“For a final collection, RBG picked her favorite arguments and opinions”: Online at The Washington Post, Jeffrey Rosen has this review of the book “Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life’s Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union,” by Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Amanda L. Tyler.

“Must the Justices Create a Trustworthy Press? Why not just hire smart people and ask them (or free them) to do honest reporting?” Columnist Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. will have this op-ed in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Clarence Thomas is right. Big Tech will have its day in court, eventually.” Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The right’s judicial movement perfected dark money. It takes chutzpah for them to decry it now.” Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Biden Commissions the Supreme Court; His panel on court-packing tilts sharply to the legal and political left”: This editorial will appear in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

And online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “Biden’s Supreme Court Reform Commission Shows He Doesn’t Really Want Court Reform; He’s not even asking for recommendations!“

“Confession Of Error: Justice Breyer Is Hired Up For October Term 2021; Justice Breyer hired a fourth clerk for the next Term within the past month, strongly suggesting that he’s not going anywhere.” David Lat has this new post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“The Tenth Rule of Court Packing Is Play Your Base By Appointing A Well-Balanced Commission With No Actual Mandate; Shortly after Justice Breyer signals he may stick around, and progressive groups demand a new Justice, President Biden appoints reasonable people to the Supreme Court Commission”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Michigan Supreme Court Justice Bernstein said he’s working ‘harder than ever’ after three months abroad”: Gus Burns of MLve has this report.

“The old guard of the judiciary moves on as Biden announces new picks for bench”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

Therein, Biskupic writes, “The judges of the Ronald Reagan era who pioneered the modern conservative revolution in American law are down to just a handful among the 870 total spots on the three-tier federal bench.”

“Biden Creating Commission to Study Expanding the Supreme Court; The commission will also examine other potential changes such as term limits for justices; Progressives are pushing President Biden to add seats to balance the court’s conservative majority”: Michael D. Shear and Carl Hulse of The New York Times have this report.

Tyler Pager of The Washington Post reports that “Biden unveils commission to study possible expansion of Supreme Court.”

Ken Thomas and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Biden Orders Creation of Commission to Study Supreme Court Changes; White House says new body will study reforms including the possibility of increasing the size of the court.”

John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Biden unveils commission to study changes at the Supreme Court after pressure from progressives.”

David Sherfinski of The Washington Times reports that “Biden sets up presidential commission on changes to the Supreme Court.”

Jonathan Lemire and Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press report that “Biden assigns study on delicate issue of Supreme Court.”

Andrew Chung and Steve Holland of Reuters report that “Biden creates commission to study potential Supreme Court expansion.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Biden Names Panel to Weigh Bigger Supreme Court, Fulfilling Vow.”

Joan Biskupic of CNN reports that “White House establishes commission to study the Supreme Court — but it won’t make final recommendations for reform.”

Lauren Egan of NBC News reports that “Biden to form commission to study Supreme Court changes; The bipartisan commission will examine the length of service and turnover of justices on the court as well as its membership and size, the White House said.”

Marisa Schultz of Fox News reports that “Biden orders study on ‘size’ of Supreme Court, other possible changes amid liberal court-packing push; Liberals want the court to expand beyond 9 justices.”

Kevin Breuninger of CNBC reports that “Biden to order bipartisan commission to study Supreme Court expansion.”

Nick Niedzwiadek of Politico reports that “Biden signs executive order on Supreme Court reform commission; The president held up the commission as a more conscientious approach to studying the issue of court-packing.”

Morgan Chalfant and John Kruzel of The Hill report that “Biden establishes commission to study expanding Supreme Court.”

Today, President Biden signed an “Executive Order on the Establishment of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States.”

“Houston Republican withdraws bill to redraw Texas appellate court districts”: Taylor Goldenstein of The Houston Chronicle has this report.

“Will Justice Breyer Retire? Reading The Clerk Hiring Tea Leaves; Law clerk hiring can offer hints into a justice’s retirement plans.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“2nd Circuit won’t revive Hamas victims’ lawsuits against two banks”: Jody Godoy of Reuters has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued Wednesday.

“House Democrats win suit over meeting remotely”: Kevin Landrigan of The Union Leader of Manchester, New Hampshire has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued yesterday.

“Activists to Breyer: Give us your seat.” That’s the title of today’s installment of Politico Playbook.

“Medical Ban for Trans Kids Is Morally Repugnant, Yet Likely Legal; State governments have a surprising amount of leeway in banning therapies they don’t like”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“The Libertarian Case Against Voting Restrictions: The best way to prevent election fraud is to make it easier to cast ballots — and take more care in how they’re counted.” Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Biden Is Already Facing Pushback From His Own Base On Judicial Nominees”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

And Evie Fordham of Fox News has a report headlined “Inside Biden White House’s ties to dark money group seeking to pack Supreme Court; Demand Justice is part of a giant left-wing dark money network, the Sixteen Thirty Fund.”