“A Little Walmart Gift Card for You, a Big Payout for Lawyers”: This business column appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Inside Traders Look to U.S. Supreme Court for Redemption”: Patricia Hurtado and Greg Farrell of Bloomberg News have this report.

“SC Supreme Court race: Lawmakers fishing for anti-Abbeville sentiment? Associate justice candidates were questioned on Supreme Court’s Abbeville school funding case; Judge John Few’s answers might have signaled he believes Supreme Court overreached in Abbeville case; Legislature to vote Wednesday on next associate justice.” The State of Columbia, South Carolina has this report.

“Setback in S.F. for abortion opponent facing charges in Texas”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has an article that begins, “An antiabortion activist, charged with committing crimes against Planned Parenthood in Texas, suffered another legal setback in San Francisco on Friday when a federal judge refused to let him disclose clandestinely made recordings of abortion providers in a filing with the U.S. Supreme Court.”

“Diversify Pennsylvania’s court system: The email scandal shows how courts in this state remain in the hands of the good-old-boy network.” Anisha Singh and Jodi Hirsh have this op-ed in today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

“Supreme Court sets date for birth-control mandate showdown; Justices will hear from nuns, other nonprofits on March 23”: Tom Howell Jr. of The Washington Times has this report.

“Women made up majority of sitting judges on Nebraska Supreme Court for brief, historic moment”: Paul Hammel of The Omaha World-Herald has an article that begins, “Quietly, with no fanfare, the Nebraska Supreme Court reached a historic, if temporary, milestone earlier this month when a majority of the sitting judges were female.”

“None to the Right of Samuel Alito: A decade into his tenure on the Court, Samuel Alito has emerged as the most solidly conservative justice on the bench.” Tom Donnelly and Brianne Gorod have this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Ted Cruz Promises To Create The Most Right-Wing Supreme Court In History”: Emily Atkin of ThinkProgress has this report.

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: Brooding Spirits.” Aaron Nielson has this post at the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“Loosening money’s grip on elections: How to change the billionaire-dominated campaign finance landscape, 40 years after Buckley vs. Valeo.” Law professor Rick Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this essay online at The New York Daily News.

For readers who, like me, are located in the Philadelphia region, Hasen will be speaking at the National Constitution Center at noon eastern time on Thursday, February 18, 2016. I am looking forward to seeing him then.