“A Terrible Plan to Neutralize Trump Has Entranced the Legal World”: Law professor Lawrence Lessig has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“What I Most Regret About My Decades of Legal Activism: By focusing on civil liberties but ignoring economic issues, liberals like me got defeated on both.” Caroline Fredrickson has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Brett Kavanaugh’s Whoopsie Forces Groundhog Day at the Supreme Court”: Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Case before Alabama Supreme Court could shut down fertility clinics, medical group warns”: Amy Yurkanin of Alabama Media Group has this report.

And Gabriel Tynes of Courthouse News Service has an article headlined “Alabama Supreme Court considers fundamental question: What is life? The case may hinge on the fact that Alabama law — which affords strict protections to embryos in utero — says nothing about embryos that exist in a tank of liquid nitrogen.”

“Anti-Affirmative Action Group Sues West Point Over Admissions Policy; The Supreme Court ruling barring race-conscious admissions at civilian colleges should apply to the U.S. Military Academy as well, the lawsuit argues”: Anemona Hartocollis of The New York Times has this report.

Nick Anderson of The Washington Post reports that “Affirmative action opponent sues West Point over race in admissions; Students for Fair Admissions filed the suit in federal court in New York.”

Zachary Schermele of USA Today reports that “West Point sued for using ‘race-based admissions’ by group behind Supreme Court lawsuit.”

And Nate Raymond and Phil Stewart of Reuters report that “US anti-affirmative action group challenges West Point admissions policy.”

“Wisconsin redistricting fight focuses on the recusal of a key justice as impeachment threat lingers”: Scott Bauer of The Associated Press has this report.

“US judiciary can keep operating for 2 weeks if government shuts down”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“The 2022–2023 Cato Supreme Court Review”: Thomas A. Berry has this post at the “Cato at Liberty” blog.

“Supreme Court Justice Tours Tuskegee”: Tuskegee University issued this news release today.

And on Friday, C-SPAN posted online a video titled “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Commemorates 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing.”

“Will Supreme Court take on latest challenge to MLB’s antitrust exemption?” Evan Drellich of The Athletic has this report.

“Rebuffing Consent-Based Jurisdiction Over the PLO for Overseas Terrorist Acts”: Rocky Rhodes and Andra Robertson have this guest post at “PrawfsBlawg.”

And earlier, Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters had a post titled “Terror victims get no help from US Supreme Court’s latest ruling on jurisdiction.”

“Judge Neomi Rao on Pluralism and the Constitution”: C-SPAN has posted this video of an event that the American Enterprise Institute hosted yesterday.

“Circuit Split Watch: Judges Clash Over First Step Act Retroactivity Provision; A divided 6th Circuit lets stand decision that law does not apply to sentences imposed prior to enactment.” Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has this report on an order denying rehearing en banc, and the opinions concurring in and dissenting therefrom, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued yesterday.

The order contains the first published opinion (dissenting from the denial of rehearing en banc) from recently confirmed Sixth Circuit Judge Rachel S. Bloomekatz.

“Biden v. Nebraska and Strategic Ambiguity in Judicial Rhetoric”: Richard M. Re has this post at “PrawfsBlawg.”

“Donald Trump Owes Pro-Lifers; Trump made Dobbs possible—but foes of abortion made his presidency possible”: Columnist William McGurn will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“The Supreme Court We Deserve? Award-winning documentarian and lawyer Dawn Porter grapples with the Supreme Court’s path to this perilous moment in ‘Deadlocked.’” You can access this week’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast, featuring Dahlia Lithwick, via this link.

Today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast is titled “Lights, Camera, SCOTUS!”

And today’s new episode of The Bakari Sellers Podcast is titled “Ethics and the Supreme Court With Dawn Porter.”

“Hunter Biden Charges Wade Into Supreme Court Fray Over Guns; Biden defense likely to feature constitutional challenge; Justices created Second Amendment ‘chaos,’ legal experts say”: Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News has this report.

And online at The New Republic, Matt Ford has an essay titled “Hunter Biden’s Best Allies Could Be the Supreme Court’s Conservatives; The court’s right-wing bloc has lately applied a ‘history-and-tradition’ test to Second Amendment cases — and it might help the younger Biden avoid jail time.”

