“After R.B.G. Awards Go to Musk and Murdoch, Justice Ginsburg’s Family Objects; The children of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who championed liberal causes and women’s rights, said the choice of recipients this year was an ‘affront’ to the memory of their mother”: Minho Kim of The New York Times has this report.

And Samantha Chery of The Washington Post reports that “Ginsburg family blasts plan to give RBG Award to Musk, Murdoch, others.”

“Without Senators in Sight, Christine Blasey Ford Retells Her Story; Her lucid memoir, ‘One Way Back,’ describes life before, during and after she testified that Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her in high school”: Alexandra Jacobs has this book review online at The New York Times.

“Quiet Fears About Sotomayor Echo Ginsburg Retirement Concerns; Some predecessors faced more public pressure; Politics, health factor into timing of retirements”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg News has this report.

“The Supreme Court seems bitterly divided. Two justices say otherwise.” Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

“The Text Of The Policy Approved By The Judicial Conference”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy” in which he links to a memo containing the text of the new policy.

“Where does the Judicial Conference Get the Authority To Mandate Case Assignments? A general power to issue orders to judicial employees does not trump a specific power for district courts to make their own rules about case assignments.” Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” along with a post titled “How Many Judges Sit In Single Judge Divisions? And how many of those judges have issued national injunctions?“

“Democratic senators have privately warned White House that votes aren’t there to confirm Biden’s Muslim judicial nominee”: MJ Lee of CNN has this report.