“Second Biden judicial pick in one month withdraws from consideration; Jabari Wamble withdrew his nomination on Tuesday; He follows Michael Delaney, who stepped out of contention for an appellate judgeship last week”: Betsy Woodruff Swan and Burgess Everett of Politico have this report.

“US Says Justices Should Skip on Charter School Skirt Rule Case”: Patrick Dorrian of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access the Solicitor General’s amicus brief at this link.

“Appeals court upholds Thomas Jefferson High School’s admission policy; Coalition for TJ parent group argued the revised policy discriminated against Asian American applicants”: Karina Elwood of The Washington Post has this report.

Matthew Barakat of The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court upholds admissions policy at elite Virginia high school.”

Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times report that “Appeals court upholds school’s diversity policy that curtailed Asian American student admissions.”

Anders Hagstrom of Fox News has a report headlined “Prestigious Virginia high school’s admissions policy does not discriminate against Asian Americans: court; Thomas Jefferson High School changed its admission policies to be more diverse.”

And Joan Hennessy of Courthouse News Service reports that “Fourth Circuit upholds admissions policy at elite Virginia high school; A coalition of parents challenging the school board’s decision to drop standardized testing vowed to take their fight to the U.S. Supreme Court.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

“Harlan Crow Rebuffs Senate Democrats’ Questions About Gifts To Clarence Thomas; ‘We do not believe the Committee has the authority to investigate’ Crow’s friendship with the Supreme Court justice, the GOP billionaire’s lawyer said”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

“GOP megadonor Harlan Crow declines to answer Democrats’ questions about financial ties to Clarence Thomas”: Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed of CNN have this report.

“Neil Gorsuch Has Given Himself Away”: Columnist Jamelle Bouie has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Texas bill would preserve UT-Austin’s admissions policies if U.S. Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action; State lawmakers passed legislation that would ensure the UT flagship can continue to cap the number of students it automatically admits because of their academic achievement at 75%, giving the university room to accept other students using different criteria”: Kate McGee of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“After the Warhol Decision, Another Major Copyright Case Looms; Richard Prince, an artist who appropriates images like Andy Warhol did, is being sued; But experts said the Supreme Court’s Warhol ruling may have little impact on the case”: Matt Stevens has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Public Criticism Might Be the Best Way to Reform the Supreme Court”: Law professor Stephen I. Vladeck has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“DeSantis Floats ‘7-2 Conservative Majority’ on Supreme Court; With his 2024 campaign imminent, Ron DeSantis pointed to how he could tilt the court further to the right; He also highlighted his ability to serve for eight years as president, unlike Donald Trump”: Nicholas Nehamas of The New York Times has this report.

And Hannah Knowles of The Washington Post reports that “DeSantis envisions shaping ‘7-2 conservative majority’ on Supreme Court; The Florida governor suggested that Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, John Roberts and Sonia Sotomayor could all retire over the next two presidential terms.”

“How the ProPublica Guys Broke That Huge Clarence Thomas Story: It was not straightforward.” Hillary Frey has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Warhol Diaries: Kagan v. Sotomayor; Inside the titanic legal clash and Latinate trash-talk behind one of the most consequential cases to rock the art world, and Hollywood, in a generation.” Eriq Gardner of Puck has this report.

“Long High Court Sessions Makes Advocates Happy, Stomachs Grumble; Arguments run way longer than planned in some cases; Jackson and her liberal colleagues led in argument time”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Xiao Wang Joins Faculty To Lead Supreme Court Litigation Clinic; Professor Launched Innovative Programs at Northwestern”: Mary Wood of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.