Programming note: On Tuesday, I will be returning home from Atlanta. But first, much remains to be done in Atlanta. As a result, new posts are unlikely to appear here until Wednesday morning.

In the interim, as always when I am away from the computer, more frequent appellate-related retweets likely will appear at this blog’s Twitter feed.

“Judges Weigh Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’ Remarks at Appeals Court Hearing”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Ann E. Marimow and Robert Barnes of The Washington Post report that “President Trump’s lawyers on revised travel ban repeatedly asked about campaign promises.”

In Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Brent Kendall will have an article headlined “Appellate Judges Review Travel Ban; Court considers whether Trump’s prior statements should be considered when deciding the case.”

Alan Gomez of USA Today reports that “Federal appeals court grills Trump team over travel ban.”

Andrea Noble and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times report that “Trump attorneys ask skeptical court to look beyond ‘Muslim ban’ campaign rhetoric.”

Frank Green of The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that “Richmond-based appeals court grills lawyers on Trump’s travel ban.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Judges hit Trump lawyer with tough questions over revised travel ban.”

Alanna Durkin Richer of The Associated Press reports that “Travel ban arguments focus on Trump’s comments about Muslims.”

Josh Gerstein and Nolan D. McCaskill of Politico.com report that “Judges press Trump’s lawyer on intent of travel ban reboot; Worst-case scenarios were the order of the day.”

And Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “Trump’s Muslim Ban Comments Continue To Make Defending His Executive Order In Court Difficult.”

C-SPAN has posted the audio of today’s en banc Fourth Circuit oral argument at this link.

“SCOTUS case will test Justice Gorsuch’s appetite for class action limits”:
Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today.

“10 conservatives selected for federal courts as part of Trump’s move to reshape judiciary”: Dave Boyer of The Washington Times has this report.

Vivian Salama of The Associated Press reports that “Trump moves to get more conservatives on federal bench.”

And Seung Min Kim of Politico.com reports that “Democrats take on Trump over court vacancies; Republican senators aren’t willing to give the president more power to get his nominees installed.”

Today, the White House issued a news release titled “President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Candidate Nominations.”