“This Is a Crucial Moment to Stand Up to Islamophobia. Instead, Democrats Are Caving.” Shirin Ali has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Jurisprudence of Bleeding Out: SCOTUS is about to decide whether being at the brink of death is the only way pregnant patients can qualify for emergency abortion care.” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“Can homeless people be fined for sleeping outside? A rural Oregon city asks the US Supreme Court.” Claire Rush of The Associated Press has this report.

“Jan. 6 Obstruction Case at Supreme Court Could Help Trump and Many Others; The justices will hear arguments on Tuesday in a case that could alter hundreds of prosecutions for the assault on the Capitol and help define its meaning”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Lawrence Hurley and Ryan J. Reilly of NBC News report that “Supreme Court tackles Jan. 6 obstruction charge with Trump case looming; How the court rules in the case brought by Jan. 6 defendant Joseph Fischer, accused of obstructing an official proceeding, could affect the separate Trump prosecution.”

Shannon Bream and Bill Mears of Fox News report that “Supreme Court to debate ‘sleeper’ case that could affect Trump federal prosecution; Legal scholars say the conservative high court may be wary of giving the government too much leeway.”

And Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law reports that “Jan. 6 Case Pulls Conservative Supreme Court in Two Directions; One in four Jan. 6 defendants charged with Enron-era statute; Defendants say ill-fitting law unfair as applied to riot.”