“Rite Aid loses bid to arbitrate drug pricing class action”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Democrats’ very real nightmare scenarios on Stephen Breyer”: Aaron Blake has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Local law firms among those showing interest in investigating Colorado Supreme Court contract and culture”: David Migoya of The Denver Post has an article that begins, “Dozens of Colorado law firms have downloaded information about a $350,000 state contract to investigate allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct in the Supreme Court, raising the possibility that local lawyers could conduct an inquiry into the actions of the agency that regulates and disciplines them.”

“At the Supreme Court, precedent takes a leave of absence”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Ballrooms Become Courtrooms to Get Jury Trials Moving; States are ditching old, cramped courthouses for airier venues like fairgrounds, theaters and Lombardo’s — known for weddings and proms”: Laura Kusisto will have this front page article in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Why firing squads are making a comeback in 21st-century America; The death penalty is slowly disappearing in the United States, but its death throes are getting ugly”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Pro-Lifers Needn’t Fear a Post-Roe Abortion-Rights Backlash; Liberals have few ways to fight back effectively if the Supreme Court overturns its landmark 1973 decision”: Ramesh Ponnuru has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Supreme Court enters a new era of personal accusation and finger-pointing”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.