“The Worst Justice Ever; His attack on progressivism last week was the last straw”: Robert Reich has this post at his Substack site.

“Supreme Court Justices Alito, Thomas not expected to retire this year: Sources; Alito intends to continue serving into at least 2027, sources said.” Devin Dwyer and Katherine Faulders of ABC News have this report.

“Did Trump Already Pardon the Alleged Jan. 5, 2021, Pipe Bomber? Cole’s lawyers claim he’s covered by the Jan. 6 pardons. The Trump administration has made it a more interesting question than it should be.” Eric Columbus has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Kagan screamed so loudly at liberal ally after Dobbs leak the ‘wall was shaking,’ book claims; Mollie Hemingway’s book ‘Alito’ details the confrontation as conservative justices faced assassination threats in 2022”: Ashley Oliver of Fox News has this report.

“Supreme Court’s Internal Tensions Spill Into Public View; Three justices recently delivered charged remarks ahead of the court’s busiest season”: James Romoser of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court; Secret memos obtained by The New York Times illuminate the origins of the court’s now-routine ‘shadow docket’ rulings on presidential power”: Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak of The New York Times have this report.

You can access the memos via this link.

“Today’s Guest Speaker: The Chief Justice.” Cooper Allen of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

“Alito not expected to retire this term, cooling Supreme Court vacancy speculation: sources; President Trump said amid SCOTUS retirement speculation he is ‘prepared’ to appoint up to three Supreme Court justices.” Alec Schemmel, Ashley Oliver, and Shannon Bream of Fox News have this report.

“Supreme Court Sides With Oil Companies in Louisiana Coastal Lawsuits; The companies had asked the justices to clear the way to move environmental lawsuits out of state courts, to friendlier federal venues”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

Julian Mark of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court hands win to Chevron, Big Oil in environmental damage case; The case holds particular relevance in Louisiana, where the oil and gas industry remains a major employer and the coastal region has steadily vanished in recent decades.”

And in commentary, Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “Trial Lawyers Lose at the Supreme Court; The Justices reject a Louisiana shakedown attempt on oil drillers.”

“Prosecutor Withdraws From Trump Team’s Investigation of Ex-C.I.A. Chief; A career Justice Department lawyer, Maria Medetis Long, in Miami is said to have raised concerns about whether the evidence justified moving forward with a bid to prosecute John O. Brennan”: Charlie Savage, Alan Feuer, and Glenn Thrush of The New York Times has this report.

“Liberal Judge Lyndsey Brunette announces 2027 Wisconsin Supreme Court campaign; Brunette is the first candidate to announce for the race, which will take place next April”: Anya van Wagtendonk of Wisconsin Public Radio has this report.

“Trump reveals he has multi-pick SCOTUS plan ready as retirement speculation heats up; Speculation about the 76-year-old justice’s retirement has grown amid concerns about the GOP Senate majority before midterms”: Ashley Oliver of Fox News has this report.

“Federal Appeals Court Opens Door to Moving Trans Inmates Under Trump Gender Order; A three-judge panel gave a group of 17 transgender women a few weeks to seek further recourse in court before their transfer to men’s facilities could take effect”: Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times has this report.

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Appeals court sides with Trump on transgender prisoners.”

And Daniel Wiessner of Reuters reports that “US court allows transfer of transgender women to men’s prisons, for now.”

You can access today’s decision of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“Samuel Alito’s Disdain Helped Make Him Donald Trump’s Reliable Ally; A new biography examines how the Supreme Court justice’s sense of cultural loss and distrust of elites parallels Trump-era politics”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this book review.

“Trump Is Attacking the Supreme Court. That Only Makes It Stronger. The Court’s role isn’t to be popular — it’s to resist power. Trump’s attacks are giving it ample opportunity to do just that.” Sarah Isgur has this essay online at The Free Press.

“Public opinion, credible threats, and the Fezzik Principle; History (and The Princess Bride) shows how to bring the Supreme Court into line with the American people”: Jesse Wegman has this post at his “Major Questions” Substack site.

