“The Supreme Court Is Headed for a Self-Imposed Voting Caseload Disaster”: Nathaniel Bach and law professor Richard L. Hasen have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Texas Supreme Court weighs whether to dismiss abortion funds’ defamation case against anti-abortion activist; Several abortion funds have sued anti-abortion activist Mark Lee Dickson, who called them ‘criminal organizations,’ for defamation”: Alex Nguyen of The Texas Tribune has this report.

The Supreme Court of Texas has posted the video of this oral argument on YouTube at this link.

“Pa. health-care providers and lawmakers face off in state Supreme Court case to decide Medicaid coverage for abortion; Lawyers face off in a Pennsylvania Supreme Court case that will decide whether Medicaid can pay for abortions”: Sarah Gantz of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Paula Reed Ward of TribLIVE reports that “Pa. Supreme Court hears arguments on Medicaid funding for abortion.”

And Maryclaire Dale of The Associated Press reports that “Abortion providers challenge Medicaid ban in Pennsylvania.”

You can access the audio of today’s Pa. Supreme Court oral argument session on YouTube via this link.

“Florida asks US Supreme Court to reject dietary advice case”: Jim Saunders of the News Service of Florida has this report.

“Reactions to the Louisiana Supreme Court ruling on Jim Crow Jury verdicts: ‘a grave misstep.'” Makenzie Boucher of The Shreveport Times has this report.

“At Least One Juror Refused To Call Them Guilty. But They’re Still In Prison. In Oregon and Louisiana, hundreds remain behind bars two years after U.S. Supreme Court outlawed split-jury verdicts.” Kaylee Tornay of InvestigateWest has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court’s Alito calls law school free speech ‘abysmal'”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“If Supreme Court ends affirmative action, how will the military adapt?” Irene Loewenson of Military Times has this report.

“20 Democratic Senators Ask Supreme Court to Reject Once-Fringe Theory in Elections Case; The so-called independent state legislature theory is at the center of a Supreme Court case involving electoral maps in North Carolina; The theory runs afoul of normal checks and balances, the senators wrote”: Nick Corasaniti of The New York Times has this report.

“Supreme Court to judge affirmative action in college admissions”: Mike Damiano of The Boston Globe has this report.

“The United States’ Unamendable Constitution: How our inability to change America’s most important document is deforming our politics and government.” Jill Lepore has this Annals of Inquiry article online at The New Yorker.

“The Injustice, Insincerity, and Destabilizing Impact of the SCOTUS Turn to History”: Law professor Michael C. Dorf has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.

“Abortion, Guns, Affirmative Action and Fake Textualism and Federalism”: Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

“Affirmative Action’s Last Best Hope”: Law professor Justin Driver has this guest essay online at The New York Times.