“McConnell warns Trump to back off on killing filibuster; In a POLITICO interview, the Senate leader mocked his counterpart, Chuck Schumer, ahead of a Supreme Court showdown”: Burgess Everett and Seung Min Kim of Politico.com have this report.

“Pryor being hit from left and right in Supreme Court bid”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

“Trump Faces Criticism Over Prospect of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques; President leaves open the possibility of using techniques once banned as torture”: Carol E. Lee, Jess Bravin, and Shane Harris of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“How conservative judges unintentionally sabotaged President Trump’s immigration crackdown”: Shikha Dalmia has this essay online at The Week.

“Court of Appeals Mourns Passing of Retired Judge William A. Norris”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this news release today.

“Supreme Court denies Wallace Hall’s bid for UT records”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has an article that begins, “University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall Jr. is not entitled to confidential records of an investigation into UT admissions, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday.”

Madlin Mekelburg of The Dallas Morning News reports that “Texas Supreme Court rules against UT System Regent Wallace Hall in records fight.”

Nicole Cobler of The Houston Chronicle reports that “State Supreme Court rules against Wallace Hall in records suit.”

Matthew Watkins of The Texas Tribune reports that “Texas Supreme Court rules against UT Regent Wallace Hall in records case; The quest by University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall to win access to confidential student records is over; The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that Hall had no standing to sue the chancellor of the system he oversees.”

And Anusha Lalani of The Daily Texan reports that “Texas Supreme Court rules against UT System Regent Wallace Hall.”

Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Texas consists of the opinion of the court and four concurring opinions (here, here, here, and here).

“Trump backs Senate rules change for vote on high court pick”: David Jackson and Richard Wolf of USA Today have this report.

“Trump would do well to consider Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court”: The Denver Post has an editorial that begins, “President Donald Trump is on the verge of making his most enduring appointment to date and we are encouraged by one of the names on his list to replace former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.”

“Thomas Hardiman, under consideration for Supreme Court, is a champion of gun rights”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Bureaucrats May Be The Losers If Gorsuch Wins A Seat On Supreme Court”: Daniel Fisher has this post at Forbes.com.

“Arkansas governor signs bill restricting common procedure for second-trimester abortions”: John Moritz has this front page article in today’s edition of The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

“Bend It, Don’t End It: Resistance to Anti-Trump Cliches Is Futile; In the face of an atavistic opponent, can the left make the moral universe great again?” Christopher J. Scalia has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“The President and the Detainees”: Law professor Aziz Z. Huq has posted this article on SSRN.