Appellate round up

NLJ has The Supreme Court Term's Biggest Matchup: DOJ vs. Fifth Circuit -- The justices have agreed to hear several Biden administration appeals from the Fifth Circuit, a right-leaning tribunal often surprisingly overturned by the conservative high court.

The Marble Palace Blog has A New Play Unfolds the Wit and Wisdom of Oliver Wendell Holmes -- Holmes, a famed Supreme Court justice more than a hundred years ago, will be portrayed by a solo actor at D.C.'s Arena Stage in October.

• Thurgood Marshall was played in ”Thurgood” by Laurence Fishburne in 2008, Antonin Scalia was portrayed by Edward Gero in “The Originalist” in 2015 and Ruth Bader Ginsburg was featured in “Of Many, One” in Australia and “All Things Equal” around the country recently.
• William O. Douglas was portrayed in the one-man play “Mountain” at the National Theater in 1990. ”Courting Harry” featured Warren Burger and Harry Blackmun in 2013, and “Father Chief Justice” portrayed Edward Douglass White in a play by Louisiana State University.
• As for Holmes himself, he was the featured subject in “The Magnificent Yankee” on Broadway and in film in 1946, covering Holmes’ tenure on the court.

Bloomberg Law has Aliza Shatzman's Clerkships Are a Pipeline to the Bench. We Need to Diversify Them

In 2019, 79% of federal law clerks and 72% of state court clerks were White. Clerks are also disproportionately male and from a handful of top schools. As law students and the profession generally have diversified, judicial clerks and the judiciary haven’t. Both judges and law schools can make clerkships and pathways to the bench more accessible.

The Recorder has Nanci Nishimura and David Carrillo's Federal Courts Should Do Judicial Ethics California-Style

The DJ has Myron Moskovitz in Part I on interpreting our constitution: the traditional approaches

On Oct. 2 at 12:30, BHBA presents SCOTUS Preview with Erwin Chemerinsky and Kimberly Atkins Stohr -- Renowned experts Dean Erwin Chemerinsky of Berkeley Law and Kimberly Atkins Stohr of The Boston Globe will preview the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court term.

Law360 has Retired Justice Breyer Discusses The Importance Of Listening and Supreme Court Approval Rating Up Amid Ethics Questions

This year's online survey of 1,482 U.S. adults found that 49% of respondents approve of the way the Supreme Court is handling its job, while 51% disapprove. Last year's study showed that 42% approved and 58% did not approve.