“Sen. Kirk, here’s how you can persuade the GOP to consider Merrick Garland”: Law professor Geoffrey R. Stone has this essay online at The Chicago Tribune.

And online at The National Law Journal, Geremy C. Kamens has an essay titled “Garland Fumbled His Debut Appellate Opinion; He’s a good man for the job, but an early decision was not the high court nominee’s best work.”

“Rebecca Bradley, JoAnne Kloppenburg signal political leanings”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “The candidates for state Supreme Court are largely mum about their views on key cases, but they have given clear signs showing incumbent Rebecca Bradley lines up with conservatives and challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg with liberals.”

“Supreme Court Skeptical on a Speedy Trial Argument”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

And online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a Supreme Court dispatch titled “Samuel Alito’s Sixth Amendment Denialism: The Supreme Court justice only accepts the reality of American legal history when it aligns with his judicial ideology.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Betterman v. Montana, No. 14-1457.

“Court to rule on scope of retrial power”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Let Voters Decide the Court’s Future”: U.S. Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) has this op-ed in today’s issue of The New York Times.

“At UW-Madison, Hillary Clinton urges voters to think of Supreme Court pick”: Molly Beck and Mark Sommerhauser of The Wisconsin State Journal have this report.

“Philip Morris to SCOTUS: Don’t revisit corporate money in judicial elections.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

“What’s at Stake in Selecting Justice Scalia’s Replacement? The fight over the open seat on the U.S. Supreme Court isn’t just a partisan struggle — it revolves around the very meaning of the Constitution.” Jeffrey Rosen has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“A Biglaw Associate’s Supreme Court Debut”: David Lat has this post today at “Above the Law.”

In the April 2016 issue of ABA Journal magazine: Mark Walsh has an article headlined “After Scalia: The Supreme Court goes back to work amid uncertainty.”

David L. Hudson Jr. has an article headlined “SCOTUS antitrust ruling against dentists raises questions about lawyers’ regulatory structures.”

Ellen Rooney Martin has an article headlined “How much privacy are drivers willing to give up for better car insurance rates?”

And the new installment of Bryan A. Garner’s “On Words” column is headlined “Bryan Garner’s tribute to his friend and co-author Antonin Scalia.”

“Sen. Donnelly (D-IN) asks Judge Garland, ‘Cubs or White Sox?’ Garland responds, ‘Cubs, but I had a grandparent who liked White Sox.'” Luke Russert of NBC News tweets the long-awaited answer to the question that’s at least on the minds of a few people.

“If you’re still interested in which [MLB] team Garland is a fan of, it was apparently revealed this morning in a meeting with a Dem senator”: So states the text of a tantalizing email that I received this morning from a journalist who works for a major news organization. It thus appears that U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly (D-IN) knows the information that I am hoping to be able to share with the readers of this blog sometime soon.

“When You Can’t Find the Fine Print (Or Read It)”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

You can access at this link my earlier coverage of Friday’s Seventh Circuit ruling.

“Justices weigh constitutional claim in sentencing delay”: The Associated Press has this report.

And online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Speedy Trial, Slow Sentencing. That’s Not Justice.”

In news coverage of today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Associated Press reports that “Court takes case of former Puerto Rico senator, businessman“; “Supreme Court rejects Blagojevich appeal in corruption case“; “Justices reject appeal over $200 million van Gogh painting“; and “Justices reject appeal from Alabama death row inmate.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court takes up Puerto Rico bribery case” and “Supreme Court rejects Illinois ex-governor’s corruption appeal.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Yale Can Keep Van Gogh Masterpiece as Supreme Court Rejects Appeal.”

And Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court rejects ex-Illinois governor Blagojevich’s conviction appeal.”

“Birth control and Obamacare: A pious hijacking at the Supreme Court.” Steven Mazie has this post today at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

“Clinton: Americans should put Court nomination at forefront.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Hillary Clinton wants voters to consider what Republican front-runner Donald Trump might do to shape the Supreme Court.”

“Roe v. Wade Was Lost in 1992: How ‘undue burden’ — a concept nurtured by anti-abortion groups and championed by the first woman on the Supreme Court — has eroded the right to choose.” Meaghan Winter has this article online at Slate.

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

“At Supreme Court, Tie Votes Leave Strike Zone Unclear”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“Conservatives to pounce if GOP relents on Supreme Court; The ‘no hearings, no vote’ stance has made Mitch McConnell an unlikely hero of the right, but that could change in an instant”: Burgess Everett of Politico.com has this report today.

“Why Garland’s Judicial Record Slips Through Critics’ Fingers”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”