“Michigan Governor, Abortion-Rights Groups Challenge Dormant State Abortion Ban; Lawsuits say old state abortion restrictions may have new life if U.S. Supreme Court eliminates abortion rights”: Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
Beth LeBlanc of The Detroit News reports that “Whitmer, Planned Parenthood file separate suits to overturn Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban.”
Dave Boucher of The Detroit Free Press reports that “Nessel cites own abortion, says AG’s office won’t defend Michigan in lawsuit.”
And Andy Olesko of Courthouse News Service reports that “Michigan governor files lawsuit to protect abortion rights; With a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court anticipated soon, the governor wants to address a Michigan law written in 1931 that would have sweeping changes on abortion access in the state if allowed to go back into effect.”
“From Miami to the Supreme Court, Jackson makes history as first Black woman justice”: Bryan Lowry and Jay Weaver of The Miami Herald have this report.
“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: Whenever she rules for a liberal cause, think of President Trump.” This editorial will appear in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“How Ketanji Brown Jackson will recast the Supreme Court: Her accession culminates an almost complete turnover of the high court in less than a generation.” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.
“A Transformative Justice Whose Impact May Be Limited; Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will help make the Supreme Court look like the nation but will have little power to halt its rightward trajectory”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news analysis, along with an item headlined “Confirmed but on the sidelines: Judge Jackson is now a justice in waiting.”
“The Timeliness of a Rule 54(b) Partial Judgment; The Seventh Circuit held that there was no jurisdictional time limit on seeking a Rule 54(b) partial judgment; And it questioned earlier decisions imposing a 30-day deadline (albeit a non-jurisdictional, claims-processing one) on those requests”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.
“Senate confirms Jackson as first Black woman on Supreme Court; Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson won support from all Democrats and a handful of Republicans; She will be sworn in when Justice Stephen G. Breyer retires this summer”: Mike DeBonis, Robert Barnes, and Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post have this report.
“The Peril and Promise of SCOTUS Resignations”: Law professor Richard M. Re has posted this paper at SSRN.
“Jackson’s Confirmation Would Put Her in a Unique Position: Justice-in-Waiting.” Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Federal judiciary employees should be able to seek justice under the laws meant to protect them”: U.S. Representative Cheri Bustos (D-IL) and Ally Coll have this essay online at The Hill.
“How Supreme Court fights turned into warfare: a timeline.” John Kruzel of The Hill has this report.
“Bad-faith lawsuit against GEICO revived on appeal to 11th Circuit”: Barbara Grzincic of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued Tuesday.
