“Supreme Court pick holds import for Black women in the law”: Jamie Stengle and Jonathan Drew of The Associated Press have this report.

“In North Carolina, a Pitched Battle Over Gerrymanders and Justices; A fight over who is fit to hear a redistricting case highlights what experts say is the growing influence of ideology and money over state supreme courts nationwide”: Michael Wines will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Black Women in Law Feel Pride and Frustration Ahead of Court Nominee; As Biden prepares to nominate the first Black woman to the nation’s highest court, members of this small, elite group are watching with complicated emotions”: Tariro Mzezewa and Audra D.S. Burch will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Inside the campaign to pressure Justice Stephen Breyer to retire; The Supreme Court justice’s decision to step down followed an extraordinary campaign designed to pressure him to retire and make way for a new nominee to be named by a Democratic president”: Matt Viser, Tyler Pager, Seung Min Kim, and Robert Barnes of The Washington Post have this report.

“The 3 Supreme Court justices to watch after Breyer retires”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

“Justice Stephen Breyer leaves behind a court antithetical to his beliefs; As the idealist justice makes his exit, the court remaining looks little like his rosy sentiments”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Beyond a First, Black Woman Justice May Shake Up High Court”: Jennifer Hijazi of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Limiting Yourself to 7% of the Potential Candidates . . . is usually unlikely to yield the best candidate”: Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“The Supreme Court’s new death penalty order should make your skin crawl; The Court’s new death penalty order is almost too cruel to be believed”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“California’s Leondra Kruger emerges as contender for U.S. Supreme Court”: Hannah Wiley has this article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

“Republican-led states rush to pass antiabortion bills before Supreme Court rules on Roe; Lawmakers in at least 29 states, anticipating a new legal landscape, have filed measures to restrict abortion”: Caroline Kitchener of The Washington Post has this report.

“S.F. federal judge: Justice Breyer’s reputation as a pragmatist doesn’t tell the whole story.” Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle recently had this report.

“I Clerked for Justice Breyer. There’s One Thing I Hope Remains on the Court Long After He’s Gone.” Law professor Risa L. Goluboff has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Georgetown University Law School’s Black Students Association demands incoming professor’s job offer be rescinded after he tweeted that Biden’s promise to pick a black female to replace Justice Breyer is racist”: James Gordon of The Daily Mail (UK) has this report.

And National Review has published an editorial titled “Don’t Fire Ilya Shapiro.”

“Cloud of Supreme Court Confirmation Bitterness Hangs Over Coming Fight; The battles of the recent past will no doubt extend into the coming fight over President Biden’s choice to replace Justice Stephen G. Breyer”: Carl Hulse has this new installment of his “On Washington” column online at The New York Times.