“The Supreme Court’s History of Protecting the Powerful: Laurence Tribe discusses the leaked Alito draft, the inherent politics of the judicial branch, and how to behave on Twitter.” Isaac Chotiner has this Q&A online at The New Yorker.

“A Conversation with Chief Judge Sutton”: You can access the new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast, featuring David French and Sarah Isgur, via this link.

“Judge stops enforcement of Michigan’s abortion ban if Roe overturned; Nessel won’t appeal”: Beth LeBlanc of The Detroit News has this report.

“Jackson’s first Supreme Court clerks include judiciary workplace reform advocate”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Motives, codewords, wiretaps and persistence: Backstory of Charlie Adelson’s arrest.” Peter Schorsch of Florida Politics has this report.

“Supreme Court Takes Clinic Case on Challenges to Convictions”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

The involvement of UVA Law’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic in this case has proved controversial (see, e.g., here and here).

“The Antiscience Supreme Court Is Hurting the Health of Americans; Justice Alito’s leaked opinion signaling an end to Roe is the latest in a broad trend of rejecting science and expertise”: Law professor Wendy E. Parmet has this essay online at Scientific American.

“The Indian Commerce Clause: The Natelson/Ablavsky Debate.” Will Baude has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Hill Dems back-burner Ginni Thomas even as Supreme Court grabs national attention; Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife pushed false election subversion claims — and played a key role in anti-abortion messaging; But she’s not top of mind lately”: Nicholas Wu and Kyle Cheney of Politico have this report.

“Was it Ever Really Roberts’ Court?” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“What abortion rights advocates are planning if Roe falls; Attorneys and advocates are exploring options beyond lawsuits, including using strategies once relied on by their foes”: Alice Miranda Ollstein and Laura Barrón-López of Politico have this report.

“Dan Markel murder: Jury selection continues in Katherine Magbanua murder trial.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

And Julie Montanaro of WCTV reports that “Wendi Adelson’s attorney says she intends to plead the fifth, asks judge to quash defense subpoena.”

“Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Jackson Four; Here’s the first class of clerks to the soon-to-be Justice Jackson — and other SCOTUS clerk updates.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“The problem in this case can be boiled down to the fact that the District Court dismissed a removed case rather than remanding it back to state court when it did not have subject matter jurisdiction because the plaintiffs lacked standing.” So ruled the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit yesterday in a suit challenging Pensacola’s decision to remove a Confederate cenotaph (a monument standing 50 feet tall) from one of the city’s parks.

“Court rules against regents in lawsuit over messages about ‘ASU COVID parties'”: Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has this report on an unpublished decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued Friday.

“The Gap nixes Exchange Act derivative claims via forum selection — 9th Circ.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued Friday.

“Court rules COVID restrictions impeded a Bay Area man’s right to a public trial, overturns gun conviction”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

And Kevin Rector of The Los Angeles Times reports that “U.S. appeals court vacates gun conviction because COVID rules had closed trial to the public.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“No mask mandates in Iowa schools, for now, court rules; exceptions could be made in future”: Ian Richardson of The Des Moines Register has this report on a per curiam decision that the majority on a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Why Do the Supreme Court Leak and Protests Matter? It’s part of a larger crisis of perceived legitimacy.” Patterico has this post at his “The Constitutional Vanguard” Substack site.

“Dan Markel murder trial: Jury Selection Day 2.” The Tallahassee Democrat is live-streaming on YouTube via this link today’s courtroom proceedings in the retrial of Katherine Magbanua.

“Rational Basis Scrutiny?” Sherry F. Colb has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

“Where, If Anywhere, Should People Protest Judicial Decisions?” Law professor Michael C. Dorf has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.