“U.S. Supreme Court to hear Missouri case on state money for religious institutions”: Celeste Bott has this front page article in today’s edition of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

“Rock band ‘The Slants’ takes on Supreme Court”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Michael Doyle of McClatchyDC has an article headlined “So ‘Redskins’ isn’t the only racially disparaging name seeking U.S. protection.”

Matthew Singer of Willamette Week reports that “Portland Band the Slants Take Their Trademark Case to the Supreme Court This Week; The Portland band’s nearly six-year battle to trademark its name reaches its apex on Wednesday.”

Online at USA Today, Tony Mauro has an essay titled “Free The Slants to trademark ‘offensive’ name: Asian-American band wants to own ‘the language of oppression’; The Supreme Court should let it.”

And at her “In a Crowded Theater” blog, Erica Goldberg has a post titled “Lee v. Tam: Offensive Trademarks at the Supreme Court (A Series) — Part Five: The Final Pre-Argument Analysis.”

“Trump’s team already trying to break Senate Supreme Court filibuster”: Tom LoBianco of CNN.com has this report.

“The Most Important Cases Already Argued This Term in SCOTUS”: Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Cuomo appoints Rowan Wilson to top state court, making him second African-American there”: Glenn Blain of The New York Daily News has this report.

Kirstan Conley of The New York Post reports that “Second African American judge nominated for Court of Appeals.”

And Colby Hamilton of Politico.com reports that “Cuomo taps private litigator Rowan Wilson for high court.”

Currently, the appointee serves as a partner at the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore.

“OT2016 #11: ‘Close to Using a Swear.'” You can access the new episode of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Ian Samuel and Dan Epps, via this link.

“Will Asian American band’s First Amendment argument resonate with Supreme Court?” Robert Barnes has this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

And Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Free speech clash: Justices considering offensive trademarks.”

“In Texas, a Test of Whether the Voting Rights Act Still Has Teeth”: Manny Fernandez has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.