“How the California Supreme Court went from political lightning rod to low-key happy family”: Bob Egelko has this front page article in today’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle.

“Why Little-Noticed State Legislative Races Could Be Hugely Consequential; Races in state legislatures are often quiet and turn on local issues like roads or schools; But a Supreme Court case could give these legislative bodies nearly absolute power over federal elections”: Nick Corasaniti has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Justice Jackson Joins the Supreme Court, and the Debate Over Originalism; In arguments in a voting rights case, the new justice said history must inform constitutional interpretation, making a liberal case for an idea often associated with conservatives”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“No Doppelgänger for Jackson”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Limiting the Inevitable Damage”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.

“The Post-Roe Abortion Underground: A multigenerational network of activists is getting abortion pills across the Mexican border to Americans.” Stephania Taladrid has this article in the October 17, 2022 issue of The New Yorker.

“California Tries to Regulate 50 States; The Supreme Court considers the limits of state law and interstate commerce”: This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“UNC once barred Black students. Now it’s fighting for affirmative action.” Nick Anderson of The Washington Post has this report.

“Risking Everything to Offer Abortions Across State Lines; Doctors and midwives in blue states are working to get abortion pills into red states — setting the stage for a historic legal clash”: Emily Bazelon has this cover story in today’s edition of The New York Times Magazine.

“Judge Ho’s Yale Clerk Ban Is ‘Ugly,’ Third Circuit Judge Says”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg News has this report (subscription required for full access).

“Judicial Notice (10.08.22): Game On; The Onion’s awesome amicus brief, updates on Judge Ho v. Yale Law, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“The surprisingly high stakes in a Supreme Court case about bacon; National Pork Producers Council v. Ross asks just how far one state can go to change life in the other 49 states”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

And in yesterday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Robert Alt had an op-ed titled “Ohio Pig Farmers Didn’t Get a Vote on California’s Proposition 12; Hollywood busybodies seem to think they know better than Midwesterners how to raise hogs.”

“The Onion makes a serious point. Police violated Ohio man’s rights for mocking them. Anthony Novak’s case demonstrates how qualified immunity thwarts constitutional rights — in this instance, permitting police to arrest, jail and prosecute a man for making fun of them on social media.” Patrick Jaicomo and Anya Bidwell have this essay online at USA Today.

“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.

“The Portrait of Justice”: Larry Buchanan and Matt Stevens of The New York Times have this photo essay.

“Ohio’s six-week abortion ban on hold indefinitely. State expected to appeal.” Jessie Balmert and Cameron Knight of The Cincinnati Enquirer have this report.

“Does Ideology Really Matter When Hiring Judicial Clerks? ‘I spent a year working alongside three co-clerks and one judge who had fantastically different instincts than me on everything,’ said former Scalia counter clerk Gil Seinfeld”: Brad Kutner of The National Law Journal has this report.

“Supreme Court will consider whether Andy Warhol’s Prince paintings violate copyright law”: Mark Walsh has this report online at ABA Journal.

“How much cruelty is a pork chop worth?” Columnist Kathleen Parker has this essay online at The Washington Post about a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Slack’s backers warn SCOTUS of hit to capital markets from direct listing case”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

“66 Abortion Clinics No Longer Provide Abortions After Roe Overturned, Study Says; Twenty-six of those clinics have closed, though some have reopened or plan to reopen in other locations”: Jennifer Calfas of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Appeals Court Allows Florida to Prohibit Businesses From Requiring Proof of Covid-19 Vaccination; Divided ruling lifts injunction that barred state from enforcing law”: Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.

Earlier today, Jim Saunders of News Service of Florida had an article headlined “The cruise line challenge to Florida’s ban on vaccine passports is near an end” reporting that the appellees in this case earlier this week had asked the Eleventh Circuit to dismiss the appeal as moot.

“Federal Judge Blocks N.Y. Gun Law, Finding Much of It Unconstitutional; The order, issued by Judge Glenn T. Suddaby, found that the state’s new restrictions on the carrying of guns in public trampled on the rights of New Yorkers”: Jonah E. Bromwich of The New York Times has this report on a ruling that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York issued today.

“Supreme Court Asked to Consider Missouri Minor’s Abortion Rights”: Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Texas executes John Henry Ramirez, who won religious rights Supreme Court case”: María Luisa Paúl of The Washington Post has this report.

“The man who wrote the Onion’s Supreme Court brief takes parody very seriously”: Rachel Treisman of NPR has a report that begins, “The long-running First Amendment case of an Ohio man is suddenly getting a lot of attention, thanks to the satirical news site The Onion.”