“The fate of American elections is in Amy Coney Barrett’s hands; A pair of cases on the Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’ could eviscerate legal safeguards protecting free and fair elections”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“‘Choosing Life’ Means Nothing Without the Right to Choose”: Russell Baruffi Jr. has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“What Kind of Story Will Ketanji Brown Jackson Tell Her Fellow Justices?” Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Harvard Service Raises Questions for Admissions Cases; High court’s next term is scheduled to hear blockbuster cases from Harvard, UNC on race-conscious admissions policies”: Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“The Bygone Boutique Law Firm That Enticed Ketanji Brown Jackson and Amy Coney Barrett; A legendary Washington law firm that is remembered for attracting young talent, including future Supreme Court justices”: Tony Mauro has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.”

“US Supreme Court reinstates Tsarnaev death penalty”: Travis Andersen of The Boston Globe has this report.

You can access today’s 6-to-3 ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Tsarnaev, No. 20-443, at this link.