“The Tragedy of John Roberts”: Jeff Shesol has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“‘Groundbreaking’: Amid SCOTUS Defeats, Democrats Line Up A New Wave Of Judges; The Senate is confirming historic numbers of civil rights attorneys and public defenders to federal court seats, teeing up potential future contenders for the high court.” Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

“Judge Investigated Over His Profane TikTok Videos; The New Jersey judge, Gary Wilcox, posted the videos using an alias; In some, he wore judicial robes; At least one was recorded from bed”: Tracey Tully of The New York Times has this report.

“34. ‘What a Difference Five Years Makes . . .’ The justices wrapped up their scheduled annual business with a series of blockbuster rulings reinforcing just how far to the right the Court has moved since 2018.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Imprisoning innocent people is bad; Section 2255 should be fixed immediately”: Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.”