“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.

“Is Democracy Constitutional? In Moore v. Harper the Supreme Court will decide if anyone besides itself should be able to adjudicate American election law.” Adam Serwer has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“In wake of the Supreme Court’s Roe decision, New York preps for out-of-state women seeking abortions”: Joseph Ostapiuk of The Staten Island Advance has this report.

“Supreme Court to hear two election cases next term, progressives warn it could ‘upend’ democracy”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“At Least 25 States Are One Supreme Court Decision Away From Banning Same-Sex Marriage”: Arianna Coghill of Mother Jones has this report.

“Johnny Depp wanted to ‘move on’ from Heard trial but fired back with his own appeal”: Alexandra Del Rosario of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Facing sanctions, Penn Law professor Amy Wax is crowdfunding her legal defense”: Karen Sloan of Reuters has this report.

“South Carolina bill outlaws websites that tell how to get an abortion; More states could follow, setting up a battle over the future of online speech across the country”: Cat Zakrzewski has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“California Enacts Gun Control Law Modeled on Texas’ SB 8 Anti-Abortion Law; Both laws seek to evade judicial review by delegating enforcement exclusively to private parties”: Ilya Somin has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Newsom signs gun law modeled after Texas abortion ban, setting up Supreme Court fight”: Hannah Wiley has this front page article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

“Republicans split on same-sex marriage bill, which faces uncertainty in the Senate; GOP senators are torn between their culturally conservative base, which is resistant to the idea, and a large majority of the country that favors legal gay marriage”: Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report.

“As Supreme Court turns right, expansion supporters see opportunity in midterms; Liberal groups and some Democrats want to make structural changes to the Supreme Court an issue in the midterm elections; That’s likely to be an uphill fight”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

“Supreme Court leak probe: So many questions, so few answers.” Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Supreme Court move allows Jackson to take part in race case”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report on an order that the U.S. Supreme Court issued today.

“No constitutional right to abortion? Some observers plead the Ninth.” Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“I provide abortions in Indiana. I don’t believe in turning patients away.” Caitlin Bernard, M.D. has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Michael Avenatti loses $250 mln Fox News defamation appeal”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.

“Biden and Democrats should waste no time filling judicial vacancies”: The Washington Post has published this editorial.

“Justice Elena Kagan on Public Confidence in Supreme Court”: C-SPAN has posted online this video of Justice Elena Kagan’s appearance yesterday at the Ninth Circuit’s Judicial Conference.

“Abortions in Kentucky still legal after judge blocks state law while case goes through court”: Deborah Yetter of The Louisville Courier Journal has this report.

Bill Estep of The Lexington Herald Leader reports that “Abortion to remain legal in Kentucky as judge rules against enforcing ban.”

Dylan Lovan of The Associated Press reports that “Kentucky judge extends block of state’s abortion ban.”

And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Kentucky judge extends block on state enforcing abortion ban.”

“Do the justices regret blowing up the Supreme Court’s reputation yet?” Columnist Jennifer Rubin has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Roe supporters deserved a more thoughtful Supreme Court opinion, Sarah Isgur says”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“Religious Doctrine, Not the Constitution, Drove the Dobbs Decision”: Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Supreme Court Refuses for Now to Restore Biden Plan on Immigration Enforcement; A federal judge in Texas has blocked guidelines setting priorities for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents, saying they were at odds with the immigrations laws”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Robert Barnes and Maria Sacchetti of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court won’t reinstate Biden policy limiting immigration arrests; The court said it will hear the merits of the case in December.”

In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage has an article headlined “Supreme Court turns down Biden’s emergency immigration appeal.”

In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Michelle Hackman has an article headlined “Supreme Court Rules Against Biden Administration’s Immigration Enforcement Guidelines; High court puts the policy on hold until it can weigh the matter in its coming term.”

John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court blocks Biden from implementing immigration policy but will hear case; The court’s order marked the first time Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has weighed in on a high court ruling.”

And Ariane de Vogue and Priscilla Alvarez of CNN report that “Justice Jackson dissents in first vote as Supreme Court won’t reinstate Biden immigration policies.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court, which denied a stay by a 5-to-4 vote, at this link.

“The Attorney General’s Choice: Merrick Garland’s job in weighing a Trump indictment is not to heal the nation.” Ian Bassin and Erica Newland have this essay (subscription required for full access) online at The New York Review of Books.

“Appeal opens new chapter in Depp-Heard court battle; Attorneys for the ‘Aquaman’ actress are fighting the $10.3 million defamation verdict a Virginia jury awarded to her ex-husband Johnny Depp”: Joan Hennessy of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Judge sides with Louisiana clinics in fight over ban, keeping abortion access alive for now; Don Johnson of the 19th Judicial District has granted a preliminary injunction blocking trigger law”: Sam Karlin of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has this report.

And Katie Shepherd of The Washington Post reports that “Louisiana abortion clinics stay open after judge temporarily blocks ban.”

“Kagan says questions of legitimacy risky for Supreme Court”: Nick Ehli and Robert Barnes of The Washington Post have this report.

And Dan Levine of Reuters reports that “Justice Kagan warns U.S. Supreme Court must maintain public confidence.”

“The Longest SCOTUS Oral Argument; In a Supreme Court oral argument this past term, something unusual happened: The longest argument by a single advocate in decades; Here is how it came about.” Tony Mauro has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.”