“Was a Right to Gender-Affirming Care for Minors Possible? The Supreme Court was unlikely to strike down a state ban on some pediatric medical treatments, but the Biden Justice Department’s strategy made it even more improbable.” Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Declaration of Independence: The newest Justice is increasingly willing to condemn the actions of the conservative majority, even when that means breaking with her liberal colleagues.” Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“What this Trump nominee says about his potential SCOTUS picks; The nomination of Emil Bove suggests the president is embracing a new kind of judicial pick”: Hailey Fuchs and Erica Orden of Politico have this report.

“Bove Denies Suggesting Justice Dept. Ignore Court Orders; During a confirmation hearing for an appeals court opening, Emil Bove III was repeatedly questioned about a whistle-blower complaint that portrayed political appointees as willing to mislead judges”: Devlin Barrett of The New York Times has this report.

Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Trump’s Former Lawyer Emil Bove Defends DOJ Tenure in Senate Hearing; President’s pick for appeals court faces scrutiny from Democrats over NYC Mayor Eric Adams, whistleblower complaint and his prosecutorial record.”

Erin Mansfield of USA Today reports that “Emil Bove, Trump’s former personal lawyer, faces renewed scrutiny for federal court seat.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Trump’s defense lawyer faces battle to win appeals court seat.”

Alfred Lubrano of The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article headlined “N.J. Sen. Booker grills Trump’s choice to be a Philly-based federal judge: ‘What’s your red line?’; The closely watched confirmation hearing came a day after the release of damaging report against Emil Bove, President Donald Trump’s pick for a prestigious federal appeals position in Philadelphia.”

Joey Fox of New Jersey Globe has an article headlined “Emil Bove accused of perjury, evasiveness at tough Senate hearing for federal judgeship; Booker, fellow Senate Dems call Bove’s nomination unacceptable as GOP stands by Trump’s pick.”

Paula Reid, Casey Gannon, and Holmes Lybrand of CNN report that “Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove denies allegations in whistleblower report and says he’s not a ‘henchman.’”

And Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service reports that “Dems warn Emil Bove hearing shows blurring line between Trump and courts; Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche attended a Senate hearing for President Trump’s Third Circuit nominee — a move which Democrats and judicial experts said was aimed at influencing Republican votes.”

“Justice Amy Coney Barrett defies expectations as ‘center figure’ on Supreme Court; As MAGA brands Barrett as ‘squishy,’ liberals warm to judge they once demonized”: Devin Dwyer of ABC News has this report.

“Meet the Lawyer in Snakeskin Boots Who Takes Cases for as Little as Minimum Wage; Jon Miller travels 4,000 miles a month as a private contract lawyer, a little-known job representing criminal defendants for a flat fee”: Mariah Timms of The Wall Street Journal recently had this report.

“These Small Conservative Law Firms Are Raking In Business; Trump ties help power ascent as larger competitors come under fire”: Erin Mulvaney of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Trump judicial pick Bove faces skeptical Democrats at confirmation hearing; Emil Bove, nominated to be a federal appeals court judge in New Jersey, repeatedly denied a whistleblower’s allegations during his morning testimony”: Perry Stein of The Washington Post has this report.

And Alanna Durkin Richer of The Associated Press reports that “Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove denies advising lawyers to ignore court orders.”

View this morning’s U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Emil J. Bove III to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit: Via this link. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m. eastern time.