“With focus on Alito trip, Senate Democrats vow action on ethics bill; ProPublica reports Justice Samuel A. Alito took free luxury fishing trip in 2008, did not disclose flight on billionaire’s plane”: Robert Barnes and John Wagner of The Washington Post have this report.

“Alito’s Reply in a Rival Publication Surprises ProPublica; The Wall Street Journal made the unusual decision to let Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. pre-empt ProPublica’s article about him in its opinion pages”: Katie Robertson of The New York Times has this report.

“Amul Thapar ‘The People’s Justice: Clarence Thomas and the Constitutional Stories that Define Him.'” Hugh Hewitt has posted the video of this interview on YouTube.

And the Eric Metaxas Radio Show has posted online a video interview titled “Amul Thapar | The People’s Justice: Clarence Thomas and the Constitutional Stories that Define Him.”

“The Fifth Circuit comes for the First Amendment right to protest; A rogue federal court has spent years harassing a prominent civil rights advocate”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox about a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued last Friday.

“What we learned from Iowa Supreme Court’s non-decision on abortion”: Laura Belin has this post at the “Bleeding Heartland” blog.

“SCOTUS to look at law barring accused domestic abusers from buying guns”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“96-Year-Old Judge’s Fitness Hearing Will Stay Closed to Public”: Kelcee Griffis of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit at this link.

“Alito Defends Luxury Fishing Trip Ahead of ProPublica Report; Supreme Court justice’s published rebuttal came hours ahead of news outlet’s article on undisclosed trip”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Adam Liptak of The New York Times reports that “Justice Alito Defends Private Jet Travel to Luxury Fishing Trip; In an opinion essay in The Wall Street Journal, the justice disputed a ProPublica report, saying he was not required to disclose the trip or recuse himself from his benefactor’s cases.”

And Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “ProPublica’s Fishing Expedition for Justice Alito; The attack on the Supreme Court Justice on ethics and recusal is an attempt at Court-thinning.”

“‘Ethics’ and the Supreme Court’s Independence; Lawmakers seek to dictate the judiciary’s inner workings, imperiling the constitutional order”: Helgi C. Walker will have this op-ed in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Clarence Thomas and the Constitutional Stories that Define Him”: The National Constitution Center has posted this video on YouTube featuring Sixth Circuit Judge Amul Thapar discussing his new book, “The People’s Justice: Clarence Thomas and the Constitutional Stories that Define Him.”

“How the Supreme Court struck down anti-sodomy laws and paved way for same-sex marriage”: Joan Biskupic and Devan Cole of CNN have this report.

“Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court”: Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, and Alex Mierjeski of ProPublica have this report.

And Paul Farhi of The Washington Post reports that “ProPublica asked about Alito’s travel. He replied in the Wall Street Journal. Questioned about an undisclosed fishing trip hosted by a GOP billionaire, the Supreme Court justice instead shared his rebuttal in a rival media outlet — before the investigative journalists could publish their scoop.”