“This Judge Made Houston the Top Bankruptcy Court. Then He Helped His Girlfriend Cash In. Law firm Kirkland & Ellis brought multibillion-dollar cases to David R. Jones’s court, aided by a local attorney who lived with the judge; ‘Why did no one look into it?’” Alexander Gladstone, Andrew Scurria, and Akiko Matsuda of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Abortion-Rights Advocates Deploy a New Red State Playbook; After Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment, movement’s lawyers are citing it to challenge state restrictions”: Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Why Republicans Don’t Abandon ‘Felon’ Trump; They see the Democrats’ political use of the justice system as a more serious threat to democracy”: Law professor Michael W. McConnell will have this op-ed in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Louisiana Requires All Public Classrooms to Display Ten Commandments; A law signed by Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday makes the state the only one with such a mandate; Critics have vowed to mount a constitutional challenge”: Rick Rojas of The New York Times has this report.

Anumita Kaur of The Washington Post reports that “Louisiana requires Ten Commandments to be displayed in public classrooms; Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed the legislation Wednesday.”

Alyssa Lukpat of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Louisiana Requires Ten Commandments to Be Displayed in Public-School Classrooms; Civil-liberties groups pledge to sue, citing separation between church and state.”

And Julia Guilbeau of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans reports that “Jeff Landry signs Ten Commandments bill into Louisiana law; A lawsuit is already brewing.”

“Justice Clarence Thomas casts cloud over lawsuits challenging diversity programs”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has a post that begins, “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has just adopted a legal theory that would eliminate a spate of recent lawsuits filed by groups that share the conservative justice’s opposition to race-based diversity programs.”

“Something’s Rotten About the Justices Taking So Long on Trump’s Immunity Case”: Law professor Leah Litman has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“If Trump Loses, We Might Owe the Supreme Court; They keep handing Biden all the arguments he needs to win”: Jill Lawrence has this post at The Bulwark.

And online at Bloomberg Opinion, Francis Wilkinson has an essay titled “Supreme Court’s Bump Stock Ruling Reflects Its MAGA Agenda; How else do you explain a decision that says devices that enable semiautomatic rifles to be turned into copycat machine guns are okay?“

“Supreme Court Ruling on Bump Stocks Could Open Door to More Lethal Weapons; The court’s decision has the potential to undercut President Biden’s efforts to restrict other gun accessories that enable semiautomatic rifles to fire at speeds rivaling those of machine guns”: Jack Healy of The New York Times has this report.

“What will Justices Barrett and Jackson bring to the Supreme Court’s homestretch?” Marcia Coyle has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“I’m the cake artist who won at the Supreme Court. Here’s why I’m still in court. I gladly serve people from all backgrounds. I decide to create custom cakes based on what they will express, not who requests them.” Jack Phillips has this essay online at Fox News.

“Wisconsin Supreme Court takes David Prosser’s name off law library, renames it for first woman lawyer”: Jessie Opoien of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

And Rich Kremer of Wisconsin Public Radio reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court to rename State Law Library after Lavinia Goodell; Library currently named after former conservative Justice David Prosser; Current conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley calls change ‘another petty and vindictive maneuver’ from liberal majority.”

“Father Reidy Goes to Washington — As Supreme Court Clerk; Notre Dame law professor Father Patrick Reidy will clerk for Justice Brett Kavanaugh, starting in October”: Mary Frances Myler of National Catholic Register has this report.

“Amy Coney Barrett may be poised to split conservatives on the Supreme Court; Legal experts see signs of a ‘raging’ philosophical debate among the court’s supermajority”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

And Devan Cole and John Fritze of CNN report that “The Supreme Court’s approach on ‘history and tradition’ is irking Amy Coney Barrett.”