming a model for other states”: Kurtis Lee and Jaweed Kaleem have this front page article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.