“On ‘Alma’s Way,’ Sonia Manzano welcomes ‘the other Sonia from the Bronx’: Justice Sotomayor.” Amy Amatangelo has this article online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Supreme Court’s ethics scandals reveal a deeper rot; Justices are so overconfident that they refuse to play by any rules”: Law professor Aaron Tang has this essay online at The San Francisco Chronicle.

“Jan. 6 defendants bring cases to Supreme Court; Here’s what it could mean for Donald Trump; The cases are the first to reach the Supreme Court from those involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol; The outcome could affect the indictment of Donald Trump”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

“Overruling ‘Chevron’ Would Trigger ‘Convulsive Shock,’ US Tells Supreme Court; The justices are set to consider whether their nearly four-decades-old doctrine of deferring to federal agencies should continue”: Jimmy Hoover of The National Law Journal has this report.

You can access the federal government’s merits brief at this link.

“An About-Face on Whether the 14th Amendment Bars Trump From Office; Steven Calabresi, a founder of the Federalist Society, recently — and forcefully — said the former president was disqualified; He has had a change of heart”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

And recently at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Steven Calabresi had a blog post titled “Donald Trump Should be on the Ballot and Should Lose.”

“The Supreme Court and Immeasurable Interests”: Eric Berger has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

“Pakistan’s top court proceedings shown live on TV for first time”: Asif Shahzad of Reuters has this report.

“Supreme Court to weigh future of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Decision could hold implications for Federal Reserve, other agencies”: Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times have this report.

And online at The New Republic, Pablo Manríquez has a report headlined “How an Upcoming Supreme Court Ruling Could Benefit Alito Patron.”

“A Supreme Court redistricting ruling gave hope to Black voters. They’re still waiting for new maps.” Gary Fields and Adriana Gomez Licon of The Associated Press have this report.

At his “One First” Substack site, Steve Vladeck has a post titled “45. Justice Kavanaugh and the Return of the Alabama Redistricting Cases; Justice Kavanaugh is once again at the center of the dispute over Alabama’s congressional redistricting; The harder question is whether it’s his fault or the state’s.”

Online at The Atlantic, Adam Serwer has an essay titled “Alabama Republicans Think the Supreme Court Is Full of Partisan Hacks; It’s hard to understand a series of recent moves in any other way.”

And online at Washington Monthly, law professor Joshua A. Douglas has an essay titled “Alabama’s Defiance of the Supreme Court and the Rule of Law; The state’s attempt to nullify a Voting Rights Act decision calls for a swift and firm rebuke.”

“The Supreme Court Term’s Biggest Matchup: DOJ vs. Fifth Circuit; The justices have agreed to hear several Biden administration appeals from the Fifth Circuit, a right-leaning tribunal often surprisingly overturned by the conservative high court.” Jimmy Hoover of The National Law Journal has this report.

“DC attorney general targets conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo’s network: ‘Politically driven’; The probe appears to stem from a complaint from Campaign for Accountability, which has links to a liberal network.” Joe Schoffstall of Fox News has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s new term will be dominated by dangerous and incoherent lawsuits”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Cert Petition Defends Partial Forum Non Conveniens Dismissals”: Maggie Gardner and Cara Maines have this post at the “Transnational Litigation Blog.”

“The new SCOTUS term is almost upon us; Although the court has agreed to hear fewer than two dozen cases so far, some of what could become the biggest cases of the term are just making their way to the justices now”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

“KBJ’s Rookie Year”: You can access this week’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.

“White House Asks Supreme Court to Halt Order on Social Media Censorship; The Biden administration is seeking a stay of a lower-court ruling forbidding federal officials from pressuring online platforms to suppress disfavored viewpoints”: Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Court to FDA: Stop Playing Doctor; The Fifth Circuit revives a lawsuit over advice against taking ivermectin for Covid.” Joel Zinberg will have this op-ed in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

And at the “Drug & Device Law” blog, Eric Alexander has a post titled “Fifth Circuit FDA Decision Puzzles.”

“In Poland, Testing Women for Abortion Drugs Is a Reality. It Could Happen Here.” Patrick Adams has this guest essay online at The New York Times.