“Jackson, after a tough confirmation, celebrates at White House; The incoming justice becomes emotional as she speaks of what her elevation means to history”: Cleve R. Wootson Jr. of The Washington Post has this report.
And Katie Rogers of The New York Times has an article headlined “‘We’ve Made It’: Jackson Celebrates Supreme Court Confirmation; The confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court has changed the course of American life, the president said.”
“Biden Could Face Tougher Court Fights After Jackson; White House marks confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson, but potential loss of Senate could sink future judicial picks”: Ken Thomas and Siobhan Hughes of The Wall Street Journal have this report.
“These younger justices will likely be the face of the Supreme Court in the upcoming decades”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.
“The Supreme Court question Republicans won’t answer; They could have a Senate majority in 2023; But they won’t say, definitively, how they would treat another Joe Biden Supreme Court nominee”: Burgess Everett and Marianne LeVine of Politico have this report.
“Biden secures his first Supreme Court justice. Will it be his last? Republican leaders are refusing to commit to allowing a vote on Biden’s pick for a potential vacancy if they win control of the Senate this fall.” Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report.
In recent posts of interest at the “High School SCOTUS” blog: Audrey Jung has a post titled “Interview: Daniel Epps.”
And Elise Spenner has a post titled “Interview: Jay Willis.”
“John Roberts Isn’t Going to Do the Democrats’ Work For Them; The Supreme Court has proven itself incapable of policing the Supreme Court; Congress has to act”: Elie Mystal has this post at Balls and Strikes.
“Biden Turns to Lower Court Backlog After Jackson Confirmation”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has a report that begins, “President Joe Biden comes off the victory of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court with a backlog of lower court vacancies that don’t have a pending nominee, including 19 circuit court seats.”
“A federal appeals court upholds Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal workers”: Alyssa Lukpat and Adeel Hassan of The New York Times have this report.
Laurel Calkins of Bloomberg News reports that “Federal Workers Face Jab-or-Job Choice Anew Under Vaccine Ruling.”
Caroline Vakil and Brad Dress of The Hill report that “Federal appeals court upholds Biden vaccine mandate for federal workers.”
And Cameron Langford of Courthouse News Service reports that “Fifth Circuit lifts injunction against Biden administration’s federal employee vaccine mandate; The jab objectors lack standing, the Fifth Circuit held, because the Civil Service Reform Act bars them from filing suit in a federal district court.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.
“Big Law’s Big Hypocrites: Why are self-styled progressive lawyers working for Jeffrey Epstein’s friend, Leon Black?” Ankush Khardori has this article online at New York magazine.
“Colleges Should Pay Heed to Oberlin’s Costly Libel Case; Universities have to be extremely careful about how they interact with student causes if they want to avoid being held liable for protesters’ words and actions”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Question Averted: Can the Vice President Break a Tie Vote on Appointments?” Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”
“Ketanji Brown Jackson and the Politics of Black Hair”: Nicole Lewis has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“The paradox of Ketanji Brown Jackson: The Supreme Court is more diverse than it has ever been, and more hostile to political equality than any Court since the 1950s.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.
“Ketanji Brown Jackson and a marathon of hope: The first Black woman on the Supreme Court doesn’t change everything; But her ascent reminds us what is possible.” In today’s edition of The Washington Post, senior critic-at-large Robin Givhan has this essay.
“Finally, a Black woman has a place on the Supreme Court bench”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.
“Ketanji Brown Jackson Has Her Work Cut Out for Her”: Columnist Jamelle Bouie has this essay online at The New York Times.
