“US judge boycotting Columbia law clerks won’t recuse from protest case”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Serving, Filing, and Equitable Exceptions to Rule 4(a)(4); The Second Circuit reiterated its rule that a post-judgment motion must be timely filed — not merely served — to reset the appeal clock; The court added that Rule 4(a)(4) does not allow for equitable exceptions and addressed an order-designation issue, too”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

“Congress asked to weigh impeaching ex-judge for alleged sexual misconduct; Such referrals by the Judicial Conference of the U.S. Courts are rare; This one comes amid calls for greater scrutiny of courthouse workplace misconduct”: Tobi Raji and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.

“The inside story of how Sandra Day O’Connor rebuffed pressure from Scalia and others to overturn Roe v. Wade”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.