“Physicians link Kansas Supreme Court chief justice’s vehicle accident to likely stroke”: Tim Carpenter of Kansas Reflector has this report.

“Why racial redistricting might go the way of affirmative action: The Supreme Court seems poised to address the discrepancy between two rulings on racial preferences.” Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post.

And online at Bloomberg Opinion, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “The Supreme Court’s ‘Colorblindness’ Would Gut the Voting Rights Act.”

“US appeals court considers striking down New Jersey’s assault weapons ban”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

You can access the audio of yesterday’s en banc oral argument of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

“Trump Bid to Deploy Troops in Chicago Again Denied by Court”: Madlin Mekelburg of Bloomberg News has this report on a per curiam decision that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued today.

“‘Slaughter’-ing Humphrey’s Executor; The Supreme Court will decide whether to overturn long-standing precedent that protects independent agencies in Trump v. Slaughter“: Nick Bednar has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Miscellaneous thoughts on Callais”: Derek Muller has this post at the “Election Law Blog.”

“The Rule of Law and Major Questions Within Article III; Lower courts’ insistence that the Supreme Court be explicit when overruling precedent is an issue of intra-judicial politics, not the rule of law”: Isaiah Ogren has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Amy Coney Barrett Is Looking Beyond the Trump Era; The Supreme Court justice isn’t making decisions based on public opinion”: Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks with Ross Douthat on today’s new episode of the “Interesting Times” podcast online at The New York Times. Video of the interview is also available via YouTube.

“I resigned from the military because of Trump; I could not swear to follow a commander in chief who seems so willing to disregard the Constitution”: Doug Krugman has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Trump Names More Foes He Wants Prosecuted as Bondi and Patel Look On; Top officials, unwilling to fight for the independence of their institutions, watched on Wednesday as President Trump continued his pursuit of controlling law enforcement”: Glenn Thrush of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“SCOTUSblog’s Goldstein Must Face Charges in Tax Fraud Case”: Mallory Culhane of Bloomberg Law has this report on an opinion that the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued Tuesday.