“Supreme Court to Decide How the First Amendment Applies to Social Media; Challenges to laws in Florida and Texas meant to protect conservative viewpoints are likely to yield a major constitutional ruling on tech platforms’ free speech rights”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Cat Zakrzewski and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court to decide if states can control fate of social media; As a ‘splinternet’ emerges in the United States, the high court will decide if the First Amendment blocks a pair of laws that tackle conservatives’ allegations of Big Tech censorship.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “First Amendment Fight Pits Red States Against Big Tech at Supreme Court; Texas, Florida passed laws requiring social-media platforms to post nearly everything users have to say.”

And Maureen Groppe of USA Today has an article headlined “Supreme Court readies for major social media free speech battle: Here are the stakes; Whether states can limit the ability of social media giants to moderate content could turn on if Facebook is more like a newspaper or a telephone.”

“Planned Parenthood asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to find 1849 abortion law unconstitutional”: Todd Richmond of The Associated Press has this report.

“The Curious Case of the Mildly Annoyed Judge; Legal journalists often identify the party affiliation of a federal judge’s appointing president; Not everyone is thrilled about this”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“How the reversal of Roe v. Wade led to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children”: Jacqueline Howard of CNN has this report.

“Supreme Court offers possible road map for schools to diversify top programs; Considering race is not allowed, but court signals that socioeconomic factors are acceptable”: Laura Meckler and Karina Elwood of The Washington Post have this report.

And Bianca Quilantan of Politico reports that “Thomas Jefferson high school escaped the Supreme Court — and others are eager to follow; Everything from ZIP code-center recruiting to dropping application fees is being used to replace metrics explicitly about an applicant’s race.”

“How Democrats Could Disqualify Trump If the Supreme Court Doesn’t: Without clear guidance from the Court, House Democrats suggest that they might not certify a Trump win on January 6.” Russell Berman of The Atlantic has this report.