“Why the Lawyers Cartel Is Pushing for Woke Law Schools: The ABA’s proposed accrediting standards would impose uniformity and call it ‘diversity.'” Law professor John O. McGinnis will have this op-ed in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Liberals Blast Breyer’s ‘Ego’ as He Balks at Retirement Pressure”: Jordan S. Rubin and Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Voting Rights Tension Spills Into Second Circuit Pick Hearing”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Harper Neidig of The Hill reports that “Senate Republicans attack circuit court pick over voting rights advocacy.”

Todd Ruger of Roll Call reports that “Appeals court nominee sparks debate over past voting rights advocacy; Senate Judiciary Republicans express doubts she could set aside past positions.”

Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has a report headlined “Tom Cotton Tried To Mock One Of Biden’s Judicial Nominees. It Backfired. It turns out Myrna Pérez, a voting rights attorney up for a U.S. appeals court seat, isn’t afraid to talk about why she doesn’t like to use the word ‘felon.’”

And Samantha Hawkins of Courthouse News Service reports that “Voting Rights Advocate Tapped for Appeals Court Faces Pushback From GOP Senators; Having spent 15 years as a voting rights advocate for the Brennan Center for Justice, Republican senators argue Myrna Pérez isn’t fit to be a U.S. circuit judge.”

You can view the video of yesterday’s confirmation hearing for judicial nominees of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee via this link.

“Another Attack on Mandatory Bar Membership & Dues Fails Before Appellate Panel”: Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

“Major Supreme Court reform is unlikely. But these changes would be a good start. New ethics rules might prevent conflicts of interest — and it’s time to televise arguments.” Law professor Daniel Epps has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Supreme Court justices shouldn’t get lifetime appointments. It’s time to impose term limits. Forty-nine states don’t allow tenured lifetime judgeships, including those in which we both served, and it’s time for the U.S. Supreme Court to follow suit.” Former Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson of the Supreme Court of Texas and former Chief Justice Ruth V. McGregor of the Supreme Court of Arizona have this essay online at NBC News.

“On Voting Rights, Justice Alito Is Stuck in the 1980s”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

“What Thurgood Marshall Taught Me: He became the first Black Supreme Court justice, and the stories he told his clerks — like me — revealed how he helped break down America’s color line.” Law professor Stephen L. Carter will have this article in this upcoming Sunday’s edition of The New York Times Magazine.

“Transgender Student’s Bathroom-Use Win Upheld in Revised Opinion”: Patrick Dorrian of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

And Mark Walsh of Education Week reports that “Appeals Court Again Backs Transgender Student, But on Narrower Grounds Amid Signs of Rift.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling on panel rehearing of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“So far as I can tell, the Moses H. Cone canon is just made up. We should rethink it.” So wrote Eleventh Circuit Judge Kevin C. Newsom in a concurring opinion issued yesterday.

“Atlanta court upholds CDC eviction moratorium”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

David Eldridge of The Washington Times reports that “Federal appeals court leaves evictions moratorium in place, a blow to landlords.”

John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Appeals court deals another blow to landlords on eviction freeze.”

And Kayla Goggin of Courthouse News Service reports that “Landlords Lose Challenge to Eviction Ban at 11th Circuit; A landlord’s inability to collect rent from an insolvent tenant during the pandemic does not constitute irreparable injury, an appellate panel found.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“Tree walk highlights how to identify trees, as well as the threats facing them”: Liz Sauchelli of The Valley News of West Lebanon, New Hampshire recently had this article in which Justice Stephen G. Breyer is mentioned and perhaps appears in an accompanying photograph.

“Exclusive: Stephen Breyer says he hasn’t decided his retirement plans and is happy as the Supreme Court’s top liberal.” Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.