“Sen. Kennedy stumps Biden judicial nominee with basic questions about Constitution; The president nominated Judge Charnelle Bjelkengren to be a U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of Washington”: Summer Concepcion and Frank Thorp V of NBC News have this report.

“Supreme Court: Our Computer Systems Date to the Bronze Age.” You can access the most recent edition of Jay Willis’s weekly Balls & Strikes email newsletter via this link.

“Supreme Court did not disclose financial relationship with expert brought in to review leak probe”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“Why Does Justice Kavanaugh Write Concurrences? And if only we could gaze upon his book of never-published opinions.” Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

You can register now to attend the 2023 Corbin Appellate Symposium taking place at the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law on March 30-31, 2023: You can register via this link to attend the 2023 installment of Arkansas’ premier appellate CLE event. You can also access online a list of the speakers and the symposium’s schedule.

This marks the post-Covid return of the Corbin Symposium, and I am honored to once again be among the speakers at this event, just as I was (along with Eighth Circuit Chief Judge Lavenski R. Smith, who is also making a return appearance) at the last pre-Covid Corbin Symposium in 2019. I look forward to seeing in person those readers of this blog who are able to attend.

“Religious Employers Are Not Above The Law; Catholic School Wrong To Fire Guidance Counselor Shelly Fitzgerald For Marrying A Woman”: Americans United for Separation of Church and State issued this news release today about the Brief for Appellant that the organization’s attorneys filed yesterday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

“As capital gains tax goes to WA Supreme Court, a push to ‘microtarget’ justices”: David Gutman of The Seattle Times has this report.

“The ‘Special Treatment’ Supreme Court Justices Got During The Leak Investigation Should Be Investigated, A Group Told Congress; The justices didn’t have to sign affidavits denying the leak, but their staff did; Congress is being urged to investigate why”: David Mack of BuzzFeed News has this report.

And in commentary, online at The Baltimore Sun, Jeffrey Boutwell has an essay titled “When the chief justice himself was the Supreme Court leak.”

“After SC Supreme Court ruling, new attempt to ban nearly all abortions advances in Legislature”: Seanna Adcox of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has this report.

“Colorado baker loses appeal over refusal to make gender transition cake”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

And Colleen Slevin of The Associated Press reports that “Colorado baker loses appeal over transgender birthday cake.”

You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals of Colorado at this link.

“Kavanaugh touts ‘great relations’ among justices on divided Supreme Court; Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a conservative, praised his liberal colleagues during remarks at Notre Dame Law School”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole of CNN report that “Kavanaugh says he’s ‘optimistic’ about the Supreme Court and trashes US News law school rankings.”

And Denise Wager of Notre Dame Law School reports that “ND Law Review symposium features Q&A with Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.”

Notre Dame Law School has posted on YouTube a video titled “Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh: 2023 Notre Dame Law Review Federal Courts Symposium.”

“Trump Lawyer John Eastman Faces Disbarment Action in California; State bar regulators announced an 11-count discipline case; Stems from Eastman’s work in the weeks after 2020 election”: Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News has this report.

And Tierney Sneed of CNN reports that “California bar unveils disciplinary charges against Trump lawyer John Eastman.”

You can view the State Bar of California’s Notice of Disciplinary Charges at this link.

“The New Kavanaugh Documentary Changes Nothing; It will do one thing, and it will not be pleasant”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Proposed Third Circuit Filing Deadline Draws Litigator Dissents”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this new installment of her “Opening Argument” column in which I and several of my Third Circuit-based appellate colleagues are quoted.

“Interview: Josh Gerstein.” Elise Spenner has this post at the “High School SCOTUS” blog. And, yes, Spenner did ask him about the Dobbs opinion leak.

“Amy Wax files grievance against Penn Carey Law dean in opposition to disciplinary proceedings”: Jared Mitovich of The Daily Pennsylvanian has this report.

Max Annunziata and Nicole Muravsky of The Daily Pennsylvanian have an article headlined “Meet the eight faculty members deciding Amy Wax’s future at Penn.”

