“Father wants R.I. Supreme Court to see if state law allowing grandparent visitation is unconstitutional”: Amanda Milkovits of The Boston Globe has this report.

“In Washington’s culture of insults, Sotomayor’s apology stands out; In today’s political climate, personal attacks are routine; The Supreme Court operates by a different code, one where personal grievances are expected to stay separate from legal disagreement”: Columnist Dace Potas has this essay online at USA Today.

“What Clarence Thomas doesn’t understand about democracy; The Supreme Court justice’s insistence that rights come from God, not government, couldn’t be more wrong”: Paul Waldman has this essay online at MS Now.

“Supreme Court weighs phone searches to find criminals amid complaints of ‘digital dragnets’”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“SEC’s Power to Recoup Illicit Profits Challenged at Supreme Court”: Greg Stohr and Nicola M White of Bloomberg News have this report.

“Chief Justice Roberts could learn from baseball great Ted Williams when it comes to leaks; The New York Times published internal memos from justices on the use of the shadow docket to issue rulings”: Law professor Jonathan Turley has this essay online at Fox News.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has posts titled “The Chief Justice Behind The Curtains,” “The Substance of the Clean Power Plan Memos; The Chief Justice reminds us why he was the best lawyer of his time,” “Some Questions About The SCOTUS Leak On the Clean Power Plan Case; This story is only getting started,” and “February 9, 2016: A flashback to the grant of the emergency stay in the Clean Power Plan.”