“Lawsuit alleges that Northwestern law school’s hiring practices are biased against white men; The complaint says that the hiring process favors women and people of color”: Dhanika Pineda of ABC News has this report.

You can access the complaint initiating suit via this link.

“Full Fifth Circuit to Review Library LGBTQ+, Sex Ed Books Case; Court vacates opinion ordering books back in circulation; Rehearing slated for week of Sept. 23”: Patrick Ambrosio of Bloomberg Law has this report on an order granting rehearing en banc that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued last Wednesday.

“The battle over J&J’s bankruptcy plan to end talc lawsuits; Johnson & Johnson is locked in a bitter fight with lawyers opposing its third attempt to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits through a controversial bankruptcy-court maneuver; The women alleging J&J’s talc products caused their cancer are caught in the crossfire”: Mike Spector of Reuters has this report.

“Opinionpalooza: The Supreme Court End-of-Term Breakfast Table; As we look back on a Supreme Court term that still has us reeling, some surprising new trends have emerged from the justices.” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Term”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link. The podcast is now on YouTube.

“The Supreme Court upended gun laws nationwide. Mass confusion has followed. The Supreme Court said its guidance that gun laws must align with U.S. ‘history and tradition’ was misunderstood. What does that mean for hundreds of legal challenges to gun laws?” Rachel Weiner of The Washington Post has this report.

“What Happened to the Originalism of the Originalists?” Columnist David French has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Jack Smith Isn’t a Special Counsel ‘by Law’; Federal prosecutors must be duly appointed and confirmed by the Senate; He fails both tests”: Michael B. Mukasey will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Supreme Court ethics remain at center stage after hard-right rulings; Much of the public sees the Supreme Court as political, not impartial, even as the court’s defenders say its critics simply oppose the conservative majority”: Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

“Wisconsin Supreme Court reinstates absentee ballot drop boxes”: Lawrence Andrea and Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report on a 4-to-3 ruling that the Supreme Court of Wisconsin issued today.

“A Principled Supreme Court, Unnerved by Trump”: Law professor William Baude has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Barrett sought middle ground in Trump immunity case. This time Roberts said no.” David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Justice Amy Coney Barrett stakes out ‘more moderate’ role on high court.”

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “US Supreme Court’s Barrett asserts conservative power, but favors narrower approach.”

Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law reports that “Barrett Beginning to Chart Own Path on Divided Supreme Court; Barrett has written on how to properly use ‘history and tradition’; Positioned herself as ‘intellectual and theoretical leader,’ advocates say.”

And earlier, Lawrence Hurley of NBC News had an article headlined “She cemented a conservative Supreme Court, but a ‘cautious’ Justice Barrett sometimes resists the far-right flank; In several recent cases, the Trump appointee has written opinions criticizing conservative colleagues and has at times sided with liberal justices.”

“A closer look at the Supreme Court’s decisions this historic and controversial term”: This audio segment appeared on Tuesday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Trump’s immunity victory would stun Nixon-era lawyers; The Supreme Court’s immunity reasoning didn’t occur to anyone in 1974”: Jeffrey Toobin has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Justice Amy Coney Barrett is charting her own path on the bench; With piercing questions and a willingness to break ranks with fellow conservatives, the justice played a new role in her fourth term”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

“From unanimity to ‘fear mongering’: How the raucous Supreme Court term turned in Trump’s favor.” John Fritze, Tierney Sneed, and Devan Cole of CNN have this report.

“Roberts court hands major wins to Trump, conservative movement in 2023-24 term”: Amy Howe has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Abortion on the ballot: Amarillo set to vote on abortion travel ban this election; After the Amarillo City Council balked at such an ordinance last year, residents collected signatures for a ballot measure.” Jayme Lozano Carver of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“The Supreme Court Is Getting Very Annoyed With the Fifth Circuit’s Dogged Lawlessness; The justices are running out of ways to politely turn away the Fifth Circuit’s ambitious attempts to push a conservative policy agenda”: G.S. Hans has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Don’t like the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling? Blame Merrick Garland. With no straightforward case tying Trump to violence, Garland took a historically momentous risk.” Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Supreme Court stakes are too high to continue with the Biden gamble; The risk of another Trump presidency appointing more justices, forces a reluctant conclusion”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Pay for Lawyers Is So High People Are Comparing It to the N.B.A.; Enormous pay packages are popping up for top lawyers, especially those favored by well-heeled private equity clients”: Maureen Farrell and Anupreeta Das of The New York Times have this report.

“Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Takes Back Control; This term Roberts moved the law to match his priorities — and didn’t worry about getting liberal justices on board”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“A Dismissed Abortion Case Points to Internal Tensions and Dysfunction at the Supreme Court”: Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Amy Coney Barrett Signaled Something Very Scary About Where Abortion Bans Will Go Next”: Law professors Reva Siegel and Mary Ziegler have this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Again and again, U.S. Supreme Court slaps down 5th Circuit; The New Orleans-based court, which hears Texas cases, is pushing the federal judiciary to the right, even when it gets overturned by a higher court”: Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“Justices make wish list of cases as Supreme Court heads into summer break ; The justices’ ranging opinions on the high court’s decision not to hear cases provided a window into what cases could be granted in the coming terms”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion”: Todd Richmond of The Associated Press has this report.

And Joe Kelly of Courthouse News Service reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court advances lawsuits seeking constitutional right to abortions; The court’s orders putting the abortion-related cases on its docket exposed long-simmering political grudges between its conservative and liberal justices.”

You can view yesterday’s order of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin in Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin v. Urmanski, and the opinions concurring therein and dissenting therefrom, at this link.

“Debit Card Fees Get a Deserved Hit From the Supreme Court; The overlooked ruling in Corner Post v. Federal Reserve won’t only affect those who prefer to pay using a small plastic rectangle”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“The Next President Will Split Up the Supreme Court’s Factions; The bench is currently divided between three liberals, three arch-conservatives, and three centrist conservatives, leading to shifting alliances — and an opportunity for the next president”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“In Immunity Decision, Clashing Views of the Nature of Politics; The Supreme Court’s conservative majority largely embraced Donald Trump’s dark view of tit-for-tat partisan prosecutions while liberals cited the prospect of power unchecked by legal accountability”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“Something Has Gone Deeply Wrong at the Supreme Court; Jurists who preach fidelity to the Constitution are making decisions that flatly contradict our founding document’s text and ideals”: Law professor Akhil Reed Amar has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Architects of the Trump Supreme Court See Culmination of Conservative Push; For Donald F. McGahn II, the former White House counsel, and Senator Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican, sweeping anti-regulatory rulings are the big payoff of their drive to reshape the federal courts”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this report.

“US Supreme Court’s divisions deepened in term capped by Trump immunity ruling”: John Kruzel of Reuters has this report.

“President Biden Names Fifty-Second Round of Judicial Nominees”: The White House issued this news release today.

In early news coverage, Lucy Marques of The Charlotte Observer reports that “Biden picks NC solicitor general as nominee for 4th Circuit appeals court vacancy.”

And Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law reports that “Biden Taps North Carolina Solicitor General for Fourth Circuit.”

Update: In other coverage, Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Biden to nominate North Carolina solicitor general to US appeals court.”