“Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Biggest Strength and Greatest Weakness”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Also online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Shrewd Tactic to Win Conservative Praise: We are all originalists now.”

“Judging a Judge on Race and Crime, G.O.P. Plays to Base and Fringe; Grilling Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, conservative senators painted her as a jurist who had coddled criminals and embraced ‘woke’ education”: Jonathan Weisman and Jazmine Ulloa of The New York Times have this news analysis.

And Siobhan Hughes of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Ketanji Brown Jackson Steps Around GOP Criticism; Under questioning from senators, Supreme Court nominee responds to Republican suggestions that she has expansive view of judicial power, has been soft on crime.”

“Longtime immigrant advocate is first Latina confirmed to California Supreme Court”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

And Maria Dinzeo of Courthouse News Service reports that “Justice Patricia Guerrero confirmed to California Supreme Court; Justice Guerrero dedicated her nomination to her mother, saying she hoped her appointment ‘in some way can serve as a tribute to her.’“

“Ketanji Brown Jackson Likes America; Progressives could learn something from how the Supreme Court nominee talks about her country”: The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“Sen. Marsha Blackburn criticizes 1965 Supreme Court ruling on birth control access”: Melissa Brown of The Tennessean has this report.

“The looming influence of state supreme courts”: Columnist Katrina vanden Heuvel has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“High court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson exudes competence, says Judge Selya”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

Earlier, Edward Fitzpatrick of The Boston Globe reported that “Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson reminds others of Ruth Bader Ginsburg; ‘I see some of the same qualities in Ketanji that I saw in Ruth,’ said first circuit court of appeals Judge Bruce M. Selya, for whom Jackson clerked in 1997-1998; ‘Some people have the capacity to inspire by example and the force of their reason.’”

Katie Mulvaney of The Providence Journal had an article headlined “Here’s what RI’s legal community says about Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.”

And Sarah Doiron of Providence, Rhode Island’s WPRI had a report headlined “‘A terrific addition’: Biden’s Supreme Court nominee worked alongside RI judge.”

“U.S. Sen. Mike Braun: SCOTUS should leave abortion, interracial marriage to states.” Brandon Smith of NPR affiliate WFYI of Indianapolis has this report.

“Mob Rule and Cancel Culture at Hastings Law School; Will the woke students who screamed obscenities and physically confronted me face any discipline?” Ilya Shapiro has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“The Supreme Court May Soon Shut Down the Regulatory State. Let’s Use It While We Still Can. Progressive Democrats are right to call for more aggressive use of regulatory powers. But like the Democrats’ congressional majorities, these may not last forever.” Timothy Noah has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Senator Hawley’s Disingenuous Attack against Judge Jackson’s Record on Child Pornography”: Andrew C. McCarthy has this essay online at National Review.

“High History and Low Politics on Day One of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing; Voices from the G.O.P.’s far-right wing appeared determined to use the hearing for both their pursuits in the culture war and their own political ambitions”: John Cassidy has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Are We Finally Ready to Hold Federal Judges Accountable for Workplace Harassment? Despite the judiciary’s insistence that internal procedures have changed, the allegations have not.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

In posts of interest at “PrawfsBlawg”: Howard Wasserman has a post titled “Exclusivity and personal rights in bounty litigation.”

And Paul Horwitz has a post titled “A Scandal or an Extremist/Utterly Brilliant and Wonderful.”

“When Professors’ Speech Is Disqualifying: Should academic freedom really protect those who make false and morally repellent claims? It’s time for a rethink.” Professors Michael Bérubé and Jennifer Ruth have this essay online at The New Republic.

“From Federal Judge To . . . Romance Novelist? Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson — esteemed jurist, former SCOTUS shortlister, feeder judge extraordinaire — opens up about his latest, rather unorthodox project.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.