“Republicans telegraph their attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson; The Supreme Court nominee’s critics on the right have begun an assault, charging that she is a ‘radical’ promoted by ‘dark money’ — and in one provocative case, demanding to see her LSAT scores”: Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post has this report.

“Sen. Ben Ray Luján returns to Senate, just one month after major stroke”: Mike DeBonis of The Washington Post has this report.

“US Supreme Court allows Kentucky Attorney General to defend state abortion law in court”: Deborah Yetter of The Louisville Courier Journal has this report.

“Virginia Supreme Court to hear teacher’s case over not using student’s preferred pronoun”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“California’s diverse judiciary is getting even more diverse under Gov. Gavin Newsom”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“C.I.A. Black Sites Are State Secrets, the Supreme Court Rules; A Guantánamo detainee had sought information from two former government contractors to aid in a Polish criminal inquiry into a facility there”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court says state-secrets doctrine protects disclosure of ‘black site’ locations in torture allegation case.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court upholds government’s claim of secrecy in case of prisoner tortured by CIA.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Supports Government in Blocking Torture Evidence; Justices find foreign-intelligence ties would be harmed by letting Guantanamo detainee pursue evidence of torture, rule Kentucky official can defend antiabortion law opposed by governor.”

John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court blocks Guantanamo detainee from seeking details about CIA ‘black sites.’”

And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court rules against Guantanamo detainee seeking info about CIA black site.”

“Welcome to the Supreme Court’s Phantom Docket: The Roberts court is taking up cases with phantasmal litigants and speculative complaints; But how it resolves them could have a massive impact on American life.” Matt Ford has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Supreme Court Climate Skeptics Will Help Decide the Fate of the Planet”: Law professor Karen C. Sokol has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“A Judiciary Without Public Defenders Is Broken: It will take a lot more than Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation to reverse decades of harm inflicted by a prosecutor-heavy federal bench.” Josie Duffy Rice has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Judge Jackson Begins Making Her Own Case for High Court Seat; Democrats hope meeting the nominee will persuade some Republicans senators to support her historic nomination to the Supreme Court”: Carl Hulse has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“The Moral Authority of Original Meaning”: Law professor J. Joel Alicea has posted this article at SSRN.

“Weighing history, GOP senators wrestle over Supreme Court votes; A handful of Republican senators said they’d like to vote to confirm the first Black woman to the Supreme Court; Other considerations might stop them”: Marianne LeVine and Burgess Everett of Politico have this report.

“9th Circuit dismisses Twitter lawsuit against Texas over Trump ban; Lone Star State’s attorney general can go forward with probe of social media giant for kicking out former president”: Ryan Lovelace of The Washington Times has this report.

Jacklyn Wille of Bloomberg Law reports that “Twitter Jumped Gun in Suing Texas AG Over Probe Into Trump Ban.”

And Nicholas Iovino of Courthouse News reports that “Ninth Circuit rejects Twitter retaliation suit against Texas; The Ninth Circuit refused to revive a lawsuit claiming a Texas probe into Twitter’s claims about its content policies amounts to retaliation for its ban of former president Donald Trump from the platform.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: Justice Stephen G. Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court in large measure in United States v. Zubaydah, No. 20-827. Justice Clarence Thomas issued an opinion, in which Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined, concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh issued an opinion, in which Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined, concurring in part. Justice Elena Kagan issued an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. And Justice Neil M. Gorsuch issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Sonia Sotomayor joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

And Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court in Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center, P.S.C., No. 20-601. Justice Thomas issued a concurring opinion. Justice Kagan issued an opinion, in which Justice Breyer joined, concurring in the judgment. And Justice Sotomayor dissented. You can access the oral argument via this link.

“Will the U.S. Supreme Court wade into the battle over Pa.’s congressional map?” Katie Meyer of WHYY has this report.

“Biden’s past Supreme Court experience helped inform choice”: Darlene Superville of The Associated Press has this report.

“Ketanji Brown Jackson was a hall of famer even in my high school”: Stephen F. Rosenthal has this essay online at CNN.