“The Supreme Court might not have struck down California gun restrictions after all”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report on a ruling that the California Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District issued last Thursday.

“Justice Barrett says court scrutiny welcome and she has ‘thick skin’”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Scott Bauer of The Associated Press reports that “US Supreme Court Justice Barrett says she welcomes public scrutiny of court.”

And Ariane de Vogue of CNN has a report headlined “Justice Amy Coney Barrett: ‘I’ve acquired a thick skin.’“

“After Supreme Court Forces Its Hand, E.P.A. Curbs Wetlands Protection; The agency curtailed pollution protections for millions of streams, wetlands and other bodies of water to comply with a Supreme Court decision”: Lisa Friedman and Coral Davenport of The New York Times have this report.

“Trump’s Free Speech Runs Up Against Courtroom Decorum; Judges face uncharted territory in deciding whether a presidential candidate’s remarks flout rules protecting a fair and orderly trial”: Byron Tau of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“New Supreme Court Fellows Begin Term”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today.

“Challengers to Alabama’s felony ban on trans care for minors will seek full appeals court review; The decision puts off going to the Supreme Court immediately; It also means the district court injunction barring enforcement of the hormone therapy ban will remain in effect for now”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

“Over 100 former clerks of Justice Thomas sign open letter defending his integrity, independence; 112 of Justice Thomas’ former clerks say news stories attacking him are ‘part of larger attack on the Court’ and its ‘legitimacy’”: Brianna Herlihy of Fox News has this report.

You can view the letter at this link.

Update: In other coverage, Zoë Richards and Lawrence Hurley of NBC News report that “Recently indicted John Eastman is among those vouching for Clarence Thomas’ integrity; Eastman was indicted in Georgia in connection with efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in office after his 2020 election loss; He also faces disbarment proceedings.”