“Supreme Court Justices Make Rare Public Appearances In Pandemic”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg admitted to hospital for non-surgical bile stent procedure; A Supreme Court spokesperson said Ginsburg, 87, ‘is resting comfortably’ after undergoing a minimally invasive procedure Wednesday in a New York hospital”: Pete Williams and Dartunorro Clark of NBC News have this report.

Dan Berman, Caroline Kelly, and Ariane de Vogue of CNN report that “Ruth Bader Ginsburg resting comfortably in New York City hospital after non-surgical procedure.”

The Public Information Office of the U.S. Supreme Court issued this news release this evening.

“Leaks from the Supreme Court, Part III: Justice Kavanaugh’s Weak and Ineffective Term; After two days of hero worship for Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Gorsuch, day three dumps on the Junior Justice.” Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“The Case for Replacing the Bar Exam With ‘Diploma Privilege’; The Covid pandemic strengthens the case for abolishing a requirement that should never have been imposed in the first place”: Ilya Somin has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer speaks at American Bar Association virtual conference”: The American Bar Association issued this news release today.

You can view the video of Justice Breyer’s appearance via this link. And a transcript of his remarks can be accessed here.

“Appeals court rules Ashley Judd can pursue sexual harassment claims against Harvey Weinstein”: Stacy Perman of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Andrew Dalton of The Associated Press reports that “Court says Judd can sue Weinstein for sexual harassment.”

Tom Hals of Reuters reports that “Court revives Ashley Judd’s sexual harassment case against Harvey Weinstein.”

Peter Blumberg of Bloomberg News reports that “Ashley Judd’s Sex Harassment Claim Against Harvey Weinstein Is Revived.”

Gene Maddaus of Variety reports that “Ashley Judd Wins Appeal in Harvey Weinstein Sexual Harassment Suit.”

And at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner had a post titled “Ashley Judd’s Sexual Harassment Claim Against Harvey Weinstein Revived by Appeals Court; Ninth Circuit rules that California’s sexual harassment law covers ‘casting couch’ situations where there’s an ‘inherent power imbalance.’”

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

“Native Americans won an unusual legal victory at the Supreme Court. Congress could undo it. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch regularly rules in favor of indigenous rights” Professors Rebecca A. Reid and Todd A. Curry have this essay online at The Washington Post.

“I told fellow believers our liberties would be protected in the pandemic. The court proved me wrong.” Attorney Matthew T. Martens has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Kia HR Manager’s Case Could Spark ‘Earthquake’ in U.S. Workforce”: In October 2019, Patrick Dorrian of Bloomberg Law had an article that begins, “The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit will hear argument Oct. 22 on what role, if any, a worker’s job duties play in determining whether she engaged in protected opposition to workplace discrimination.”

Today, the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued this 150-page opinion in the case, consisting of five separate opinions in addition to a majority opinion. The opinion’s description of which judges are participating, and why or why not, uses the rare quintuple asterisk (not to be confused with yesterday’s dumb cubed).

“Gorsuch and Kavanaugh Stake Out Their Independence from Trump”: Law professor Josh Blackman has this essay online at National Review.

“The Trump Administration Begins DACA Rescission 3.0, And Moots All Pending Challenge to the 2017 Dukes Memorandum and the 2018 Nielsen Memorandum”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“How Brett Kavanaugh tried to sidestep abortion and Trump financial docs cases”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this exclusive report.

Biskupic appeared on this morning’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day” to discuss the article, and CNN has posted the video of her appearance titled “An inside look at Brett Kavanaugh’s role on the Supreme Court.”