“Todd Blanche won’t get Thursday vote in Senate Judiciary Committee; The panel postponed a planned meeting as key GOP holdouts press for concessions”: Chris Marquette of Politico has this report.

“Blanche’s AG nomination in doubt as critical Republicans remain unsatisfied; Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) said they are not yet prepared to support Todd Blanche ahead of a Thursday committee vote; One Republican ‘no’ could kill the nomination”: Jeremy Roebuck, Theodoric Meyer, and Perry Stein of The Washington Post have this report.

And Richard Rubin, Sadie Gurman, and Lindsay Wise of The Wall Street Journal report that “GOP Resistance Stiffens to Trump Attorney General Pick; Holdouts want ‘anti-weaponization fund’ formally killed and changes to no-audits language before they will vote for Todd Blanche.”

“The Best Escape from the U.S. Attorney Mess; If the Senate wants to preserve U.S. Attorneys as significant in the real world, it must confirm more U.S. Attorneys”: Aaron L. Nielson has this post at Civitas Outlook.

“District Court Judges Are Unimpressed By the Fifth Circuit’s ‘Precedential Stay Order’ Stunt; At the White House’s request, America’s Trumpiest appeals court attempts to issue an order that does not exist”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Pa. Justices To Review Record $207M UPenn Med Mal Verdict”: Matthew Santoni of Law360 has this report (subscription required for full access).

“Trump wants the Supreme Court to help him control who gets to vote; After a string of court losses, the administration is begging; The justices should stay out of it”: Columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr has this essay online at The Boston Globe.

“Too much fear-mongering over Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision”: George Liebmann recently had this essay online at The Baltimore Sun.

“Trump Says He Wants Supreme Court to Revive Suit Against Hillary Clinton”: Greg Stohr and Erik Larson of Bloomberg News have this report.

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“Sullivan & Cromwell Asks Top Court to Hear E. Jean Carroll Case”: Roy Strom of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“With Blanche Nomination at Stake, Payouts to Trump Allies Continue; A seven-figure settlement is announced two days before a scheduled Senate committee vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general”: Devlin Barrett and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this report.

“Blanche nomination hangs by a thread as Cornyn stands by settlement ultimatum”: Chris Marquette of Politico has this report.

Glenn Thrush and Michael Gold of The New York Times report that “Vote on Blanche in Doubt After Senators Express Skepticism Over I.R.S. Provision; Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis accused the attorney general nominee of refusing to put on paper his promise to kill aspects of the deal he cut to settle President Trump’s suit against the agency.”

And Ellis Kim, Manu Raju, Hannah Rabinowitz, Alison Main, and Morgan Rimmer of CNN report that “Blanche nomination in peril as key GOP senator rails on DOJ over controversial fund.”

“Move Through the Hard Times with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson”: You can access today’s new episode of the “IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

And in news coverage, Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law reports that “Justice Jackson, Michelle Obama Talk Living in Security ‘Bubble.’”

“Ho Suggests Justices Should Reverse Same-Sex Marriage Ruling”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Judge James C. Ho’s Speech On ‘Judicial Courage’ and Judicial Selection”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”