“Justice Kagan’s Ethics Inversion; Having lower judges investigate the Justices is not a good idea”: This editorial will appear in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“12-week abortion limit, ban on youth transgender treatment upheld by Nebraska Supreme Court”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

Margery A. Beck of The Associated Press reports that “Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion.”

And Aaron Sanderford of Nebraska Examiner reports that “Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting abortion and trans health care for minors; Planned Parenthood had argued that LB 574 violated state constitution’s single-subject rule.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Nebraska at this link.

“J&J’s Second Bankruptcy Dismissal Upheld by Third Circuit; Court affirms bankruptcy dismissal of LTL Management; J&J had sought to use bankruptcy to resolve talc claims”: Evan Ochsner of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a non-precedential ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.

And Amanda Bronstad of Law.com has a report headlined “‘It Was a Very Long Battle’: Why Talc Victims Could Vote for J&J’s Third Bankruptcy; Beasley Allen’s Andy Birchfield, whose firm has led opposition to another talc bankruptcy, acknowledged to Law.com: ‘I would be really surprised if J&J were to lose this vote.’“

“The Attack on the Courts; A campaign of intimidation”: Fifth Circuit Judge James C. Ho has this essay (subscription required for full access) in the September 2024 issue of National Review magazine.

“Does motive matter in mass action venue fights?” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post about a decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued Tuesday.

“The Evolution of Usha Vance; An accomplished Yale-educated lawyer, she has left her job at a top firm as she adjusts to the life of a high-profile political spouse”: Joseph Bernstein and Katherine Rosman of The New York Times have this report.