“A Law Student Noticed the Dearth of Professional Clothing for Women. She Created Her Own Company To Fill It.” Emmy M. Cho of The Harvard Crimson has this report.

“Congress Finally Scrutinizes One of SCOTUS’s Most Disturbing Practices; There’s one court reform Democrats and Republicans might actually agree on”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Challenge to Florida mask mandate heads to state Supreme Court”: Jim Saunders of The News Service of Florida has a report that begins, “After months of legal wrangling across Florida about mask requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic, a challenge to a Palm Beach County mask mandate has gone to the state Supreme Court.”

“House Examines Supreme Court Shadow Docket; Attorneys and other experts Thursday detailed why the nation’s highest court was issuing rulings on emergency petitions more frequently, without disclosing why or how the court reached a decision”: Jack Rodgers of Courthouse News Service has this report.

Nicholas Rowan of the Washington Examiner reports that “House Democrats criticize Supreme Court’s religious freedom pandemic decisions.”

And at Law & Crime, Adam Klasfeld has a post titled “Supreme Court’s ‘Shadow Docket’ Shrouds Life-and-Death Cases in Secrecy, Scholars Warn House Judiciary Committee.”

You can access on YouTube via this link the archived video of today’s hearing.

“Colorado Chief Justice Brian Boatright admits ‘crisis of confidence’ in courts amid scandal; Allegations of judicial misconduct and a high-level cover-up have rocked the judicial branch”: Shelly Bradbury of The Denver Post has this report.

Jesse Paul of The Colorado Sun reports that “Colorado Judicial Branch faces major challenges in culture, diversity and trial backlogs, chief justice says; Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Brian D. Boatright delivered his State of the Judiciary speech to the legislature on Thursday, vowing to make change; He said the judicial branch faces a ‘crisis of confidence in its leadership.’”

And Allison Sherry of Colorado Public Radio has a report headlined “State Supreme Court Chief Justice: We Recognize The Branch Faces A Crisis Of Confidence.”

The Colorado Channel has posted on YouTube the video of today’s “Colorado House 20201 State of The Judiciary Address.”

“Inside Trump’s Philly impeachment team: Confusion, conflict, and threats to quit amid ‘out-and-out partisan war.'” Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“Calvary Chapel renews challenge of Mills’ religious gathering limits after Supreme Court ruling”: Judy Harrison of The Bangor Daily News has this report.

“The Supreme Court Could Demolish Another Pillar of the Voting Rights Act; The justices are hearing a new challenge involving the landmark 1965 law — and the Roberts Court is even more conservative than last time”: Matt Ford of The New Republic has this report.

“Former WWE wrestlers take brain damage case to Supreme Court”: Dave Collins of The Associated Press has this report.

“My Job”: Fourth District California Court of Appeal Justice William W. Bedsworth has this essay online at The Recorder.

Bedsworth kindly agreed to subject himself to my blog’s “20 Questions for the Appellate Judge” feature back in June 2004, and you can access my interview of him at this link.

“Florida to Supreme Court: Ga’s excessive water use killing bay’s oysters; Justices to hear 8-year-old water rights case on Feb. 22.” Tamar Hallerman of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket”: The House Judiciary Committee‘s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet is holding this hearing, scheduled to get underway at 2 p.m. eastern time. You can view the live video of the hearing on YouTube via this link.

“Groups ask Supreme Court to declare the all-male military draft unconstitutional”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

The origin of this dispute is fascinating — although today’s article fails to discuss this aspect of the case’s history. As today’s article explains, the ACLU now represents the challengers to the law, making it something of a liberal cause célèbre. But the suit did not start out that way.

On appeal to the Fifth Circuit, the law’s challengers were represented by Marc Angelucci, a devoted men’s rights activist who was shot dead answering the door to his home a mere four months after the oral argument.

That murder received renewed attention in late July 2020. Nicole Hong, William K. Rashbaum, Mihir Zaveri, and Katherine Rosman of The New York Times reported that “Suspect in Death of N.J. Judge’s Son Is Linked to California Killing; Roy Den Hollander, the ‘anti-feminist’ who is the prime suspect in the New Jersey shooting, may also have killed a rival men’s rights lawyer, officials say.”

Colin Atagi and Chris Woodyard of USA Today reported that “Killing of men’s rights lawyer in California probed for link to shooting at federal judge’s home.”

