“Usha Vance, wife of Trump’s VP pick J.D. Vance, is a lawyer and Yale graduate; Usha Vance, the child of Indian immigrants and raised in San Diego, clerked for Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and has degrees from Yale and Cambridge”: Adela Suliman of The Washington Post has this report.

“What Does the Path Forward for Stalled 3rd Circuit Nominee Adeel Mangi Look Like? Some court watchers say Senate Democratic leaders could schedule a vote around possible Republican absences to achieve Adeel Mangi’s confirmation.” Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has this report.

“Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changes; Plans include proposals for legislation to establish term limits for the justices and an enforceable ethics code”: Tyler Pager and Michael Scherer of The Washington Post have this report.

“The Dismissal of the Trump Classified Documents Case Is Deeply Dangerous”: Law professor Neal K. Katyal has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

And online at Bloomberg Opinion, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Trump Judge Followed Radical Supreme Court’s Playbook; In just four years in office, the former president yanked the whole judiciary further right; His appointees are now tearing down decades of legal precedent.”

“Minnesota Gun Carry Age Restriction Struck Down by Appeals Court; 18-to-20 year-olds can get public carry permits under ruling; Minnesota didn’t meet Bruen, Rahimi standards, 8th Cir. says”: Mike Vilensky of Bloomberg Law has this report on a decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.

“Prosecutors Eye Conflicts in 23 Cases in Alaska Judge Fallout”: Jacqueline Thomsen and Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Former Bankruptcy Judge David R. Jones Under Criminal Investigation Over Relationship With Lawyer; Federal prosecutors are probing the former Houston bankruptcy judge’s romantic relationship with lawyer Elizabeth Freeman”: Alexander Gladstone and Andrew Scurria of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“US judiciary to consider new ethical guidance for law clerk hiring”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

And Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law reports that “Judiciary Weighs Guidance on Ethical Hiring for Law Clerks; Judiciary considers guidance on law clerk hiring; Stems from clerk who reportedly sent racist texts.”

“Even When Big Cases Intersect With Their Families’ Interests, Many Judges Choose Not to Recuse; Ambiguous — and unenforced — recusal standards mean few checks and balances for top judges when cases involve their family members”: Noah Pransky, Brooke Williams, and Andrew Botolino of ProPublica have this report.

And Jared Kofsky of ABC News reports that “ProPublica: Judges often don’t recuse themselves when parties have financial ties to their relatives; Some advocates are now calling for more oversight of state and federal judges.”

“Delaware Weapons Ban Can Stay in Effect, Third Circuit Says; Preliminary injunction isn’t merited, appeals court says; Court doesn’t say whether challenge likely to ultimately succeed”: Mike Vilensky of Bloomberg Law has this report on a decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.