“9th Circ. Finds Receipt Suit Falls Short Under Spokeo”: Melissa Daniels of Law360.com has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Kansas can’t cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood, appeals court rules”: Bryan Lowry of The Kansas City Star has this report.

Allison Kite of The Topeka Capital-Journal has an article headlined “Federal court: Kansas can’t sever Medicaid contracts with Planned Parenthood.”

And Jon Parton of Courthouse News Service reports that “Kansas’ Bid to Defund Planned Parenthood Blocked by 10th Circuit.”

You can access today’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link.

“WV Supreme Court in ‘transition,’ cancels WVU trip”: The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette-Mail has an article that begins, “Days after West Virginia Supreme Court justices abruptly ousted the court’s chief justice, they have decided to cancel the court’s annual trip to hear cases at West Virginia University’s law school.”

“Supreme Court to hear anti-abortion and free speech case: A breakdown of NIFLA v. Becerra.” Madeline Farber of Fox News has this report.

“Top Pa. Republicans ask U.S. Supreme Court to block new map”: Jonathan Lai and Liz Navratil of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

Charles Thompson of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “Pa.’s Republican legislative leaders seek to block new Congressional map.”

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Pennsylvania Republicans Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Block New Congressional Map; State court invalidated districts last month, saying they were result of unlawful partisan gerrymander, and drew new ones.”

Mark Scolforo and Marc Levy of The Associated Press reports that “GOP leaders request hold on Pennsylvania congressional map.”

And Sam Levine of HuffPost reports that “Pennsylvania GOP Pleads With SCOTUS Again To Let Them Use Gerrymandered Map; Two days after the state Supreme Court issued a new congressional map that would make elections fairer, Republicans are suing.”

At his “Election Law Blog,” Rick Hasen has this post linking to the stay application.

“Top DOJ official Rachel Brand fires back at claims she bolted over Mueller probe concerns”: Jake Gibson of Fox News has this report.

“What Not to Wear: SCOTUS to Consider Election Day Attire.” Melissa Heelan Stanzione of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Supreme Court Limits Suits Against Foreign Terror Sponsors; Victims of Iranian-backed attacks can’t seize antiquities owned by Tehran, justices say”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Katherine Vega of The Chicago Maroon reports that “U.S. Supreme Court Sides with Oriental Institute in Terrorism Damages Case.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court sides with Chicago museum in terror case.”

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court forbids seizure of ancient Persian artifacts.”

And Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com reports that “Supreme Court says terrorism victims can’t seize Iranian artifacts from US museums.”

“War court prosecutor to appeal USS Cole case shutdown”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

“Supreme Court Rules on Terrorism, Whistle-Blowers and Prisoners”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court says whistleblowers must alert government to get legal protections.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court limits protections for corporate whistleblowers.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court deals blow to Wall Street whistle-blowers with unanimous ruling.”

Andrew Ackerman of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Curbs Protections for Whistleblowers; Individuals must report alleged wrongdoing to SEC to qualify for antiretaliation provision in Dodd-Frank, high court says.”

Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Supreme Court: Dodd-Frank whistleblower protection is narrow.”

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court declines to broaden whistleblower protections.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “U.S. Supreme Court Trims Corporate Whistle-Blower Protections.”

“SCOTUS whistleblower case dodges Chevron deference showdown”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“Is Impeachment the Answer to Judicial Overreach?” Mark Pulliam has this post at American Greatness.

“Justice Breyer To Speak on ‘The Court and the World’: Book Explores International Impact on American Law.” Mike Fox of University of Virginia School of Law has this news release.

The event, scheduled for 1 p.m. on March 1, 2018, will be streamed live via the law school’s Facebook page.

“Sen. Toomey: State court ‘grabbed power’ from lawmakers, urges GOP to fight congressional maps.” Jan Murphy of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.

And online at The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania, columnist Paul Muschick has an essay titled “Pennsylvania gerrymandering case shows need for merit selection of appellate judges.”

“Labor’s Reprieve Is Over as U.S. Supreme Court Case Targets Fees”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Judiciary Workplace Conduct Group Seeks Law Clerk, Employee Input”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today.

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Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued rulings in four argued cases.

1. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court in Murphy v. Smith, No. 16-1067. Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, and Elena Kagan joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Sotomayor delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court (with Justice Kagan recused) in Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 16-534. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court in Class v. United States, No. 16-424. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Clarence Thomas joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

4. And Justice Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers, No. 16-1276. Justice Sotomayor issued a concurring opinion, in which Justice Breyer joined. And Justice Thomas issued an opinion, in which Justices Alito and Gorsuch joined, concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. You can access the oral argument via this link.