“Biden’s flurry of nominations will bring generations of diversity to federal courts”: David Lat has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

“After SCOTUS hearing, a new look at baby ‘safe haven’ laws”: Astrid Galván of The Associated Press has this report.

“McConnell to Manchin: We’d Love to Have You, Joe; Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, says Democratic outrage over Senator Joe Manchin’s opposition to sweeping policy bills shows he is not welcome in his party any longer.” Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this report.

And Haris Alic of The Washington Times reports that “Manchin’s future as Democrat uncertain after killing Biden’s economic agenda.”

“The most dangerous conservative judges aren’t on the Supreme Court”: Columnist Perry Bacon Jr. has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Originalism moves from theory to high court. What that means for US.” Henry Gass of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

“University of North Carolina and civil rights advocates ask Supreme Court to sidestep affirmative action challenge”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

You can view the University of North Carolina’s Brief in Opposition at this link.

“Democrats should apply Supreme Court’s abortion decision to firearms; A California initiative would allow any Californian to sue ‘anyone who manufactures, distributes, or sells an assault weapon or ghost gun kit or parts’ and recover unlimited damages”: Law professor Laurence H. Tribe, Jonathan M. Metzl, and David Hogg have this essay online at The Boston Globe.

“Supreme Court Justice Rejects Challenge to New Mexico’s Vaccine Mandate”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Court rules against victims’ rights measure voters supported”: Mark Scolforo of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued today. The ruling consists of a majority opinion and a dissenting opinion.

“Dobbs and Democratic Legitimacy: There is nothing the Court can do that will have democratic legitimacy; It ought therefore to be content with constitutional legitimacy.” Carson Holloway has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“One Year In, Joe Biden Has Confirmed More Lifetime Judges Than Decades Of Presidents; He’s also brought badly needed diversity to the nation’s courts; But he may have to play hardball with Republicans to keep this up”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

“Dallas lawyer Linda Coffee launched landmark Roe vs. Wade abortion rights case with a $15 filing fee; The attorney, now retired at 78 and living in Mineola, east of Dallas, also filed a case named Doe vs. Wade on the same day in 1970 and is watching the challenges that could overturn the milestone ruling”: BeLynn Hollers of The Dallas Morning News has this report.

“Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear case over COVID-19 restrictions”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

And Allison Garfield, Jessie Opoien, and Scott Girard of The Cap Times of Madison, Wisconsin report that “Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear challenge to Dane County mask mandate.”

“How Dark Money Bought Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court Seat”: Andrew Perez and Julia Rock have this article online at Jacobin magazine.

“How the Supreme Court Could Shake Up Disney’s Spider-Man Plans: William Morris Endeavor, SAG-AFTRA and a bunch of comic book heirs are quietly backing a petition to the high court — one that could be a real game-changer.” Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter about a petition for writ of certiorari pending at the U.S. Supreme Court.

“The Supreme Court opened the door to legal vigilantism in Texas. California will use the same tool to save lives.” California Governor Gavin Newsom has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The Supreme Court found a Sonoma County man’s arrest illegal. A state appeals court upheld his conviction anyway.” Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

You can access today’s ruling of the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District at this link.

“The Supreme Court’s Covid Vaccine Test: Justices have to decide if they want to let OSHA rewrite the law.” This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“In 2021, we were all Zoom cat lawyer”: Jenna Greene of Reuters has this report.

“Saving the supremes: Packing the Supreme Court should be off the table, but (long) term limits may well make sense.” The New York Daily News has published this editorial.

“Covid-19 and the Delegation Doctrine: Absent Irrational Rules, Judges Should Stand Down.” Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

“What Is Stare Decisis, and Why Is It Intellectually Hollow Bullshit? There are no rules for when the Supreme Court can overturn its precedent. There is only the question of whether there are five votes to do it.” Elie Mystal has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Two New Papers to SSRN: Gaming Certiorari and Civil Rights Litigation in the Lower Courts.” Aaron L. Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

In today’s mail: I received a copy of Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton‘s new book, “Who Decides? States as Laboratories of Constitutional Experimentation.”

“To Rein In the Police, Look to the States, Not the Court”: Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“A Plan Forms in Mexico: Help Americans Get Abortions; Mexican activists plan to provide women in Texas and other U.S. states with information, support — and abortion-inducing pills.” Natalie Kitroeff of The New York Times has this report.

“Eight challenges brought to high court over vaccine-or-test mandate at OSHA; The appeals come only days after the Sixth Circuit reinstated the government agency’s directive for private employers to make workers either get the coronavirus vaccine or test weekly”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“The Rio Grande Valley’s Abortion Desert: Texas’s new law is the culmination of decades of legal restrictions and budget cuts that have left women in one of the country’s poorest regions with scant access to abortion.” Stephania Taladrid has this Dispatch online at The New Yorker.

“A Fight to Die: Sandy Morris, in the grip of ALS, wants to expand access to aid in dying so ending her life won’t be a crime.” Esmé E Deprez has this article in the current issue of Bloomberg Businessweek.

“The alternative to Supreme Court enlargement is surrender”: Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Long after the courts shut down for covid, the pain of delayed justice lingers”: Griff Witte and Mark Berman of The Washington Post have this report.

“Biden has installed a significant number of judges from diverse backgrounds — now comes the hard part; The pace reflects an urgency from the Biden White House and Democratic senators to make up ground lost to Republicans who prioritized filling the judiciary with conservatives during the Trump presidency”: Seung Min Kim and Ann E. Marimow have this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Jonathan H. Adler has a post titled “How Big a Mark Will President Biden Make on the Federal Judiciary? The Biden Administration is off to a fast start nominating and appointing federal judges, but will this continue?“

“Democrats walk on eggshells around Breyer as GOP plans another blockade for any Biden Supreme Court pick”: Edward-Isaac Dovere and Manu Raju of CNN have this report.

“The Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court failed the president”: Law professor Scott Douglas Gerber has this essay online at The Hill.

“The idea of expanding the Supreme Court to blunt its right-wing bias gains traction”: Columnist Michael Hiltzik has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.