“N.Y. Law Limiting Court Protest Survives 1st Amendment Challenge”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report on a ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“Biden D.C. Circuit nominee Garcia, 36, defends experience”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report.

Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law reports that “D.C. Circuit Nominee’s O’Melveny Work Draws Republican Focus.”

And Rose Wagner of Courthouse News Service reports that “Record on gun, abortion cases muddies confirmation waters for DC Circuit pick; The appeals court nominee was one of five prospective federal judges grilled by senators Wednesday.”

You can view the video of today’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for judicial nominees via this link.

“California Supreme Court chief justice will not seek re-election, plans to retire in January”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Kevin Rector of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Chief justice of California Supreme Court won’t seek second term.”

And Don Thompson of The Associated Press reports that “California chief justice won’t seek a second 12-year term.”

Today, Cathal Conneely of California Courts Newsroom issued a news release titled “Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye announces that she will not seek re-election; State’s top jurist to leave bench after 32 years — 12 as chief justice — and 38 years of public service.”

“Justice Barrett’s ‘Austere and Desert-Like’ Writing Style; In her nearly two years on the Supreme Court bench, Amy Coney Barrett has developed her own terse way of writing opinions”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.”

“The Abortion Clinic on the Run”: Lauren Rankin of New York magazine has this report.

“Fetal Rights Laws’ Impact Extends From Abortion to HOV Lanes”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“The Constitutionality of a Federal Law Mandating Marriage Equality”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“Jill Pohlman on track to become Utah’s next Supreme Court justice; If Judge Jill Pohlman is confirmed by the full Utah Senate, the Utah Supreme Court would see its first female majority”: Emily Anderson Stern of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

“Supreme Court officially transmits its judgment overturning Roe v. Wade, clearing the way for state restrictions”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“Obamacare back in court as Texans challenge coverage for STDs and HIV care; The GOP’s decade-plus war against the health law continues with lawsuit over coverage requirement for testing, vaccines and PrEP”: Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico has this report.

“Democrats introduce bill to enact term limits for Supreme Court justices”: Mychael Schnell of The Hill has this report.

“Republicans stay mum as Senate pushes toward same-sex marriage vote”: Mike DeBonis of The Washington Post has this report.

“Why Exceptions for the Life of the Mother Have Disappeared: The absence of these exemptions is a sign of the anti-abortion-rights movement’s distrust of women and the medical establishment.” Law professor Mary Ziegler has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“The Supreme Court Is Making America Ungovernable; The West Virginia v. EPA ruling signals a future in which no one in power has the ability to tackle the biggest issues society faces”: Law professor Lisa Heinzerling has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Justice Tamika Montgomery-Reeves — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

“Breaking Down Joan Biskupic’s Latest Reporting On The Dobbs Leak”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“New York High Court Judge Says She’s Now Ready to Be Vaccinated for COVID; Judge Jenny Rivera has been participating remotely for months because she has declined to be vaccinated; Her decision to change that stance — based on the availability of a new type of vaccine — may remove an impediment to her serving as interim chief judge, if she is chosen by her colleagues on the state’s highest court”: Brian Lee of the New York Law Journal has this report.

“My Latest Theory About The SCOTUS Leaker: Is it possible that even the Politico reporters who published the Dobbs draft don’t know the identity of their source?” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Abortion decision threatens care for more than one million patients with arthritis; As a rheumatologist, I rely on a medication that, at high doses, can cause abortion; It’s getting harder for patients to access this essential treatment”: Belinda Birnbaum, M.D. has this essay online at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“The Supreme Court weakened a unique California labor law. Will this case against Uber bring it back?” Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has an article that begins, “After the U.S. Supreme Court severely weakened a unique California law allowing workers to join one another and sue their employer over labor law violations, the state Supreme Court has agreed to consider reviving the law in a suit by an Uber driver.”

“Because of Texas abortion law, her wanted pregnancy became a medical nightmare”: Carrie Feibel had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“Texas Lawyer Behind Abortion Ban Takes Aim at HIV Prevention; Access to Gilead life-saving drugs put at risk by lawsuit; US says if mandate struck down health costs will rise”: Erik Larson and Janet Miranda of Bloomberg News have this report.

“North Carolina and Florida Become Southern Abortion Havens”: Christine Vestal of Stateline has this report.

“Retrenchment of the Federal Right to Abortion: How Dobbs Threatens National Security.” Heather Zimmerman and Justin Cole have this blog post at “Just Security.”

“30 days since Roe was overturned: How the country has changed; At least 13 states have ceased nearly all abortion services.” Mary Kekatos of ABC News has this report.

“Conservative judges urge Supreme Court to revive law making it a crime to encourage undocumented immigrants to stay in the U.S.” Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report on an order, accompanied by concurring and dissenting opinions, denying rehearing en banc that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“The Supreme Court Decisions on Guns and Abortion Relied Heavily on History. But Whose History? Justices say that history is a more legitimate way to interpret the Constitution, but they are taking that history from motivated advocacy groups, not professional historians.” Law professor Allison Orr Larsen has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“The inside story of how John Roberts failed to save abortion rights”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“Congress Should Codify Same-Sex Marriage; A measure to ensure American families are never torn asunder”: Theodore B. Olson and Kenneth B. Mehlman will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Conservatives Are Pretending They’re Not Coming for Marriage Equality Next. We’ve Heard That Before. These are the exact same arguments that right-wingers used to attack abortion rights.” Matt Ford has this essay online at The New Republic.

“For Legal Conservatives, Six Decades Of Folding, Followed By Sixteen Years To Draw A Full House; On the plus side, we had Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett; On the down side, we had Roberts, Souter, Kennedy, O’Connor, Powell, Blackmun, Burger, Stewart, Whittaker, Brennan, and Warren”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Harvard Urges Supreme Court to Preserve Affirmative Action in College Admissions”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report. You can access the Brief for Respondent at this link.

“Biden judicial nominee on board of prison ‘abolitionist’ group; Biden nominated Roopali Desai to the 9th Circuit Appeals Court”: Houston Keene of Fox News has this report.

“The Conservative Agenda Depends On Judges Being Terrible Historians; By giving lower court judges a task they can’t complete, the Court’s conservatives are setting themselves up as the only amateur historians who matter”: Jacob Hammond has this post at “Balls and Strikes.”

“Tyson Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Covid Liability Ruling”: Bruce Rolfsen of Bloomberg Law has this report. And the petition for writ of certiorari features Paul D. Clement’s new office address. (His new law firm now has a website too!)