“Democrats to Press Supreme Court Ethics Rules Over G.O.P. Opposition; The Senate Judiciary Committee is slated to approve new disclosure requirements, although the legislation is unlikely to advance”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this report.

“Pa. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Arguments in Two Diverging COVID-19 Business Interruption Cases; According to the orders granting allocatur, the justices will hear arguments simultaneously in the two cases, in which the Pennsylvania Superior Court reached opposite conclusions regarding coverage”: Marianna Wharry of The Legal Intelligencer has this report on two orders (here and here) that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued last week.

“Could Supreme Court tactic dismantle the terror watchlist? An appeal is asking just that.” Hannan Adely of The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey has this report.

You can access at this link the brief for appellants filed last month in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

“Georgia’s top court rejects Trump’s bid to quash grand jury report”: Bill Rankin and Tamar Hallerman of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution have this report,

Danny Hakim of The New York Times reports that “Georgia Supreme Court Rejects Trump Effort to Quash Investigation; With indictment decisions imminent, the court refused to scuttle an investigation into whether the former president and his allies interfered in the 2020 election.”

Holly Bailey of The Washington Post reports that “Georgia Supreme Court rejects Trump petition to block election probe; The unanimous opinion says Trump had not proved the ‘extraordinary circumstances’ that warranted intervention by Georgia’s top court.”

Jan Wolfe and Cameron McWhirter of The Wall Street Journal report that “Georgia Supreme Court Denies Trump Motion to Block Election-Interference Investigation; Dismissal is legal win for DA’s office, which can proceed with presenting case to grand jury.”

You can access today’s order of the Supreme Court of Georgia at this link.

“Alabama Wants to Kill Jimi Barber: After a year of botched executions, the state is eager to prove that it can kill someone without incident.” Elizabeth Bruenig has this article online at The Atlantic.

“California Supreme Court rejects SCOTUS decision, keeps state labor law alive”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report on a 7-to-0 ruling that the Supreme Court of California issued today. Justice Goodwin H. Liu wrote the opinion of the court.

“Judge temporarily blocks Iowa’s ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban as court challenge continues”: Stephen Gruber-Miller of The Des Moines Register has this report.

“Clarence Thomas’s America”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.

“Trump’s Judges: More Religious Ties and More N.R.A. Memberships; A new study also found that judges appointed by the former president were more likely to vote for claims of religious freedom — unless they came from Muslims.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“How Harlan Crow Slashed his Tax Bill by Taking Clarence Thomas on Superyacht Cruises; In lavishing gifts on the Supreme Court justice, the billionaire GOP donor may have violated tax laws, according to tax experts”: Paul Kiel of ProPublica has this report.

“Conservative Legal Activist Leonard Leo — Part 1”: You can access today’s new episode of the Maine Wire podcast via this link.