“The Milk of Judicial Kindness; Georgia’s Supreme Court strikes down a law against unlicensed ‘lactation consulting'”: In Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Renée Flaherty and Jaimie Cavanaugh will have this op-ed about a recent ruling of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

“A Look at How Local Appellate Courts Handle Requests to Reschedule Oral Argument”: This month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column appeared in Tuesday’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers.

“Broader Support for Abortion Rights Continues Post-Dobbs”: Lydia Saad of Gallup has this report.

And Sarah McCammon of NPR reports that “Nearly a year later, most Americans oppose Supreme Cour”s decision overturning Roe.”

“Summer of ‘luxury junkets’? Senate Dems press Supreme Court to shore up ethics this month.” John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

And Devan Cole of CNN reports that “Senate panel puts spotlight on Supreme Court ethics reform proposal.”

This afternoon, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcomittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, & Federal Rights held a hearing titled “Ensuring an Impartial Judiciary: Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023.” You can access the video of the hearing via this link.

“Slave cases are still cited as good law across the U.S. This team aims to change that.” Rachel Treisman of NPR has this report.

“Senate confirms ACLU lawyer to NY federal court after GOP backlash”: Andrew Goudsward of Reuters has this report.

Tiana Headley and Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law report that “ACLU’s Dale Ho Confirmed to New York-Based US District Court; GOP called Ho radical over progressive legal career; Ho said he regretted tone on social media.”

Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost reports that “In Big Win For Progressives, Senate Confirms Dale Ho To Be A Federal Judge; Ho, one of the nation’s leading voting rights attorneys, squeaked through without any GOP support.”

Al Weaver of The Hill reports that “Senate confirms Dale Ho to Southern District New York court seat.”

And Ryan Tarinelli of Roll Call reports that “Senate confirms voting rights lawyer as New York federal judge; Dale Ho argued at the Supreme Court on a successful challenge to the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 census.”

Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed Dale E. Ho to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by a vote of 50-to-49.

“Is a U.S. Wealth Tax Constitutional? A bad Ninth Circuit ruling needs Supreme Court review.” This editorial will appear in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Judge in Trump Documents Case Has Scant Criminal Trial Experience; Judge Aileen M. Cannon, under scrutiny for past rulings favoring the former president, has presided over only a few criminal cases that went to trial”: Michael S. Schmidt and Charlie Savage of The New York Times have this report.

“The Highest Cites in the Land”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“This Obscure Judicial Agency Could Tighten Ethics for Justices”: U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.

“Armslist Not Liable for Hosting Gun Sale Ads That Led to Purchases by People Who Used the Guns Criminally; The Seventh Circuit so holds, applying Wisconsin tort law, and not reaching the 47 U.S.C. § 230 issue”: Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy” about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued Monday.

“Manchin to Oppose Dale Ho Nomination to New York Court Seat”: Zach C. Cohen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“If Democrats Win Back the House, They Will Have John Roberts to Thank”: Columnist Thomas B. Edsall has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Liberal Supreme Court journalists admit incompetence, prescribe propaganda and harassment of justices”: Mark Judge has this essay online at the Washington Examiner.

“The Next Republican President’s Supreme Court Picks Will Be Far Worse Than Trump’s”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Risk of ‘Colorblind Absolutism’; If the Supreme Court decides to end affirmative action, even race-neutral efforts to redress racial inequality could be next”: Law professor Sheryll Cashin has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Military academies use affirmative action. Will the Supreme Court stop them? Its ruling on race-conscious admissions will reverberate at West Point and Annapolis.” Nick Anderson has this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter is hoping to be a role model for students at Concord High”: Columnist Ray Duckler of The Concord (N.H.) Monitor has this essay.

And James Maloney of ABC affiliate WMUR 9 of Manchester, New Hampshire reports that “Former US Associate Supreme Court Justice David Souter becomes first honored in Concord High Wall of Fame.”