Sara Forastieri of The Daily Pennsylvanian has an article headlined “Sanctions, grievances, and hearings: Why Amy Wax cannot be fired easily.”

Last month, Mitovich had an article headlined “Amy Wax’s classes see sharp decline in enrollment as Penn’s investigation nears second year.”

And in commentary, online at The Daily Pennsylvanian, Sam Zou and Andrew Lou have an essay titled “Tenureship is indulging the Amy Waxes of the World; Academia is rewarding knowledge commodification, not contribution.”

Approximately two months ago, Alex Kaschuta interviewed Amy Wax in a YouTube video titled “Truth At Any Cost.”

“A Controversial Speaker Returned To Yale Law — You Won’t Believe What Happened Next; Kristen Waggoner of the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom spoke at YLS on Tuesday; how was she received?” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Lawsuits filed over U.S. state restrictions on abortion pills”: Jonathan Stempel and Brendan Pierson of Reuters have this report.

“Charlie Adelson’s attorneys want Magbanua’s statements private until trial”: Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat recently had this report.

“Oil industry takes offshore fracking case to Supreme Court”: Niina H. Farah of Energywire has this report on a petition for writ of certiorari filed yesterday in the U.S. Supreme Court.

“New York seeks to test Supreme Court on gun control”: Zach Schonfeld of The Hill has this report.

“Supreme Failures from the Court; Conservative legal minds rank the worst twenty Supreme Court decisions of all time”: Matthew J. Franck and Mark David Hall have this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Bipartisan Supreme Court Reform Is Not a Pipe Dream; By backing the implementation of ethics reforms already practiced in the lower courts instead of more radical solutions, liberals can make a case with which conservatives might agree”: Simon Lazarus has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice David Nahmias will join Jones Day as a partner in Atlanta”: The Jones Day law firm issued this news release today.

And in news coverage, Alexander Lugo of The Daily Report of Fulton County, Georgia has an article headlined “Jones Day’s Atlanta Office Scoops Up Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice; David Nahmias stepped down from Georgia’s high court in July after nearly 13 years on the bench.”

“The Ninth Circuit Upholds a Wealth Tax; The Supreme Court should review the ruling, which ignores constitutional limits on the taxing power”: Christopher Cox and Hank Adler will have this op-ed in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued the decision in June 2022. And in November 2022, the court issued an order denying rehearing en banc form which four judges dissented.

“Abbie VanSickle will be joining the Washington bureau as a Supreme Court reporter.” The New York Times Co. issued this news release today.

“Long-simmering circuit split on cybersquatting heats up with new ruling”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post about a decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued yesterday.

“South Carolina revisits shield law as Supreme Court debates firing squad, electrocution”: Kathryn Casteel of The Greenville News has this report.

“Trump’s worst judge is now a dangerous threat to press freedom; An unhinged case brought by anti-vaxxers will be heard by one of the biggest reactionaries in the federal judiciary”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Covering History in the Making; U.S. Supreme Court reporter Marcia Coyle looks back at her 35 years of coverage here at The National Law Journal”: Marcia Coyle has this report.

“Americans Like the Supreme Court More — But Still Not That Much; Support reaches 47%, still well below September 2020 level; Poll sees support for ruling barring race-conscious admissions”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Biden Leery of Involvement in Potential Plea Deal in Sept. 11 Case; A proposal to end a decade-long attempt to seek the death penalty before a military tribunal carries political risks, but the Trump administration also decided the system failed”: Charlie Savage and Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times have this report.

“California enacts new abortion laws, expecting copycats; New policies taking effect aim to make California an abortion haven”: Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico has this report.

“The Supreme Court is concerned about its own security — what about ours?” Michael J. Dell has this essay online at The Hill.

“Colleges are bracing for a court decision on affirmative action. Here’s what Princeton’s president is doing to prepare. ‘We are going to continue to pursue within the limit of the law the diversity that is essential to the mission of this university,’ said Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber.” Susan Snyder of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.