“Alison J. Nathan | Induction Ceremony”: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has posted this video on YouTube.

“Missoula law professor nominated to 9th Circuit Court”: Rob Chaney of The Missoulian has this report.

Eric Dietrich of Montana Free Press reports that “UM law professor, Montana Constitution expert nominated to 9th Circuit; Anthony Johnstone forwarded for federal appeals judgeship by President Joe Biden.”

And Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law reports that “Montana Law Professor Is Biden’s Pick for Ninth Circuit Seat.”

Today, the White House issued a news release titled “President Biden Names Twenty-Sixth Round of Judicial Nominees.”

Update: In other news coverage, Brendan Pierson and Nate Raymond of Reuters report that “Biden taps Montana law prof for 9th Circuit in latest slate of judges.”

“‘Worse Than Nothing’ Review: What Originalism Is and Isn’t; A movement in Constitutional law has become a rallying cry, and a lightning rod for criticism.” Online at The Wall Street Journal, Adam J. White has this review of law professor Erwin Chemerinsky‘s forthcoming book, “Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism.”

“Supreme Court probe into the abortion draft leaker goes unresolved four months later”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“The current Supreme Court could be the most pro-business yet”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“Renatha Francis takes seat on the FL Supreme Court two years after first try; She becomes one of two women and the only Black on the high court”: Michael Moline of Florida Phoenix has this report.

“Schepisi releases nomination of Wainer Apter to N.J. Supreme Court; Murphy will nominate Fasciale; Agreement between governor and Bergen GOP senator maintains partisan balance of state’s top court”: David Wildstein of the New Jersey Globe has this report.

“Supreme Court Public Approval Tumbles After Abortion Ruling”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Rachel Daley ’21 To Clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch; UVA Law Is No. 5 in High Court Clerkships From 2007-21”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

For those of you wondering whether this will affect Kevin Daley’s ability to cover the U.S. Supreme Court for The Washington Free Beacon, the answer is that he doesn’t work there any more.

“US argues Supreme Court shouldn’t review Dylann Roof case”: Meg Kinnard of The Associated Press has this report on the brief in opposition that the federal government filed in the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday. The petition for writ of certiorari, which was filed on February 24, 2022, can be accessed here.

In related commentary, earlier this summer, Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby had an essay titled “Alive and well and living on death row; Even when mass killers are sentenced to death, they never pay the ultimate price for their crimes.”

“Protocols For In-Person And Hybrid Oral Arguments Effective September 1, 2022”: Yesterday evening, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued this notice.