“Trump denounces ‘crime-fraud’ ruling forcing attorney to testify in documents probe; The ruling by the federal District Court in D.C. came as its chief judge wound up her term supervising the grand jury”: Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico have this report.

“With (Judicial) Friends Like These . . . The surprising recent rise in partisan, racial, and gender differences in circuit judges following earlier opinions.” Stuart Benjamin has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

You can access via SSRN the paper he co-authored titled “Twenty-First Century Split: Partisan, Racial, and Gender Differences in Circuit Judges Following Earlier Opinions.”

“The Danger of Cameras to the Supreme Court: Our study showed they can diminish the perception of the judiciary’s legitimacy.” Professors Ryan J. Owens and Ryan Black will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

You can view the authors’ study at this link.

“The Supreme Court has been paying Michael Chertoff’s firm for 5 years; The former judge and DHS secretary sent Congress a letter confirming his firm undertook secret assignments for the justices”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report. You can access the letter at this link.

“Politico‘s Pre-Written Thesis about the Federalist Society Collides with Its Own Reporting; A failed hit piece on the Federalist Society ends up just proving how much the group stands for American democracy”: Dan McLaughlin has this essay online at National Review.

“Antonin Scalia’s Origins”: In the April 3, 2023 print edition of National Review magazine, Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has this review of James Rosen‘s new book, “Scalia: Rise to Greatness, 1936–1986.”

“Ricky Polston resigning from Florida Supreme Court, giving DeSantis another appointment; A new appointment is not expected to dramatically change the already conservative court”: News Service of Florida has this report.

“Oklahoma Supreme Court finds ‘limited right’ to abortion in state constitution”: Chris Casteel of The Oklahoman has an article that begins, “The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the state constitution includes ‘an inherent right of a pregnant woman to terminate a pregnancy when necessary to save her life.'”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma at this link.

“U.S. Supreme Court divided over Coinbase arbitration dispute”: Andrew Chung and John Kruzel of Reuters have this report.

“Supreme Court asked to allow West Virginia’s transgender athlete ban; The case involves a 12-year-old transgender girl who wants to stay on the girls’ track and cross-country teams at her middle school”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“Michael Chertoff acknowledges scope of his Supreme Court security work and outlines leak probe timeline in new letter to Congress”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.