“Federal judge blocks Texas restrictive abortion law”: Madlin Mekelburg of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.

And Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “A Judge Blocked Texas’s 6-Week Abortion Ban; ‘This Court will not sanction one more day of this offensive deprivation of such an important right,’ Judge Robert Pitman wrote.”

You can access this evening’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas at this link.

“Supreme Court Justices Make a Surprising Proposal in Torture Case; Twenty years after the Sept. 11 attacks, three justices said it was time to hear from the first detainee subjected to brutal interrogation by the C.I.A.” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Can the U.S. shield a ‘state secret’ that’s not a secret? Supreme Court to decide.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Quizzes Government Ban on ‘Black Site’ Testimony; Justices raise questions about U.S. position that allowing CIA contractors to testify over treatment of detainee Abu Zubaydah would endanger national security.”

John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court skeptical of Guantanamo detainee’s request seeking details on CIA ‘black sites.’”

Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press reports that “Justices ponder detainee’s rights in Guantanamo secrets case.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court justices ask why a Guantanamo detainee cannot testify.”

And on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court pushes government after it sought to block testimony in torture case.”

“Supreme Court Clerks, October Term 2011: Where Are They Now? And which justices have the most high-powered clerk cohorts?” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Professor Vladeck Offers Senate Testimony on Texas’s Abortion Ban and the Shadow Docket”: Texas Law News has this report.

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg tribute required innovative donations”: Glenn Gamboa of The Associated Press has this report.

“Supreme Court Ethics Rules Are an Embarrassing Joke; What’s worse: that the federal judicial code of conduct is so weak, or that it doesn’t apply to Supreme Court justices at all?” Adam Cohen has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Troll World Tour”: Dahlia Lithwick must have been great as a guest on last week’s episode of the Strict Scrutiny podcast — hosted by law professors Melissa Murray, Kate Shaw, and Leah Litman — because she is back as the guest on this week’s episode.

“Women Make Gains But Stil Trail Men at Supreme Court Lectern”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of The Hill has this report.

“Supreme Court is Back”: You can access the new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast, featuring David French and Sarah Isgur, via this link.

“Supreme Court considers whether information widely known can be ‘state secret'”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court weighs request for information on CIA’s post-9/11 torture program.”

Earlier, on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “The Supreme Court considers whether the CIA’s black sites are state secrets.”

And in commentary, online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “The Supreme Court confronts the CIA’s worst-kept secret; Can America’s legacy of torture be a ‘state secret’ if it isn’t even a secret?”

The U.S. Supreme Court has posted online the transcript and audio of oral argument in United States v. Zubaydah, No. 20-827.

“Abortion, gun control, death penalty: How this US Supreme Court could change America”: Anthony Zurcher of BBC News has this report.

“Police identify suspect taken from ‘suspicious vehicle’ in front of Supreme Court”: Whitney Wild of CNN has this report.

“The Supreme Court isn’t political — and reversing Roe v. Wade wouldn’t make it so”: Michael O’Neill has this essay online at The Hill.

“What if the Supreme Court reverses Roe v. Wade?” Elaine Kamarck has this post at the “FixGov” blog of the Brookings Institution.

“Dan Markel murder: Judge OKs delay in Magbanua trial until February 2022; After a mistrial two years ago, Magbanua will next face trial Feb. 14.” Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat recently had this report.

“The Supreme Court Could Save Tribal Sovereignty — or Demolish It; The Roberts court may have no choice but to resolve a sprawling case that threatens the Indian Child Welfare Act and the legal regime that has supported Native people”: Matt Ford of The New Republic has this report.