“The (small) mystery of Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s stocks has been solved; Newly unredacted disclosure forms show the judge owns at least $5 million in stock from the supermarket chain Publix, where his grandmother worked for decades”: Tobi Raji of The Washington Post has this report.

“Wait, We’ve Been Flying the Flag the Alitos Had? San Francisco Takes It Down. Critics slammed Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. after the ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag was flown outside his vacation home, but it had billowed in the heart of San Francisco for 60 years.” Heather Knight of The New York Times has this report.

“Shooting range argues Second Amendment includes protections for its business; A proposed 1,000-yard outdoor shooting range designed for rifle training is protected by the right to bear arms, Oakland Tactical Supply argued before the Sixth Circuit”: Kevin Koeninger of Courthouse News Service had this report back in November 2023.

Today, the majority on a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued this decision ruling against the shooting range.

“Donald Trump needs YOUR HELP to get vengeance on the evil RULE OF LAW: Any little bit helps toward freeing this nation from the iron thumb of the justice system!” Columnist Alexandra Petri has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Alito’s Jan. 6 Flag Defense Is Just Weird Gender Politics; The justice wants us to think his wife acted independently; But his defense wallows in dated stereotypes about marriage roles”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge brought by 20 women denied abortions, upholds ban”: Bayliss Wagner of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.

Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune reports that “Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion laws; The court ruled against 20 women who said they were denied medically necessary abortions, saying the medical exceptions in the law were broad enough.”

And Janelle Griffith of NBC News reports that “Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state’s abortion ban over exceptions for dangerous pregnancy complications; The lawsuit was filed last year by a group of women who said they were denied abortions even when issues arose in pregnancy that endangered their lives.”

Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Texas consists of the opinion of the court and two concurring opinions (here and here).