“Federal Judge Eleanor Ross Should Resign or Be Impeached”: Thomas Jipping and Hans von Spakovsky have this post at the “Bench Memos” blog of National Review.

“Supreme Court Backs F.C.C. Power to Levy Fines Against Cellphone Carriers; AT&T and Verizon said they were deprived of their right to a jury trial when the agency penalized the companies for failing to protect consumer information”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

And Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times reports that “Supreme Court Finds S.E.C. Can Strip Wrongdoers of Illegal Financial Gains, Even Without Proof of Victim Loss; The justices unanimously sided with the independent financial watchdog, finding that the agency could collect ill-gotten money, even if it could not show victims had suffered financial loss.”

“Protesters’ attack on Supreme Court vice president ‘crosses red line,’ Isaac Amit says”: Gilad Morag of The Jerusalem Post has an article that begins, “The President of the Supreme Court, Justice Isaac Amit, and the Director of the Courts, Justice Tzachi Uziel, issued a letter today to all judges following the violent incidents carried out by haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters yesterday at the home of the Supreme Court Vice President, Justice Noam Sohlberg.”

“Bang, Bang, Bang: Callais Kills Off the Voting Rights Act.” Pamela S. Karlan has this post at the “Just Security” blog.

“House Republican Preps Impeachment Bid Against Atlanta Judge”: Olivia Alafriz of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“The Supreme Court Refutes Its Critics; In a trio of cases, the Justices rule against business interests”: This editorial will appear in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Texas high schooler fights punishment over hair length at Fifth Circuit; Darryl George claims his school district’s male-only hair length limit is unconstitutional gender discrimination and a violation of the Texas CROWN Act”: Christina van Waasbergen of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“Ninth Circuit reconsiders challenge to California restrictions on open carry of firearms; A three-judge panel in January reversed a lower court that sided with the state, leading to Wednesday’s hearing before the en banc court”: Alan Riquelmy of Courthouse News Service has this report.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted on YouTube the video of yesterday’s en banc oral argument.

“Bonus 230: Justice Barrett’s Vote in Margolin; A single vote to join a single concurring opinion in a case that hasn’t gotten a lot of attention could portend massive consequences across a range of lawsuits challenging the Trump administration.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“How a Prisoner Ended Up Alone in Court in a Death Penalty Case: The episode at the war court alarmed death penalty lawyers, who argued that the judge had a duty to suspend the proceedings to protect the rights of the defendant.” Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this Letter from Guantánamo Bay.

“The Great Snail Debate; Or, Justice Breyer Wins Again”: Richard M Re has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

“Sonia Sotomayor’s Foreign Deceptions; Supreme Court nominee delivers blatantly false testimony at confirmation hearing”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Will the Supreme Court Review Judge Newman’s Stealth Impeachment? The Court should grant cert on the important separation of powers issue raised by her long-running, allegedly ‘temporary suspension’ from case assignments.” Paul Cassell has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“One Man, No Vote: The leaders of the civil-rights movement are watching as their work is undone.” Zak Cheney-Rice has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“If Judge Ross’s ‘Improper Sexual Activity’ ‘Greatly Damage[s] [Her] Credibility as a Judge,’ Does That Satisfy the Standard for Impeachment?” Arthur Hellman has this guest post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Trump Says He Plans to Nominate Blanche for Attorney General; Todd Blanche has been serving as the acting attorney general; A formal nomination to the post would be the president’s latest move to place loyalists in top government jobs”: Glenn Thrush of The New York Times has this report.

Jeremy Roebuck and Perry Stein of The Washington Post report that “Trump says he plans to nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general; Blanche is likely to face a bruising Senate confirmation battle, with some Republican lawmakers already expressing hesitancy.”

Sadie Gurman of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Trump Says He Will Nominate Todd Blanche as Attorney General; The move would formalize Blanche’s role atop the Justice Department, although he will likely face a tough confirmation fight.”

And Sarah Ferris and Manu Raju of CNN have a report headlined “Thune: ‘Hard to say’ whether Blanche can win confirmation as attorney general.”