“Judicial Notice (04.02.22): Privilege; Amal Clooney represents Ukraine, Paul Hastings hires 43 laterals, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“When Judge Jackson Ruled Against the IRS: She sided with a pro-Israel nonprofit whose exemption was stalled.” Professor Leslie Lenkowsky will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Art of the recusal: Supreme Court justices face calls not to hear certain cases.” Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times have this report.

“Split on Judge Jackson’s Supreme Court Confirmation Highlights Deepening Partisanship; Some lawmakers wonder if future high court nominees could be approved if president’s party doesn’t control Senate”: Lindsay Wise of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Collins’s lonely voice on Jackson shows how extreme the GOP has become”: Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Politics and Florida’s Supreme Court: The remarkable rise of the next chief justice.” Noreen Marcus has this essay online at Florida Bulldog.

“Ginni Thomas: Unpacking potential conflicts of interest on the Supreme Court.” Law professor Kimberly Wehle has this essay online at The Hill.

“The Supreme Court Has Never Been Apolitical; Many today fear the court is becoming just another partisan institution; But, in the past, justices sought elective office and counseled partisan allies; Some even coveted the White House themselves”: Joshua Zeitz has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

And online at The Hill, Albert Hunt has an essay titled “Republicans should know about politicizing the Supreme Court — they did it.”

“Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination brings renewed attention to lack of Black judges on the federal bench”: Chandelis Duster and Priya Krishnakumar of CNN have this report.

“With upcoming abortion decision, Supreme Court could rattle midterm campaigns; As the 2022 midterm elections draw nearer, a massive issue lurks in the wings with potential to alter the terrain”: Dante Chinni of NBC News has this report.

And online at The Orange County Register, law professor Tom Campbell has an essay titled “Why the U.S. Supreme Court may punt on a decision about abortion.”

“Why Democrats hope Romney will support Ketanji Brown Jackson; The moderate Utah senator says he is carefully weighing her Supreme Court nomination; Some of her supporters are touting her views on religious freedom”: Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post has this report.

“Companies to reimburse Idaho workers for travel costs to get abortion in another state”: John Sowell has this front page article in today’s edition of The Idaho Statesman.

“Why Edmund Burke Would Overrule Roe”: Erin Hawley has this essay online at the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy.

“Time for Ethics Reform at Supreme Court”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“One of the most consequential decisions before the Supreme Court is not on its docket; Revelations that Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife urged the White House chief of staff to overturn the 2020 election could not come at a more perilous time for the court”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.