“Sidney Powell and the limits on a litigator’s ‘license to lie'”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“This Attorney Took On Chevron. Then Chevron-Linked Judges and Private Prosecutors Had Him Locked Up.” Sofia Andrade has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Kavanaugh in the Suburbs: The Smash-Up shows us how a suburban family experiences America’s culture wars.” At the “Law & Liberty” blog, Mark Judge has this post reviewing Ali Benjamin’s novel, “The Smash-Up.”

“Don’t Be Fooled by Amy Coney Barrett’s Performance of Moderation; Two new COVID-related cases show the court lurching ever rightward”: Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Email-fail, counselor? Appeals courts are in no mood for excuses.” Jenna Greene of Reuters has this report.

“Catching Up With One of the First Covid Patients to Be Put on a Ventilator; When he was admitted to the hospital, David Lat was one of a dozen New Yorkers there with Covid; When he finally left, the city was on lockdown; He’s made some changes since then”: Alix Strauss will have this article in the local edition of this Sunday’s New York Times.

“Eviction Moratorium Left in Place by Judge Despite Legal Doubts; Federal judge says any stop to Biden’s moratorium must come from higher court”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report on a ruling that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued today.

And Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “The Supreme Court’s Eviction Docket; The Justices block a New York ban, as the CDC gets a reprieve.”

“Paul, Weiss Touts Anti-Death Penalty Reputation… So Why Is The Firm Helping Oklahoma Kill A Man? And the sovereignty questions involved aren’t much better.” Joe Patrice has this post at “Above the Law.”

My earlier coverage of this cert. petition can be accessed here, here, here, here, and here.

“Solicitor General’s Office Adjusts as Prelogar Steps Back”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.