“The Flipside of Youthful Appointments — Are Young Judges More Likely to Leave the Bench Early?” Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

“Indiana’s cruel abortion bill is a warning of post-Roe reality”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Major legal fights loom over abortion pills, travel out of state; The reversal of Roe v. Wade after nearly 50 years is expected to trigger a new set of legal challenges for which there is little precedent”: Ann E. Marimow, Laurie McGinley, and Caroline Kitchener of The Washington Post have this report.

“Kansas Abortion Vote Tests Political Energy in Post-Roe America; On Tuesday, Kansans will decide whether to pass a constitutional amendment that could lead to far-reaching abortion restrictions or an outright ban on the procedure”: Katie Glueck has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

And Katherine Swartz of USA Today reports that “Abortion rights face a key test in upcoming Kansas vote, the first of its kind since the fall of Roe.”

“Supreme Court delivers mixed rulings for states’ rights; Justices charter path based on history and tradition”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“I Say ‘Timbre'”: You can access yesterday’s new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast, featuring Dan Epps and Will Baude, via this link.

“We’re not as pious as we used to be, and this terrifies Justice Alito”: Columnist Robin Abcarian has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Justice Alito’s careless remarks about Prince Harry and Boris Johnson”: Paul Callan has this essay online at CNN.

“Ethics probe: Federal Judge Joe Dawson reprimanded for financial deal with Charleston County.” David Slade of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has this report.

You can access yesterday’s memorandum and order of the Judicial Council of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

“Kansas early voting turnout so far is 246% higher than the last midterm primary in 2018”: Natalie Wallington of The Kansas City Star has this report.

Jack Jenkins of The Washington Post reports that “Kansas nuns oppose state abortion amendment, challenging archbishop.”

Dana Branham of The Oklahoman has an article headlined “What’s at stake for neighboring states like Oklahoma in Kansas’ abortion election?”

Online at The New Yorker, Peter Slevin has a post titled “The First Post-Roe Vote on Abortion; In Kansas, where the right to abortion is enshrined in the state constitution, an upcoming ballot measure could pave the way for a total ban.”

Stephanie K. Baer of BuzzFeed News reports that “Americans Generally Support Abortion Access, But A Vote In Kansas Has Exposed How Protecting Reproductive Rights Won’t Be That Simple.”

Alanna Vagianos of HuffPost reports that “Kansas Will Soon Be The First State To Vote On Abortion Rights Post-Roe; The Midwestern state has become an ‘unlikely sanctuary’ for millions in a region where abortion is largely illegal; A constitutional amendment could change that.”

David Condos of High Plains Public Radio reports that “Western Kansas offers a glimpse of what an abortion ban might look like for Kansas City and Wichita.”

In commentary, The Los Angeles Times has published an editorial titled “In Kansas and other states, voters have the power to defend the right to an abortion.”

And online at The Boston Globe, columnist Renée Loth has an essay titled “The matter with Kansas; An abortion ballot question reveals the broken state of our politics.”

“Subpoena Ginni Thomas; It’s unlikely that Thomas, a prominent right-wing activist, will appear before the nine-member panel voluntarily; If she won’t speak to the panel by choice, she should be subpoenaed”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

“Indiana Senate narrowly votes to ban most abortions. Bill heads to House.” Arika Herron of The Indianapolis Star has this report.

“Michigan State asks Supreme Court to take Title IX case caused by cut of swimming teams”: Steve Berkowitz of USA Today has this report.

“Federal appeals court sides with Archdiocese on gay-Roncalli counselor firing”: Caroline Beck of The Indianapolis Star has this report.

And Valerie Richardson and Mark A. Kellner of The Washington Times report that “Catholic school guidance counselor’s firing over same-sex marriage is legal, federal court rules; ‘Ministerial exception’ allows archdiocese to terminate contract, judge says.”

You can access Thursday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

“Steve Bannon to Seek Delay in Serving Any Sentence for Contempt Conviction; Former Trump adviser to ask permission to exhaust his appeals before serving any prison sentence, his lawyer says”: Jan Wolfe of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Judicial Elections Draw Attention Amid Battles Over Abortion, Voting Rules; Top courts in battleground states are in play on November ballots”: Deanna Paul of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“An Educated Citizenry: A Conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sotomayor and Coney Barrett.” The Reagan Foundation has posted this video on YouTube.

