“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.”

“Appeals court nixes Sanofi’s win in first Taxotere trial”: Barbara Grzincic of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued Thursday.

“U.S. appeals court revives lawsuit by family of man who died in Metro station and wasn’t found for 4 days”: Spencer S. Hsu and Justin George of The Washington Post have this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued Friday.

“Who Can Throw Madison Cawthorn Out? Only his constituents or two-thirds of the House. A state election-board action would be unconstitutional.” Law professor Derek T. Muller will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Graham becomes early player to watch in Supreme Court drama”: Kevin Freking and Mary Clare Jalonick of The Associated Press have this report.

“Donald Trump Promised He Wouldn’t Nominate a Black Woman to the Supreme Court; It may be forgotten, but he vowed as much; So those getting an ulcer over Biden’s pledge should reflect on that”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at Washington Monthly.

“Recovering from a stroke, Sen. Ben Ray Lujan says he’ll return within weeks to vote on Supreme Court pick”: Christina Wilkie of CNBC has this report.

“Texas woman gets prestigious call-up as Supreme Court clerk for Justice Sonia Sotomayor”: Chris Shelton of The Houston Chronicle has this report.

“A Black woman on the Supreme Court? Check your blind spots.” Columnist Luis Carrasco has this essay online at The Seattle Times.

“Alabama’s redistricting case shows — again — whose rights matter to the Supreme Court”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

And online at The Guardian (UK), professor Carol Anderson has an essay titled “The US supreme court is letting racist discrimination run wild in the election system; The court has approved or tolerated massive voter roll purges, extreme gerrymandering and election laws that have a disparate impact on minorities.”

“What the Supreme Court’s decision on Alabama’s maps could mean for the Voting Rights Act”: Tierney Sneed of CNN has this report.

“Biden weighs appeal of 3 top candidates for high court”: Colleen Long of The Associated Press has this report.

“Michelle Childs, a potential Supreme Court pick, recalls being ‘devastated’ at father’s gunshot death; Childs’s experiences growing up with a single mother and breaking barriers in the South helped shape her positions”: Michael Kranish of The Washington Post has this report.

“Conservatives target Brown Jackson as worst among Biden’s short list for Supreme Court”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“Biden, a Veteran of Supreme Court Fights, Ponders His Own Historic Pick; President Biden spent decades in the Senate and presided over the transformation of Supreme Court fights into hyperpartisan affairs; Now he is pushing to lower the temperature for his own nominee”: Carl Hulse and Katie Rogers of The New York Times have this report.

“Chief Justice Nahmias to resign from state Supreme Court in July”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.