“Manchin clarifies: He’d oppose second high court nominee right before presidential election.” Alexander Bolton of The Hill has this report.

“Activists who defended VP Harris now mobilizing for Supreme Court pick; Black activists and women’s groups banded together when Harris was targeted by racist or sexist attacks; Now they are organizing in anticipation of Biden picking a Black woman to sit on the high court”: Annie Linskey of The Washington Post has this report.

“SCOTUS Voting Rights Case Foreshadows ‘Evil Day'”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“Judge Plans to Dismiss Sarah Palin’s Lawsuit Against The Times; The jury will continue to deliberate; The judge indicated that he believed an appeal was likely, and his decision was intended to avoid any complications should that occur”: Jeremy W. Peters of The New York Times has this report.

“Abortion Opponents Hear a ‘Heartbeat.’ Most Experts Hear Something Else. Embedded in abortion laws in Texas are disputed assertions about embryonic development and the procedure’s risks. Chief among them: whether the early embryo has a heart.” Roni Caryn Rabin has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Amy Coney Barrett: Being in public eye as Supreme Court justice is ‘a lot to get used to.'” Carley Lanich of The South Bend Tribune has this report.

In recent posts of interest from the “High School SCOTUS” blog: Elise Spenner has posts titled “Interview: Sheldon Whitehouse” and “Time Capsule: Leondra Kruger.”

And Hannah Saraf has a post titled “Interview: Dahlia Lithwick.”

“Notre Dame Law Review 2022 Symposium Keynote Address: Justice Amy Coney Barrett.” Notre Dame Law School has posted this video on YouTube.

“Q&A with Chief Judge Timothy Tymkovich: 10th Circuit’s top judge discusses changes, confirmation process, pandemic.” Michael Karlik of Colorado Politics has this Q&A.

“The Conservative Case for Avoiding a Repeat of Jan. 6”: Former Fourth Circuit Judge J. Michael Luttig has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Judge in Sarah Palin’s defamation suit against New York Times says he will dismiss case”: Brian Stelter of CNN has this report.

Elahe Izadi and Sarah Ellison of The Washington Post have an article headlined “Sarah Palin v. New York Times: Judge to dismiss former governor’s libel claim in rare case; Palin’s suit was the first libel case against the Times to go to trial in nearly two decades.”

Deanna Paul of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Judge to Toss Sarah Palin’s Defamation Allegations Against New York Times; Former GOP vice-presidential nominee had sued over editorial on gun violence and political rhetoric.”

And Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Judge throws out Palin libel case against New York Times; The ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff came as a Manhattan jury was deliberating on Palin’s suit, which claimed the Times defamed her by unfairly linking her to a 2011 shooting spree in Arizona that killed six people and gravely wounded then-Rep. Gabby Giffords.”

“27 Years in Solitary Confinement, Then Another Plea for Help in Texas; Dennis Hope, who has been held in solitary confinement in a Texas prison for more than half his life, asked the Supreme Court to set limits on prolonged isolation”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Access online the contents of the Winter 2022 issue of the Journal of Appellate Practice and Process: Via this link. This new issue includes lots of interesting stuff.

“Texas patients are rushing to get abortions before the state’s six-week limit. Clinics are struggling to keep up. With Texas’s strict abortion ban still in effect, patients have been forced to wait weeks for an appointment — disqualifying many who otherwise would have been able to access abortion.” Caroline Kitchener of The Washington Post has this report.

“How the ‘Amicus Machine’ Is Pushing the Supreme Court Even Further to the Right: Well-funded interest group coalitions are providing the justices with more facts than ever — and some of those facts are more reliable than others.” Yvette Borja has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“What If the Supreme Court Doesn’t Overturn Roe v. Wade?” Ed Kilgore has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“Judiciary senators vow not to rehash Kavanaugh during SCOTUS confirmation; Democrats and Republicans alike insist they’ve forgiven the other side after the fight surrounding Justice Brett Kavanaugh; But they certainly haven’t forgotten”: Marianne LeVine of Politico has this report.

“Labor issues complicate Judge J. Michelle Childs’ Supreme Court candidacy; Liberal group warns it would ‘actively organize’ against Childs if she’s picked”: Devin Dwyer of ABC News has this report.

“Why Democrats can’t get a fair shake in the Supreme Court, in one chart: Republicans get their dream nominees, while Democrats struggle to confirm moderates.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Sarah Palin May Find That Libel Doesn’t Mean What It Used To; Our politically polarized climate will make it harder for the former Alaska governor to win her complaint against the New York Times”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Party Like It’s 1935”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast, in which law professors Kate Shaw, Melissa Murray, and Leah Litman are joined by their guests, law professors Julian Davis Mortenson and Nick Bagley, via this link.

“Texas takes its fight over Biden’s border policies to judges appointed by Trump”: Joel Rose had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”