“If every judge is an originalist, originalism is meaningless; Ketanji Brown Jackson is the latest liberal to embrace an approach once associated with conservatives”: Law professors Conor Casey and Adrian Vermeule have this essay in the Outlook section of today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Ivy League Republicans’ phony rebellion against the ‘elites'”: Columnist Dana Milbank has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Republicans won’t be satisfied with overturning Roe; Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing offered a glimpse of upcoming culture war fights at the court”: Law professor Melissa Murray has this essay in the Outlook section of today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Does the Supreme Court Deserve Ketanji Brown Jackson?” Irin Carmon has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“The Respectful Supreme Court Hearing That Wasn’t; Republicans’ hostile interrogation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and relentless re-litigating of past Supreme Court feuds marred a historic moment”: Carl Hulse had this front page news analysis in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

“The Supreme Court has a giant legitimacy crisis, which means so does America; A runaway Supreme Court facing a massive conflict-of-interest scandal and increasing politicization is testing faith in the American Experiment”: Columnist Will Bunch has this essay online at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“The Supreme Court’s Clarence and Ginni Thomas Scandal Is Unprecedented; Justice Clarence Thomas voted to block the public from knowing more about his wife Virginia Thomas’s role in the January insurrection; It’s a crisis”: Andrew Cohen has this essay online at Rolling Stone.

“Ketanji Brown Jackson is the most popular Supreme Court nominee in years”: Harry Enten of CNN has this news analysis.

“A New Abortion Battleground, in South Dakota; With Roe v. Wade on the chopping block, could reproductive rights be shrunk to the size of a pill?” Peter Slevin has this post online at The New Yorker.

“The Republicans’ Wild Attacks at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing; The various moments when the Supreme Court nominee seemed to decide that she was not going to let herself be bullied were fascinating to watch”: Amy Davidson Sorkin has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Plea Negotiations in Sept. 11 Case Go on Hiatus for Ramadan; Hearings in the death penalty case are scheduled for May but could be postponed because one defendant needs a new lawyer”: Carol Rosenberg will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Real Justice: Justice Jackson.” Columnist Maureen Dowd will have this op-ed in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Reforming Qualified-Immunity Appeals”: Law professor Bryan Lammon — author of the “final decisions” blog — has posted this article at SSRN.

“The Alaska Lady, The Gray Lady, And Libel: Sarah Palin’s claim against the New York Times was reasonable, and the behavior of the trial judge, Jed Rakoff, was outrageous.” George Liebmann has this essay online at The American Conservative.

“Texts Show Ginni Thomas’s Embrace of Conspiracy Theories; In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas was involved in a range of efforts to keep President Donald J. Trump in power”: Danny Hakim, Jo Becker, and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this report.

“Ted Cruz’s Daughters Attend a Private School That Is ‘Antiracist’; The Texas senator aggressively questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson this week for serving on the board of a school ‘overflowing with critical race theory'”: Vimal Patel has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

And Benjamin Wermund and Hannah Dellinger of The Houston Chronicle have an article headlined “Do Ted Cruz’s kids go to a woke private school in Houston? Not quite, say St. John’s School alumni.”

“Justice Thomas Ruled on Election Cases. Should His Wife’s Texts Have Stopped Him? The nature of the text messages was enough to require recusal, legal experts said. But the Supreme Court has traditionally left such decisions to the discretion of the justice in question.” Adam Liptak has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

At the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine, Ankush Khardori has a post titled “Ginni Thomas and the Conservative Rot at the Supreme Court; Her texts don’t just spur ethical and legal questions, but reflect much larger problems.”

And online at The Hill, law professor Jonathan Turley has an essay titled “Ginni Thomas’s texts: Does a spouse’s opinion disqualify a Supreme Court justice?“

“Connecticut Supreme Court says speech, in a First Amendment case, crossed the line to threats”: Edmund H. Mahony has this front page article in today’s edition of The Hartford Courant reporting on a ruling, consisting of a majority opinion and two concurring opinions (here and here), that the Supreme Court of Connecticut issued yesterday.

