“Pushed by landmark Supreme Court ruling, San Francisco approves rare concealed-carry gun permit”: St. John Barned-Smith of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“The Latest Crusade to Place Religion Over the Rest of Civil Society”: Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“U.S. court rejects J&J bankruptcy strategy for thousands of talc lawsuits”: Tom Hals, Mike Spector, and Dan Levine of Reuters have this report.

“The Puzzle of 303 Creative“: Hadley Arkes has this essay online at First Things.

“‘Independent’ Auditor of Supreme Court Leak Investigation Was Paid a Ton Of Money By Supreme Court; New reporting about Michael Chertoff’s extensive ties to the Court and the justices raises questions about his ability to objectively review the inquiry”: Yvette Borja has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Big Law’s cancel culture: Ideological uniformity in Big Law, whether on the right or the left, is not a good thing — not for lawyers, law firms, and the rule of law.” David Lat has this essay online at The Boston Globe.

“Based on Biden’s two years of judicial appointments, Trump’s four-year record seems secure”: Russell Wheeler has this post at the “FixGov” blog of the Brookings Institution.

“Third Circuit Wants You to Be Home in Time for Supper With Your Wife and Kids”: The new installment of my monthly “Upon Further Review” column will appear in tomorrow’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers.

It begins, “Beware of appellate courts seeking to improve lawyers’ work-life balance.”

“Are Blue States Ready To Relax Their Bans On Later Abortions?” Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux has this post at FiveThirtyEight.

“J&J Can’t Use Bankruptcy to Resolve Talc-Injury Lawsuits, Appeals Court Rules; Court rejects a strategy J&J employed to move to bankruptcy lawsuits alleging talc baby powder caused cancer”: Jonathan Randles of The Wall Street Journal has this report on a decision that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.

“When Americans Lost Faith in the News: Half a century ago, most of the public said they trusted the news media; Today, most say they don’t; What happened to the power of the press?” Louis Menand has this A Critic at Large essay in the February 6, 2023 issue of The New Yorker.

“Judicial Notice (01.28.23): Going Viral; A Columbia Law prof drops the F-bomb, a judicial nominee has a very bad day, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“12. The Black-Jackson Feud: Interpersonal conflicts among the Justices are as old as the Supreme Court itself; But the very public fracas between Hugo Black and Robert Jackson was on a level all its own.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Absolutely No One Is Happy With the Dobbs Leak Investigation; Jodi Kantor on the tipping scales of secrecy and privacy at the High Court”: You can access via this link the newest episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast, hosted by Dahlia Lithwick.

“Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America.” Dahlia Lithwick is the guest on today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast.