“Wanted: A Constitutional Ethos; We need theories that can speak intelligently of the common good without abandoning our constitutional order.” James Stoner has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Separating Race and State: Classified shows that American racial and ethnic classifications are arbitrary and inconsistent with our constitutional order.” At the “Law & Liberty” blog, Scott Gerber has this review of law professor David E. Bernstein‘s new book, “Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America.”

“The Supreme Court’s Breadcrumb Trail; The Court’s reshuffling of rights and of once-settled doctrine suggests a future of far-reaching constitutional change”: At the “Law & Liberty” blog, Seana Sugrue has a post that begins, “It feels like 1938 again. That was the last time the Supreme Court embarked on a path of far-reaching constitutional change.”

“A judge’s affair with Tom Girardi, a beachfront condo and a $300,000 wire from his firm”: In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, Harriet Ryan and Matt Hamilton have a front page article that begins, “Tricia Bigelow, then a presiding justice of a state appeals court in downtown Los Angeles, wanted a weekend place at the beach.”

“The Next Step in the Anti-Abortion Playbook Is Becoming Clear”: Law professor Mary Ziegler has this essay online at The New York Times.

“N.Y., California and other circuit courts re-open to public”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.