“McConnell to Manchin: We’d Love to Have You, Joe; Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, says Democratic outrage over Senator Joe Manchin’s opposition to sweeping policy bills shows he is not welcome in his party any longer.” Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this report.

And Haris Alic of The Washington Times reports that “Manchin’s future as Democrat uncertain after killing Biden’s economic agenda.”

“The most dangerous conservative judges aren’t on the Supreme Court”: Columnist Perry Bacon Jr. has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Originalism moves from theory to high court. What that means for US.” Henry Gass of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

“University of North Carolina and civil rights advocates ask Supreme Court to sidestep affirmative action challenge”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

You can view the University of North Carolina’s Brief in Opposition at this link.

“Democrats should apply Supreme Court’s abortion decision to firearms; A California initiative would allow any Californian to sue ‘anyone who manufactures, distributes, or sells an assault weapon or ghost gun kit or parts’ and recover unlimited damages”: Law professor Laurence H. Tribe, Jonathan M. Metzl, and David Hogg have this essay online at The Boston Globe.

“Supreme Court Justice Rejects Challenge to New Mexico’s Vaccine Mandate”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Court rules against victims’ rights measure voters supported”: Mark Scolforo of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued today. The ruling consists of a majority opinion and a dissenting opinion.

“Dobbs and Democratic Legitimacy: There is nothing the Court can do that will have democratic legitimacy; It ought therefore to be content with constitutional legitimacy.” Carson Holloway has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“One Year In, Joe Biden Has Confirmed More Lifetime Judges Than Decades Of Presidents; He’s also brought badly needed diversity to the nation’s courts; But he may have to play hardball with Republicans to keep this up”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

“Dallas lawyer Linda Coffee launched landmark Roe vs. Wade abortion rights case with a $15 filing fee; The attorney, now retired at 78 and living in Mineola, east of Dallas, also filed a case named Doe vs. Wade on the same day in 1970 and is watching the challenges that could overturn the milestone ruling”: BeLynn Hollers of The Dallas Morning News has this report.