“Backwards and in High Heels”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast, featuring law professors Leah Litman, Kate Shaw, and Melissa Murray, via this link.

“The Supreme Court must protect itself from the Thomas duo”: Columnist Jennifer Rubin has this essay online at The Washington Post.

And Friday at “PrawfsBlawg,” Paul Horwitz had a post titled “Some Thoughts on Today’s Ginni Thomas Story.”

“How an Ivy League School Turned Against a Student: Mackenzie Fierceton was championed as a former foster youth who had overcome an abusive childhood and won a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship; Then the University of Pennsylvania accused her of lying.” Rachel Aviv will have this article in the April 4, 2022 issue of The New Yorker.

“Court costs: A fostering agency’s 2021 Supreme Court win came at a price, but the dividends are accruing.” Kim Henderson will have this article in the April 9, 2022 issue of World magazine.

“How to Fix our Broken Confirmation Process”: Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

“Senate panel meets to consider Jackson as she inches closer to Supreme Court; Republican support for the historic nominee remains uncertain”: Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report.

And Alexander Bolton of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court fight shows GOP wants to steer clear of Trump.”

“Personal Precedent at the Supreme Court”: Law professor Richard M. Re has posted this essay at SSRN.

“Inside Ted Cruz’s last-ditch battle to keep Trump in power; The Texas senator’s effort alienated some allies and sparked questions about ties to John Eastman, a longtime friend and author of key legal memos in Trump’s efforts”: Michael Kranish of The Washington Post has this report.

And in today’s edition of The Dallas Morning News, Todd J. Gillman has a front page article headlined “For Ted Cruz, culture war skirmishes at Supreme Court hearing track his 2024 ambitions; Focus on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s child porn cases, transgender politics and critical race theory intensified spotlight on GOP presidential hopefuls.”

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in three cases.

And in Texas v. Commissioner, No. 21–379, Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued a statement, in which Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil M. Gorsuch joined, respecting the denial of certiorari.

“Ginni Thomas Texts Expose Rift in House Jan. 6 Panel; There is debate within the committee investigating the assault on the Capitol over whether to seek testimony from the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas about her efforts to overturn the 2020 election”: Luke Broadwater, Jo Becker, Maggie Haberman, and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this report.

“Ketanji Brown Jackson’s unflappable brilliance seals the deal. Confirm her swiftly.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

“By trashing Jackson, the GOP magnified a right-wing court’s legitimacy problem”: Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Democrats urge Clarence Thomas to recuse himself after wife’s texts; Republicans continue to defend the justice’s integrity”: Amy B Wang and Brady Dennis of The Washington Post have this report.

“If every judge is an originalist, originalism is meaningless; Ketanji Brown Jackson is the latest liberal to embrace an approach once associated with conservatives”: Law professors Conor Casey and Adrian Vermeule have this essay in the Outlook section of today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Ivy League Republicans’ phony rebellion against the ‘elites'”: Columnist Dana Milbank has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Republicans won’t be satisfied with overturning Roe; Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing offered a glimpse of upcoming culture war fights at the court”: Law professor Melissa Murray has this essay in the Outlook section of today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Does the Supreme Court Deserve Ketanji Brown Jackson?” Irin Carmon has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“The Respectful Supreme Court Hearing That Wasn’t; Republicans’ hostile interrogation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and relentless re-litigating of past Supreme Court feuds marred a historic moment”: Carl Hulse had this front page news analysis in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

“The Supreme Court has a giant legitimacy crisis, which means so does America; A runaway Supreme Court facing a massive conflict-of-interest scandal and increasing politicization is testing faith in the American Experiment”: Columnist Will Bunch has this essay online at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“The Supreme Court’s Clarence and Ginni Thomas Scandal Is Unprecedented; Justice Clarence Thomas voted to block the public from knowing more about his wife Virginia Thomas’s role in the January insurrection; It’s a crisis”: Andrew Cohen has this essay online at Rolling Stone.

“Ketanji Brown Jackson is the most popular Supreme Court nominee in years”: Harry Enten of CNN has this news analysis.

“A New Abortion Battleground, in South Dakota; With Roe v. Wade on the chopping block, could reproductive rights be shrunk to the size of a pill?” Peter Slevin has this post online at The New Yorker.

“The Republicans’ Wild Attacks at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing; The various moments when the Supreme Court nominee seemed to decide that she was not going to let herself be bullied were fascinating to watch”: Amy Davidson Sorkin has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Plea Negotiations in Sept. 11 Case Go on Hiatus for Ramadan; Hearings in the death penalty case are scheduled for May but could be postponed because one defendant needs a new lawyer”: Carol Rosenberg will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Real Justice: Justice Jackson.” Columnist Maureen Dowd will have this op-ed in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Reforming Qualified-Immunity Appeals”: Law professor Bryan Lammon — author of the “final decisions” blog — has posted this article at SSRN.

“The Alaska Lady, The Gray Lady, And Libel: Sarah Palin’s claim against the New York Times was reasonable, and the behavior of the trial judge, Jed Rakoff, was outrageous.” George Liebmann has this essay online at The American Conservative.

“Texts Show Ginni Thomas’s Embrace of Conspiracy Theories; In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas was involved in a range of efforts to keep President Donald J. Trump in power”: Danny Hakim, Jo Becker, and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this report.

“Ted Cruz’s Daughters Attend a Private School That Is ‘Antiracist’; The Texas senator aggressively questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson this week for serving on the board of a school ‘overflowing with critical race theory'”: Vimal Patel has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

And Benjamin Wermund and Hannah Dellinger of The Houston Chronicle have an article headlined “Do Ted Cruz’s kids go to a woke private school in Houston? Not quite, say St. John’s School alumni.”

“Justice Thomas Ruled on Election Cases. Should His Wife’s Texts Have Stopped Him? The nature of the text messages was enough to require recusal, legal experts said. But the Supreme Court has traditionally left such decisions to the discretion of the justice in question.” Adam Liptak has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

At the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine, Ankush Khardori has a post titled “Ginni Thomas and the Conservative Rot at the Supreme Court; Her texts don’t just spur ethical and legal questions, but reflect much larger problems.”

And online at The Hill, law professor Jonathan Turley has an essay titled “Ginni Thomas’s texts: Does a spouse’s opinion disqualify a Supreme Court justice?“

“Connecticut Supreme Court says speech, in a First Amendment case, crossed the line to threats”: Edmund H. Mahony has this front page article in today’s edition of The Hartford Courant reporting on a ruling, consisting of a majority opinion and two concurring opinions (here and here), that the Supreme Court of Connecticut issued yesterday.

“In historic vote, Senate confirms Nancy Waples to Vermont Supreme Court”: Sarah Mearhoff of VTDigger has an article that begins, “The Vermont Senate made history Friday with a 27-0 vote to confirm Nancy Waples to the state Supreme Court, seating the first woman of color on the state’s highest bench.”

“Sandra Day O’Connor turns 92 as public turns to Supreme Court, abortion again”: Ronald J. Hansen has this front page article in today’s edition of The Arizona Republic.

“The Ginni Thomas Texts and the Jan. 6 Committee: A leak to the press aims to tarnish Justice Clarence Thomas.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Thomas scrutiny intensifies after latest revelations”: John Kruzel of The Hill has this report.