“Gorsuch Immigration Dissent Echoes Views on Covid Curbs”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Philly DA Larry Krasner argues that the courts should step in to block his impeachment trial; Krasner’s lawyers urged Commonwealth Court judges to declare the ongoing impeachment drive legally baseless; Attorneys for the legislature said the process was constitutionally sound”: Chris Palmer of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

And Brooke Schultz of The Associated Press reports that “Judges wary about separation of powers in impeachment case.”

“Biden outpacing Trump, Obama with diverse judicial nominees”: Seung Min Kim and Colleen Long of The Associated Press have this report.

“Harvard students anxious about forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action”: Max Larkin had this audio segment on yesterday’s broadcast of WBUR’s “Here & Now.”

“Gov. Kate Brown appoints 5 judges, including 2 to Oregon Supreme Court”: Catalina Gaitán of The Oregonian has this report.

Whitney Woodworth of The Salem Statesman Journal has an article headlined “Ahead of leaving office, Gov. Kate Brown appoints five new judges.”

And Lauren Dake of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that “Brown appoints 2 Oregon Supreme Court judges in her final days as governor.”

“Conservative Supreme Court once again looms as threat to Biden agenda in 2023; The court is set to rule in a series of high-profile cases in the next six months, including Biden’s bid to revive his student loan forgiveness plan”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.