“A refuge for Texas patients, Oklahoma clinics brace for abortion ban; A law modeled after the restrictive Texas ban could soon take effect in Oklahoma”: Caroline Kitchener of The Washington Post has this report.

“The Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearings May Be Only the Beginning; The final Senate confirmation vote of 53–47 sparked joy and relief that the ugly part was over, at least for Jackson; The rest of the country may not be so lucky”: Amy Davidson Sorkin will have this Comment in the April 18, 2022 issue of The New Yorker.

“Anita Hill Saw History Repeat Itself at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Hearings; The key witness in Clarence Thomas’s nomination process joins David Remnick and Jane Mayer to discuss how sex and race shaped the new Justice’s experience, and her own”: The New Yorker has posted online this Q&A.

“Thomas Poses With Senate Candidate Walker in Supreme Court Photo; It comes amid scrutiny stemming from wife’s political work; Walker was in Washington to receive Horatio Alger Award”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“The Red State-Blue State Scramble to Replace Roe“: Rebecca Traister has this article in the April 11, 2022 issue of New York magazine.

“Idaho Supreme Court Halts 6-Week Abortion Ban Based on Texas’ Law; The court says Idaho’s law cannot go into effect this month as scheduled while it reviews legal challenges; The ban prohibits abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected”: Vimal Patel has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

And Nicole Blanchard of The Idaho Statesman reports that “Idaho Supreme Court puts restrictive abortion law on hold amid Planned Parenthood lawsuit.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the Supreme Court of Idaho at this link.

“Jackson, after a tough confirmation, celebrates at White House; The incoming justice becomes emotional as she speaks of what her elevation means to history”: Cleve R. Wootson Jr. of The Washington Post has this report.

And Katie Rogers of The New York Times has an article headlined “‘We’ve Made It’: Jackson Celebrates Supreme Court Confirmation; The confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court has changed the course of American life, the president said.”

“Biden Could Face Tougher Court Fights After Jackson; White House marks confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson, but potential loss of Senate could sink future judicial picks”: Ken Thomas and Siobhan Hughes of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“These younger justices will likely be the face of the Supreme Court in the upcoming decades”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“The Supreme Court question Republicans won’t answer; They could have a Senate majority in 2023; But they won’t say, definitively, how they would treat another Joe Biden Supreme Court nominee”: Burgess Everett and Marianne LeVine of Politico have this report.

“Biden secures his first Supreme Court justice. Will it be his last? Republican leaders are refusing to commit to allowing a vote on Biden’s pick for a potential vacancy if they win control of the Senate this fall.” Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report.

In recent posts of interest at the “High School SCOTUS” blog: Audrey Jung has a post titled “Interview: Daniel Epps.”

And Elise Spenner has a post titled “Interview: Jay Willis.”

“John Roberts Isn’t Going to Do the Democrats’ Work For Them; The Supreme Court has proven itself incapable of policing the Supreme Court; Congress has to act”: Elie Mystal has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Biden Turns to Lower Court Backlog After Jackson Confirmation”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has a report that begins, “President Joe Biden comes off the victory of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court with a backlog of lower court vacancies that don’t have a pending nominee, including 19 circuit court seats.”

“A federal appeals court upholds Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal workers”: Alyssa Lukpat and Adeel Hassan of The New York Times have this report.

Laurel Calkins of Bloomberg News reports that “Federal Workers Face Jab-or-Job Choice Anew Under Vaccine Ruling.”

Caroline Vakil and Brad Dress of The Hill report that “Federal appeals court upholds Biden vaccine mandate for federal workers.”

And Cameron Langford of Courthouse News Service reports that “Fifth Circuit lifts injunction against Biden administration’s federal employee vaccine mandate; The jab objectors lack standing, the Fifth Circuit held, because the Civil Service Reform Act bars them from filing suit in a federal district court.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“Big Law’s Big Hypocrites: Why are self-styled progressive lawyers working for Jeffrey Epstein’s friend, Leon Black?” Ankush Khardori has this article online at New York magazine.

“Colleges Should Pay Heed to Oberlin’s Costly Libel Case; Universities have to be extremely careful about how they interact with student causes if they want to avoid being held liable for protesters’ words and actions”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Question Averted: Can the Vice President Break a Tie Vote on Appointments?” Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“Ketanji Brown Jackson and the Politics of Black Hair”: Nicole Lewis has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The paradox of Ketanji Brown Jackson: The Supreme Court is more diverse than it has ever been, and more hostile to political equality than any Court since the 1950s.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Ketanji Brown Jackson and a marathon of hope: The first Black woman on the Supreme Court doesn’t change everything; But her ascent reminds us what is possible.” In today’s edition of The Washington Post, senior critic-at-large Robin Givhan has this essay.

“Finally, a Black woman has a place on the Supreme Court bench”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

“Ketanji Brown Jackson Has Her Work Cut Out for Her”: Columnist Jamelle Bouie has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Michigan Governor, Abortion-Rights Groups Challenge Dormant State Abortion Ban; Lawsuits say old state abortion restrictions may have new life if U.S. Supreme Court eliminates abortion rights”: Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Beth LeBlanc of The Detroit News reports that “Whitmer, Planned Parenthood file separate suits to overturn Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban.”

Dave Boucher of The Detroit Free Press reports that “Nessel cites own abortion, says AG’s office won’t defend Michigan in lawsuit.”

And Andy Olesko of Courthouse News Service reports that “Michigan governor files lawsuit to protect abortion rights; With a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court anticipated soon, the governor wants to address a Michigan law written in 1931 that would have sweeping changes on abortion access in the state if allowed to go back into effect.”

“From Miami to the Supreme Court, Jackson makes history as first Black woman justice”: Bryan Lowry and Jay Weaver of The Miami Herald have this report.

“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: Whenever she rules for a liberal cause, think of President Trump.” This editorial will appear in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“How Ketanji Brown Jackson will recast the Supreme Court: Her accession culminates an almost complete turnover of the high court in less than a generation.” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“A Transformative Justice Whose Impact May Be Limited; Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will help make the Supreme Court look like the nation but will have little power to halt its rightward trajectory”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news analysis, along with an item headlined “Confirmed but on the sidelines: Judge Jackson is now a justice in waiting.”

“The Timeliness of a Rule 54(b) Partial Judgment; The Seventh Circuit held that there was no jurisdictional time limit on seeking a Rule 54(b) partial judgment; And it questioned earlier decisions imposing a 30-day deadline (albeit a non-jurisdictional, claims-processing one) on those requests”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

“Senate confirms Jackson as first Black woman on Supreme Court; Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson won support from all Democrats and a handful of Republicans; She will be sworn in when Justice Stephen G. Breyer retires this summer”: Mike DeBonis, Robert Barnes, and Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post have this report.

“The Peril and Promise of SCOTUS Resignations”: Law professor Richard M. Re has posted this paper at SSRN.

“Jackson’s Confirmation Would Put Her in a Unique Position: Justice-in-Waiting.” Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Federal judiciary employees should be able to seek justice under the laws meant to protect them”: U.S. Representative Cheri Bustos (D-IL) and Ally Coll have this essay online at The Hill.

“How Supreme Court fights turned into warfare: a timeline.” John Kruzel of The Hill has this report.

“Bad-faith lawsuit against GEICO revived on appeal to 11th Circuit”: Barbara Grzincic of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued Tuesday.