“Federal judges have already begun to drift away from hiring Yale Law clerks”: Derek T. Muller has this post at his blog, “Excess of Democracy.”

“The Truth About the Yale Law Protest That Prompted a Federal Judge to Threaten a Clerkship Blacklist”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Ketanji Brown Jackson’s story is a triumph of American progress”: Philippa Scarlett has this essay online at The Hill.

“Judge rules Kim Davis violated couples’ rights. Jury to decide if she’ll pay damages.” Morgan Watkins of The Louisville Courier Journal has this report.

Bill Estep of The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that “Former KY clerk violated rights of same-sex couples by refusing marriage licenses, judge rules.”

Jonathan Mattise of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Judge: Same-sex marriage license denials violated rights.”

Brad Dress of The Hill reports that “Judge finds that ex-county clerk Kim Davis violated same-sex couples’ constitutional rights.”

And David Wells of Courthouse News Service reports that “Judge finds Kim Davis violated the rights of same-sex couples; The refusal of Rowan County’s former clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples has embroiled her in legal battles since 2015.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky at this link.

“Ginni Thomas’s activism sparks ethics questions for Supreme Court justice”: John Kruzel of The Hill has this report.

And online at NBC News, professor Wayne Batchis has an essay titled “The Supreme Court has a Clarence Thomas (and Ginni Thomas) problem; If anything can awaken Americans from our stupor of exhaustion, it must be the news that the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas attended the Jan. 6 populist rally.”

“How low will the GOP go in taking on Ketanji Brown Jackson? Josh Hawley lets us know.” Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“First woman on high court, O’Connor faced little opposition”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Democrat Durbin Reaches Out to Republicans as Supreme Court Hearings Start; Lawmakers pledge calmer proceedings for Biden nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson after heated battles over Trump picks”: Natalie Andrews of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And Joseph Bustos of The State of Columbia, South Carolina reports that “SC’s Tim Scott says Supreme Court vote on Judge Jackson won’t be based on skin color.”