“Biden’s Slog To Counter Trump’s Imprint On The Judiciary Is Just Beginning”: Tierney Sneed of TPM has this report.

“Panel Approves First Biden Judicial Picks Over G.O.P. Opposition; Two appeals courts nominees drew scant Republican support; Their approval was part of a post-Trump push by Democrats to rebalance the courts”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this report.

Harper Neidig of The Hill reports that “Senate panel advances Biden’s first group of judicial nominees.”

And Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law reports that “Senate Panel Advances Jackson’s Nomination to D.C. Circuit.”

“Stephen Breyer and the danger of the deluded institutionalist”: Columnist Paul Waldman has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Supreme Court Notebook: Justice Thomas remembers ‘rapid’ RBG.” Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has this report.

“What Supreme Court’s jettisoning of precedent may mean for future”: Henry Gass of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

“Why progressives in Congress should ignore Biden’s Supreme Court commission; Rarely has a bipartisan commission been so fundamentally pointless”: Law professor Ryan Doerfler has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Clarence Thomas awaits his chance to drive the conservative majority on abortion and guns”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“Judge Breyer Mum on Brother’s Retirement: ‘He Loves His Job.'” Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has a report that begins, “U.S. Judge Charles Breyer won’t say whether his older brother Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire.”

As the article notes, Judge Breyer took senior status in 2011.

“Copyright Battle Over TV’s ‘Billions’ Looks to Freud, or Maybe His Mother; Forecasting defeat for a Wall Street whisperer’s copyright suit, a Second Circuit judge asked so what if she sees herself in the character who coaches stock traders on the sleek Showtime series”: Josh Russell of Courthouse News Service has this report on an oral argument (download the mp3 audio via this link) that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard today.

“En Banc Seventh Circuit Hears Challenge to Indiana Sex Offender Registry Law; A three-judge panel previously struck down the law, finding registry requirements for sex offenders moving to Indiana are unconstitutional”: David Wells of Courthouse News Service has this report on an oral argument (access the audio via this link) that the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit heard today.

“Nebraska Inmates Fight at Eighth Circuit for Prison ‘E-Wedding””: Back in November 2020, Ted Wheeler of Courthouse News Service had a report that begins, “The quest of two Nebraska inmates to get married virtually while incarcerated in separate facilities landed before an Eighth Circuit panel Wednesday, which wondered why the issue was being litigated at all.”

Sadly, that question became even more pertinent in February 2021, when Jessica Wade of The Omaha World-Herald had an article headlined “Woman convicted in 1998 Bellevue slaying dies in prison at 40.”

Yesterday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued this three-page decision concluding that because one of the two co-plaintiffs has died, “they can no longer marry, [and] the appeal of the merits judgment is moot.”

“Even split among appeals judges means Loughry won’t get another hearing over juror’s social media”: Brad McElhinny of West Virginia’s MetroNews has this report on an order that an evenly divided en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“Analyzing the Alston Oral Arguments through a Citations-Focused Perspective (Part 2)”: Sam Ehrlich has this post at The Juris Lab.

“Texas Has Found a Creative New Way to Punish Abortion Patients”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “Texas’s Fetal Heartbeat Bill Has Many Private Attorneys General, But Lacks a Public Attorney General; The federal courts will lack jurisdiction over pre-enforcement suits against state officials.”

“Treaty Signed by Michigan Tribes Did Not Create Reservation, Appeals Court Says; The Sixth Circuit found that a deal between the federal government and several bands of the Odawa Indians in the 19th century did not establish a reservation in Michigan, but rather gave tribe members individual allotments of land”: 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.

“3rd Circ. Won’t Let NJ Prof. Pursue Anonymous Bias Suit”: Law360 has this report (subscription required for access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued Tuesday.

“Gun Crime Conviction Teeters on Review of Drug Buyer’s Conduct”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.

Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas‘s opinion for the three-judge panel begins, “Successive habeas petitions rarely succeed, but they can. Jeffrey Holland is living proof.”

“Violent Double Amputee Gets Compassionate Release Hearing”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued Tuesday.

“Supreme Court Case Throws Abortion Into 2022 Election Picture; Supporters and opponents of abortion rights say a major ruling just before the midterm elections could upend political calculations for the two parties”: Carl Hulse and Lisa Lerer of The New York Times have this report.

“The Free Ride May Soon Be Over for Anti-Abortion Politicians”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.