“Supreme Court may decide soon whether to reconsider McGirt”: Chris Casteel of The Oklahoman has this report.

“The Supreme Court isn’t well. The only hope for a cure is more justices.” Former U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner and law professor Laurence H. Tribe have this essay online at The Washington Post.

And online at Time magazine, law professor Kermit Roosevelt III has an essay titled “I Spent 7 Months Studying Supreme Court Reform. We Need to Pack the Court Now.”

“The nation needed a strong defense of constitutional rights. The Supreme Court did this instead.” The Washington Post has published this editorial.

“Don’t be fooled: The Supreme Court’s Texas abortion decision is a big defeat for Roe v. Wade; Justice Neil Gorsuch’s majority opinion is sneaky, underhanded, and a big blow to abortion rights.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Texas abortion providers ‘won’ in court Friday. The future is bleaker than ever. The decision let a challenge to the law proceed but limited whom the providers can sue.” Law professor Leah Litman has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“What should happen if abortion returns to the states? An expert explains; If the U.S. Supreme Court tosses Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, any bans in effect before the decision should be struck down, a Montgomery County attorney suggests.” John L. Micek has this essay online at the Pennsylvania Capital-Star.

“In response to Texas abortion ban, Newsom calls for similar restrictions on assault weapons”: Liam Dillon of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s Texas Abortion Decision Is a Disaster for Constitutional Rights; In the guise of a compromise decision, five justices gave states a road map to nullify fundamental liberties”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Also online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has a jurisprudence essay titled “John Roberts Has Lost Control; The real takeaway from the court’s rulings on the Texas abortion cases is that the chief justice has lost his influence.”

And Jeremy Stahl has a jurisprudence essay titled “If John Roberts Really Wants to Save the Court, He Should Retire.”

“The Supreme Court Can’t Hide Its Contempt for Abortion Rights Any Longer; By allowing a husk of a legal challenge to Texas SB8 to go forward, the conservative justices send the strongest signal yet that Roe v. Wade‘s days are numbered”: Jay Willis has this post at Balls and Strikes.