“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer To Receive Jefferson Medal in Law; Retiring Jurist Has Served on Federal Bench for 42 Years”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

“Pelosi says Ginni Thomas texts show need for Supreme Court ethics code”: Felicia Sonmez and Amy B Wang of The Washington Post have this report.

“Ginni Thomas’s Texts, and the Limits of Chief Justice Roberts’s Power: His title notwithstanding, the chief justice cannot force a colleague’s recusal. If Justice Clarence Thomas is to disqualify himself, it will be his decision.” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“This Rap Song Helped Sentence a 17-Year-Old to Prison for Life”: Jaeah Lee has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Legal ethics experts agree: Justice Thomas must recuse in insurrection cases.” Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on yesterday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

Access today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in an argued case: Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court in Badgerow v. Walters, No. 20-1143. And Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

“N.J. Supreme Court hands down ruling in qualified immunity case”: Joe Atmonavage and Steve Strunsky of The Newark Star-Ledger have an article that begins, “Police and other public employees sued for on-duty conduct do not have an immediate right to appeal a judge’s denial of qualified immunity, a popular defense that protects them from lawsuits, the New Jersey State Supreme Court ruled in a decision issued Wednesday.”

And Dana DiFilippo of the New Jersey Monitor reports that “Police do not have an automatic right to qualified immunity, court rules; Reformers say the decision is a step toward ending the practice.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of New Jersey at this link.

“Ohio Supreme Court asked to overturn tort reform law that lowered Brook Park child rapist’s judgment from $20 million to $250,000”: Laura Hancock of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.

The Supreme Court of Ohio has posted online the video of yesterday’s oral argument at this link. Attorney Robert S. Peck argued the appeal for the plaintiff.

“U.S. Supreme Court asked to keep landmark gay-marriage trial video sealed”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report on a petition for writ of certiorari filed Monday in the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Ginni Thomas is not the first spouse of a Supreme Court justice to make headlines”: Professor Barbara A. Perry has this essay online at The Hill.