“Thoughts On Judge Ho’s Clerkship Boycott”: At “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Jack Goldsmith has a guest post that begins, “My friend Judge James Ho recently announced that he is boycotting the hiring of law clerks from my alma mater, Yale Law School, because it ‘tolerates the cancellation of views’ and ‘actively practices it.’ I think this is a bad decision, and I hope it might be useful to say why.”

“Considering the Prospect of an Extended Vacancy on Pa.’s Highest Court”: This month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column will appear in tomorrow’s print edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers.

“Judges Across U.S. Expand Gun Rights, Taking Cues From Supreme Court; Courts are placing more emphasis on historical traditions, presenting new challenges for defending gun regulations”: Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“WA Supreme Court Justices participate in Q&A during their campus visit”: Zackery Bauder of The Gonzaga Bulletin has this report.

“Can SC execute by firing squad, electrocution? Supreme Court sets new date to decide.” John Monk of The State of Columbia, South Carolina has this report.

“Pork industry takes fight over California law to U.S. Supreme Court”: Leah Douglas of Reuters has this report.

And in commentary, online at The New York Times, Mark Essig has a guest essay titled “Pig Farming Doesn’t Have to Be This Cruel.”

“How the California Supreme Court went from political lightning rod to low-key happy family”: Bob Egelko has this front page article in today’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle.

“Why Little-Noticed State Legislative Races Could Be Hugely Consequential; Races in state legislatures are often quiet and turn on local issues like roads or schools; But a Supreme Court case could give these legislative bodies nearly absolute power over federal elections”: Nick Corasaniti has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Justice Jackson Joins the Supreme Court, and the Debate Over Originalism; In arguments in a voting rights case, the new justice said history must inform constitutional interpretation, making a liberal case for an idea often associated with conservatives”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“No Doppelgänger for Jackson”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Limiting the Inevitable Damage”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.

“The Post-Roe Abortion Underground: A multigenerational network of activists is getting abortion pills across the Mexican border to Americans.” Stephania Taladrid has this article in the October 17, 2022 issue of The New Yorker.