“Why U.S. Senate should swiftly confirm Florida Supreme Court Justices Lagoa and Luck to federal appeals court”: Jesse Panuccio has this essay online at The South Florida Sun Sentinel.

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held its confirmation hearing for these two Eleventh Circuit nominees yesterday, and you can view the video via this link.

“The Supreme Court shrouds itself in secrecy. That needs to end.” Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

And online at USA Today, Gabe Roth has an essay titled “Who voted to hear a charged abortion case during 2020 campaign? End Supreme Court secrecy.”

“William Barr’s Wild Misreading of the First Amendment”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker.

“White House stonewalling? Democrats overreaching? Supreme Court justices may be asked to decide.” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“Did Kavanaugh’s Replacement, Neomi Rao, Show the Supreme Court a Path to Justify Trump’s Defiance of Congress? Rao, whom Trump appointed, sided with his dubious contention that the Constitution provides the president with ‘enhanced protections’ from impeachment.” David R. Lurie has this essay online at The Daily Beast.

“How the Supreme Court’s review of a Louisiana abortion case could revive an overturned Texas law; The court will consider the requirement that providers have admitting privileges at a hospital within a 30-mile radius, its first test of abortion laws since adding two conservative justices”: María Méndez of The Dallas Morning News has this report.

“Attorney for Cheshire home invasion killer Joshua Komisarjevsky argues for new trial before Connecticut Supreme Court”: Dave Altimari of The Hartford Courant has this report.

And Randall Beach of The New Haven Register reports that “CT Supreme Court hears Cheshire killer Komisarjevsky’s argument for new trial.”

Uplifting headline of the day? — “Blind Michigan Supreme Court judge to run Detroit marathon in constant pain.” JC Reindl of The Detroit Free Press has this report.

“Senate Advances Another Trump Court Pick Rated ‘Not Qualified’ To Serve; Justin Walker lacks the experience to be a lifetime federal judge, the American Bar Association says; But Republicans are ready to confirm him anyway”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

“Dan Markel murder: Sigfredo Garcia vows appeal in letter to Katherine Magbanua on eve of sentence.” Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“Ramos and the Fate of Fragmented Rulings”: Richard M. Re has this post at “PrawfsBlawg.”