“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson? Biden’s nominee for the Supreme Court is the top progressive choice.” This editorial will appear in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Ketanji Brown Jackson Won’t Be Able to Change a Radical Court. Yet.” The New York Times has published this editorial.

“As Democrats Cheer Jackson Pick, Republicans Pledge Respectful Review; The showdown over Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination could be less toxic than other recent Supreme Court confirmations”: Carl Hulse will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Judge Jackson’s Rulings: Detailed, Methodical and Leaning Left; Most of her opinions came from her time as a trial judge, and some scholars said such writings offered only hints about a judge’s legal philosophy.” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“North Carolina Republicans Ask SCOTUS To Decimate Voting Rights in Every State; It’s audacious, but scarily still might work”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — founder of the “Election Law Blog” — has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Arianna Freeman — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

“KBJ all the way: Supreme Court pick reinvigorates Schumer; The Senate majority leader failed to unify his caucus on major party priorities, twice; Confirming a Supreme Court nominee could be an easier win.” Burgess Everett of Politico has this report.

“Has Clarence Thomas’ wife crossed a line? Yes, and then some.” Columnist Jackie Calmes has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

“Biden’s Supreme Court pick thrills progressives looking for a win; In the midterms, Senate races in particular could be ripe for Supreme Court politics, given the chamber’s 50-50 split and the battle for partisan control this fall”: Alex Seitz-Wald and Henry J. Gomez of NBC News has this report.

United Airlines seeks rehearing en banc of divided three-judge Fifth Circuit panel’s ruling in Covid-19 vaccine mandate case: I have uploaded at this link a copy of the petition for rehearing en banc, filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

The first argument section of the petition concludes, “In sum, the majority’s ‘ongoing coercion’ theory is contrary to all precedent, devoid of any limiting principle, and harmful to the employees it purports to protect. The en banc Court should put a stop to this madness.”

My earlier coverage of the three-judge panel’s ruling can be accessed here and here.

“Why Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Exactly Who the Supreme Court Needs Right Now: Joe Biden’s SCOTUS nominee is a home run for the court and the country.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson? President Biden’s Supreme Court nominee is a conventionally qualified judge with a strong background in criminal justice reform.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Meet Ketanji Brown Jackson: The debate star, theater kid, public defender, and judge who would join the Supreme Court.” Nia Prater has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“Ketanji Brown Jackson to be SCOTUS nominee”: David Oscar Markus has this post at his “The Southern District of Florida Blog.”

“Biden chooses Miami’s Ketanji Brown Jackson for historic Supreme Court nomination”: Bryan Lowry of The Miami Herald has this report.

And Jay Weaver and David Ovalle of The Miami Herald report that “South Florida supporters praise Biden’s pick of first Black woman for U.S. Supreme Court.”

“Ketanji Brown Jackson Announced as Biden’s Pick for Supreme Court Nominee; Appeals court judge in Washington, D.C. would be first Black woman to serve on nation’s top court”: Ken Thomas, Tarini Parti, and Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

And Anthony DeRosa and Siobhan Hughes of The Wall Street Journal have an article headlined “Who Is Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee? If confirmed, Judge Jackson would be the first Black woman to serve as a justice on the nation’s highest court.”

“Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court; Jackson would be the first Black woman on the high court, and the first justice since Thurgood Marshall with significant experience as a criminal defense attorney”: Tyler Pager, Sean Sullivan, Seung Min Kim, and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.

And Marc Fisher, Ann E. Marimow, and Lori Rozsa of The Washington Post have an article headlined “How Ketanji Brown Jackson found a path between confrontation and compromise; Biden’s Supreme Court nominee was a ‘child of the ’70s’ who overcame obstacles by finding middle ground.”

“Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman to sit on Supreme Court”: Jake Tapper and Ariane de Vogue of CNN have this report.

“Texas Supreme Court hears narrow SB 8 challenge, Planned Parenthood says nearby state caseloads soar; State’s highest civil court considering whether state medical licensing officials can penalize abortion providers”: BeLynn Hollers of The Dallas Morning News has this report.

“Biden to Announce His Supreme Court Nominee Friday Afternoon; President has promised to nominate the first Black woman to the high court and interviewed three contenders”: Ken Thomas of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“In EPA case before the Supreme Court, the agency’s power to combat climate change hangs in the balance; The case over carbon pollution from power plants ‘could well become one of the most significant environmental law cases of all time,’ one legal scholar says”: Robert Barnes and Dino Grandoni of The Washington Post have this report.

“Justice Michael Moldaver to retire from the Supreme Court”: Sean Fine of The Toronto Globe and Mail has this report.

“Biden to reveal his Supreme Court nominee on Friday”: Jeff Zeleny and John Harwood of CNN have this report.

“Biden makes decision on Supreme Court nominee, with announcement as soon as Friday”: Jeff Zeleny of CNN has this report.

“Juror to Be Questioned as Ghislaine Maxwell Seeks New Trial; A federal judge is trying to see whether a juror lied during the selection process, casting doubt on the guilty verdict”: Benjamin Weiser of The New York Times has this report.

And Deanna Paul of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Ghislaine Maxwell Judge Orders Hearing Over Whether Juror Lied; Juror to be publicly questioned about whether he made false statements during jury selection about previously experiencing sexual abuse.”

“Poll: Stark racial gap in views on Black woman on high court.” Chris Megerian of The Associated Press has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court overturns H&M win in fabric copyright case”: Blake Brittain of Reuters has this report.

“Louisiana Supreme Court denies writs, allows judge’s suit against The Advocate to proceed; Justice Jefferson Hughes claims he was defamed in editorial”: Gordon Russell of The Advocate of Baton Rouge has a report that begins, “Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Jefferson Hughes will be allowed to try a defamation lawsuit he filed in 2020 against The Times-Picayune and The Advocate over the wording of a 2019 opinion piece that criticized him.”

“Did a federal court just reveal Biden’s Supreme Court nominee?” Tierney Sneed, Ariane de Vogue, and Katelyn Polantz of CNN have this report.

“Anti-abortion lawyers target those funding the procedure for potential lawsuits under new Texas law; Attorneys who helped design Texas’ novel abortion ban have asked a judge to allow them to depose the leaders of two abortion funds, seeking information about anyone who may have ‘aided or abetted’ in a prohibited procedure”: Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“Texas abortion law gives gun-controlling California, gun lobby something to agree on”: Columnist George Skelton has this essay in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

“Texas high court takes up narrow challenge to 6-week abortion ban”: Jeremy Blackman of The Houston Chronicle has this report.

Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune reports that “Narrow challenge to Texas’ abortion law argued before state Supreme Court; Abortion providers are trying to find a legal avenue that will allow them to directly challenge new restrictions that have effectively banned the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy.”

And Sandhya Raman and Todd Ruger of Roll Call report that “Texas Supreme Court hears abortion ban challenge; Case involves Texas law that blocks nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.”

The Supreme Court of Texas has posted on YouTube at this link the archived video of today’s oral argument, on certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Update: In other coverage, Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman reports that “Texas Supreme Court weighs challenge to state’s restrictive abortion law.”

“Tweet talk: Lawyers on how Twitter helps and hinders their business.” Jenna Greene of Reuters has this new installment of her “Legal Action” column.

“Here’s why the U.S. Supreme Court will not hear Ocean City’s topless ban lawsuit”: Rose Velazquez of The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times has this report, whose headline vastly oversells what the article actually delivers.

“Why Supreme Court Expansion Is Winning Over More Skeptics: For many, whatever reservations they once had about Court reform are not enough to prevent them from endorsing it.” Jenny Hunter has this post at Balls and Strikes.