“Tobacco industry gets a win at the Florida Supreme Court; Siding with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., the court said plaintiffs must show that smokers relied on misleading information from cigarette makers to prevail on the claims”: Jim Saunders of News Service of Florida has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Florida issued yesterday.

“Lawyer misses deadline, blames pandemic, seeks Rhode Island Supreme Court’s mercy”: Paul Edward Parker of The Providence Journal has this report on an order that the Supreme Court of Rhode Island issued Wednesday.

“Will Ketanji Brown Jackson Defend the Supreme Court’s Legitimacy? Senators should ask her view of court-packing, which Ginsburg and Breyer strongly opposed.” Adam J. White will have this op-ed in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Citi Bond Business Draws Warning in Texas Over Abortion Help”: Laurel Brubaker Calkins of Bloomberg News has this report.

“American Bar Association rates Biden nominee Jackson ‘well qualified’ to serve on Supreme Court”: Veronica Stracqualursi of CNN has this report.

“The Great Republican Campaign to Erase Ketanji Brown Jackson; Instead of taking the Supreme Court nominee’s sterling record seriously, the GOP has opted for deflection”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Josh Hawley’s latest attack on Ketanji Brown Jackson is genuinely nauseating; Hawley’s going to a place that decent people have the good sense not to go”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Ohio Republicans discussing impeachment of Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor after map ruling”: Haley BeMiller, Jessie Balmert, and Laura A. Bischoff of The Columbus Dispatch have this report.

“Dick Durbin, a low-key Senate veteran, to preside over Supreme Court hearings”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“How to get on the Supreme Court? Smile a lot, speak a little.” Darlene Superville of The Associated Press has this report.

“Does Textualism Defeat the Major Questions Doctrine?” Richard M. Re has this post at his “Re’s Judicata” blog.