“Dan Markel murder: Charlie Adelson files appeal of conviction, life sentence.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“A Solution to the Trump Ballot Conundrum: An 1869 case points the way for the U.S. Supreme Court.” Law professor Jed Rubenfeld will have this op-ed in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Trial Lawyers Are Wrecking the Bankruptcy System; Defendants and plaintiffs alike suffer from the abuse; The only beneficiaries are the plaintiffs’ attorneys”: David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lawrence A. Friedman will have this op-ed in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Colorado Supreme Court building remains indefinitely closed after armed man’s alleged break-in, rampage; It may be weeks before employees can return to work in the Ralph Carr Judicial Buiding’s office tower, according to the Colorado Judicial Department”: Jesse Paul of The Colorado Sun has this report.

“Arlen Specter Stumbles into Dream Role as Judiciary Committee Chairman; And vows no litmus test on Roe v. Wade”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Elena Kagan For President of Harvard University; Kagan, the former Harvard Law School dean who now works in government, was once a finalist for the university president role; Is this her time to come home?” Jay Willis has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“What’s the Holdup in OT 2023?” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“In the Supreme Court’s hands: How will the justices rule on Trump’s ballot appeal? The stakes for this year’s election are enormous; So, too, are the potential pitfalls for the nation’s highest court.” John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

“Israel Supreme Court Delivers Setback to Campaign to Remove Checks on Netanyahu; The country’s Supreme Court ruled to postpone the adoption of a new law making it harder to designate a sitting prime minister unfit for office, a direct blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu”: Talya Minsberg of The New York Times has this report.

“Texas, where women are less important than a fetus”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“No Top U.S. Government Official Earns Majority Job Approval; Justice Roberts tops U.S. officials in job approval ranking, at 48%; House Leader Jeffries and Secretary of State Blinken score nearly as high; Roberts’ and Fed Chair Powell’s ratings down the most since 2021”: Lydia Saad of Gallup has this report.

“A Los Angeles man was denied a green card over his tattoos. The Supreme Court might take up his case.” Andrea Castillo of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“SCOTUSblog” has made available the U.S. Supreme Court filings in the case via this link.

“NC chief justice quietly ousts top Republican appeals judge from leadership”: Kyle Ingram has this front page article in today’s edition of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina.

“Supreme Court’s treatment of Trump could play decisive role in 2024; As Trump’s many legal problems barrel toward 1 First Street, the presidential race hangs in the balance”: Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.

“The Fifth Circuit just made it even more dangerous to be pregnant in a red state; The Trumpiest court in America just tried to neutralize a federal law requiring most hospitals to provide medically necessary abortions”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

And at his “One First” Substack site, Steve Vladeck has a post titled “EMTALA, Abortion, and the Court; The justices will soon have to resolve if (and when) federal law allows emergency room doctors to perform otherwise unlawful abortions — with implications that could go well beyond reproductive rights.”