“A Judge Had a 13-Year-Old Girl Handcuffed for No Reason. A Year Later, He’s Faced Basically No Consequences.” Law professor Steven Lubet has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Post-Chevron Separation of Powers; Eliminating Chevron may hasten our return to a division of power that helps guarantee liberty”: John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Who Was at the Lectern This Supreme Court Term? If it weren’t for the four female justices, oral arguments would often have the feel of a male echo chamber, with 23 of the term’s 61 argued cases not featuring a single female attorney; That’s compared to just five cases that did not feature a male advocate.” Jimmy Hoover of The National Law Journal has this report.

“Conservative Judges Plan to Blackball Columbia University Graduates; More than a dozen Trump appointees sign letter critical of school’s response to student protests, academic-integrity issues”: Jess Bravin and Melissa Korn of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

And in commentary, in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Matthew Solomson will have an op-ed titled “Why Judges Are Boycotting Law Clerks From Columbia: The reputational costs from our boycott ought to provoke some soul-searching at the school.”

“Catholic school can fire gay drama teacher for marrying, court rules; The decision comes from an appellate court that in recent years has become one of the most progressive in the country”: Rachel Weiner of The Washington Post has this report.

And Patrick Dorrian of Bloomberg Law reports that “Gay Teacher’s Job Bias Win Nixed Under ‘Ministerial Exception’; Split 4th Cir. panel says ministerial exception isn’t waivable; Teacher fell under it, so no need to address other defenses.”

You can access today’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

“Sullivan & Cromwell Plans Vigilant Hiring Checks After Protests; Sullivan & Cromwell ‘closely’ follows events at schools it recruits from; Conservative judges have pledged not to hire Columbia grads”: Tatyana Monnay of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Biden taps Florida judge for Atlanta-based federal appeals court”: Rosie Manins of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Biden nominates four new judges including to 11th Circuit.”

And Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law reports that “Biden to Tap US Magistrate Judge for Eleventh Circuit Seat; Embry Kidd leads new batch of judicial nominees; Would serve in Florida, which has two Republican senators.”

The White House today issued a news release titled “President Biden Names Forty-Ninth Round of Judicial Nominees.”

“Supreme Court Achieves Historic Unanimity but Tougher Cases Loom; Justices unanimous in 15 of 18 opinions released so far; Abortion cases, Trump immunity, still to be decided”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.