“How a Vanishing Supreme Court Seat Led to John Marshall’s Appointment; My disagreement with two scholars”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Not So Supreme, Mr. Roberts”: Columnist Maureen Dowd has this essay online at The New York Times.

“How Two Men Without Lawyers Got Their Cases to the Supreme Court; A prisoner and a prayer leader broke through a system dominated by elite attorneys”: James Romoser of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Judge Blocks Mail Ballot Change as Supreme Court Weighs Case”: Zoe Tillman and Brian Dowling of Bloomberg News have this report.

You can access yesterday’s decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts at this link.

“Missouri Asks Supreme Court to Allow Voting Map Benefiting Republicans; Missouri’s Supreme Court said a map redrawn to help Republicans could not be used in November and said voters should decide on the new boundaries”: Mitch Smith and Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times have this report.

And Gregory Svirnovskiy of Politico reports that “Missouri AG asks the Supreme Court to block map ruling that would likely stop Republicans from gaining a seat; The move involves the unusual step of asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider a matter already decided by the state’s highest court.”

You can access the court filing at this link.