“Coming Soon: Political Theater of Supreme Court Nominations.” Madison Alder and Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“How GOP presidents have sought to make Supreme Court history”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

“The Supreme Court Shortlister Who Has Liberals Worried; Judge Michelle Childs’s unique background would lend a diversity of experience to the high court; It has also left her vulnerable to critics”: Matt Ford of The New Republic has this report.

And Alexander Sammon of The American Prospect has reports headlined “Michelle Childs’s Punitive Criminal Justice Rulings Were Repeatedly Overturned; The candidate for the Supreme Court vacancy has a history of tough-on-crime sentences and opinions that higher courts subsequently tossed out” and “Clyburn Pushes Management-Side Labor Attorney for Supreme Court; Michelle Childs, a potential choice to replace Stephen Breyer, worked for years defending employers accused in racial, gender, and other discrimination cases.”

“Amy Coney Barrett’s Long Game: The newest Supreme Court Justice isn’t just another conservative — she’s the product of a Christian legal movement that is intent on remaking America.” Margaret Talbot has this Annals of Law article in the February 14, 2022 issue of The New Yorker.

“South Carolina judge is at the center of a political whirlwind around Biden’s Supreme Court decision”: Jeff Zeleny, Kevin Liptak, and Phil Mattingly of CNN have this report.

“When California’s Supreme Court splits, potential Biden nominee Leondra Kruger often ends up in the middle”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

And Brian Melley of The Associated Press reports that “Kruger seeks to follow path to ‘impartial and fair justice.’“

“Judicial Notice (02.05.22): Lesser White Men; Some tragic and untimely passings, a possible landmark libel case, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Why Colleges Don’t Care About Free Speech: It’s incentives more than ideology, and there’s a simple fix.” In Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, law professor John Hasnas will have an op-ed that begins, “Georgetown University’s law school violated its own speech policy last week when it placed Ilya Shapiro, a newly hired administrator, on leave over a tweet that offended some students.”

“‘An amazing legacy’: Justice Breyer’s replacement could be a former clerk he considers family.” Jazmine Ulloa has this front page article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

And Jessica Gresko and Mark Sherman of The Associated Press report that “Jackson, in high court mix, traces law interest to preschool.”

“Judges Weigh More Biden Vaccine-Mandate Cases After Supreme Court Rulings; Several lower courts considering challenges to the administration’s other Covid-19 vaccine requirements”: Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“California’s Supreme Court Was Split. Leondra Kruger Found the Center. Known for her ‘elegant’ mind, the moderate judge, now on President Biden’s short list of potential high court nominees, could be a mediating force in Washington.” Shawn Hubler and Katie Benner of The New York Times have this report.

“Yale Kamisar, Known as the ‘Father’ of the Miranda Rule, Dies at 92; His legal scholarship, cited in more than 30 Supreme Court cases, shaped modern criminal procedure, including protections for the rights of the accused”: This obituary, written by Clay Risen, appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“The Rude Trump Judge Who’s Writing the Most Bonkers Opinions in America: Lawrence VanDyke, a controversial appeals court judge, has been trashing his colleagues and delivering nonsensical rants since being elevated to the federal bench two years ago.” Matt Ford of The New Republic has this report.

“Don’t Assume Ilya Shapiro’s ‘Lesser Black Woman’ Tweet Was Racist”: Columnist John McWhorter has this subscriber-only newsletter online at The New York Times.

The essay concludes, “Strong people, frankly, don’t give a damn what a law school lecturer says about them on Twitter.”

“Ginni Thomas’ political activism brings scrutiny to Justice Clarence Thomas and the Supreme Court’s recusal rules”: Tierney Sneed, Caroline Kenny, and Pamela Brown of CNN have this report.

“Georgetown Law, Don’t Punish Your New Hire Over His ‘Lesser Black Woman’ Tweet”: Columnist Michelle Goldberg has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Former clerk rewrites SCOTUS contenders’ Wikipedia bios; A former clerk for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson spent the last week amping up his former boss’s Wikipedia page while trying to plant seeds of skepticism about other high court hopefuls”: Samuel Benson of Politico has this report.

“The Nasty Double Standards That Make This SCOTUS Nomination So Toxic: Ever heard anyone complain about a ‘lesser white man’ on the shortlist?” Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Ticktock of a Journalist’s Nightmare: The first day of the Palin v. Times case laid out a tricky path ahead for the former governor — but a ‘what if’ hung over the court.” Seth Stevenson has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Ten Reflections on Teaching Roe and Casey (Maybe for the Last Time)”: Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

Access online the 2022 Winter Edition of Appellate Issues, a publication of the American Bar Association’s Council of Appellate Lawyers: Via this link. The articles summarize the programming at last November’s Appellate Judges Education Institute Summit in Austin, Texas.

“Special Report: Inside J&J’s secret plan to cap litigation payouts to cancer victims.” Mike Spector and Dan Levine of Reuters have this report.

“Second Circuit shreds challenge to porn ban at Connecticut prisons; The appellate court found no First Amendment violation and noted that the policy improves working conditions for female corrections officers”: Daniel Jackson of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued yesterday.

“With court integrity on thin ice, the justices are sharpening their skates; It’s all quiet on First Street as accusations swirl over spousal conflict of interest and secret speeches to partisan groups”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“How Stephen Breyer could end his tenure with a surprise”: Columnist Hugh Hewitt has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Big Data Affirmative Action”: Law professor Peter Salib has posted this article at SSRN.

“As SCOTUS Speculation Swirls, Leondra Kruger’s Colleagues Sing Her Praises; ‘To see her work and hear her questions . . . you’d never know what’s going on around her,’ Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said of arguments earlier this week”: Cheryl Miller of The Recorder has this report.

“5 questions with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on her latest book, ‘Just Help! How to Build a Better World.'” Darcel Rockett of The Chicago Tribune has this Q&A.

“The Political Activism Of Ginni Thomas: A Threat To The Supreme Court?” Jane Mayer was the guest on today’s broadcast of WAMU 88.5’s “The Diane Rehm Show.”

“This consensus-building Californian deserves a spot on Biden’s Supreme Court short list”: Dan Morain has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Priscila E. Coronado Elected as Harvard Law Review’s First Latina President”: Anne M. Brandes and Elizabeth K. Roosevelt of The Harvard Crimson have this report.

Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Harvard Law Review elects first Latina president.”

And Harvard Law Today has posted online a “Q&A with Priscila Coronado ’23, Harvard Law Review’s first Latina president.”

“Gorsuch to headline GOP lineup of speakers at Federalist Society; media barred from his speech; Former vice president Mike Pence, Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis and a former top Trump aide also will address the organization that was a pipeline for Trump’s judicial choices”: Mariana Alfaro of The Washington Post has this report.

And online at The Washington Post, Nathan T. Carrington and Logan Strother have an essay titled “Gorsuch is scheduled to speak to the right-wing Federalist Society. Americans find such speeches inappropriate. Americans don’t approve of justices appearing with politicians, our research finds.”

“Clyburn Pushes His Pick for Supreme Court, Testing His Sway With Biden; The highest-ranking Black member of Congress is credited with helping resurrect the president’s 2020 campaign at a critical point; Now he is calling in a favor”: Annie Karni has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Sarah Palin’s libel case against New York Times opens in Manhattan courtroom, a culture clash with lasting legal potential; The former Alaska governor claims the paper defamed her with a 2017 editorial that was later corrected, in a case that tests long-standing protections for publishers”: Sarah Ellison of The Washington Post has this report.

“The Trouble With Court-Packing”: Law professor Neil Siegel has posted this article at SSRN.