“Optionality in Choice of Law”: John F. Coyle recently had this post at the “Transnational Litigation Blog.”

“Donna Adelson arrested in Dan Markel murder after booking one-way plane tickets to Vietnam”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has an article that begins, “Just a week after Charlie Adelson was found guilty in the murder-for-hire killing of Dan Markel, his mother, Donna Adelson, was arrested in the law professor’s demise and taken into custody at Miami International Airport.”

Access the November 2023 issue of Harvard Law Review — “The Supreme Court 2022 Term”: Via this link.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Samuel Bray has a related post titled “Standing Doctrine and the Supreme Court.”

“Supreme Court Adopts Ethics Code After Reports of Undisclosed Gifts and Travel; The code does not specify how the rules would be enforced or by whom”: Abbie VanSickle and Adam Liptak of The New York Times have this report.

Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court, under pressure, issues ethics code specific to justices.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court’s ‘not new’ ethics code largely codifies existing judiciary rules.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Issues Code of Conduct; First-ever set of rules follows months of scrutiny, criticism over ethical standards.”

John Fritze of USA Today has a report headlined “Amid blowback over Clarence Thomas travel, Supreme Court says it will adopt first-ever code of conduct; It is the first time in its 234-year history the Supreme Court will honor a code of conduct.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court issues code of ethics after liberal pressure campaign.”

In commentary, Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “The Supreme Court’s New Ethics Code: The substance is fine, but the partisan critics won’t be appeased.”

And online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has a Jurisprudence essay titled “Here’s the Thing About that ‘New’ Supreme Court Ethics Code.”

“Ken Paxton names administrative law expert with conservative bona fides Texas’ solicitor general; Aaron Nielson will take a one-year leave of absence from BYU’s law school to lead the influential unit within the attorney general’s office”: Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

David Thomas of Reuters reports that “Texas’ Paxton picks Kirkland lawyer, ex-Alito clerk as solicitor general.”

And Ryan Autullo of Bloomberg Law reports that “Paxton Taps Brigham Young Professor as Texas Solicitor General; Nielson replaces Judd Stone, who left for private practice; Nielson is a former partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.”

Today, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a news release titled “Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Appoints Aaron Niel­son as Solic­i­tor General.”

“A ‘Brilliant’ New Jersey Judge Has Died; The judge was wealthy and didn’t need to earn a living, and as a woman, she was not encouraged to participate in her family’s real estate business, said James Grimmelmann, a former law clerk”: Charles Toutant of New Jersey Law Journal has this report.

“Supreme Court Rejects Case on Outdoor Exercise for Prisoner in Solitary; The court’s three liberal justices dissented, saying that the prisoner, Michael Johnson, should be able to challenge prolonged denial of fresh air”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“The Court has today issued the attached Code of Conduct for Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.” The Public Information Office of the U.S. Supreme Court issued this news release today. You can access the Code of Conduct at this link.

“How Millions of Borrowers Got $127 Billion in Student Loans Canceled: The Biden administration may have been blocked from canceling debt for tens of millions of borrowers by the Supreme Court, but it has still managed to eliminate billions in education debt.” Stacy Cowley of The New York Times has this report.

“Supreme Court refuses to correct prolonged solitary confinement, provoking liberal dissent; Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said a lower court failed to consider whether leaving an inmate in solitary confinement for three years resulted in cruel and unusual punishment”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“No trademark for ‘Everybody vs. Racism,’ US appeals court says”: Blake Brittain of Reuters has this report about a non-precedential ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued today.

“Maryanne Trump Barry, Donald Trump’s Older Sister, Dies at 86; Ms. Barry, a former federal judge, served as her brother’s protector and critic throughout their lives”: Maggie Haberman and William K. Rashbaum of The New York Times have this report.

“The Supreme Court’s Second Amendment Mess”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.

“Second Amendment: Will the Supreme Court Adhere to Bruen in Rahimi and Beyond?” The Federalist Society has posted this video on YouTube.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in one case and called for the views of the Solicitor General in one case.

And in Johnson v. Prentice, No. 22–693, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a dissent, in which Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan joined, from the denial of certiorari, arguing instead that this case presented appropriate circumstances for summary reversal.

“Republicans still struggle to find a winning strategy on abortion; Many say the problem is messaging or strategy, while Democrats and some Republicans say the GOP is stubbornly sticking with deeply unpopular policies”: Marianne LeVine of The Washington Post has this report.

