“The Intrigue Behind How Stephen Breyer Became A Federal Judge; Ted Kennedy blocks Jimmy Carter from nominating a Puerto Rican woman to First Circuit”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“The least significant cases of the decade: A scientific analysis.” Adam Unikowsky recently had this post at his “Adam’s Legal Newsletter” Substack site.

“Jackson defends ‘the right to strike’ in her first big dissent; For those wanting to understand Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson better in her role on the Supreme Court, her solo dissent in Thursday’s labor law decision is ‘a feature, not a bug'”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

“The Supreme Court Has Earned a Little Contempt”: Law professor Josh Chafetz has this guest essay online at The New York Times.