“New Federal Judiciary Rule Will Limit ‘Forum Shopping’ by Plaintiffs; For years, litigants have tried to cherry-pick the judges in sweeping cases on abortion and immigration; Random judge selection is about to make that harder”: Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times has this report.

And Tobi Raji and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post report that “U.S. courts require random judge assignments to avoid ‘judge shopping.’”

“Sotomayor and Barrett, Lately at Odds, Discuss Relations at the Supreme Court; A conversation on civics and civility included discussion of whether the court is more like a really good preschool or an arranged marriage with no possibility of divorce”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

John Fritze of CNN reports that “Justices Barrett and Sotomayor urge Americans to tone down political rhetoric despite charged atmosphere.”

And Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law reports that “Barrett, Sotomayor Emphasize Harmony on Heels of Public Chiding; Justices tout collegiality at embattled Supreme Court; Barrett earlier took issue with tone of liberal concurrence.”

Civic Learning Week has posted on YouTube a video titled “Featured Conversation with US Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett — CLW 2024.”

“The Supreme Court may let Texas get away with a totally unconstitutional deportation law; Texas Republicans are trying to rewrite the Constitution — and this Supreme Court could let them”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Abused teen in Snap case asks US Supreme Court to revisit internet publisher immunity”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

“US Marshals Seeks Funds to Protect Justices’ Homes Full Time; Marshals say permanent staff needed for home security; Cites strain caused by security for other ‘high-visibility’ cases”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “US Marshals Service seeks $38 million for new judge security programs.”

“US federal judiciary moves to curtail ‘judge shopping’ tactic”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

Jacqueline Thomsen and Lydia Wheeler report that “Federal Courts Aim to Curb Judge Shopping With New Policy; Policy appears related to the rise of national injunctions; Judge shopping has come up repeatedly in Texas.”

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts today issued a news release titled “Conference Acts to Promote Random Case Assignment.”

And in commentary, online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “Republicans will no longer get to handpick their judges when they sue Biden; The federal judiciary’s new rules target ‘judge shopping’; That’s terrible news for Matthew Kacsmaryk and other partisan judges.”

“Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Papers Open for Research at the Library of Congress”: The Library of Congress issued this news release yesterday.

“Are the Justices Still Party Players”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Justice Sotomayor References Rarely Used Procedure: Circuit Certification to U.S. Supreme Court”: Trane Robinson has this post at the “Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog.”

“Biden judicial nominee apologizes to Senate for not disclosing role at event with anti-Israel activists”: Gabe Kaminsky of the Washington Examiner has this report.