“Michael Avenatti Will Represent Himself During Remainder of His Trial; Mr. Avenatti is accused of impersonating and defrauding Stormy Daniels when he served as her lawyer; The decision means he is likely to cross-examine her during his trial”: Colin Moynihan of The New York Times has this report.

“Faith Can’t Abrogate a Contract; A California state court goes too far in a ruling against Scientology’s arbitration agreement”: Law professor Michael J. Broyde will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh has a post titled “Scientology Arbitration and the First Amendment: Some Questions About Bixler v. Superior Court.”

You can access last Wednesday’s unpublished decision of the California Court of Appeal for the Second District, Division Five, at this link.

“A Chance to Remove Race From College Admissions; After equivocating for decades, will the Supreme Court finally declare that discrimination is illegal?” Columnist Jason L. Riley will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Two Supreme Court Cases to Watch: The Justices take up the excesses of the administrative state.” This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Putting the Tea in Totenberg”: Nina Totenberg was the guest on yesterday’s episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast, hosted by law professors Kate Shaw, Leah Litman, and Melissa Murray.

“Supreme Court Should Just End College Affirmative Action; The justices have been splitting hairs for decades to dodge a 1964 civil rights law that plainly bans discrimination on the basis of race; They can correct that mistake now”: Ramesh Ponnuru has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“The Lie Lawyers Can’t Stop Telling Themselves: Judges love to talk about ‘law’ as distinct from ‘policy’; It’s not.” G.S. Hans has this post at Balls and Strikes.

Divided Eighth Circuit panel upholds limited injunction barring enforcement in certain instances of Iowa law prohibiting mask requirements in schools: You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.

“In this case, we are required to determine whether applying Pennsylvania usury laws to an out-of-state lender violates the dormant Commerce Clause. We conclude that it does not.” So begins an opinion that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.

“Conviction of Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ upheld by U.S. appeals court”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“Hayley Paige, JLM Argue Over Instagram Account at 2nd Cir.” Kyle Jahner of Bloomberg Law had this report (subscription required for full access) back in October 2021.

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued this decision on the matter, accompanied by two concurring and dissenting opinions.

“Judge from Deschutes County named to Oregon Supreme Court; Roger DeHoog will vacate seat on state Court of Appeals”: Garrett Andrews of The Bulletin of Bend, Oregon recently had this report.

“Few Employers Plan to Drop Vaccine Mandate After Supreme Court Ruling”: Matthew Boyle of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Affirmative Action Proponents Concerned About the Cert Grants in the Harvard & UNC Cases Should Not be Reassured by California’s Experience”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“Record spending floods state Supreme Court races”: Reid Wilson of The Hill has this article about a new report from the Brennan Center for Justice.

“Future of the Supreme Court with Thomas Griffith & Cristina Rodriguez”: The Washington Post has posted online the video and transcript of this program recorded last Friday, which the newspaper’s U.S. Supreme Court correspondent, Robert Barnes, moderated.

“‘Aggressively conservative’ Supreme Court plunges into U.S. culture wars”: Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung of Reuters have this news analysis.

“Supreme Court agrees to hear Harvard affirmative action case, could cause ‘huge ripple effect’ in college admissions”: Laura Krantz and Deirdre Fernandes have this front page article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

“Justice Sotomayor on new book, Supreme Court’s credibility, loss of her mother”: The Today show from NBC News has posted this video clip online.

Today is the official publication date for Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s newest children’s picture book, “Just Help! How to Build a Better World.”

“Abortion opponents eye priorities as high court ruling looms”: Thomas Beaumont of The Associated Press has this report.