“The Supreme Court has abdicated its duty to the Bill of Rights”: Online at The Washington Post, columnist Radley Balko has an essay that begins, “The Supreme Court, having created the problem of qualified immunity to shield police from being held liable for their misconduct, keeps refusing to fix it.”

“The Supreme Court Wonders Where the Texas Abortion Law Might Lead; In order to trample on reproductive rights, S.B. 8 tramples on all rights”: Amy Davidson Sorkin has this post online at The New Yorker.

“No, Really, the Right to an Abortion Is Supported by the Text and History of the Constitution; If the Supreme Court overturns Roe, it will betray the Fourteenth Amendment’s promise of bodily autonomy”: David H. Gans has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Biden announces new round of judicial nominees; White House touts diversity”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

Blake Brittain of Reuters reports that “Biden chooses Delaware judge Stark as second Fed Circ. nominee.”

And Perry Cooper of Bloomberg Law reports that “Stark Brings Extensive Patent Experience to Federal Circuit.”

“Kamala Harris Breaks Senate Deadlock on Biden Judicial Pick”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has a report that begins, “Vice President Kamala Harris cast a tie-breaking vote to advance the nomination of Jennifer Sung to the largest federal appeals court, avoiding a setback for Democrats in their accelerated effort to confirm judicial picks.”

You can view the U.S. Senate‘s official roll call vote tally at this link.

“General Prelogar — There was some suspense at the Supreme Court when new Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar took to the lectern for her first appearance: Would she be called General Prelogar?” Tony Mauro has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.”

“Ohio GOP lawmakers introduce Texas-style abortion ban bill”: Jeremy Pelzer of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has an article that begins, “Ohio Republican lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday that would ban all abortions in Ohio — going further than the Texas anti-abortion law argued before the U.S. Supreme Court Monday.”

“Do Gun Rights Depend on Abortion Rights? That’s Now Up to the Supreme Court.” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “Guns, Terms, and Deals; Deciding NYS Rifle & Pistol and Dobbs in the same term.”