“Partisan clash expected during Supreme Court ethics hearing; Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have painted a Democratic push for an ethics code as an attack on Clarence Thomas”: Michael Macagnone of Roll Call has this report.

“DeSantis expands Florida death penalty law, defying U.S. Supreme Court”: Tim Craig of The Washington Post has this report.

“Senate Confirms Anthony Johnstone to Seat on U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this news release today.

This evening, the U.S. Senate confirmed Anthony Johnstone to a seat on the Ninth Circuit by a vote of 49-to-45.

“Coinbase, crypto industry hope new Supreme Court doctrine is silver bullet”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

“The ‘Ethics’ Assault on the Supreme Court; Democrats want to gain more political control over the Justices”: This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Supreme Court Takes Up Case That Could Curtail Agency Power to Regulate Business The court’s Republican-appointed majority appears poised to chip away again at the authority of the administrative state to issue rules for the economy”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court accepts case that challenges authority of federal agencies; Conservatives have long wanted to overturn the precedent known as the Chevron doctrine.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court to Reconsider Precedent Giving Federal Agencies Benefit of Doubt; Next-term case will address so-called Chevron deference, which conservatives have come to oppose.”

John Fritze of USA Today has an article headlined “How a group of herring fishermen may get the Supreme Court to reel in government power.”

And Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times report that “Supreme Court takes up case to review whether federal agencies have too much power.”

“Disorder in the court: The impact of the Supreme Court Dobbs leak one year on.” Kaelan Deese of Washington Examiner has this report.

“The Senate holds its Supreme Court ethics hearing this week — with no justices”: Rachel Treisman had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“The Judges Have Too Much Power; The blizzard of ethics scandals at the Supreme Court and in lower federal courts is a symptom of a more deeply-rooted problem”: Molly Coleman has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Kirkland Absent from Supreme Court Lectern Since Clement Left; Star litigator took cases with him in departure from firm; Kirkland not alone in Big Law transition”: Lydia Wheeler and Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Alito’s Wrong. Attacks on the Supreme Court Are Nothing New.” Professor Kevin Kruse has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.

“The Anatomy of a Washington Post Smear Campaign; The paper claimed conservative judge Matthew Kacsmaryk violated legal ethics; Ethics experts say otherwise”: Aaron Sibarium of The Washington Free Beacon has this report.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in two cases.