“If These Guys Don’t Convince You Judge Garland Is ‘Superbly Qualified,’ No One Will; A bipartisan group of solicitors general lavished praise on President Obama’s Supreme Court pick”: Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.

“The Ninth Circuit has a knack for disregarding the Supreme Court.” So begins a dissenting opinion that Ninth Circuit Judge Sandra S. Ikuta issued yesterday. Judge Ikuta’s dissent continues (citations omitted):

Sometimes it simply ignores the Supreme Court. Other times it reads the decisions of the Supreme Court in such a peculiar manner that no “fair-minded jurist” could agree. Occasionally it even thinks it is the Supreme Court.

You can access the complete decision via this link.

“Roy Moore suspended from office: Alabama chief justice faces removal over gay marriage stance”: Kyle Whitmire of AL.com has this report. Kent Faulk has articles headlined “Legal group representing Roy Moore calls ethics complaint ‘outrageous’” and “Roy Moore timeline: Ten Commandments to gay marriage stance.” And Leada Gore has an article headlined “Who is Ambrosia Starling? Roy Moore blames ‘transvestite’ for gay marriage controversy.”

In today’s edition of The Montgomery Advertiser, Brian Lyman has a front page article headlined “Roy Moore suspended, faces new judicial ethics charges.”

In today’s edition of The New York Times, Campbell Robertson has an article headlined “Roy Moore, Alabama Judge, Suspended Over Gay Marriage Stance.”

The Associated Press reports that “Alabama chief justice faces ouster after gay marriage fight.”

Reuters reports that “Alabama’s top judge faces ethics charges over gay-marriage order.”

And Jim Dalrymple II of BuzzFeed News reports that “Alabama Chief Justice Faces Removal From Bench Over Same-Sex Marriage Stance; Roy Moore told lower judges to ignore the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage; Officials have filed ethics charges against Moore.”

“America’s Trial Court Judges: Our Front Line for Justice.” In today’s edition of The New York Times, former U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin has an op-ed that begins, “The outcry over the Senate’s failure to hold hearings on Judge Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court is fully justified. But that isn’t the only judiciary scandal on Capitol Hill. Even as the spotlight shines on the high court, the Senate has refused to confirm dozens of uncontroversial nominees to fill vacancies in the federal trial courts.”