“Elizabeth Prelogar confirmed as solicitor general ahead of Supreme Court battles over abortion, guns”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

“To Rein In Abuse by the Police, Lawmakers Must Do What the Supreme Court Will Not”: Law professors Barry Friedman and Maria Ponomarenko have this guest essay in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Tom Cotton to AG Garland: ‘Thank God you are not on the Supreme Court’; Arkansas senator called Garland ‘shameful’ for his directive related to violence, threats and intimidation of school board officials.” Ronn Blitzer of Fox News has this report.

“High court candidate alters ad after complaint from opponent”: Mark Scolforo of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Republican candidate for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has revised an ad attacking his opponent after the state bar association notified him it ran afoul of its judicial campaign advertising standards.”

“New York judge’s gun permit denials trigger big Supreme Court case”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

“Supreme Court is flooded with briefs as arguments on Texas abortion law approach”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN have this report.

“Farewell to the Justices’ Barber: ‘I was a regular customer of Diego’s for the past 15 years, and I always looked forward to seeing him,’ Justice Alito said of the death of Diego D’Ambrosio.” Tony Mauro has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.”

“State’s first two scheduled executions temporarily blocked by federal appeals court”: Barbara Hoberock of The Tulsa World has this report.

Nolan Clay of The Oklahoman has reports headlined “Death row inmates Julius Jones, John Grant get execution stays” and “Lethal injection drugs available for all scheduled executions, Oklahoma officials say.”

Kim Bellware of The Washington Post reports that “Oklahoma turns to Supreme Court after long-delayed executions are halted again.”

And Sean Murphy of The Associated Press reports that “Federal appeals court temporarily halts Oklahoma executions.”

“Briefs Draw Battle Lines as Texas Abortion Law Nears Supreme Court; The justices, who will hear arguments on Monday in two cases challenging the state’s near-total ban, required the parties to file their briefs with extraordinary speed”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Texas, Justice Dept. argue over role of federal courts as abortion law dispute heads to Supreme Court.”

And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “DOJ previews Supreme Court arguments against Texas abortion law.”

“A California Law School Reckons With the Shame of Native Massacres; The founder of the Hastings College of the Law masterminded the killings of hundreds of Native Americans; The school, tribal members and alumni disagree about what should be done now”: Thomas Fuller of The New York Times has this report.

“A Flood of Judicial Lobbying: Amicus Influence and Funding Transparency.” U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has this essay online at The Yale Law Journal Forum.

“The Supreme Court case that could gut America’s gun laws, explained; More than a century of gun laws are potentially on the chopping block”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“The Supreme Court is about to decide whether states can blatantly ignore the Constitution”: Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this essay online at The Sacramento Bee.

“Will the SB8 Case Allow SCOTUS to Appear Moderate? If So, What Follows?” Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

And at Justia’s Verdict, Dorf has a related essay titled “The Supreme Court’s Authority is at Stake in the Texas Abortion Case.”

“Gun Rights Group Backs Abortion Providers Over Texas Ban”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Kansas Supreme Court indicates it could punt on whether a key COVID-19 law is constitutional”: Andrew Bahl of The Topeka Capital-Journal has this report.

Katie Bernard of The Kansas City Star reports that “Kansas Supreme Court questions validity of Johnson County judge’s COVID ruling.”

And Roxie Hammill of the Shawnee Mission Post reports that “Shawnee Mission mask case at center of Kansas Supreme Court hearing over pandemic powers law.”

The Supreme Court of Kansas has posted the video of today’s oral argument in this case on YouTube at this link.

“Alaska Supreme Court will decide legality of new ranked-choice voting system ahead of 2022 election”: James Brooks of The Anchorage Daily News has this report.

“Michigan AG to argue before state Supreme Court that sexual orientation is protected”: Gus Burns of mLive has an article that begins, “Michigan’s primary civil rights law, the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, outlaws discrimination based on religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, familial status and marital status, but not sexual orientation.”

“Judge Pryor’s Friendly Fire: What role does natural law play in originalism?” Hadley Arkes has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“How the Right-Wing Court Can Save Biden’s Economic Plan: Conservative judicial activism to the rescue!” Jonathan Chait has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“The Supreme Court Fix We So Desperately Need: Maybe the answer to the counter-majoritarian difficulty was branding all along?” Chris Williams has this post at “Above the Law.”

“Senate Democrats blast Supreme Court on one-year anniversary of Barrett’s confirmation”: Harper Neidig of The Hill has this report.

“A wealth tax is a good idea — if we had a different Supreme Court; Democrats have a rare opportunity to reshape the tax code; They shouldn’t bet that the high court rules that a wealth tax is constitutional”: Law professor Daniel Hemel has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Conservative justices, ignore all the empty threats about court-packing”: Columnist Henry Olsen has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“A middle ground on abortion that originalists should embrace”: Law professor Aaron Tang has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Name the Supreme Court After Whichever Brand Cuts the Biggest Check; A reactionary Supreme Court with a shiny new plaque on the front door is still a reactionary Supreme Court”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Billionaire Tax Faces Likely Constitutional Challenge; Legal obstacles loom for Democrats’ proposal to tax unrealized capital gains”: Richard Rubin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Oklahoma Supreme Court temporarily blocks 3 anti-abortion laws”: Carmen Forman of The Oklahoman has this report.

And in today’s edition of The Tulsa World, Barbara Hoberock has a front page article headlined “Oklahoma Supreme Court puts three abortion laws on hold.”

“Powerful special interests are pouring millions into the 2021 Pa. Supreme Court race”: Angela Couloumbis and Danielle Ohl of Spotlight PA have this report.

“U.S. Senate confirms voting rights advocate Perez to 2nd Circuit”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

And Suzanne Gamboa of NBC News reports that “Senate confirms Latina voting expert Myrna Pérez as federal appeals judge; Pérez, who was confirmed after Republicans blocked a sweeping voting rights bill, will be the 2nd Circuit’s only Latino judge.”

Yesterday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Myrna Pérez to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by a vote of 48-to-43.

“9th Circuit Rejects DOJ’s Bid to Swiftly Dismiss Avenatti’s Appeal; Prosecutors can renew their dismissal request in their answer to Avenatti’s opening brief, but the Ninth Circuit on Monday dashed any hopes of expeditious dismissal without briefing on the merits”: Meghann M. Cuniff of The Recorder has this report.

“Supreme Court justices may have met a vaccine mandate some of them don’t like”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“The ugly origins of qualified immunity”: Columnist Radley Balko has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The Supreme Court Reform Commission Gave the Death Penalty a Pass; President Biden’s Supreme Court reform commission had the chance to call out the failure of the death penalty and the Court’s willingness to tolerate it; Instead, the commissioners let the justices off the hook”: Lisa Needham has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Why Abortion Soared to Top of Supreme Court Docket”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.