“The abortion rights protest at Justice Kavanaugh’s home crossed the line”: The Washington Post has published this editorial.

“The Broader Problem With Amy Coney Barrett Promising the Court Isn’t Partisan: It was transparently absurd to do this at a celebration of Mitch McConnell; But the real issue goes deeper than that.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Lower the Bar for Legal Eagles Who Don’t Go to Law School; You shouldn’t need three years of ABA-accredited education to provide basic advice on a contract”: Clifford Winston will have this op-ed in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Can Even God Save the Supreme Court? Justices Stephen Breyer and Amy Coney Barrett share at least one opinion: The Supreme Court is in trouble.” Columnist Daniel Henninger will have this op-ed in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Supreme Court job approval sinks to all-time low, poll shows”: John Kruzel of The Hill has this report.

You can access the results of the latest Quinnipiac University Poll via this link.

“The Supreme Court doesn’t just suffer from political hackery. It’s more insidious than that.” Columnist Ruth Marcus has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Demand Justice has launched the website “Balls and Strikes: The purest applesauce imaginable.” Editor-in-Chief Jay Willis has posts titled “Welcome to Balls & Strikes: Who we are, what we’re doing, and how you can be a part of it” and “Legal Journalism Is Broken; The conservative takeover of the Court is putting traditional legal media to the test; The results are not encouraging.”

Elie Mystal has a post titled “The Brutal Efficiency of the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket; The Court’s ’emergency’ docket is now where this conservative supermajority does its most dangerous work.”

And U.S. Representative Mondaire Jones (D-NY) has a post titled “The Roberts Court Has Normalized Racism in America; ‘As an openly gay, Black American, I don’t have the luxury of standing by idly as this Court takes a hatchet to my civil rights.’“

“On Power & the Law: McGirt v. Oklahoma.” Law professor Maggie Blackhawk has posted this essay at SSRN.

“In asking for emergency halt on Texas ban, Justice Dept. describes women, girls desperately seeking abortions out of state”: Ann E. Marimow and Caroline Kitchener of The Washington Post have this report.

Katie Benner of The New York Times reports that “Justice Dept. Asks Judge to Block Texas’ Restrictive Abortion Law; The department sued Texas last week over its recently enacted law, which prohibits nearly all abortions in the state.”

Kevin Johnson of USA Today reports that “Justice Department seeks emergency order to block Texas abortion ban enforcement.”

Emily Zantow of The Washington Times reports that “DOJ seeks emergency block of Texas abortion law.”

You can access the federal government’s emergency motion for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction at this link.

“Labels Matter: How Professor Jack Balkin Snookered Justice Kagan and Others to Fuel Faux Originalism.” Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

“When Will I Stop Juggling Your Heirloom China?” Sarah Lazarus in the voice of Justice Stephen Breyer has this essay online at Crooked Media.

“Actual Innocence Defense Helps Defendant Avoid Gun Conviction”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Pa. cop who coerced women into performing sex acts can’t be forced to register as a sex offender, U.S. court says”: Matt Miller of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has a report that begins, “A former Pennsylvania police officer who is serving a 15-year federal prison term for using his badge to force two women to perform sex acts cannot be required to register as a sex offender, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

“Appeals court considers blood-alcohol test in fatal Acadia crash; A blood sample indicated the driver was intoxicated, but a judge said it could not be used as evidence because there was no warrant”: Megan Gray of The Portland Press Herald had this report back in April 2021.

Earlier, in related coverage, Bill Trotter of The Bangor Daily News had an article in August 2020 headlined “Nearly a year ago, a long-awaited trip to Acadia became park’s deadliest crash ever.”

Yesterday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, with one judge concurring dubitante, issued this decision reversing the suppression of the blood-alcohol test results.

“Vortic watches with antique Hamilton parts don’t infringe trademarks”: Blake Brittain of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued yesterday.

“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” has posted three videos on YouTube of Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s appearance on last night’s show: The video clips are titled “Justice Breyer Reveals Why He Didn’t ‘Respectfully’ Dissent The SCOTUS Ruling On Texas,” “‘It’s Up To The High School Students’ — Justice Breyer On The Future Of America’s Institutions,” and “Justice Stephen Breyer Addresses Speculation About His Retirement Plans.”