“Canada’s Supreme Court hears case on alleged condom deception”: Maite Fernández Simon of The Washington Post has this report.

Catharine Tunney of CBC News reports that “Top court reviewing case involving condom use and consent; Case involves man who allegedly ignored request to wear condom during sex.”

The Supreme Court of Canada has posted online this summary of the case.

“In Mike Ward’s case, the SCC was one vote away from setting a disturbing new free speech precedent”: Columnist Robyn Urback has this essay online at The Toronto Globe and Mail.

“Indiana Supreme Court justice retiring next year”: Dan Carden of The Times of Munster, Indiana has this report.

And Olivia Covington of The Indiana Lawyer reports that “Indiana Supreme Court Justice David announces 2022 retirement.”

“This Is the Shadiest Part of the Supreme Court”: Law professor Barry P. McDonald has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

McDonald has posted at SSRN his forthcoming law review article titled “SCOTUS’s Shadiest Shadow Docket.”

“Justices’ Questions Suggest New York Gun Control Law Is Unlikely to Survive; The law, which imposes strict limits on carrying guns in public, faced a skeptical reception from the Supreme Court on Wednesday”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Majority of Supreme Court appears to think N.Y. gun law is too restrictive.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court signals it’s likely to bolster the right to carry a concealed gun in public.”

Jess Bravin and Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Scrapping New York State’s Concealed-Weapons Permit Law; Comments from conservative justices point to concerns about law’s restrictions, though scope of any decision is far from clear.”

John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court majority skeptical of New York law that limits carrying handguns in public.”

And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court poised to bolster Second Amendment, right to carry.”

The U.S. Supreme Court has posted online the transcript and audio of today’s oral argument in New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. v. Bruen, No. 20-843.

“The Supreme Court Wants More Guns on the New York Subway; In a major Second Amendment case, the conservative justices empathized with ‘law-abiding citizens’ who want to take guns everywhere”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“We Can Now See the Playbook for Overturning Roe v. Wade”: Law professor Mary Ziegler has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“A Concurring Opinion on Justice Thomas: To understand Justice Thomas’s ‘liberal originalism,’ one must look to the Declaration of Independence.” Scott Gerber has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Originalism Tested: The term’s central question is whether the Court majority can interpret the law as written even as others press for the law’s distortion.” John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“The New 6–3 Majority: Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, and John Roberts agree with the liberals about one thing.” Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Republican Kevin Brobson wins seat on Pennsylvania Supreme Court as GOP appears poised to sweep appellate races; The race between Democrat Maria McLaughlin and Republican Kevin Brobson was marked by big campaign spending and negative ads”: Angela Couloumbis and Danielle Ohl of Spotlight PA have this report.