“States Aren’t Waiting for the Supreme Court to Tighten Abortion Laws; In anticipation of the court’s decision, a frenzy of legislative activity to shut down access to abortion forms a picture of a post-Roe America”: Kate Zernike of The New York Times has this report.

“For decades, Connecticut had two seats on prestigious U.S. Appellate Court. Here’s how the state got a third.” Edmund H. Mahony has this front page article in today’s edition of The Hartford Courant.

Access today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in an argued case: Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court in Wooden v. United States, No. 20-5279. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh issued concurring opinions. Justice Amy Coney Barrett issued an opinion, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined, concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. And Justice Neil M. Gorsuch issued an opinion, in which Justice Sotomayor joined in various respects, concurring in the judgment. You can access the oral argument via this link.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases but called for the views of the Solicitor General in one case.

And in Doe v. Facebook, Inc., No. 21-459, Justice Clarence Thomas issued an opinion respecting the denial of certiorari.

“Their Time Served, Sex Offenders Are Kept in Prison in ‘Cruel Catch-22’; New York prisons will not release people convicted of some sex offenses until they find housing far from schools; But that is hard to do, especially from behind bars”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Texas Is the Future of Abortion in America”: Mary Tuma has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Demanding That Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘Show Her Papers'”: Columnist Charles M. Blow has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Wisconsin Republicans to appeal redistricting case to U.S. Supreme Court”: Patrick Marley has this article in today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“Cape Cod doctor’s quest to legalize medically assisted death goes before SJC”: Tonya Alanez has this article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

“Most Women Denied Abortions by Texas Law Got Them Another Way; New data suggests overall abortions declined much less than previously known, because women traveled out of state or ordered pills online”: Margot Sanger-Katz, Claire Cain Miller, and Quoctrung Bui have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Judicial Notice (03.05.22): Russian For The Exits; Bill Barr is back, Cravath one-ups Davis Polk, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Key N.C. Supreme Court race shaken, stirred with last-minute entry; 4-3 Democratic majority on the line with two races in 2022”: Dallas Woodhouse has this essay online at Carolina Journal.

“Ketanji Brown Jackson could bring public defender background to Supreme Court”: This audio segment appeared on yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson would add another Protestant voice to heavily Catholic Supreme Court”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

“Supreme Court Sides With F.B.I. in Case on Spying on Muslims; In a narrow and unanimous decision, the justices ruled that a 1978 law governing national security surveillance did not displace the state secrets doctrine”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage has an article headlined “Supreme Court deals setback to Muslims suing FBI over spying in an O.C. mosque.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Gives Government New Tool to Fight Surveillance Lawsuit; Case stems from an FBI plan that sent a bodybuilder to infiltrate an Irvine, Calif., mosque on a hunt for terrorists.”

You can access yesterday’s unanimous ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in FBI v. Fazaga, No. 20-828, at this link.

“Supreme Court Restores Death Sentence for Boston Marathon Bomber; The Biden administration, which announced a moratorium on federal executions, has pursued the case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who helped carry out the 2013 bombings”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has an article headlined “Supreme Court reinstates death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.”

In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin has an article headlined “Supreme Court Reinstates Death Sentence for Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev; Justices overturn appellate ruling that jurors might have been prejudiced by media coverage.”

John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court reinstates death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.”

And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court reinstates Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence.”

“Colorado moves to protect abortions in state law”: Patty Nieberg of The Associated Press has this report.

And Anthony Izaguirre of The Associated Press reports that “Florida poised to limit abortions as Supreme Court mulls Roe.”

“The fate of American elections is in Amy Coney Barrett’s hands; A pair of cases on the Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’ could eviscerate legal safeguards protecting free and fair elections”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“‘Choosing Life’ Means Nothing Without the Right to Choose”: Russell Baruffi Jr. has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“What Kind of Story Will Ketanji Brown Jackson Tell Her Fellow Justices?” Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Harvard Service Raises Questions for Admissions Cases; High court’s next term is scheduled to hear blockbuster cases from Harvard, UNC on race-conscious admissions policies”: Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“The Bygone Boutique Law Firm That Enticed Ketanji Brown Jackson and Amy Coney Barrett; A legendary Washington law firm that is remembered for attracting young talent, including future Supreme Court justices”: Tony Mauro has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.”

“US Supreme Court reinstates Tsarnaev death penalty”: Travis Andersen of The Boston Globe has this report.

You can access today’s 6-to-3 ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Tsarnaev, No. 20-443, at this link.

“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.