“Alabama to allow spiritual advisor at inmate’s execution”: Kim Chandler of The Associated Press has this report.

“Manhattan D.A. Now Has Trump’s Tax Returns; After an 18-month court battle, prosecutors in Manhattan investigating possible bank and tax fraud have seized former President Donald J. Trump’s tax records”: Jonah E. Bromwich of The New York Times has this report.

“The Republicans Finally Face Merrick Garland — and Act as if They Were the Ones Unfairly Treated”: Amy Davidson Sorkin has this post online at The New Yorker.

“The Most Powerful Legal Organization in the Countr‪y‬”: You can access via this link this week’s installment of the “Deep Background with Noah Feldman” podcast with guest Eugene B. Meyer, president of the Federalist Society.

“The ‘bizarre’ twist in Clearview AI’s promised SCOTUS petition in biometric privacy case”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“Yale sued by group claiming bias against Asian-American applicants”: Ed Stannard of The New Haven Register has an article that begins, “The group that lost a lawsuit against Harvard University, alleging discrimination against Asian-American applicants, on Thursday filed a similar federal lawsuit against Yale University.”

“Group that sued Harvard asks Supreme Court to end use of race in college admissions”: Nick Anderson and Robert Barnes of The Washington Post have this report.

Deirdre Fernandes of The Boston Globe reports that “Students for Fair Admissions asks Supreme Court to review Harvard case.”

Vivi E. Lu of The Harvard Crimson reports that “Students for Fair Admissions Petitions SCOTUS to Take Up Suit Against Harvard’s Race-Conscious Admissions.”

Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Affirmative action opponents ask U.S. Supreme Court to take up Harvard case.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Group asks justices to ban use of race in college admissions.”

Greg Stohr and Patricia Hurtado of Bloomberg News report that “Harvard Critics Ask Supreme Court to Ban Race in Admissions.”

Joan Biskupic of CNN reports that “Affirmative action opponents ask Supreme Court to hear case over Harvard’s policy.”

John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court asked to hear challenge to Harvard’s race-based admissions policy.”

And the organization Students for Fair Admissions today issued a news release titled “Students for Fair Admissions Files Petition for Certiorari to U.S. Supreme Court to End Race-Based Admissions at Harvard and All Colleges and Universities.”

You can access the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“A single Trump judge is already sabotaging Biden’s efforts to slow deportations; Biden is likely to spend his presidency fighting Republican judges who block his policies for legally dubious reasons”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“What should we expect from Biden’s commission on Supreme Court reform?” Russell Wheeler has this post at the “FixGov” blog of the Brookings Institution.

“They’re Not Going to Get Scurvy (with Elie Mystal)”: You can access via this link today’s new installment of the “In Loco Parent(i)s” podcast featuring Karen and Steve Vladeck.

“Expelled for a Night of Drunken Sex, $283,000 in Debt; A Michigan State University medical student was expelled shortly before graduation — three years after the incident”: Robby Soave had this post online at Reason in March 2020.

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued this decision affirming the dismissal of the medical student’s suit alleging that Michigan State University’s proceedings resulting in his expulsion violated the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and Title IX.

Sixth Circuit reinstates Ohio State University’s Lanham Act and state law right-of-publicity claims against Redbubble: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

In earlier coverage of the district court ruling that the Sixth Circuit reversed today, Eric Goldman had a post at his ” Technology & Marketing Law Blog” titled “Online Marketplace Defeats Trademark Suit Because It’s Not the ‘Seller’ — OSU v. Redbubble.”

At “Above the Law,” Scott Alan Burroughs had a blog post titled “Redbubble Blow-Up: IP Scofflaw Given Free Pass; Redbubble, like its online market cohorts, claims to have no responsibility for the goods it sells, and thus no liability for IP infringement — and a court actually agreed.”

And the district court decision was extensively discussed in an article online at Wired headlined “The Freewheeling, Copyright-Infringing World of Custom-Printed Tees; Print-on-demand companies allow anyone to upload designs for T-shirts, mugs, and other items; But many images violate intellectual property rights,” written by Roger Sollenberger.

“Teneral Cellars Releases Limited Edition Wine Collection Inspired by Legendary Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; To honor RBG’s notorious legacy, Teneral Cellars will donate $10 from every 3-pack sold to the National Women’s Law Center”: Teneral Cellars has issued this news release.

You can access more information in this post at the winemaker’s blog.

“We Still Have to Worry About the Supreme Court and Elections; The justices are about to consider whether the Voting Rights Act applies to policies that restrict the vote”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Cable Companies Don’t Have to ‘Unbundle’ Individual Programs; The First Circuit nixed a novel Maine law that would have allowed consumers to buy channels and programs on an à la carte basis rather than as part of a package”: Thomas F. Harrison of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that a unanimous two-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued yesterday.

Update: In other coverage, at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “Cable Operators Win Appeal Over Maine’s ‘A La Carte’ Law; The 1st Circuit won’t lift an injunction on a requirement that cable companies sell unbundled channels and programming.”

Access today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in an argued case: Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Brownback v. King, No. 19-546. And Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a concurring opinion.