“A triumphant antiabortion movement begins to deal with its divisions; Among the areas of disagreement are key questions over how to enforce abortions bans”: Rachel Roubein and Brittany Shammas of The Washington Post have this report.
“Neither side is going to win the abortion fight with outlier cases”: Columnist Megan McArdle has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“The Claremont Institute triumphed in the Trump years. Then came Jan. 6. After Trump helped revolutionize Claremont from a minor academic outfit to a key Washington player, the think tank is facing blowback for standing by lawyer John Eastman after he counseled Trump on overturning the 2020 election.” Marc Fisher and Isaac Stanley-Becker of The Washington Post have this report.
“Jan. 6 committee could ‘contemplate a subpoena’ for Ginni Thomas; The wife of a Supreme Court justice had zealously pushed in text messages for the overturning of the 2020 election results”: Amy B Wang of The Washington Post has this report.
“Interstate Abortion Travel Is Already Straining Parts of the System; Even in some states where abortion remains legal, wait times for appointments are long because of increased demand”: Margot Sanger-Katz, Claire Cain Miller, and Josh Katz of The New York Times have this report.
“Supreme Court to Hear Harvard, UNC Affirmative Action Cases Separately; The change paves the way for Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson ’92 to rule on the UNC case”: Rahem D. Hamid and Nia L. Orakwue of The Harvard Crimson have this report.
“A Court Without Precedent: The judiciary is supposed to be informed by historical memory, and guided by more than its members’ whims.” David Litt has this essay online at The Atlantic.
“‘Everybody Is Dug In’: Kansans Fiercely Debate the First Post-Roe Vote on Abortion; The Aug. 2 ballot question will decide whether the State Constitution will allow legislators to ban or further restrict the procedure.” Mitch Smith will have this article in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.
And Annie Gowen of The Washington Post has an article headlined “‘The stakes could not be higher’: Kansas abortion vote set for Aug. 2.”
“Trashing Clarence Thomas; Adam Schiff is at it again, this time via the Jan. 6 committee”: This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“Judicial Notice (07.23.22): Hot Hot Hot; A nine-figure appellate win, Biglaw office openings in NYC and H-Town, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.