“SC Supreme Court justice replacement: Abortion ruling brings new scrutiny on the 3 candidates.” Alexander Thompson and Seanna Adcox of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina have this report.

“Lawmakers set to press Supreme Court on ethics standards; Lawmaker concerns include a lack of information on court’s leak investigation”: Michael Macagnone of Roll Call has this report.

“William Consovoy Dies at 48; Took Conservative Cases to the Supreme Court; He argued against affirmative action and the Voting Rights Act; He also represented former President Trump in his fight to avoid the release of his tax returns”: Clay Risen of The New York Times has written this obituary.

“The Supreme Court wants state lawmakers to decide abortion. So far, it’s been courts and voters.” Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“The abortion clinic at the center of the Supreme Court ruling will become a secondhand store; The shuttered Jackson, Mississippi, clinic, known as the Pink House, is being painted white; The building’s new owner says he doesn’t ‘want to get into a political issue’ about its history”: Bracey Harris of NBC News has this report.

“Google Says Supreme Court Ruling Could Potentially Upend the Internet; Tech giant files brief in YouTube case brought by family of woman killed in Paris terrorist attacks”: John D. McKinnon of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And Brian Fung of CNN reports that “Google claims a Supreme Court defeat would transform the internet — for the worse.”

You can access Google’s brief for respondent, on which Lisa S. Blatt appears as counsel of record, at this link.

“Assailing an Hispanic Judge in New York; The left’s judicial enforcers go after a sound Hochul nominee”: This editorial will appear in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“House Republicans’ ‘Born Alive’ Abortion Bill Isn’t Just Political Messaging. It’s a Cry for Help. The GOP is beholden to the anti-abortion movement — but terrified of actually passing anti-abortion laws.” Law professor Mary Ziegler has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Director of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, School of Law”: The University of Virginia has posted this job opening.

“In Memoriam: William S. Consovoy (1974-2023); Will Consovoy, a leading lawyer in the conservative legal movement, was not your typical SCOTUS advocate — and leaves behind a remarkable legacy.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“A Conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor”: The Association of American Law Schools has posted this video on YouTube.

“Interview: Hannah Mullen.” Elise Spenner has this post at the “High School SCOTUS” blog.

“Kansas chief justice seeks pay raises for judges as GOP frustration over abortion festers”: Katie Bernard of The Kansas City Star has this report.

And John Hanna of The Associated Press reports that “AG wants Kansas court to rethink abortion rights protections.”

“Democratic win in Virginia special election stymies Gov. Youngkin’s push for 15-week abortion ban; Aaron Rouse’s victory in the state Senate race comes as Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, is calling on the Legislature to pass a bill to ban abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy”: Zoë Richards of NBC News has this report.

Alanna Vagianos of HuffPost reports that “Virginia Republicans Make Good On Youngkin’s Promise, Introduce 15-Week Abortion Ban; Democrats’ recent victory in a critical state Senate seat will likely stop the ban from becoming law in the near future.”

And in commentary, online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “Virginia Republicans’ Proposed 15-Week Abortion Ban Is Strikingly Extreme; The bill provides an alarming window into what will happen if the GOP retakes the legislature.”

“Talk of prosecuting women for abortion pills roils antiabortion movement; Alabama attorney general became the most prominent Republican official yet to suggest that abortion seekers could be charged”: Caroline Kitchener and Ellen Francis have this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Appeals court seems poised to void part of sex trafficking law; The D.C. judges expressed skepticism about the constitutionality of language in a law that makes it a crime to operate a computer service with the intent to promote prostitution”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report on an oral argument (access the audio via this link) that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard yesterday.