“Exclusive: Another Federal Judge Joins Boycott of Yale Law; Elizabeth Branch becomes the 14th federal judge to refuse to hire clerks from the school over free-speech concerns.” Nate Hochman has this report online at National Review.

“David Beckwith, Who Scooped the Supreme Court on Roe, Dies at 79; His article on the landmark abortion-rights ruling gained renewed attention this year after a draft of the opinion overturning that decision was leaked”: Ed Shanahan of The New York Times has written this obituary.

“The Supreme Court Has a Long History of Failed Leak Probes; If history is any guide, we’ll never know the identity of the person who leaked last term’s abortion decision”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Experts say Pa. Supreme Court vacancy should be filled quickly”: Paula Reed Ward of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has this report. Whether the vacancy will be filled quickly, of course, is an entirely different matter.

“Arizona appeals court puts hold on territorial abortion ban; Planned Parenthood to resume procedure”: Ray Stern of The Arizona Republic has this report.

And Andrew Jeong of The Washington Post reports that “Arizona court halts enforcement of near-total abortion ban.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the Arizona Court of Appeals at this link.

“A Supreme Court artist retires after 45 years documenting judicial history up close”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Saturday.”

“A Crusader Court? Is a shadowy cabal behind advances in religious liberty? Andrew Seidel’s new book doesn’t go beyond polemical name-calling.” At the “Law & Liberty” blog, Mark David Hall has this post reviewing Andrew L Seidel‘s new book, “American Crusade: How the Supreme Court is Weaponizing Religious Freedom.”

And on Tuesday, “TheThinkingAtheist” YouTube channel posted this interview with the book’s author.

“The Supreme Court’s Big Second Amendment Decision Is Wreaking Havoc on Gun Safety Laws; A federal judge struck down New York’s ban on guns in airports, summer camps, crisis shelters, and the subway; That’s just the start”: Law professor Jake Charles has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Deft Legal Reasoning Collides With Political Reality; The rave reviews that the newest Supreme Court justice received on her debut were well deserved, but they’ve created a set of outsize expectations that she can never fulfill”: Jess Coleman has this essay online at The New Republic.

“The Hypocrisy of Supreme Court Ethics Journalism; Expect to see more baseless attacks on conservative justices”: Mark Paoletta has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.