“The Misused Concept of ‘Discrimination’ and why SCOTUS Should not Hear the Harvard Affirmative Action Case”: Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

“What My Grandparents’ Experiences in the Holocaust Taught Me About the First Amendment”: Eighth Circuit Judge David R. Stras has posted this paper at SSRN.

“If Men Needed the Abortions . . .” Columnist Charles M. Blow has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“In-person arguments come out of storage”: Mark Walsh has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Lawyers urge California bar to probe key advisor’s role in Trump bid to overturn 2020 election”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a report that begins, “A group of prominent lawyers, including former governors and judges, urged the California bar on Monday to launch an investigation into John C. Eastman’s role in advising President Trump on how he could overturn his election defeat, including by having his vice president refuse to count the electoral votes in seven states won by President Biden.”

“One Justice Missing and Only One Masked, the Supreme Court Returns; As a term packed with major cases begins, much has changed since the last in-person arguments took place in March 2020”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court takes the bench after long absence, but things have changed.”

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Returns for New Term — With Scant Courtroom Audience; High court hears in-person arguments for first time since onset of Covid-19 pandemic, as Justice Barrett makes first appearance on bench.”

John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court (mostly) returns to the courtroom for first time since COVID-19 pandemic began.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court convenes in person for first time in 18 months.”

And on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “The Supreme Court has begun its new term.”

“Texas Supreme Court refuses to resume a Planned Parenthood lawsuit challenging new state abortion law; Planned Parenthood had requested that the court reverse a decision to indefinitely pause the lawsuit, which was filed in Travis County district court”: Reese Oxner of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s conservatives now have free rein. Here’s how your rights will change.” Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

“Supreme Court appears poised to expand gun rights and restrict abortion in its new term”: David G. Savage has this front page article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

“Clarence Thomas comes out fast with questions in new Supreme Court in-person argument format; Thomas, who was notoriously quiet before the pandemic, asked the first question of the new term”: Tyler Olson of Fox News has this report.

The U.S. Supreme Court has posted online the transcript and audio of today’s oral argument in Mississippi v. Tennessee, No. No. 143 Orig.

In other news coverage of this case, Pamela King of Greenwire reports that “Supreme Court grills Miss. on unusual groundwater claim.”

“McConnell’s Supreme Court”: Jeffrey Toobin has this essay online at CNN.

“Why Many of the Supreme Court’s Critics Are Trying to Save the Court From Itself”: Law professor Steve Vladeck has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Court Just Awarded $1 — Is It a Victory? Nominal Damages Explained; Rachel Bayefsky Explains How Nominal Damages Are One Way Courts Rule on the Side of Dignity.” Eric Williamson of the University of Virginia School of Law has this Q&A.

“Back in black: U.S. Supreme Court opens its momentous new term.” Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

“What’s old is new again: Justices back at court for new term.” Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press have this report.

“Abortion, guns top agenda for new Supreme Court term; The court could also take up disputes over public funding for religious education and consideration of a student’s race in college admissions”: Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.

“Why The Supreme Court Probably Doesn’t Care What Most Americans Think About Abortion Or Gun Rights”: Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux has this post at FiveThirtyEight.

“The Supreme Court Has Gone Off the Rails”: Donald Ayer has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“The Supreme Court’s conservatives cook up a stew of abortion, guns, religion and more”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“The Heart Of It”: You can access today’s season finale of season two of the “This Land” podcast, about efforts underway to invalidate the Indian Child Welfare Act, via this link.

“Conservatives, Often Wary of Foreign Law, Look Abroad in Abortion Case; When the Supreme Court hears arguments this fall in a big abortion case from Mississippi, it will consider dueling accounts of international practices”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Fate of abortion access looms over new Supreme Court term”: John Kruzel of The Hill has this report, along with a report headlined “Five issues to watch as new Supreme Court term unfolds.”