“Trump Is Appointing Racist Fake News Purveyors to the Federal Bench; A radical transformation of the judiciary is underway”: George Zornick has this post online at The Nation.

“Class plaintiffs tell SCOTUS no need for ascertainability review”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“Trump administration sides with employers in Supreme Court labor case”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“Judge Phyllis Kravitch dies, recalled as small in stature with giant reputation”: Jan Skutch of The Savannah Morning News has this report.

Newdow and New Doe before the Sixth Circuit today: A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit today heard oral argument in New Doe Child #1 v. United States Congress. Attorney Michael Newdow argued the appeal for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Heather Clark of the Christian News Network reported on the federal district court’s ruling in the case in an article headlined “Federal Court Dismisses Effort to Have ‘In God We Trust’ Removed From U.S. Currency.”

You can access the audio of today’s Sixth Circuit oral argument in the case via this link.

“Polemicists in Robes: The president’s latest batch of bomb-throwing judicial nominees will transform the federal bench for generations to come.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.