“Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear case of Chrystul Kizer, sex trafficking victim accused of killing abuser”: Jessica Contrera of The Washington Post has this report.

“I’m a Texas Abortion Provider. I Don’t Know How to Do Right by the Community I Took an Oath to Serve.” Ghazaleh Moayedi has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Senate Confirms Federal Defender Veronica Rossman to 10th Circuit Seat; Veronica Rossman is the first federal defender to sit on the 10th Circuit”: Jacqueline Thomsen of The National Law Journal has this report.

This evening, the U.S. Senate confirmed Veronica S. Rossman to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit by a vote of 50-to-42.

“Judge Holly Thomas — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

“Texas doctor who violated state’s abortion ban is sued, launching potential first test of constitutionality”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

You can view the complaint initiating suit at this link.

“Supreme Court to hear restrictive Mississippi abortion law on December 1”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“No, John C. Calhoun Didn’t Invent the Filibuster; As convenient as it might be to blame the filibuster on the famous defender of slavery, the historical record is much messier”: Professor Robert Elder has this essay online at The Bulwark.

“Judicial Notice (09.18.21): Scandal; A Biglaw partner gets indicted, a real-estate scion gets convicted, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“How Conservatives Fell in Love With Judicial Activism: The intellectual dishonesty of the right’s favorite complaint about the Supreme Court.” Adam Cohen has this post at Balls & Strikes.

“These People Are Telling Their Abortion Stories As The Supreme Court Prepares To Hear Its Biggest Reproductive Rights Case In Decades; More than 6,600 people signed their names to a new brief supporting abortion rights: ‘I hope the justices read every single one of them.'” Stephanie K. Baer of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“Rare first-edition copy of US Constitution could fetch $20 million”: Megan C. Hills of CNN has this report.

“Amy Coney Barrett Is Right About Problems With the Media. She Has a Chance to Fix It. If justices want to improve the public’s perception of the Supreme Court, they should seize the opportunity to open it up.” Katie Barlow has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Monument seeks remembrance of lynching that led to Supreme Court’s only criminal trial; For individuals who for years told the story of the lynching of Ed Johnson on a bridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the memorial is yet another way to reckon with 115-year-old instance of racial terror”: Daniel Jackson of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“At the Supreme Court, a Plea to Reveal Secret Surveillance Rulings; The justices will soon consider whether to hear a case arguing that the First Amendment requires disclosure of a secret court’s major rulings”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Trojan Horse”: You can access today’s new installment of season two of the “This Land” podcast, focusing on the fight to invalidate the Indian Child Welfare Act, via this link.

The description of today’s installment states, “We know which law firms and think tanks are bringing these lawsuits, but no one has been able to figure out who’s funding them — or why — until now.”