“Missouri Supreme Court keeps abortion rights measure on November ballot, ending challenge”: Jonathan Shorman and Kacen Bayless of The Kansas City Star have this report.

Kate Zernike of The New York Times reports that “Missouri High Court Restores Abortion Measure to Ballot; The court ruled hours before the state’s deadline for printing ballots for absentee voters.”

And Anna Spoerre of Missouri Independent reports that “Missouri Supreme Court rules amendment legalizing abortion will remain on ballot; The court ordered Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft to tell local election authorities to put Amendment 3 on the Nov. 5 ballot.”

You can view this afternoon’s order of the Supreme Court of Missouri at this link.

“Alaska Judge’s Sex Scandal Brings Scrutiny to US Attorney Tucker”: Ben Penn of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Opioid plaintiffs’ committee urges US appeals court to toss fee bid by shut-out law firms”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

“Justice Alito’s Stock Portfolio Stands Apart on US Supreme Court; Stock holdings are allowed, but force numerous case recusals; Alito is the only justice with a stake in dozens of companies”: Emily Birnbaum of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Missouri Supreme Court to decide fate of abortion amendment”: Natanya Friedheim and Fletcher Mantooth of The Columbia Missourian have this report.

And Summer Ballentine of The Associated Press reports that “Missouri Supreme Court to decide whether an abortion-rights amendment goes before voters.”

“Minority enrollment holds steady at top U.S. law schools, early data indicates”: Karen Sloan of Reuters has this report.

“Conservative activist launches $1bn crusade to ‘crush’ liberal America; Leonard Leo was architect of effort to secure conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court”: Alex Rogers of Financial Times has this report.

“Why Mike Lee Folded: In 2016, he tried to stop Trump from becoming president. By 2020, he was trying to help Trump overturn the election. Now he could become Trump’s attorney general.” Tim Alberta has this article in the October 2024 issue of The Atlantic.

“He Worked for a Law Firm Consulting on an Anti-Trans Supreme Court Case. Then We Asked About These Racist Posts. A WIRED investigation reveals that one of two lawyers known to have worked for or with Lawfair, a firm working on a case that could affect minors’ access to gender-affirming care, has ties to accounts with long histories of posting white supremacist content.” David Gilbert of Wired has this report.