“Feinstein, Under Pressure to Resign, Asks to Step Down From Judiciary Panel; The 89-year-old California Democrat, who has been absent from the Senate for more than a month after being diagnosed with shingles, said she would seek a temporary replacement on the powerful committee”: Annie Karni of The New York Times has this report.

“What Would It Mean to Reverse Slaughter-House? A revival of the privileges or immunities clause would not necessarily lead to heightened scrutiny of economic regulation.” James R. Rogers has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“The Anti-Abortion Movement Just Made a Powerful New Enemy; The mifepristone decision has awakened a sleeping giant”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Feinstein, facing calls to resign, vows to return to Senate after recovering from illness”: Alexandra E. Petri of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Texas ruling could ban all abortions — not just those induced by pills, legal experts say”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“Tofurky heartened despite losing appeal of Louisiana plant-based label law”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.

And Sabrina Canfield of Courthouse News Service reports that “Fifth Circuit lifts block on Louisiana food labeling law; An appellate panel found meatless product brands such as Tofurky are not in danger of violating a state law that requires companies to accurately describe the ingredients in food.”

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

“An Unfortunate Extension of Microsoft; After an interlocutory order that appears to have precluded the plaintiff from prevailing, the plaintiff asked the district court to enter summary judgment against it; The Sixth Circuit held that this didn’t produce a final decision”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

“Abortion pill opponents urge US appeals court to allow ban”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.

Update: You can access at this link the plaintiffs’ opposition to the federal government’s request for an emergency stay pending appeal.

“5 things the Supreme Court might take into account in medication abortion case”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“Thomas revelation of gifts fits a broader pattern of financial nondisclosure from the Supreme Court”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

Henry Gass of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “High court, low accountability: How Thomas scandal threatens Supreme Court.”

And in related commentary, online at The Atlantic, Graeme Wood has an essay titled “Clarence Thomas’s Billionaire Friend Is No Nazi; He has a signed copy of Mein Kampf; That doesn’t mean he admires Hitler.”