“Some states are trying to protect health care data so it isn’t used against people seeking abortions”: Geoff Mulvihill of The Associated Press has this report.

And online at The Oklahoman, Carmen Forman has an article headlined “New Oklahoma bill could allow state to create database of women who had abortions.”

“Frozen embryos are ‘children,’ Alabama Supreme Court rules in couples’ wrongful death suits”: Howard Koplowitz of Alabama Media Group has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Alabama issued Friday.

And in earlier coverage, Gabriel Tynes of Courthouse News Service previously had 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.”

“White House pushes back on GOP attacks on Muslim judicial nominee; The White House said conservatives’ criticisms of Adeel Mangi were driven by Islamophobia”: Monica Alba of NBC News has this report.

“Judicial Notice (02.17.24): Merchant Of Death; Fani’s formidable foe, Trump’s trials and tribulations, the latest law-firm layoffs, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Circuit Breakers: Judges on the Fifth Circuit, many of them Trump appointees, are attempting to transform the law and challenge the very structure of American government.” Jeffrey Toobin has this article in the March 7, 2024 of The New York Review of Books.

“A Conversation with Justice Sonia Sotomayor; Herma Hill Kay Memorial Lecture with Justice Sonia Sotomayor in Conversation with Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky”: Berkeley Law has posted online this new episode of its “More Just” podcast.

“Trump’s anger at courts, frayed alliances could upend approach to judicial issues”: Josh Dawsey and Marianne LeVine of The Washington Post have this report.

“‘Good neighbor’ air pollution fight shines spotlight on Supreme Court shadow docket; The justices typically rule on emergency applications out of the public eye, but next week, a fight to pause government regulations on transient air pollution will be aired out during oral arguments”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Capitol Riot Case Set for April Arguments at Supreme Court”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Conservatives Escalate Pressure Against Muslim Appellate Pick; Conservative group running ads to pressure senators; White House defends Adeel Mangi; would be first Muslim circuit judge”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Conservative Activists Are Ready to Bury Federal Courts In Paperwork; While the Supreme Court decides whether to get rid of Chevron deference once and for all, overworked trial court judges are already preparing for the worst”: Jay Willis has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“‘It can happen anywhere.’ Indiana parents lost custody of trans teen, ask SCOTUS for help.” Kristine Phillips of The Indianapolis Star have this report on a case pending at the cert. stage at the U.S. Supreme Court.

“A New Study on Medication Abortion Refutes the Arguments Conservatives Are Taking to the Supreme Court; A study of more than 6,000 medication abortions obtained through telehealth found 98 percent were effective and 99.8 percent were safe”: Julianne McShane of Mother Jones has this report.

“Ski resorts’ long history of immunity threatened by Colorado Supreme Court case; The case involving a teen who was paralyzed after a fall from a chairlift challenges the use of liability waivers, which the resort industry says protects recreational opportunities for children in the state”: Jason Blevins of The Colorado Sun has this report.

“Hawaii Rightly Rejects Supreme Court’s Gun Nonsense; In a scathing takedown, the state’s highest court declared ‘there is no state constitutional right to carry a firearm in public’”: Columnist Francis Wilkinson has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Senate Judiciary Committee Has Yet to Subpoena Harlan Crow or Leonard Leo; More than two months after authorizing subpoenas for two key figures in the Supreme Court’s ethics crisis, Senate Democrats have yet to issue them”: Andy Kroll of ProPublica has this report.

“Alito Pauses Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Abuse Deal Amid Fund Question; Case paused until full Supreme Court can weigh in; Question over proposed settlement fund to compensate abuse victims”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Dietrich Knauth of Reuters reports that “US Supreme Court’s Alito pauses Boy Scouts $2.46 billion abuse settlement.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Trump Privately Expresses Support for a 16-Week Abortion Ban; In supporting a 16-week ban with exceptions, Donald Trump appears to be trying to satisfy social conservatives who want to further restrict abortion access and voters who want more modest limits”: Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, and Lisa Lerer of The New York Times have this report.

“The Taft Court and America’s Jurisprudence of Reaction”: William J. Novak has this guest post at the “Balkinization” blog.

Also at that blog, Brad Snyder has a guest post titled “Taft Packed the Supreme Court — Twice.”

“SCOTUS Ducking the Trump Eligibility Question Now will Pressure the Court to Rule in his Favor Later”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

And at the “Balkinization” blog, Gerard N. Magliocca has a post titled “Ballot Access Challenges vs. Election Contests.”

“Trump makes final pitch to Supreme Court in fraught immunity case”: John Fritze of CNN has this report. You can access the reply at this link.

“Supreme Court Bar’s Breakout Lawyer This Term Started Out in Journalism; Easha Anand, now co-director of Stanford Law School’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, is scheduled to argue three cases this term”: Jimmy Hoover of The National Law Journal has this report.

“Fifth Circuit Originalists Disagree Over Takings Clause Ruling; Eleven judges voted against rehearing, six voted in favor; Dissenting judges doubt panel’s take on history, tradition”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report on an order denying rehearing en banc, and the opinion dissenting therefrom, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Boy Scouts Urge Supreme Court Not to Freeze Bankruptcy Plan; Bankruptcy plan shouldn’t be paused, nonprofit tells high court; Boy Scouts case faces challenge over third-party releases”: Alex Wolf of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access the U.S. Supreme Court filings in this matter via this link.

“How Trump would change the Supreme Court if elected”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“What Does the State Department Think About the Transit Pipelines Treaty?” At the “Transnational Litigation Blog,” William S. Dodge has a post that begins, “On February 8, 2024, the Seventh Circuit heard argument in Bad River Band v. Enbridge Energy Co.”

“Anti-Choice Lawmakers Keep Exposing Republican Supreme Court Justices As Bad Liars; The conservative justices swore Dobbs would return the issue of abortion access to ‘the people’; But Republicans have a funny way of abandoning democracy whenever it yields outcomes they don’t like”: Madiba K. Dennie has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Red States Wading Into Abortion Pill Row Test Justices’ Posture; Supreme Court will consider intervention bid Feb. 16; Liberal-led states have tried litigation to maintain access”: Ian Lopez of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Of Course Presidents Are Officers of the United States; To think otherwise threatens the entire idea of a constitutional republic”: Law professor Mark A. Graber has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“A Court of First View”: Law professor Stephen I. Vladeck has posted this essay online at SSRN.

“What the Oral Argument Should Have Said — Part 2”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Amarica’s Constitution” podcast via this link.

“The Supreme Court will decide if the government can seize control of YouTube and Twitter; We’re about to find out if the Supreme Court still believes in capitalism”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Comments on Robert Post’s Supreme Court History of the Taft Court, Part IV, The Taft Court as an Institution”: Stephen Breyer has this guest post at the “Balkinization” blog.

“The Circuit Barrage: The Justices’ Divergent Votes Based on Lower Courts.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Maura Healey Is Not Taking Judicial Ethics Seriously; The Massachusetts governor says that there is ‘no one more qualified’ to serve on the state’s highest court than Gabrielle Wolohojian, a former corporate lawyer who is also Healey’s longtime romantic partner”: Molly Coleman has this post at Balls and Strikes.