“Trump judges are tag-teaming the Voting Rights Act”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Palin lost her libel case. The news media still should worry about what’s next.” Law professor Sonja West has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The never-before-told backstory of Pence’s Jan. 6 argument; Former judge J. Michael Luttig shares the story of the run-up to the insurrection, and why he thinks it’s time to reform the Electoral Count Act”: Ryan Lizza of Politico has this interview of former Fourth Circuit Judge J. Michael Luttig.

“State Abortion Restrictions Are Ramping Up Like Never Before As The Supreme Court Prepares To Make A Crucial Decision; 507 anti-abortion restrictions have been introduced in 39 states as of Wednesday, according to the Guttmacher Institute”: Nicole Fallert of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“The latest conservative to join the resistance? Ted Cruz’s mentor.” In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, columnist Jackie Calmes has an op-ed that begins, “It’s been a measure of former federal Judge J. Michael Luttig’s stature in the conservative legal movement that Supreme Court justices hired so many of his law clerks — 40 over 15 years.”

“Former Supreme Court Justice Evan Jenkins is Walking an Ethical Tightrope”: Columnist Hoppy Kercheval has this essay online at West Virginia’s MetroNews.

“Is It Unconstitutional Discrimination to Scrutinize Idiosyncratic Religious Claims More Closely Than Conventional Ones?” Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“Senate Passes Bill Requiring Judges to Promptly Post Stock Trades; Measure would detect financial conflicts exposed by Wall Street Journal investigation that found more than 130 judges broke the law”: James V. Grimaldi of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“The consequences of Texas’ restrictive abortion law”: Wade Goodwyn had this audio segment on yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“White House counsel stays behind the scenes while guiding Supreme Court nomination”: Carrie Johnson had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“Experts weigh in on Supreme Court affirmative action case; Experts spoke to the News about how the Supreme Court’s decision in the Harvard and University of North Carolina affirmative action case may play out and what a post-affirmative action Yale could look like”: Jordan Fitzgerald and Philip Mousavizadeh of The Yale Daily News have this report.