“‘The Enigma of Clarence Thomas’ Makes a Strong Case for Its Provocative Thesis”: Online at The New York Times, Jennifer Szalai has this review of Corey Robin’s new book, “The Enigma of Clarence Thomas.”

“Big Spider Love: The Brooch That Ate Brexit; A British judge wore a large arachnid pin to rule against Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament; Social media went crazy.” Lou Stoppard of The New York Times has this report.

“The Controversial Use of Rap Lyrics as Evidence”: Briana Younger has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Boris Johnson’s Suspension of Parliament Was Unlawful, U.K. Supreme Court Rules”: Mark Landler of The New York Times has this report.

Jason Douglas and Stephen Fidler of The Wall Street Journal report that “Boris Johnson Acted Illegally in Suspending Parliament, U.K.’s Highest Court Rules; Justices’ decision puts further pressure on prime minister’s minority government.”

And online at The New Yorker, Sam Knight has a post titled “Boris Johnson’s Supreme Court Calamity.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom at this link. The court also issued this summary of its ruling.

“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says politicization of court is a trend that should stop”: Will Doran of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report.

And Gaye Hill of Meredith College reports that “Meredith College Welcomes Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Raleigh.”

Meredith College has posted on YouTube a video titled “Lillian Parker Wallace Lecture | A Conversation with Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”

“Celebrating 230 Years of the U.S. Courts”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today.

“Are a Disproportionate Number of Federal Judges Former Government Advocates? It has been said that the surest way to become a federal judge is to first be a prosecutor; Cato’s Project on Criminal Justice devised a methodology to test that perception.” Clark Neily has this study online at the Cato Institute.

“Supreme Court Justice Kagan shares words of wisdom with Berkeley law students”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Berkeley Law has posted on YouTube a video titled “A Conversation with Associate Justice Elena Kagan of the Supreme Court of the United States.”

“Can Someone Be Fired for Being Gay? The Supreme Court Will Decide.” Adam Liptak has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Dan Markel murder: Trial of Sigfredo Garcia, Katherine Magbanua could last four weeks.” Karl Etters has this front page article in today’s edition of The Tallahassee Democrat.

Earlier, Etters previewed the trial in an article headlined “Dan Markel murder: Trial begins Monday, 5 years after slaying of distinguished FSU law professor.”

Steve Miller of Miami New Times has an article headlined “Here’s What to Expect From the Dan Markel Murder Trial.”

And at “Above the Law,” David Lat has a post titled “The Dan Markel Case: Answers To Your FAQs; Plus some predictions — but this case is anything but predictable . . . .“