“A Chanting of Morrison v. Olson”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link.

“Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates make final push in hotly-contested campaign; Justice Dan Kelly and Judge Janet Protasiewicz are making their final appeals to voters amid news of the indictment of former President Donald Trump”: Anya van Wagtendonk and Joe Schulz of Wisconsin Pubic Radio have this report.

Alice Herman and Sam Levine of The Guardian (UK) have an article headlined “‘The dominating issue’: judicial election will decide fate of abortion in Wisconsin; Control of state’s supreme court will ultimately decide fate of 1849 abortion ban that was revived in June, after Roe was overturned.”

Ben Jacobs of Vox has an article headlined “The most important election of 2023 is for the Wisconsin Supreme Court; Why the Wisconsin Supreme Court election could have huge national implications.”

And Daniel Marans of HuffPost reports that “Abortion Rights And Democracy Are On The Line In Wisconsin Court Race; The prospect of a liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has prompted unprecedented spending and national attention.”

“Supreme Court won’t review conviction of Louisiana man sentenced to death for role in prison escape”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“Key Senate Dems want Supreme Court funding tied to an ethics code for justices”: Tierney Sneed of CNN has this report.

“Inside Donald Trump’s rocky relationship with the Supreme Court”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

“How Neil Gorsuch Bucked Trump — And Almost Derailed His Own Nomination”: Vanity Fair magazine has posted online this excerpt from Joan Biskupic’s new book, “Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court’s Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences.” The book’s official on-sale date is tomorrow.

“The Christian Liberal-Arts School at the Heart of the Culture Wars; Conservatives like Ron DeSantis see Hillsdale College as a model for education nationwide”: Emma Green has this Annals of Education article in the April 10, 2023 issue of The New Yorker.

“The Supreme Importance of Wisconsin’s Election”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.

“How Long Without Outdoor Exercise Is Too Long for a Prisoner in Solitary? ‘Exercise is a basic human need, and its long-term denial may constitute cruel and unusual punishment,’ said prison officials, who also asserted three years was tolerable; The case could reach the Supreme Court.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“His obsessive online posts terrorized her. But were they illegal threats? The Supreme Court is to hear a key free-speech case involving the singer Coles Whalen, whose stalker was sent to prison.” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.

And in Brown v. Louisiana, No. 22–77, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a dissent, in which Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan joined, from the denial of certiorari.

“Judicial Notice (04.01.23): Bragging Rights; Justice Gorsuch’s principled dissent, Davis Polk’s domination of dealmaking, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Arguments in abortion lawsuit at the center of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race begin in May”: Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

Patrick Marley of The Washington Post reports that “Expensive court race will decide future of abortion in Wisconsin; Voters will decide Tuesday if conservative or liberal judges control the Wisconsin Supreme Court ahead of decisions on abortion and redistricting.”

And Jess Bidgood of The Boston Globe reports that “Wisconsin court mega-fight crashes to an end, with a Trump coda.”

“Supreme court justices felt tricked by Trump at Kavanaugh swearing-in — book; CNN analyst Joan Biskupic cites unnamed justices saying a White House celebration of Trump’s pick turned overtly political”: Martin Pengelly of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

I was on the road, away from my office, all last week, and while I was away, my advance copy of Biskupic’s new book — “Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court’s Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences” — arrived there. I am very much looking forward to reading it. The book’s official on-sale date is Tuesday, April 4, 2023.

“Court-Hopping: Should More Appellate Judges Visit District Courts? Federal appellate judges Timothy Tymkovich and Jennifer Elrod talk about the reasons they volunteer to visit district courts.” Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has this report.

In the current issue of Judicature magazine, law professor Marin K. Levy has a related article titled “Visiting Judges: Riding Circuit and Beyond.”

“This Law Professor Took on Nixon and Trump. Now He’s Facing Off Against Stanford Law School Students. John Banzhaf says he plans to file a bar complaint against the students who disrupted Fifth Circuit judge Kyle Duncan.” Aaron Sibarium of The Washington Free Beacon has this report.

“Federal judges say they won’t hire clerks from ‘intolerant’ Stanford Law School”: Jesse O’Neill of The New York Post has this report.

And James Gordon of The Daily Mail (UK) has an article headlined “Federal judges announce they will refuse to hire clerks from Stanford Law School after woke students and diversity dean ambushed conservative member of the bench: ‘They terrorize people into submission and self-censorship.’“

“The Dangerous Journey of John Eastman: How a mild-mannered law professor became the architect of a scheme to overturn a presidential election.” Garrett Epps has this article in the upcoming issue of Washington Monthly magazine.

“Federal Judges Say They Won’t Hire Clerks From Stanford Law School; James Ho and Elizabeth Branch, who announced a clerkship boycott of Yale Law last year, are adding Stanford to the list”: Aaron Sibarium of The Washington Free Beacon has this report.

That publication has also posted online an item titled “Judge James Ho’s Remarks Announcing a Hiring Boycott From Stanford Law School.”

Perhaps we will learn tomorrow whether this is or is not an April Fools’ joke.

“Wisconsin Supreme Court control, abortion access at stake”: Scott Bauer of The Associated Press has this report.

“In post-Roe America, weird changes might be coming to abortion law”: Columnist Kathleen Parker has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“This federal judge may be hazardous to your health”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“New Mexico Supreme Court blocks ordinances restricting access to abortion”: Elise Kaplan and Dan Boyd of The Albuquerque Journal have this report.

And Susan Montoya Bryan of The Associated Press reports that “New Mexico Supreme Court blocks local abortion ordinances.”

“Female Justices Still Interrupted at Argument, But Barrett Less”: Law professor Tonja Jacobi has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.

“The Liberal Maverick Fighting Race-Based Affirmative Action; For decades, Richard Kahlenberg has pushed for a class-conscious approach to college admissions; He may finally get his wish, but it comes at a personal cost”: Anemona Hartocollis of The New York Times has this report.

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s ‘Inexorable Zero’ of Black Employees: ‘What if she says yes?'” Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.