“Former US Judges Defend Judicial Independence as Threats Rise”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access the letter at this link.

“Trump Judge Pick Who Drew Conservative Pushback Defends Herself”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can view the video of today’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for judicial nominees via this link.

“Don’t ‘criminalize free speech,’ Justice Sotomayor says after Bondi hate speech vow; Sotomayor also said Americans need to know the difference between a president and a king”: Maureen Groppe and Dan Morrison of USA Today have this report.

Larry Neumeister of The Associated Press reports that “Sotomayor urges better civic education so people know difference between presidents and kings.”

Andrew Chung of Reuters has a report headlined “As Trump exerts power, US Supreme Court’s Sotomayor raises specter of a ‘king.’”

Mike Vilensky of Bloomberg Law reports that “Sotomayor Laments Lawyers Who Want to ‘Criminalize Free Speech.’”

Lawrence Hurley of NBC News reports that “Justice Sotomayor questions if Americans know the difference between presidents and kings; The liberal justice was speaking about the importance of civics education at a conference in New York.”

John Fritze of CNN reports that “Justice Sotomayor concerned Americans cannot distinguish between presidents and kings.”

And Erica Orden of Politico reports that “Sotomayor rebukes calls to ‘criminalize free speech’ in apparent swipe at Pam Bondi; The justice, in public remarks, didn’t name the attorney general, who has come under fire for comments to target people over ‘hate speech.’”

Forbes Breaking News has posted on YouTube a video titled “Sonia Sotomayor Speaks At New York Law School’s Constitution and Citizen Day Summit Panel.”

“Donna Adelson seeks new trial in Dan Markel murder, cites juror ‘misconduct,’ bias”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

You can access the motion at this link.