“What the Verdict Against Meta and Google Says About the Way We Live Now; The finding of a California jury represents the opening legal salvo in a fight against one of the central anxieties of our time”: Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“Trump’s DOJ Defends Lawyer Sanctions Ahead of Court Appearance”: Justin Henry of Bloomberg Law has an article that begins, “The Department of Justice hit back at four law firms on President Trump’s target list late Friday in a final written brief before arguing in person next month.”

“Clarence Thomas to give University of Texas lecture”: Asher Price of Axios has this report.

“Judicial Vacancies and the Wheel of Fortune ; Once a judge is relying on the odds, he has relinquished his agency over the decision; It is no longer a function of rational deliberation but a function of Fortune’s wheel, whose spin the judge has no choice but to accept”: Michael A. Fragoso has this essay online at Public Discourse.

“After 20-point Supreme Court loss, Wisconsin Republicans look for who’s to blame; Some conservatives want state Republican Party Chair Brian Schimming fired, while others blame conservative Judge Maria Lazar’s failed campaign”: Rich Kremer of Wisconsin Public Radio has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s Stealth Attack on the Regulatory State”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Alaska man to plead guilty to threatening six US Supreme Court justices”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“War Crimes, Christian Nationalism, and the 25th Amendment”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Texas’ GOP attorney general candidates want to challenge decades-old Supreme Court rulings; Emboldened by overturning Roe v. Wade, conservative legal groups hope Ken Paxton’s successor will help them overturn gay marriage and public school access for undocumented students”: Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“220. Ideology and Shadow Docket Precedent: The en banc Fourth Circuit’s divide in the DOGE/Social Security case is the latest example of how assessments of the Supreme Court’s behavior on emergency applications are sorting us ideologically.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Harmeet Dhillon Is Not Wasting Any Time; She arrived at the Department of Justice with radical changes in mind; One year later, she has completely reshaped the Civil Rights Division”: Quinta Jurecic has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Judicial Notice (04.12.26): ‘I Love You, Sir’; A justice’s public criticism of a colleague, the acting AG’s bromance with Trump, two new circuit-court nominees, and another partner departure from Cravath.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.