“The Legal Fight Over Student-Loan Forgiveness; Biden wins in lower court, but the states have a strong case on appeal”: This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“A justice for some? After Roe overturned, state Supreme Court races turn political; Political groups are backing judicial candidates who they believe will reshape state courts in their favor; But one former justice warns: ‘You sleep with dogs, you’re going to get fleas.'” Erik Ortiz of NBC News has this report.

“The Pa. Supreme Court is taking on the issue of undated mail ballots just weeks before Election Day; The court fast-tracked the case Friday”: Jonathan Lai and Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

“What the Constitution actually says about race, explained: There’s a glaring flaw in the Supreme Court lawsuits attacking affirmative action.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“The Supreme Court has a chance to show people how to take a joke; Ohio police arrested a man for making fun of them with a straight face”: Columnist Jeff Jacoby has this essay online at The Boston Globe.

“Nonunanimous jury ban isn’t retroactive, Louisiana Supreme Court rules; Decision could keep 1,500 Louisiana inmates from getting new trials”: John Simerman of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Louisiana issued Friday.

“Justice Elena Kagan talks ‘finding common ground’ within divided Supreme Court at Penn inauguration event”: Jared Mitovich of The Daily Pennsylvanian has this report.

Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Justice Kagan: ‘Time will tell’ if court finds common ground.”

Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court’s Kagan says justices must find ‘common ground’ again.”

Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law reports that “Kagan Seeks Compromise as High Court Tackles Contentious Issues.”

And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has a report headlined “Justice Kagan has a message for judges: humble yourselves; The liberal justice warned against the harms of forgetting precedent while looking for a path forward with her conservative colleagues.”

The University of Pennsylvania has posted on YouTube a video of the event titled “Penn Presidential Inauguration Academic Symposium.”

“Blunder in Affirmative Action Case May Cost Harvard $15 Million; A missed insurance notice opened a window onto the cost of litigating challenges to race-conscious admissions programs to be heard this month by the Supreme Court”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.