“Unsolved Murdaugh Murders Expose Years of South Carolina Mysteries; Alex Murdaugh, the powerful lawyer who asked a handyman to kill him, had a spectacular fall from grace; Five people in his family’s orbit have died in recent years, and investigators are looking for connections”: Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Richard Fausset of The New York Times have this report.

“The Mississippi Abortion Case Threatens the Right to Use Birth Control, Marry, and Even Make Choices About Sex”: David H. Gans has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Justices Seem Ready to Let Kentucky’s Attorney General Defend Abortion Law; After the state’s political landscape shifted in 2019, the Democratic governor and the Republican attorney general disagreed on defending the law”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court seems willing to let Kentucky attorney general pick up defense of abortion law.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Considers Reviving Appeal of Kentucky Abortion Law; Case centers on right of state’s Republican attorney general to pursue defense of law limiting abortion after the Democratic governor stood back from further appeals.”

John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court signals willingness to allow Kentucky attorney general to defend state’s abortion law.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Justices weigh Kentucky abortion law as GOP attorney general moves to revive restrictions.”

David Catanese of McClatchy DC reports that “Supreme Court considers whether Cameron can fight for Kentucky abortion restriction.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court could OK new defense of Kentucky abortion law.”

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court leans toward letting Kentucky official defend abortion law.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Suggests Kentucky Official Can Defend Abortion Curbs.”

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court appears willing to let Kentucky attorney general defend state abortion law; If he prevails, Attorney General Daniel Cameron could ask a federal appeals court to consider the constitutionality of the law, which was struck down in 2019, before he was elected.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court seems open to letting Kentucky attorney general defend abortion law.”

John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court considers Kentucky AG’s power to defend abortion restriction.”

And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Fight to limit abortion access in Kentucky focuses on AG’s standing; Kentucky’s Republican attorney general wants to enforce a law prohibiting the most common form of second-trimester abortion after the policy fell apart when the state elected a Democratic governor in 2019.”

The U.S. Supreme Court has posted online the transcript and audio of today’s oral argument in Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center, No. 20-601.

“Shame on Texas: Playing Ping-Pong with the Lives of Pregnant People.” Law professor Joanna L. Grossman has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.

“2021 Supreme Court Preview [Jacksonville Lawyers Chapter]”: The Federalist Society has posted this video on YouTube.

“By Attacking Me, Justice Alito Proved My Point; If he wants the public to see the Court as apolitical, he should try meeting that standard himself”: Adam Serwer has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Trump’s use of executive privilege will test congressional power to enforce subpoenas; Congress could try to convince the Justice Department to file criminal charges against those who ignore its demands”: Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.

“Supreme Court Asks U.S. to Weigh in on Epic Trade Secrets Appeal”: Kyle Jahner of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

And Alex Wolf of Bloomberg Law reports that “Supreme Court Skips Look at Bankruptcy Appeal Blocking Doctrine” (subscription required for full access).

“Justices’ views on abortion in their own words and votes”: Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press have this report.

“On the Sacketts and S.B. 8: Governments should not design laws and regulations to frustrate judicial review.” Jonathan H. Adler has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Courts Are Making the Climate Crisis Worse; For decades, judges have relied on the formalities of legal process to avoid intervening in the climate crisis”: Alda Yuan has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Will The Supreme Court Reinstate A Death Sentence For Boston Marathon Bomber?” Daniel Medwed and Sean Corcoran of NPR affiliate WGBH in Boston have this report.

“Supreme Court ends legal clash over border wall spending; The brief order means the once-potentially epic case will leave little lasting mark in the law”: Todd Ruger of Roll Call has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court rejects case involving Trump-aligned lawyer Eastman”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“Justice Kavanaugh Will Be Back on Supreme Court Bench Tuesday”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Trial starts in Rio Grande Supreme Court water lawsuit between New Mexico and Texas”: Danielle Prokop of El Paso Matters recently had this report.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases but called for the views of the Solicitor General’s Office in one case.

“Supreme Court considers whether Kentucky attorney general can defend abortion law; If he prevails, Attorney General Daniel Cameron could ask a federal appeals court to consider the constitutionality of the law, which was struck down in 2019, before he was elected”: Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.

And Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court to hear arguments for Kentucky abortion case Tuesday.”