“Federal Appeals Court Will Look At Jackson County’s Prayer Practices”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A full federal appeals court will consider whether a Michigan county’s tradition of Christian-only prayers at public meetings violates the U.S. Constitution.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link. My earlier coverage of the now-vacated original divided three-judge panel’s ruling can be accessed here.

“A Constitutional Right to Facebook and Twitter? Supreme Court Weighs In.” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Law to keep sex offenders off social media may be struck down.”

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Justices Skeptical on North Carolina Law Barring Sex Offenders From Social Media; Justice Kagan cites President’s Twitter use in arguing importance of social media; Justice Kennedy says law keeps sex offenders from virtual town square.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court justices defend social media, even for sex offenders.”

On this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Considers Whether N.C. Law Violates First Amendment.”

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Justices Appear Ready To Strike Law Barring Those On Sex Offender Registry From Social Media.”

“After 130 Years, Harvard Law Review Elects a Black Woman President”: Katharine Q. Seelye of The New York Times has this report.

“U.S. appeals court will not put Trump travel ban case on hold”: Dan Levine of Reuters has this report.

Audio recently posted online by the University of Chicago Law School: Via SoundCloud, you can access audio files titled “Chief Justice Robert P. Young, ‘The Common Law’” and “Shon Hopwood, ‘Unnecessary Imprisonment and the Need for Sentencing Reform.’”

“Law School Experts Consider Future of SCOTUS After Gorsuch’s Nomination”: Vivian He of The Chicago Maroon has an article that begins, “On Monday, February 20, professors Geoffrey Stone, Alison LaCroix, and William Baude from the Law School sat down with professor Dennis Hutchinson from the College to discuss the future balance of the Supreme Court under the Trump administration.”

“Democrat: Let’s confirm Gorsuch and Garland at same time.” Seung Min Kim of Politico.com has this report.

“A Moment of Uncertainty for Transgender Rights”: Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this post online today at The New Yorker.

And online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “A Setback for Transgender Rights With a Silver Lining.”

“Bench Brackets Overtime: Confirmation.” Bloomberg BNA has posted online this video featuring Kimberly Robinson and Patrick Gregory.

“Evaluating Speculation that The Ninth Circuit is the Lower Court SCOTUS Overturns the Most”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Justices seem sympathetic to immigrant in deportation case”: The Associated Press has this report.

Update: You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions, No. 16-54.

“Court may strike law barring sex offenders from social media”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. justices skeptical of sex offender social media ban.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Social Media Ban for Sex Offenders Questioned at U.S. Supreme Court.”

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Justices Appear Ready To Strike Law Barring Those On Sex Offender Registry From Social Media.”

Update: You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Packingham v. North Carolina, No. 15-1194.

“I Did Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Workout. It Nearly Broke Me. Pumping iron with RBG’s personal trainer is no joke.” Ben Schreckinger has this report at Politico Magazine.

“Gorsuch often sided with employers in workers’ rights cases”: Denise Lavoie and Michael Tarm of The Associated Press have this report.

Help Michelle Olsen’s @AppellateDaily Twitter feed reach 10,000 followers: As of this moment, she is only 17 followers away. You can access and follow that Twitter account via this link.

Update: Threshold achieved as of 9:53 a.m. eastern time today!

“OT2016 #14: ‘Stone Cold, Lead Pipe Lock.'” You can access today’s new episode of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Ian Samuel and Dan Epps, via this link.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in three new cases. And the Court called for the views of the Acting Solicitor General in one case.

In addition, the Court summarily affirmed in Independence Institute v. FEC, No. 16-743.

And Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued a dissent from the denial of certiorari in Reed v. Louisiana, No. 16-656.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court upholds disclosure requirement for issue ads” and “Supreme Court to hear appeal from Georgia death row inmate.”

And Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court rejects challenge to political ad disclosure rules” and “U.S. top court snubs challenge to death penalty constitutionality.”