“Judiciary’s 2022 Annual Report and Statistics Now Available”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts today issued this news release, containing links to additional relevant stuff.

“A Trump Judge’s Tantrum at Stanford Law Was Part of a Bigger Plan”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“An Idaho College Removes Artwork About Abortion, Citing a State Law; Six works in a Lewis-Clark exhibition about health care were perceived to run afoul of a law that prohibits the use of state funds to ‘promote abortion’ or ‘counsel in favor of abortion'”: Brian Boucher of The New York Times has this report.

“The Expanding Battle Over the Abortion Pill: Republican state attorneys general are threatening action against pharmacies that dispense it, as a federal lawsuit challenges the F.D.A.’s authority to approve it.” Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this Comment in the Talk of the Town section of the March 20, 2023 issue of The New Yorker.

“How Federal Judges Made a Political Game Out of Taking Senior Status: A new study shows that lower court judges, and especially conservatives, are using senior status as a loophole to ensure their replacement by a like-minded president; Here’s how Congress can respond.” Xiao Wang has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Of Bruen, the Second Amendment, and Constitutional Insanity”: Eric Segall recently had this post at “Dorf on Law.”

“South Carolina GOP lawmakers propose death penalty for women who have abortions”: Stephen Neukam of The Hill has this report.

“Droney Leaves Day Pitney, Goes Independent With Launch of New Firm; Going independent, Christopher Droney said, will make it easier to avoid conflicts that inevitably arise when employed by one of the state’s largest firms”: Michael Marciano of Connecticut Law Tribune has this report. Avoiding big-firm “positional” conflicts was a major reason I went solo just over 19 years ago.

“Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race holds high stakes. Here’s a breakdown of issues the next court could hear, from abortion to voting rules.” Corrinne Hess of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

“The Supreme Court Conservatives’ Favorite New Weapon for Kneecapping the Administrative State: Why a relatively young legal doctrine has become all the rage among the court’s right-wing majority.” Matt Ford of The New Republic has this report.

“UPenn Accuses a Law Professor of Racist Statements. Should She Be Fired? Amy Wax and free speech groups say the university is trampling on her academic freedom. Students ask whether her speech deserves to be protected.” Vimal Patel has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“How the Supreme Court’s decision in unclaimed property case will affect Delaware”: Brandon Holveck of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware has this report.

“Q&A: James Rosen; Newsmax Chief White House Correspondent James Rosen, author of Scalia: Rise to Greatness, 1936-1986, talked about the first of his two-part biography of late Supreme Court associate justice Antonin Scalia.” You can view the video online at C-SPAN via this link.

“The Supreme Court Just Keeps Deciding It Should Be Even More Powerful; Whatever conservative ethos of restraint there once was has vanished”: Law professor Kimberly Wehle has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Just How Hypocritical Are the Supreme Court’s Conservative Justices Willing to Be?” Law professor Stephen I. Vladeck has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

And at his “One First” Substack site, Vladeck has a post titled “18. The Growing Abuse of Single-Judge Divisions: The Supreme Court may soon have an opportunity to weigh in on the growing practice of plaintiffs hand-picking the specific district judge who hears their lawsuit; It should condemn it.”

“EXCLUSIVE: US Judge Kyle Duncan Interview; Jurist silenced by elite Stanford Law mob explains why it matters for democracy.” Rod Dreher has this post at his “Rod Dreher’s Diary” Substack site.

And Nate Raymond and Karen Sloan of Reuters report that “Trump-appointed judge wants Stanford to apologize for disrupted speech.” Stanford did issue an apology letter, which you can view on Twitter via this link.

“In an unusual move, judge delays public notice of abortion-pill hearing; Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk wanted to minimize protests and threats in connection with the closely-watched case, people familiar with the plan said”: Perry Stein, Ann E. Marimow, and Caroline Kitchener of The Washington Post have this report.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “Deep in the Heart of Amarillo.”

“With rehearings, NC Supreme Court could set extraordinary precedent with political consequences; North Carolina voters put Republicans in control of the state Supreme Court; Now the court’s new GOP majority is moving quickly to rehear election law cases Republicans had previously lost; The court’s decisions could have a far-reaching impact on future elections”: Will Doran of WRAL News has this report.

“In the wake of Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Wisconsin is living in 1849; Wisconsin’s 1-year-old legislature banned abortion in 1849, making it a felony to provide abortion care unless the life of the mother is in danger; Last year, this ban took effect again”: U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) has this essay online at USA Today.