And Mark Walsh of Education Week reports that “In a Chat, Two U.S. Supreme Court Justices Talk Civics, Media Literacy.”

“Legal experts say Supreme Court abortion decision has raised myriad ethical, legal dilemmas”: Gretchen Cuda Kroen of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.

“The Anti-Abortion Movement Is in Denial”: Columnist Michelle Goldberg has this essay online at The New York Times.

“How local journalists proved a 10-year-old’s abortion wasn’t a hoax; Many doubted the story of a young rape victim who had to cross state lines for an abortion; But journalists on the ground kept reporting”: Elahe Izadi of The Washington Post has this report.

“Dan Markel murder: Road to justice continues for family with Magbanua life sentence.” Karl Etters has this front page article in today’s edition of The Tallahassee Democrat.

“Baker signs abortion rights expansion bill into law”: Matt Stout of The Boston Globe has this report.

“At least 43 abortion clinics shut in month after Supreme Court overturned Roe, research says, with more likely to close”: Jen Christensen and Tierney Sneed of CNN have this report.

“Supreme Court rules ignoring a partner’s request to wear condom could qualify as sexual assault”: Marsha McLeod of The Toronto Globe and Mail has this report.

Catherine Porter of The New York Times reports that “Breaking Agreement to Use a Condom Is a Sex Crime, Canada High Court Rules; The Supreme Court ruling is one of the strictest in a recent spate of measures addressing deceptive condom use, as courts try to define consent.”

Karina Tsui of The Washington Post reports that “Canadian court says ignoring request to wear condom violates consent.”

The Canadian Press reports that “Supreme Court rules condom use can be a condition of sexual consent in assault cases; The court has ordered a new trial in a B.C. case in which a complainant told a new sexual partner that she would only have sex with him if he wore a condom.”

Ismail Shakil of Reuters reports that “Removing condom without consent a sexual offence, says Canada’s top court.”

And Richard Raycraft of CBC News reports that “Supreme Court rules not wearing condom against partner’s wishes could lead to sexual assault conviction.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada at this link.

“How Six States Could Overturn the 2024 Election; The Supreme Court may let state legislatures decide the presidency”: Barton Gellman of The Atlantic has this report.

“Merrick Garland: effects of Supreme Court abortion ruling are ‘immediate, wide-ranging, devastating’; Attorney general says Biden administration working to protect abortion services.” Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“DOJ official pressed on targeting of Supreme Court justices; Justice’s national security chief vows to fight threats and acts of violence, but says some reprehensible speech is protected by First Amendment”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

“Why Clarence Thomas shouldn’t have backed down”: Columnist Kathleen Parker has this essay online at The Washington Post.

And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has an article headlined “‘Guys. We did it’: Student activists celebrate Justice Thomas dropping GW Law class.”

“We’re Going to See Abortion Fugitives. Here’s How to Protect Them.” Alejandra Caraballo has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“When Can Dying Patients Get a Lifesaving Abortion? These Hospital Panels Will Now Decide; Abortion bans force ethics committees to determine when a pregnancy is lethal enough to justify termination.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“What We Lose as John Roberts Is Sidelined on the Court; Behind any concept of compromise is the notion of humility”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Alito’s Speech Mocking Foreign Leaders Has a Deeper, Darker Message; To the justice, ‘secular society’ poses a threat to religious freedom — and state-sponsored indoctrination is the only solution”: Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Supreme Court probe into leak of draft opinion on abortion narrows list of suspects; Individuals who may have had access to the draft opinion were asked to turn over their cellphones and sign affidavits”: Shannon Bream and Bill Mears of Fox News have this report.

“Justices worry about the future of the Supreme Court — and point fingers as to who’s to blame”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“Biden nominates state Supreme Court Justice Maria A. Kahn to a 3rd CT seat on U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals”: Edmund H. Mahony of The Hartford Courant has this report.