“Elizabeth Warren Likely to Beat RFK Jr. Suit Over Anti-Vax Book”: Peter Hayes of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“N.C. Republicans pass 12-week abortion ban, setting up showdown with governor; Gov. Roy Cooper (D) has vowed to block the measure, which was rushed through the legislature this week, but GOP leaders say they have the votes to override his veto”: Caroline Kitchener and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post have this report.

“Senate Democrats Are Giving the Supreme Court’s Corruption a Pass; The Clarence Thomas scandals are a golden political opportunity for Dick Durbin and his Democratic colleagues; They are blowing it”: Jay Willis has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Senate Republicans Oppose Clinton’s Terrible Eleventh Circuit Pick; Nomination of Rosemary Barkett contradicts Clinton’s tough-on-crime rhetoric”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Misreading the Court: Biskupic’s caricatures of originalist justices and decisions may mislead casual observers, but they offer little insight for those who follow the court.” John O. McGinnis has this book review post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“The demise of the Chevron doctrine is nigh”: Columnist Henry Olsen has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Clarence Thomas should get out his checkbook and reimburse Harlan Crow”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Husband Sued Over His Ex-Wife’s Abortion; Now Her Friends Are Suing Him; A Texas man says text messages on his ex-wife’s phone show the women helped her obtain an abortion; The women say he invaded their privacy”: Emily Bazelon of The New York Times has this report.

“Judicial activist directed fees to Clarence Thomas’s wife, urged ‘no mention of Ginni’; Leonard Leo told GOP pollster Kellyanne Conway to bill nonprofit, then use money to pay spouse of Supreme Court justice”: Emma Brown, Shawn Boburg, and Jonathan O’Connell have this report.

“Political Polarization, Legal Education, and a Few Modest but Serious Proposals”: Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

“The aggrieved Justice Alito points fingers but offers no proof”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition. Crow paid for private school for a relative Thomas said he was raising ‘as a son.’ ‘This is way outside the norm,’ said a former White House ethics lawyer.” Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, and Alex Mierjeski of ProPublica have this report.