“No one knows when it is legal to perform medically necessary abortions in Texas; Doctors in red states across the country are too scared to perform legal abortions; A Texas lawsuit seeks to fix that in the biggest red state”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“After Supreme Court declined Parma parody case, time for local action”: Patrick Jaicomo and Maya Rubin have this essay (subscription required for full access) online at The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

“‘Scalia’ Review: The Supreme Court’s Constitutional Caretaker; In the first volume of his biography, Antonin Scalia, the son of an immigrant, ascends to the heights of the legal profession.” In yesterday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Matthew Continetti had this review of James Rosen‘s new book, “Scalia: Rise to Greatness, 1936 to 1986.”

“The 2023 Justice Donald L. Corbin Appellate Symposium”: Stephanie R. Williams recently had this post at the “Appellate Advocacy Blog.”

If you’d like to attend this event, at which I will be speaking, you can obtain the early registration discount through March 15, 2023 via this link. The event will take place on March 30-31, 2023 at the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law in Little Rock, Arkansas.

“A years-old fight between Trump, House Democrats over a hotel lands at the Supreme Court”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

“Impending Texas abortion decision could be headed toward Supreme Court”: Marcia Coyle has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“West Virginia asks Supreme Court to let it enforce state’s anti-trans sports ban”: Devan Cole of CNN has this report.

“Decorated vet’s last stand: FBI agent wants Supreme Court to make VA stop shortchanging veterans on GI Bill benefits; Army vet James Rudisill has enlisted a Chicago lawyer to convince the Supreme Court to force the VA to provide mandated educational benefits to himself and two million other veterans; Ex-Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says Rudisill is right.” Stephanie Zimmermann of The Chicago Sun-Times has this report.

“Three Texas women are sued for wrongful death after allegedly helping friend obtain abortion medication; In the first lawsuit of its kind since Roe v. Wade was overturned, a husband seeks damages from women who allegedly helped his ex-wife obtain the medications to terminate her pregnancy”: Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“Canadian Supreme Court Judge on Leave During Review of Altercation in Arizona; The judge denied instigating the episode, which an oversight council has been investigating for several weeks”: Vjosa Isai of The New York Times has this report.

And Tonda MacCharles of The Toronto Star reports that “Supreme Court judge calls allegation of drunken behaviour ‘demonstrably false’; A top Canadian judge says he was attacked ‘without warning or provocation’ and punched in the head, denying allegations published Friday from a complainant who said Justice Russell Brown was drunk and bothering a group at an Arizona spa resort in late January.”

“Skipping Appellate Jurisdiction to Address Subject-Matter Jurisdiction; The Second Circuit assumed that it had jurisdiction over an interlocutory appeal and held that the district court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

“Yale Law Is No Longer #1 — For Free-Speech Debacles; Congratulations, Stanford Law, you’re the new poster child for intolerance”: David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

The Ethics and Public Policy Center has posted on Vimeo a video titled “Judge Duncan event at Stanford.”

“US Senate confirms Connecticut justice to federal appeals court”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

Lisa Hagen of Connecticut Mirror reports that “CT’s Maria Kahn confirmed by U.S. Senate to 2nd Circuit.”

And Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law reports that “Judge in Key Sandy Hook Ruling Confirmed to US Second Circuit.”

Yesterday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Maria Araújo Kahn to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by a vote of 51-to-42.

“The Last of Us: Everything you ever wanted to know about extremely long-serving judges but were afraid to ask.” Adam Unikowsky has this post at his “Adam’s Legal Newsletter” Substack site.

“A Louisiana man whose conviction was overturned in a Supreme Court ruling against split juries is found not guilty at new trial; The court ruled in 2020 that Evangelisto Ramos’ conviction by a split jury was unconstitutional, allowing him to receive a second trial”: Corky Siemaszko of NBC News has this report.

“High court justice Russell Brown under investigation after altercation at Arizona resort; Canadian Judicial Council says allegations of inappropriate behaviour taken seriously”: Ian Mulgrew of The Vancouver Sun has this report.

Earlier, Sean Fine of The Toronto Globe and Mail reported that “Canadian Judicial Council investigating complaint against Supreme Court Justice Russell Brown.”

For those who enjoy Santas who fight, the film “Violent Night” can now be streamed on Peacock.