“Texas judge delivers on the hopes of his antiabortion world; Matthew Kacsmaryk has long been immersed in a community that is staunchly opposed to abortion”: Caroline Kitchener of The Washington Post has this report.

And in commentary, online at The Washington Post, columnist Ruth Marcus has an essay titled “The worst federal judge in America now has a name.”

“With Dueling Rulings, Abortion Pill Cases Appear Headed to the Supreme Court; One federal judge said the F.D.A.’s approval of the drug mifepristone was invalid, while another federal judge ordered the agency to keep the pill available; The legal fallout is just beginning”: Abbie VanSickle and Pam Belluck of The New York Times have this report.

“The abortion pill’s 1992 Supreme Court battle and the woman who started it”: Timothy Bella of The Washington Post has this report.

“Pa. primary election 2023: Supreme Court candidates with party backing show fundraising advantage; The PA Supreme Court candidates running in the 2023 primary election have raised $365,000 from wealthy donors, their own bank accounts, and more.” Kate Huangpu and Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA have this report.

“Justice Department asks Supreme Court to reverse ruling striking down bump stock ban”: Tierney Sneed of CNN has this report.

You can view the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“Dobbs Claimed to Return the Issue of Abortion to the People. We’re Seeing Now How Ridiculous That Is. The ruling against mifepristone is pure chaos.” Law professor Leah Litman has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Republicans Lose Another Anti-Trans Smear Campaign; The tactic failed again in this week’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election”: Melissa Gira Grant has this essay online at The New Republic.

“How right-wing judges in Texas are erasing Americans’ rights everywhere”: Columnist Michael Hiltzik has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Rival rulings on medication abortion hypercharge the post-Roe legal war”: Tierney Sneed of CNN has this report.

David Ovalle, Laurie McGinley, and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post report that “Texas abortion pill ruling threatens FDA; ‘This opens the door to the courts’ second-guessing any FDA approval — especially for drugs for controversial areas like gender-affirming care,’ expert says.”

In commentary, online at The Los Angeles Times, Amy Hagstrom Miller has an essay titled “A judge’s attempt to restrict medication abortion nationwide shows extremists aren’t done yet.”

And online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “The Lawless Ruling Against the Abortion Pill Has Already Prompted a Constitutional Crisis; This unprecedented abuse of judicial power with no basis in law or fact will soon force the Supreme Court’s hand.”

“Here We Go Again! Who of the New List of Seven Candidates Will Be the Next Chief Judge of New York?” Rob Rosborough has this post at his “New York Appeals” blog.

“Some legal experts compare Justice Thomas’s acceptance of lavish trips to a 1969 Supreme Court scandal”: Travis Andersen of The Boston Globe has this report.

In commentary, online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have a jurisprudence essay titled “Clarence Thomas Broke the Law and It Isn’t Even Close; It probably won’t matter; But it should.” And Alex Aronson has a jurisprudence essay titled “Clarence Thomas Had the Ideal Tutor for Skirting Ethics Laws.”

“Clarence Thomas’s Billionaire Benefactor Collects Hitler Artifacts; Harlan Crow also reportedly has a garden full of dictator statues”: Sylvie McNamara of Washingtonian has this report.