“The Supreme Court’s vaccine mandate ruling is the start of something far worse”: David Cole has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in four cases, which will result in three hours of oral argument.

“The handling of the Texas abortion case is an embarrassment for the federal judiciary”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Sarah Palin set to battle New York Times at defamation trial”: Jonathan Stempel and Helen Coster of Reuters have this report.

“Major questions from the Supreme Court could upend the administrative state; A carve-out of the court’s precedent on agency deference is now taking center stage as justices move to use it as a quasi-constitutional doctrine”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Judicial Notice (01.22.22): Much Ado About Masking; High drama at SCOTUS, higher salaries in Biglaw, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“The Supreme Court Covid mask controversy is missing the point: Why isn’t Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch making a small sacrifice for the health of his immunocompromised colleague?” Law professor Steven Lubet has this essay online at NBC News.

“Some personal testimony in the matter of NPR v. the Supreme Court”: Columnist David Von Drehle has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“A single word sparks a crossfire between the Supreme Court, NPR and its star reporter Nina Totenberg”: Paul Farhi of The Washington Post has this report.

“VanDyke Writes for Majority, Spoofs Opinion Arriving at Contrary Result; Ninth Circuit Panel Reverses Order Dismissing Action Over Ventura County Closing Gun and Ammunition Shops, Firing Ranges for 48 Hours”: Metropolitan News-Enterprise has this report.

“Civic Education and the Constitution with Jeffrey Rosen”: You can access the first installment of the “High School SCOTUS” blog’s podcast via this link.

“Texas Supreme Court agrees to take up question in case challenging new SB 8 abortion restrictions; Plaintiffs have said having the case go to the state Supreme Court will only delay the outcome and allow Senate Bill 8 to remain in effect as the challenge plays out”: BeLynn Hollers of The Dallas Morning News has this report.

“Roe v. Wade at 49 today”: Lyle Denniston has this blog post today.

“Roe v. Wade remains law, but the Supreme Court isn’t acting like it; The court is allowing Texas to delay challenges to its abortion law until the court erases abortion rights from the Constitution”: Law professor Jessica Levinson has this essay online at MSNBC.

“What the fallout from the Supreme Court’s Texas abortion ruling means for the future of Roe”: Tierney Sneed of CNN has this report.

“Sarah Palin v. NYT: Exploring the line between bad journalism and libelous journalism.” Media critic Erik Wemple has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Anti-Abortion Marchers Gather With an Eye on the Supreme Court; The annual March for Life rally is taking on a celebratory tone this year as participants expect the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade”: Kate Zernike and Madeleine Ngo have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

And Sean Salai of The Washington Times reports that “Thousands protest abortion as 49th annual March for Life returns in-person.”

“Defending Duren: Ruth Bader Ginsburg as Criminal Defense Attorney.” Michael R. Dreeben has this article in the Winter 2022 issue of the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice magazine.

“Supreme Court lets McGirt stand, will address related question”: Chris Casteel of The Oklahoman has this report.

And Curtis Killman of The Tulsa World reports that “Supreme Court lets McGirt ruling stand, will consider letting Oklahoma share jurisdiction.”

You can access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Magbanua’s defense team looking to call Adelson family as witnesses in Markel murder trial; ‘If the government is not going to bring everybody together … we’re going to,’ defense lawyer says”: Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s order against Donald Trump is even worse for him than it appears”: George T. Conway III has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“‘Record speed and focus’: Biden’s judicial picks diversify bench.” Henry Gass of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

“CNN Poll: As Supreme Court ruling on Roe looms, most Americans oppose overturning it.” Ariel Edwards-Levy of CNN has this report.

You can access the detailed poll results via this link.

“The Supreme Court’s secretive nature takes center stage”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

“6th Circuit Judge Merritt, Once Considered for SCOTUS Seat, Has Died at Age 86; Appeals Judge Gilbert Merritt Jr., who died on Jan. 17, is heralded as a ‘devoted champion of justice’ and ‘a great mentor, boss, friend, and jurist'”: Tony Mauro has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.”

“Supreme Court: Upstaged by an ‘inferior court’?” Lyle Denniston has this blog post.

“It Is Time to Bring Circuit Riding Back to the Supreme Court; Making the justices ride horses across the country: the most important Court reform proposal no one is talking about.” Nicholas Wallace has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“NPR ‘Founding Mother’ Unloads on Public Editor Over SCOTUS Story: ‘She’s Not Clarifying Anything!’; ‘She can say any goddamn thing she wants,’ Nina Totenberg said of NPR’s Public Editor before letting out a deep laugh”: Zachary Petrizzo and Blake Montgomery of The Daily Beast have this report.

“Is Ginni Thomas a Threat to the Supreme Court? Behind closed doors, Justice Clarence Thomas’s wife is working with many groups directly involved in controversial cases before the Court.” Jane Mayer will have this article in the January 31, 2022 issue of The New Yorker.

“NPR reporting on Supreme Court mask controversy merits clarification; An inaccurate verb choice made the reporting unclear”: NPR’s Public Editor Kelly McBride has this essay online at NPR.

“An After-Action Report on the Newsletter About Justice Gorsuch’s Mistake in the Vaccine/Testing Mandate Case: Yes, Justice Gorsuch made a mistake; And yes, it turned out to be tough to explain to the journalists.” Patterico has this post at his “The Constitutional Vanguard” Substack site.

Therein, he writes:

Bashman’s ‘How Appealing’ site is widely read in the federal court system, and I think it’s my best chance at getting Justice Gorsuch’s attention and (ideally) some sort of correction. I don’t know if he reads ‘How Appealing’ himself (maybe!) but a lot of law clerks do, including clerks at the Supreme Court. I have a feeling Bashman’s entry could find its way to Justice Gorsuch’s chambers.

In case you missed it, Patterico’s earlier post was titled “An Error in Justice Gorsuch’s Concurrence in the OSHA Vaccine Mandate Case; The Justice claimed OSHA took a past position that the agency did not actually take.”

“Sonia Sotomayor Knows Something About Roe We Don’t; The justice’s latest dissent reads like a eulogy”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“I Am Embarrassed for the Supreme Court; We are two weeks into this ridiculous scandal, but don’t let the absurdity distract from the deep awfulness of what has happened”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Gun store closures in early days of COVID-19 pandemic violated citizens’ rights, court rules”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Don Thompson of The Associated Press reports that “California’s COVID gun store shutdowns ruled illegal.”

And Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has an article headlined “‘You’re Welcome’: 9th Circuit Judge Writes Alternative Opinion for Ruling on COVID Gun Shop Closures; Judge Lawrence VanDyke predicted the case alleging Second Amendment violations will be heard by the full court and wrote an ‘alternative draft opinion.’”

My earlier coverage of today’s Ninth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“Working Through the End Days of Roe; The staff at the Jackson Women’s Health Organization is too busy to dread what’s very likely to come”: Bridget Read has this report online at The Cut, a publication of New York magazine.