“Justice for Our Daughter Christa; Message to Italy: We don’t seek the death penalty for Lee Gilley.” Chris and Sharon Bauer have this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“The Death Penalty Has Become a Torture Machine; Christa Pike’s botched lethal injection proves there is no humane form of execution”: Jeet Heer has this essay online at The Nation.

“‘So Ordered’ Review: A Practical Originalist; Pundits and academics theorizing about Justice Samuel Alito’s aims would profit from reading his speeches on the law.” Columnist Barton Swaim has this book review online at The Wall Street Journal.

And Devin Dwyer of ABC News reports on the book in an article headlined “Alito calls same-sex marriage a ‘decisive’ turn ‘against religious liberty’ in new book; In a new book, the Supreme Court justice reflects on his ‘pet issue’ of faith.”

“Like Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice Alito Is Gambling on Outliving His Critics”: Ed Kilgore has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“Justice Alito Speaks Out on Media Harassment and Why the Rules Still Matter; The author of Dobbs sits down with National Review”: Dan McLaughlin has part one of his interview online at National Review.

“Justice Alito ‘amused and puzzled’ by false retirement report; Alito, one of the court’s most conservative justices, told USA Today he wondered how many people were ‘crest-fallen’ when they realized he’s not retiring”: Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report, along with an article headlined “Courting controversy: Alito on religion, racism and big Supreme Court moments.”

“Alito says Supreme Court can’t stem emergency appeals and voices concern over Trump’s rhetoric”: Lindsay Whitehurst of The Associated Press has this report.

“Justice Alito: Lower courts haven’t ‘gotten the message’ on affirmative action, guns.” Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times have this report, along with an article headlined "Justice Alito: Supreme Court isn’t using AI; Bush appointee says AI is ‘pretty formidable.’”