“Future of the Supreme Court with Thomas Griffith & Cristina Rodriguez”: The Washington Post has posted online the video and transcript of this program recorded last Friday, which the newspaper’s U.S. Supreme Court correspondent, Robert Barnes, moderated.

“‘Aggressively conservative’ Supreme Court plunges into U.S. culture wars”: Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung of Reuters have this news analysis.

“Supreme Court agrees to hear Harvard affirmative action case, could cause ‘huge ripple effect’ in college admissions”: Laura Krantz and Deirdre Fernandes have this front page article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

“Justice Sotomayor on new book, Supreme Court’s credibility, loss of her mother”: The Today show from NBC News has posted this video clip online.

Today is the official publication date for Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s newest children’s picture book, “Just Help! How to Build a Better World.”

“Abortion opponents eye priorities as high court ruling looms”: Thomas Beaumont of The Associated Press has this report.

“US Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett to speak at ND Law Review symposium”: Denise Wager of Notre Dame News has this report.

“The Case for Impeaching Clarence Thomas: The Supreme Court justice refuses to recuse himself from cases in which his right-wing activist wife, Ginni, has a clear interest; The Democrats should punish him for it.” Michael Tomasky has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Race, Harvard and the Supreme Court: The Justices will get a chance to vindicate the 14th Amendment.” This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Republicans Don’t Need to Win Elections. They Already Won the Supreme Court. The justices’ imminent assault on affirmative action is only the latest GOP policy they’ll implement from the bench.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Affirmative Action at Harvard and U.N.C.; The court’s new conservative supermajority may be skeptical of admissions programs that take account of race to foster educational diversity”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes and Nick Anderson of The Washington Post report that “Race-conscious university admission policies to face Supreme Court review.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court signals it may outlaw most affirmative action at universities.”

Brent Kendall and Melissa Korn of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court to Review Race-Conscious Admissions Policies at Harvard, UNC; Justices will weigh conservative-led legal challenges seeking to eliminate race as a factor in college admissions.”

John Fritze of USA Today has an article headlined “Affirmative action: Supreme Court to consider use of race in college admissions.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court to hear case challenging Harvard, UNC affirmative action admissions policies.”

Kate Murphy of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina reports that “U.S. Supreme Court will hear UNC-Chapel Hill, Harvard affirmative-action cases.”

Rahem D. Hamid and Nia L. Orakwue of The Harvard Crimson report that “Supreme Court to Take Up Harvard, UNC Affirmative Action Case.”

Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters report that “U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to race-conscious college admissions.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Harvard Race Case Punctuates U.S. Supreme Court’s Sharp Turn to the Right.”

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court will consider challenge to affirmative action in college admissions; The case, naming Harvard and the University of North Carolina, is the most serious threat in decades to affirmative action at public and private colleges and universities.”

Joan Biskupic of CNN reports that “Supreme Court to consider landmark challenge to Harvard and UNC affirmative action policies.”

Tyler Olson of Fox News reports that “Supreme Court to hear cases against Harvard, UNC, for alleged admissions discrimination; Schools accused of discrimination against Asian Americans.”

Mark Walsh of Education Week reports that “U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Major Cases on Affirmative Action in Education.”

John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to affirmative action in higher education.”

Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Affirmative action challengers bring Harvard, UNC to high court; The justices took up a pair of cases Monday that tackle admissions at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.”

And on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “The Supreme Court adds affirmative action to its potential hit list.”

“This Supreme Court Won’t Uphold College Affirmative Action; The legality of race-based preferences in university admissions has been hanging by a thread for decades and the ‘diversity’ rationale appears to be expiring”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

And online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “The Supreme Court will hear two cases that are likely to end affirmative action; The conservative Court adds more cases to its growing culture war docket.”

“Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas drops appeal in Lubbock abortion ban lawsuit”: Gabriel Monte of The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal has this report.

“What the Supreme Court’s Rejection of the Employer Vaccinate-or-Test Rule Means for Biden’s Agenda”: Bridget Dooling has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Nancy Abudu — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

“A Right-Wing Supreme Court Keeps Pretending Laws Say Things They Do Not; The conservative justices’ fondness for statutory text mysteriously disappears whenever the Republican political agenda is in peril”: Scott Lemieux has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Actual Malice on the Supreme Court”: Sherry F. Colb has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

“Guess Which Justice is Taking the Most Important Cases and Other Details from Last Term”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Sarah Palin’s positive COVID test clouds start of NY Times defamation trial”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.

Access today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in an argued case: Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett not participating, in Hughes v. Northwestern Univ., No. 19-1401. You can access the oral argument via this link.

“History shows it’s impossible to ban abortions”: Stephen G. Bloom has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

I have quoted the headline from the print edition of today’s newspaper. The online version of the op-ed carries a different headline.

“The New Yorker Lies Again In Hit On Clarence Thomas And Wife That Falsely Claims He Attended A DC Event”: Mark Paoletta has this post at The Federalist.

“Justices to hear challenge to race in college admissions”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“With Roe in doubt, states act on abortion limits, expansions”: Lindsay Whitehurst of The Associated Press has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s vaccine mandate ruling is the start of something far worse”: David Cole has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in four cases, which will result in three hours of oral argument.

“The handling of the Texas abortion case is an embarrassment for the federal judiciary”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Sarah Palin set to battle New York Times at defamation trial”: Jonathan Stempel and Helen Coster of Reuters have this report.

“Major questions from the Supreme Court could upend the administrative state; A carve-out of the court’s precedent on agency deference is now taking center stage as justices move to use it as a quasi-constitutional doctrine”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Judicial Notice (01.22.22): Much Ado About Masking; High drama at SCOTUS, higher salaries in Biglaw, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“The Supreme Court Covid mask controversy is missing the point: Why isn’t Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch making a small sacrifice for the health of his immunocompromised colleague?” Law professor Steven Lubet has this essay online at NBC News.

“Some personal testimony in the matter of NPR v. the Supreme Court”: Columnist David Von Drehle has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“A single word sparks a crossfire between the Supreme Court, NPR and its star reporter Nina Totenberg”: Paul Farhi of The Washington Post has this report.

“VanDyke Writes for Majority, Spoofs Opinion Arriving at Contrary Result; Ninth Circuit Panel Reverses Order Dismissing Action Over Ventura County Closing Gun and Ammunition Shops, Firing Ranges for 48 Hours”: Metropolitan News-Enterprise has this report.

“Civic Education and the Constitution with Jeffrey Rosen”: You can access the first installment of the “High School SCOTUS” blog’s podcast via this link.

“Texas Supreme Court agrees to take up question in case challenging new SB 8 abortion restrictions; Plaintiffs have said having the case go to the state Supreme Court will only delay the outcome and allow Senate Bill 8 to remain in effect as the challenge plays out”: BeLynn Hollers of The Dallas Morning News has this report.