“The Most Offensive Thing a Supreme Court Justice Can Do Is Be Honest About the Supreme Court; The legal profession has no problem with Clarence Thomas publicly railing against the evils of progressivism, as long as he doesn’t mention any colleagues by name”: Jay Willis has this post at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site.

“Sniping by justices underscores tension over Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

“Stakes high as supreme court set to rule on law involving Monsanto’s weed-killing pesticide; Risks from cancer and other diseases could be hidden with little accountability if justices favor big firms, critics warn”: Carey Gillam of The Guardian has this report.

“The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine; Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas; WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more”: Noah Shachtman and Robert Silverman of Wired have this report.

“Supreme Court Repudiates Sotomayor Ruling Against Firefighters; Ricci v. DeStefano, Part 3”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Clarence Thomas Can’t Get American History Right; In his recent broadside against the twentieth century, the justice is as ill informed as he is mean-spirited”: Matt Ford has this essay online at The New Republic.

“The Maduro Case Needs a New Judge”: Elie Honig has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“Trump administration deepens quest to stamp out the events of Jan. 6; In his second term, the president has doubled down on efforts to reframe public perception of the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in court and beyond”: Mark Berman of The Washington Post has this report.

“Neomi Rao Understands What It Means to Be a Trump Judge; For conservative judges with Supreme Court aspirations, nothing is more important than reminding the president what you are willing to do for him”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Two Magicians Warn the Supreme Court About Junk Science; Penn & Teller filed a Supreme Court brief questioning the use of ‘investigative hypnosis’ in a death-penalty case in Texas”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “The Docket” newsletter online today at The New York Times.

“Trump-Appointed Judges Rebuke Denial of Covid-19 Bias Rehearing”: Quinn Wilson of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the dissents therefrom, at this link.

“How the Supreme Court Defeated Trump: A conservative court watcher explains why the president has failed to bend the judicial branch to his will.” Online at The New York Times, Sarah Isgur is the guest on today’s new episode of Ross Douthat’s “Interesting Times” podcast.

And at the “Executive Functions” Substack site, Isgur joined Jack Goldsmith for a discussion titled “The Last Branch Standing: Sarah Isgur on the Supreme Court and Executive Power.”

“Ninth Circuit Orders Rehearing of California Open-Carry Gun Case”: Maia Spoto of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“I Almost Never Predict Supreme Court Outcomes. Trump Will Lose This Case.” Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Delivers James A. Thomas Lecture”: Yale Law School has this report.

You can access video of the event via this link.

In news coverage, Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson slams Supreme Court’s emergency docket actions; Jackson faulted her fellow justices for often forcing the public and lower-court judges to rely on ‘scratch-paper musings.’”

And Jordan Fischer and Justin Wise of Bloomberg Law report that “Jackson Says Court’s Emergency Orders Risk ‘Zombie’ Proceedings.”

“Key Senator Says Any AG Pick Who Backed Jan. 6 ‘Dead on Arrival’”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“US judicial panel scraps key provision in amicus brief disclosure rule”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

And Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law reports that “Judicial Panel Trims Amicus Rule Change After Privacy Worries.”

“Former Trump lawyer John Eastman disbarred for trying to overturn 2020 election”: Andrew J. Campa of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Kyle Cheney of Politico reports that “John Eastman loses his law license in California over 2020 election scheme; Eastman helped architect Trump’s legal effort to block Joe Biden’s 2020 victory.”

The “At the Lectern” blog has a post titled “California Supreme Court disbars President Trump’s lawyer, John Eastman.”

And in commentary, online at Fox News, Mike Davis has an essay titled “California’s highest court disgraces itself by upholding disbarment of John Eastman; Constitutional scholar Eastman committed no crime and Jeff Clark faces a similar fight in DC.”

“Conservative Judges’ Early Hiring Fuels Two-Track Clerkship System at Harvard Law”: Sierra R. Pape and Uy B. Pham of The Harvard Crimson have this report.