“Latham plays 3D chess in bid for SCOTUS to take up new discovery case”: Alison Frankel of Reuters has this news analysis.

“Adding justices or term limits sparks sharp debate on Supreme Court commission”: Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.

And John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Two conservatives resign from Biden’s Supreme Court commission.”

“Justice Dept. to Ask Supreme Court to Block Texas’ Near-Total Abortion Ban as Legal Fights Continues; The Texas law bans abortions when cardiac activity is detected, at around six weeks of pregnancy, and makes no exceptions for rape or incest”: Katie Benner of The New York Times has this report.

And Ann E. Marimow and Robert Barnes of The Washington Post report that “Justice Department will ask Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law while legal fights play out.”

“The Pro-Life Story of How Babies Are Made”: Law professor Sherry F. Colb has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.

“The Anti-Choice Movement Is Coming for Same-Sex Marriage Next; As the Supreme Court’s 6-3 conservative supermajority appears poised to overrule Roe v. Wade, right-wing activists are already preparing to fight the next culture war”: Lisa Needham has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Federal Judges or Their Brokers Traded Stocks of Litigants During Cases; Dozens of judges have reported share purchases and sales made while they presided in suits involving those companies, a WSJ investigation found”: Coulter Jones, Joe Palazzolo, and James V. Grimaldi of The Wall Street Journal have an article that begins, “Mary Geiger Lewis acquired Walmart Inc. stock. Charles Norgle Sr. reported nearly a dozen buys and sells of Pfizer Inc. shares. Charles Siragusa had two accounts that bought Medtronic PLC stock. None of that would be a problem, except for this: All are federal judges, and at the time of the trades, all were hearing cases involving those companies.”

“Biden Supreme Court Panel Draft Leaves Progressives Unimpressed”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“At Yale Law School, a party invitation ignites a firestorm”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post. Therein, Marcus writes, “Sorry, but if you’re triggered by the Federalist Society, you don’t belong on a law school campus.”

“Tsarnaev Supreme Court appeal: Do unbiased jurors exist in an age of social media?” Law professor Thaddeus Hoffmeister has this essay online at The Conversation.

“Biden Supreme Court commission debates court-packing amid liberal backlash to split approach to reform; Progressives said discussion materials don’t show ‘urgency’ on court-packing, but commission emphasized it hasn’t yet began drafting report”: Tyler Olson of Fox News has this report.

And Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Biden SCOTUS reform panel also mulls ‘dysfunctional’ confirmation process; Changing the court’s structure is doubtful, but the 36-member commission has also delved into the perceived failings of the Senate process for nominees.”

“This Justice Is Taking Over the Supreme Court, and He Won’t Be Alone”: Jill Abramson has this guest essay online at The New York Times.