Joshua Bote of USA Today reported that “Shooting suspect Roy Den Hollander was a men’s rights activist. What does that mean?”

And Michael Balsamo and Stefanie Dazio of The Associated Press reported that “Feds probe men’s rights lawyer in 2nd killing.”

“How a Hardcore Liberal Lawyer Joined the Pro-Trump Mob: W. McCall Calhoun Jr., who ran for office in Georgia as a Democrat, is a walking embodiment of his state’s political contradictions.” Richard Fausset and Campbell Robertson of The New York Times have this report.

“In Win for Sex Shop, Sixth Circuit Strikes Down Kentucky Billboard Law; An adult bookstore in Kentucky can keep its roadside billboard after a Sixth Circuit panel found state regulations on such advertisements violate the store’s First Amendment rights”: Kevin Koeninger of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued Tuesday.

The U.S. District Judge who entered the injunction at issue now serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

“Ethics complaint filed over new SC federal Judge Joe Dawson’s County Council departure deal”: David Slade of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has this report.

And Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson and Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law report that “U.S. Judge Faces Ethics Complaint Over Payout by Former Employer.”

“Parched Oystermen, Farmers Face Off in Supreme Court Water War”: Jennifer Kay and Ellen M. Gilmer of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“A killer at 14, his case led to second chances for juvenile murderers. He may soon learn his fate.” Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has this report.

“Ex-SEC Chairman Clayton, Former Acting Solicitor General Wall Rejoin Sullivan & Cromwell”: Krishnan Nair of The American Lawyer has this report.

“Did You Bring Home Covid? Spouse Sues Company for Infection.” Joel Rosenblatt of Bloomberg News has this report.

“The Supreme Court is still sitting on Trump’s tax returns, and justices aren’t saying why”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“Civil Suit Against Trump Will Be a Rare Test of Free Speech; Prosecutors usually avoid testing the limits of the First Amendment, even in terrorism cases”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Senate Dems take a page from GOP in judicial nominee battles; The policy that Democrats are pursuing would make no change to the so-called ‘blue slip’ process that Republicans changed in 2017”: Marianne LeVine of Politico has a report that begins, “Senate Democrats are planning to continue the GOP’s approach to giving home-state senators veto power over lower court nominees — while granting freer rein to President Joe Biden’s circuit court nominees.”

And Madison Alder f Bloomberg Law reports that “Senators Can’t Veto Biden Circuit Picks, Maintaining GOP Policy.”

“Bostock was Bogus: Textualism, Pluralism, and Title VII.” Law professors Mitchell N. Berman and Guha Krishnamurthi have posted this essay at SSRN.

“Woman left with 22 stitches after NJ Transit bus attack can keep $1.8 million award, state Supreme Court rules”: Sophie Nieto-Munoz of NJ Advance Media has this report.

And David Porter of The Associated Press reports that “Court upholds woman’s $1.8M award in NJ Transit bus attack.”

You can access today’s 4-to-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of New Jersey at this link.

“Oral Argument Grant Rate in the Federal Court of Appeals (2019 Data)”: Bryan Gividen has this post at The Juris Lab.

“Pennsylvania’s Awful Plan to Gerrymander Judgeships: Electing judges is a terrible idea.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“The Upside-Down Treatment of Religious Exceptions Cases in the Supreme Court”: Law professor Michael C. Dorf has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.

“‘Watch it boys and girls’: Missouri cannabis lawyers face warning from state Supreme Court.” Jack Suntrup of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has this report.

“Rhode Island police search-and-seizure case makes it to Supreme Court”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“Colorado Supreme Court asks other branches of government to pick investigators; Investigators would explore alleged effort to keep misconduct quiet”: David Migoya has this front page article in today’s edition of The Denver Post.

“Nevada Supreme Court justices seek a $30K pay hike”: Online at The Las Vegas Review-Journal, columnist Victor Joecks has an essay that begins, “The justices of the Nevada Supreme Court want the Legislature to give judges a $30,000 raise. No thanks.”

“California’s Shifting Relationship With the Supreme Court: A conversation with the constitutional law expert Erwin Chemerinsky about what Californians can expect from a conservative court.” Jill Cowan has this discussion online at The New York Times.

“Right-wing justices think religion is under siege. Will the full Supreme Court follow?” Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“Biden wants to put a Black woman on the Supreme Court, putting spotlight on lack of diversity in lower courts”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report.