“Biden releases first slate of 2023 judicial nominees”: Maegan Vazquez of CNN has this report.

“The Silver Lining of the Supreme Court’s Next Harmful Religious Liberty Ruling; A terrible precedent denies workers of faith their rights; But its replacement could be worse”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

And online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “A new Supreme Court case could turn every workplace into a religious battleground; The fight over whether religious conservatives enjoy special rights is coming to a workplace near you.”

“The legal loophole that could arm mass shooters with makeshift automatic rifles; The Supreme Court must resolve a terrifying legal fight over whether rifles with ‘bump stocks’ are legal”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“LaSalle Is Rejected by New York Senate Panel in a 10-9 Vote; Gov. Kathy Hochul’s choice of Justice Hector LaSalle to become the state’s top judge caused an intraparty Democratic battle that divided a judicial hearing on Wednesday”: Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Jesse McKinley of The New York Times have this report.

“Supreme Court justices are showing their willingness to boost conservative causes”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

Some data on when documents are being filed in the federal appellate courts: A vibrant discussion among experienced Third Circuit practitioners (who thus far appear to be almost uniformly opposed) occurring via email about yesterday’s proposed rule change that would impose a 5 p.m. electronic filing deadline instead of the current 11:59:59 p.m. deadline has resulted in the sharing of two studies from the Federal Judicial Center (access here and here) on when documents are being filed in the federal appellate courts.

Would a 5 p.m. filing deadline in the federal appellate courts (based on the local time at the headquarters of the court’s clerk’s office) improve your work-life balance? I have just launched this poll on Twitter. Voting will remain open for one day.