“In historic vote, Senate confirms Nancy Waples to Vermont Supreme Court”: Sarah Mearhoff of VTDigger has an article that begins, “The Vermont Senate made history Friday with a 27-0 vote to confirm Nancy Waples to the state Supreme Court, seating the first woman of color on the state’s highest bench.”

“Sandra Day O’Connor turns 92 as public turns to Supreme Court, abortion again”: Ronald J. Hansen has this front page article in today’s edition of The Arizona Republic.

“The Ginni Thomas Texts and the Jan. 6 Committee: A leak to the press aims to tarnish Justice Clarence Thomas.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Thomas scrutiny intensifies after latest revelations”: John Kruzel of The Hill has this report.

“Tears of Justice”: Professor Austin Sarat and Dennis Aftergut have this essay online at The Hill.

“Supreme Court Rules Against Navy SEALs in Vaccine Mandate Case; The justices blocked a ruling that would have prevented the Pentagon from taking into account whether service members with religious objections were vaccinated”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

You can access today’s 6-to-3 “shadow docket” ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Supreme Court’s Justice Clarence Thomas Faces Scrutiny Over Wife’s Texts; Texts from Virginia Thomas to Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows over 2020 election prompt Democratic concerns about conflict of interest”: Jess Bravin and Siobhan Hughes of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Jane Mayer of The New Yorker reports that “Legal Scholars Are Shocked By Ginni Thomas’s ‘Stop the Steal’ Texts; Several experts say that Thomas’s husband, the Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, must recuse himself from any case related to the 2020 election.”

Dareh Gregorian of NBC News reports that “Democrats call on Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from Jan. 6 cases due to his wife’s texts; Ginni Thomas had urged then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to tell Donald Trump to ‘stand firm’ and not concede the 2020 election.”

John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Justice Thomas discharged from hospital, faces mounting ethics scrutiny.”

And in commentary, columnist Jesse Wegman of The New York Times has an essay titled “Ginni and Clarence Thomas Have Done Enough Damage.”

“What do Ginni Thomas’ texts mean for Justice Thomas? At the Supreme Court, it’s up to him.” Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

“The Clarence and Virginia Thomas conundrum”: Columnist Karen Tumulty has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Wesley Hawkins, talk of the Jackson hearings, describes life after pornography sentence”: Aaron C. Davis of The Washington Post has this report.

Earlier, Davis and Spencer S. Hsu of The Washington Post had an article headlined “The child pornography case at the center of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing.”

“Judge blocks attorney anti-bias rule, finding free speech threat”: David Thomas of Reuters has this report on a 78-page ruling that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued yesterday.

“AU & Bremerton School District Urge Supreme Court To Protect Religious Freedom Of Public School Students”: Americans United for Separation of Church and State issued this news release today.

You can view the Brief for Respondent filed today at this link. And you can access the other briefs filed in the case via this link.

“Race hovered over Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing”: Seung Min Kim and Marianna Sotomayor have this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Free speech doesn’t mean hecklers get to shut down campus debate”: Law professors Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman have this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

And online at World magazine, Kristen Waggoner has an essay titled “‘Keep the faith’: How a hostile encounter with Yale law students emboldened me to speak the truth with kindness.”

“Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Feels Both Pathbreaking and Hopeless”: Law professor Jamal Greene will have this essay in the Sunday Review section of this upcoming Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Justice Clarence Thomas released from hospital after week-long stay”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“‘You are worthy’: Sen. Booker draws tears at Jackson hearing.” Aaron Morrison of The Associated Press has this report.

Lisa Mascaro of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court nominee’s ’empathy’ is flashpoint for Senate.”

Tierney Sneed of CNN has a report headlined “Key takeaways from the four days of confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson.”

And Jordain Carney of The Hill reports that “Jackson faces growing GOP opposition on Supreme Court.”