“The Judge and the Case That Came Back to Haunt Him: In 1981, Anthony Kline helped send a juvenile offender to prison for four decades; This year, in a twist of fate, he had a chance to decide her case again.” In this upcoming Sunday’s edition of The New York Times Magazine, Jesse Barron will have an article that begins, “None of Anthony Kline’s colleagues had ever seen it happen. The most senior justice on California’s First District Court of Appeal, Kline was asking to be transferred to the juvenile bench, at the advanced age of 83.”

“Murkowski says Supreme Court abortion decision hurt Republicans in the midterms”: Riley Rogerson of The Anchorage Daily News has this report.

“Appeals court halts depositions of 3 Biden administration officials in social-media censorship suit; The 5th Circuit says judge failed to consider alternatives”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report on a per curiam decision that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

“First Black woman, Asian-American named to state’s high court”: Katelyn Newberg of The Las Vegas Review-Journal has this report.

And Howard Stutz of The Nevada Independent reports that “Las Vegas attorney Patricia Lee named to Nevada Supreme Court.”

“John Roberts’s Early Supreme Court Agenda: A Study in Disappointment; Soon after he joined the court, the chief justice said he would seek to protect its credibility by encouraging narrow, unanimous rulings; That project has failed.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Alito’s Alleged 2014 Leak Fits Right Into the Anti-Abortion Playbook”: Law professor Mary Ziegler has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Ivey halts executions for ‘top-to-bottom review’ after two failed attempts”: Paige O. Windsor of The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser has this report.

And Ivana Hrynkiw of AL.com reports that “Gov. Kay Ivey orders moratorium on executions in Alabama.”

“Justice Samuel A-leak-o?” You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.

“Peeling Layers: The Onion‘s Head Writer Dishes on Satire and the World’s Funniest Amicus Brief.” Andrew Cohen has this report online at Berkeley Law.

In related news, at the 2022 AJEI Summit in Scottsdale a little over a week ago, I got to take a selfie with counsel of record on The Onion’s #SCOTUS amicus brief. I was hoping to report that he just doesn’t seem all that clever in person, but that wouldn’t be even remotely correct.

“Amy Coney Barrett urged to step away from gay rights case because of faith affiliation; The US supreme court justice’s history with the People of Praise raises questions about her impartiality in upcoming case”: Stephanie Kirchgaessner of The Guardian (UK) has this report.