“Biden finishes 2021 with most confirmed judicial picks since Reagan”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Interview: Lee Epstein.” Earlier this month, Hannah Saraf had this post at the “High School SCOTUS” blog.

“Justice appoints first members of new Intermediate Court”: Jeff Jenkins of West Virginia’s MetroNews has this report.

“Conflicts of Supreme Judicial Interest: Montana judges quashed subpoenas to probe their political lobbying.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“In stunning move, court overturns Michelle Lodzinski’s murder conviction, setting stage for her release”: Ted Sherman of The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger has this report.

And Wayne Parry of The Associated Press reports that “Woman’s conviction in ’91 killing of 5-year-old son tossed.”

You can access today’s 4-to-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of New Jersey at this link.

“Why Is John Roberts So Popular Among Democrats?” Eric Levitz has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has an article headlined “Why do Americans approve of Roberts but not his court? The country’s approval of the Supreme Court is declining but they still have faith in the chief.”

“State legislatures in US poised to act on abortion rights”: Wilson Ring of The Associated Press has this report.

“Get Ready for the Most Pivotal Year in the History of the Supreme Court — Again; The country we’ll reside in at the start of 2022 will look very different in 365 days’ time”: Matt Ford has this post online at The New Republic.

“Supreme Court term limits are popular — and appear to be going nowhere”: Seung Min Kim and Robert Barnes of The Washington Post have this report.

“The year Supreme Court conservatives made their mark”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“The Return, Abortion, Guns, and Breyer: Supreme Court in 2021”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson and Jordan S. Rubin of Bloomberg Law have this report.