“Abortion rights advocates, in ‘legal limbo,’ go out of state to try to block Texas law”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

“Justices hear arguments in Michigan case of prisoner seeking new trial”: Melissa Nann Burke of The Detroit News has this report.

Todd Spangler of The Detroit Free Press reports that “Michigan attorney to be first Arab American Muslim woman to argue before Supreme Court.”

And Jordan S. Rubin of Bloomberg Law reports that “First Arab-American Muslim Woman Argues at U.S. High Court.”

The U.S. Supreme Court has posted online the transcript and audio of today’s oral argument in Brown v. Davenport, No. 20-826.

“Judge blocks two Oklahoma abortion laws; declines to act against three others”: Nolan Clay of The Oklahoman has this report.

Barbara Hoberock of The Tulsa World reports that “State agrees 2 abortion laws are unconstitutional; three other new abortion laws still to go into effect Nov. 1 pending legal challenge.”

And David Lee of Courthouse News Service reports that “Oklahoma judge allows three new abortion laws to stand, but blocks near-total ban; The near-total ban would have mirrored Texas law, even as Texans seeking abortions after six weeks have been going to Oklahoma for the procedure.”

“Texas has all but banned abortion. But a Mississippi law could be what ends Roe v. Wade. If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ‘trigger laws’ across 12 states — including Texas — that ban all abortions will go into effect within months.” Neelam Bohra of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“The Legal Architects of Trump’s Failed Coup May Finally Face Real Consequences”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Judge Beverly Martin to join Center on Civil Justice as executive director”: NYU Law News has this report.

“The Judicial Rejection of Race-Based Covid Relief; New race- and gender-based programs raise constitutional questions about who is ‘socially and economically disadvantaged'”: George R. La Noue has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“One of NY’s most senior judges barred from courthouse over COVID-19 vaccine”: Larry Celona and Rebecca Rosenberg of The New York Post have an article that begins, “One of the state’s most senior judges has refused to get vaccinated or seek a medical exemption — and can no longer enter the courthouse, The Post has learned. Associate Court of Appeals Judge Jenny Rivera is the only state jurist out of a total of approximately 1,300 who declined the jab and failed to apply for a medical or religious waiver.”

“Thomas Keeps Asking Questions as Justices Return to Courtroom”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has a report that begins, “Justice Clarence Thomas has asked the first question in all four oral arguments so far this term, a notable turnabout for someone who once stayed quiet on the bench for more than a decade.”