“37. The Mountain Valley Pipeline and United States v. Klein: With the notoriously vague 1872 ruling at the heart of the current dispute over the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a look at why the ‘rule’ of Klein is so elusive — but also so important.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Democrats eye Wisconsin high court’s new liberal majority to win abortion and redistricting rulings”: Scott Bauer of The Associated Press has this report.

“Clarence Thomas’s Cherry-Picked Originalism on Affirmative Action; The ahistorical dishonesty of the Supreme Court justice’s concurrence in the Harvard and UNC cases exposes the originalism fraud”: Law professor Stephen Siegel has this essay online at The New Republic.

“The Latest Smear of Clarence Thomas: His Friends Defend Him; The latest left-wing attack on the justice is that those who know him dare to rebut vicious attacks on him.” Mark Paoletta has this essay online at National Review.

“Supreme Court Justice Power Index at the End of the 2022 Term”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“How Republicans flipped America’s state supreme courts: State supreme courts were once dominated by Democrats; A concerted effort by right-wing groups has changed that — with massive implications for abortion, LGBTQ+ rights and elections.” Aaron Mendelson of the Center for Public Integrity has this report.

“Gen Z Roiled by Supreme Court Rulings on Student Loans, Abortion”: Tiana Headley and Olivia Cohen of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Biden lawyer who defended affirmative action grapples with diversity in her own office”: Tobi Raji and Theodoric Meyer of The Washington Post have this report.