“Supreme Court Term Limits Are a Waste of Wisdom; Justices Brandeis, Black, Harlan and Holmes did some of their best work in later years”: Nathan Lewin will have this op-ed in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“Accused Sept. 11 Plotters Agree to Plead Guilty at Guantánamo Bay; Word of the deal emerged in a letter from prosecutors to family members of victims of the attacks”: Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.
And Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Two Other 9/11 Defendants Agree to Plea Deal; Under the agreement the detainees held at Guantanamo Bay would serve life in prison and be spared the death penalty.”
“Julia Lipez — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti recently had this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”
“Senators grill US appeals court nominee over ‘activist’ legal work”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report.
Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal reports that “Sen. Tillis Doubles Down on Objection to Biden’s 4th Circuit Pick Ryan Park.”
And at “The Vetting Room” blog, Dequan has a post titled “Ryan Park — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.”
“On judicial nominations, Biden’s term has been a failure”: Law professor Robert Luther III has this essay online at The Hill.
“Alaska Judge’s Clerk Alleges Retaliation by US Attorney Office”: Jacqueline Thomsen and Ben Penn of Bloomberg Law have an article that begins, “The woman whose report of sexual misconduct ultimately prompted an Alaska federal judge to resign alleges in a whistleblower complaint that leaders of the US attorney’s office there retaliated against her after she came forward with her claims.”
“Kagan’s High Court Ethics Proposal Poses Enforcement Challenges; Solution could change how recusals are decided; Legal scholars question effectiveness of panel”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.
“Alaska Supreme Court positioned to be majority-women for first time”: Barbara Norton of Alaska Beacon has this report.
“How Samuel Alito got canceled from the Supreme Court social media majority”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.
“The fate of Biden’s Supreme Court proposal may lie with Kamala Harris; Both Biden and Harris are recent converts to the idea of term limits, but there are hints that Harris may be more willing to push the issue”: Josh Gerstein and Samantha Latson of Politico have this report.