“The New Republican Party Isn’t Ready for the Post-Roe World”: Columnist David French has this essay online at The New York Times.

“The Conservative Supreme Court Vision That Means Inequality for Women”: Law professors Melissa Murray and Kate Shaw have this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Judge in Charlie Adelson trial denies defense request to interview jurors”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“Hawley Aims at Wokeness and Misses; The corporate speech to which he objects has nothing to do with Citizens United”: Bradley A. Smith will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Linda R. Hirshman, Who Challenged Stay-at-Home Mothers, Dies at 79; A feminist provocateur, she went on to write about the gay rights movement and transformative figures like the first two female Supreme Court justices”: This obituary, written by Penelope Green, appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Judicial Notice (11.11.23): Dazed And Confused; Milbank raises salaries, judges speak out about Israel-Hamas, Fox hires a conservative SCOTUS clerk as CLO, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“How Democrats Are Leveraging Abortion Rights to Win in 2024; Push to get abortion protections on the ballot promises to galvanize voters and affect races for the White House and control of Congress”: Laura Kusisto and Jimmy Vielkind of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Patricia Mazzei of The New York Times has an article headlined “Ohio Voted to Protect Abortion Rights. Could Florida Be Next? A coalition of groups collecting petition signatures for a ballot protecting abortion rights says its fund-raising got a boost after the Ohio results.”

And in commentary, online at The New York Times, Tom Bonier has a guest essay titled “American Elections Are About Abortion Now.”

“Insurrection and the 14th Amendment”: The Federalist Society has posted on YouTube this video, in which law professor Will Baude debates the former federal appellate judge for whom he once clerked.

“Even after almost a decade, Dan Markel murder saga may not be over”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“How Republican Courts Could Sabotage the Ohio Abortion Vote and Future Ballot Measures”: Law professor Mary Ziegler has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Sununu taps circuit court judge Countway for NH Supreme Court”: Josh Rogers of New Hampshire Public Radio has this report.

Earlier, Clark Corbin of Idaho Capital Sun reported that “District Judge Cynthia Meyer appointed to Idaho Supreme Court; Meyer will fill out the remainder of retired Justice John R. Stegner’s term.”

“Supreme Court may end Chevron doctrine. These states have already done it.” Pamela King of Greenwire has this report.

“The Crystal Clanton case shows a system failure”: Online at The Washington Post, columnist Ruth Marcus has an essay that begins, “Well, so much for getting to the bottom of the story of Crystal Clanton, the judicial law clerk accused of sending racist texts.”

“Michigan Supreme Court hears 2020 election robocall misinformation case”: Anna Liz Nichols of Michigan Advance has this report.

And Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Trump’s false election claims lurk in background as court weighs robocall case; Trump’s false election claims arose during a Michigan Supreme Court argument over the prosecutions of two right-wing provocateurs.”

You can access the briefs filed in the case via this link. And at some point in the not too distant future, the oral argument video should be posted on YouTube.

“Justice Barrett gets standing ovation at Federalist Society gala; Outside the gathering of the conservative legal group, protesters proclaim the Supreme Court ‘is not for sale’”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

Devan Cole of CNN reports that “Justice Amy Coney Barrett reflects on life on the court during Federalist Society talk.”

Josh Gerstein and Josh Sisco of Politico report that “Justice Barrett keeps it light at Federalist Society gala; With Supreme Court immersed in controversy, the Trump-appointed justice paints a picture of collegial court.”

Kaelan Deese of Washington Examiner reports that “Justice Barrett recalls feeling ‘confined’ by Supreme Court security detail post-nomination.”

And Katelynn Richardson of Daily Caller reports that “Justice Amy Coney Barrett Reveals Most Dramatic Part Of Her Transition To SCOTUS.”

“Expensive judicial races might be here to stay in Pennsylvania after record high court campaign”: Marc Levy of The Associated Press has this report.

“Affirmative Action Made New”: George Liebmann recently had this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Originalism Deserves the Blame for Bad Arguments in U.S. v. Rahimi; The public defenders representing Zackey Rahimi struggled to defend their client with the Supreme Court’s indefensible originalist standard”: Madiba K. Dennie has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Supreme Court Clerks, October Term 2012: Where Are They Now? Three are judges, two just put Sam Bankman-Fried behind bars, and one is a full-time parent.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.