“Judicial Notice (04.02.22): Privilege; Amal Clooney represents Ukraine, Paul Hastings hires 43 laterals, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“When Judge Jackson Ruled Against the IRS: She sided with a pro-Israel nonprofit whose exemption was stalled.” Professor Leslie Lenkowsky will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Art of the recusal: Supreme Court justices face calls not to hear certain cases.” Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times have this report.

“Split on Judge Jackson’s Supreme Court Confirmation Highlights Deepening Partisanship; Some lawmakers wonder if future high court nominees could be approved if president’s party doesn’t control Senate”: Lindsay Wise of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Collins’s lonely voice on Jackson shows how extreme the GOP has become”: Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Politics and Florida’s Supreme Court: The remarkable rise of the next chief justice.” Noreen Marcus has this essay online at Florida Bulldog.

“Ginni Thomas: Unpacking potential conflicts of interest on the Supreme Court.” Law professor Kimberly Wehle has this essay online at The Hill.

“The Supreme Court Has Never Been Apolitical; Many today fear the court is becoming just another partisan institution; But, in the past, justices sought elective office and counseled partisan allies; Some even coveted the White House themselves”: Joshua Zeitz has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

And online at The Hill, Albert Hunt has an essay titled “Republicans should know about politicizing the Supreme Court — they did it.”

“Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination brings renewed attention to lack of Black judges on the federal bench”: Chandelis Duster and Priya Krishnakumar of CNN have this report.

“With upcoming abortion decision, Supreme Court could rattle midterm campaigns; As the 2022 midterm elections draw nearer, a massive issue lurks in the wings with potential to alter the terrain”: Dante Chinni of NBC News has this report.

And online at The Orange County Register, law professor Tom Campbell has an essay titled “Why the U.S. Supreme Court may punt on a decision about abortion.”

“Why Democrats hope Romney will support Ketanji Brown Jackson; The moderate Utah senator says he is carefully weighing her Supreme Court nomination; Some of her supporters are touting her views on religious freedom”: Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post has this report.

“Companies to reimburse Idaho workers for travel costs to get abortion in another state”: John Sowell has this front page article in today’s edition of The Idaho Statesman.

“Why Edmund Burke Would Overrule Roe”: Erin Hawley has this essay online at the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy.

“Time for Ethics Reform at Supreme Court”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“One of the most consequential decisions before the Supreme Court is not on its docket; Revelations that Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife urged the White House chief of staff to overturn the 2020 election could not come at a more perilous time for the court”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Transgender former nurse wins discrimination case against state at Iowa Supreme Court”: William Morris has this front page article in today’s edition of The Des Moines Register.

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Iowa at this link.

“Las Cruces students witness historic appearance of NM Supreme Court outside Santa Fe”: Leah Romero of The Las Cruces Sun-News has this report.

“Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose says he wouldn’t oppose impeaching Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Conner over redistricting rulings”: Andrew J. Tobias of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.

“Judge says California law requiring diverse company boards is unconstitutional”: Andres Picon of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report on an order that the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles issued yesterday.

“Republican judges are waging a bizarre war against the First Amendment right to protest; Doe v. Mckesson is a simply astonishing attack on the First Amendment”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Racial covenants in home titles to remain in public record, Washington Supreme Court rules”: Laurel Demkovich of The Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Washington has this report.

You can access yesterday’s unanimous ruling of the Washington Supreme Court at this link.

“How Low Will Senate Republicans Go on Ketanji Brown Jackson?” Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“What can Democrats do about Clarence Thomas?” Columnist Paul Waldman has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Clarence Thomas and his wife’s texts: A kerfuffle over appearances.” Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Inside Ginni Thomas’ ‘Insane’ Hiring Memos for Trump; Ginni Thomas’ suggested hires included known bigots and at least one suspected foreign spy, sources say”: Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley of The Daily Beast have this report.

“Princeton Must Face Male Student’s Sex Bias Suit After Expulsion”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.

“Texas Supreme Court rules for San Antonio in ‘Chick-fil-A’ lawsuit filed by conservative activists”: Edward McKinley of The San Antonio Express-News has this report.

Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Texas consists of a majority opinion and a concurring opinion.

This case presented a legal standing question similar to whether Texas’s SB8 could lawfully authorize third-parties to sue abortion providers, but today’s decision concluded that it would be premature to resolve that issue at this time.

“Judge Blocks Military Vaccine Mandate Again, Dares Supreme Court to Stop Him”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Supreme Court ethics push faces GOP buzz saw”: Jordain Carney of The Hill has this report.

“The Conservative Defense of Ginni Thomas Is Basically ‘Just Trust Ginni Thomas’; Call me a cynic, but I do not find this to be a persuasive argument”: Jay Willis has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“U.S. Navy to Name Ship After Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; The ship, a replenishment oiler, is designed to carry fuel to the Navy’s operating carrier strike groups”: Derrick Bryson Taylor of The New York Times has this report on a news release that the U.S. Navy issued yesterday.

“Devin Nunes left Congress in December, but judges continue to dismiss his stream of defamation suits; Appeals court judges have upheld a lower court in dismissing one of Nunes’ lawsuits against the Washington Post”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report on a per curiam judgment that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

Update: In other coverage, Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “Trump ally Devin Nunes loses Washington Post defamation appeal.”

“Yankees to appeal public release of investigatory letter Rob Manfred sent them in 2017: Source.” Evan Drellich of The Athletic has this report.

My earlier coverage of last month’s three-judge Second Circuit panel’s ruling can be accessed here.

“Ohio appeals court upholds decisions on Gibson’s Bakery lawsuit against Oberlin College”: Cliff Pinckard of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.

In today’s edition of The Chronicle-Telegram of Elyria, Ohio, Dave O’Brien has a front page article headlined “Court rejects appeals by Oberlin College, Gibson’s Bakery from 2019 civil trial.”

And Greg Wilson of the Washington Examiner reports that “Oberlin must pay record $31M award to bakery it defamed as racist, says appeals court.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of Ohio’s Ninth District Court of Appeals at this link.

“Support for 15-Week Abortion Ban Outweighs Opposition, WSJ Poll Finds; Majority think abortion should be legal in most cases, but many back 15-week ban being considered by Supreme Court”: Catherine Lucey of The Wall Street Journal has this report.