“If Affirmative Action Ends, College Admissions May Be Changed Forever; Schools may need to rethink everything, including recruitment, scholarships, standardized testing and alumni preferences”: Stephanie Saul of The New York Times has this report.

“Inside Brazil’s Supreme Court, conservation teams pick up the pieces”: Rafael Vilela and Claire Parker of The Washington Post have this photo essay.

“Alfred T. Goodwin, Judge in Pledge of Allegiance Case, Dies at 99; He ruled the pledge unconstitutional because the words ‘under God’ violated the separation of church and state; The Supreme Court reversed the ruling”: Richard Sandomir of The New York Times has written this obituary.

And last Wednesday, the Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a news release titled “Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Mourns Passing of Judge Alfred Theodore Goodwin.”

“Supreme Court takes case focused on religious protections for workers; Eight new cases, including one focused on a worker refusing to work on the Sabbath, should complete current term”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

You can view Friday’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Judicial Notice (01.14.23): Double Trouble; A clerk-hiring controversy, still more Biglaw layoffs, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“After state twice runs out of time, Alabama Supreme Court ends midnight deadline for executions”: Ivana Hrynkiw of Alabama Media Group has this report about an order that the Supreme Court of Alabama issued last Thursday.

From the Department of Paragraph Numbering is Hard Work: On Friday, the North Carolina Judicial Branch issued a news release titled “Supreme Court of North Carolina Withdraws Order Implementing Universal Citation System; The Court is withdrawing its previous order implementing the universal citation system for judicial opinions and publications.”

“Supreme Court’s decision on felony suffrage hinges on understanding of state amendment process”: Bobby Harrison has this essay online at Mississippi Today.

“Abortion Protesters Get Probation for Disrupting Supreme Court”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Racial Preferences and the Fainthearted Supreme Court: For 45 years, the justices have tried to set strict limits and colleges have ignored them; It’s time for a bright-line ruling that discrimination is unlawful.” John B. Daukas had this op-ed in yesterday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.