“Conservative Legal Scholars Prefer A Liberal Supreme Court To A President Trump”: Michelle Fields has this report at The Huffington Post.

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: Year Two Begins.” Aaron Nielson has this post today at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“Kavanaugh, Eskridge, Baude & Sachs on Legal Interpretation”: Chris Walker has this post today at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“Wyoming Supreme Court to hear arguments on same-sex marriage”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Wyoming Supreme Court is set to hear arguments next week on whether a Pinedale judge who has said she wouldn’t perform same-sex marriages because of her religious beliefs should be removed from office.”

“The First Amendment Can’t Save You From Your Homework”: Online today at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay that begins, “The First Amendment protects students against being forced to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. So how was it legal for a Texas teacher to require students to recite the Mexican pledge of allegiance, as a federal appeals court held this week?”

“2nd Circuit sets new rule on whether federal courts can hear arbitration appeals”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today.

“U.S. court rejects former Guantanamo inmate’s torture claim”: Robert Iafolla and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters have this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

“‘Religious freedom law’ will remain blocked during appeal, court rules”: Regina Zilbermints of The Biloxi Sun Herald has this report.

The Associated Press reports that “Mississippi gay marriage law remains blocked during appeal.”

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Appeals Court Denies Request To Allow Mississippi To Enforce Anti-LGBT Law During Appeal; Gov. Phil Bryant had asked the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to enforce HB 1523, passed earlier this year, while appealing a trial court ruling against the law.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

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“Alleged video pirate Kim Dotcom loses in U.S. appeals court”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post that begins, “A divided federal appeals court has rejected a bid by accused video pirate Kim Dotcom to recover millions of dollars in assets ordered seized by a U.S. court at the request of American prosecutors.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

“Chief Justice sounds alarm over Supreme Court vacancy”: Laura Stone of The Toronto Globe and Mail has this report.

Ian MacLeod of The Ottawa Citizen reports that “Chief justice hammers government over 45 judicial vacancies — including one at Supreme Court.”

Tonda MacCharles of The Toronto Star has an article headlined “Urgent need for judicial vacancies to be filled promptly: Beverley McLachlin.”

The Canadian Press has reports headlined “Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin Calls On Trudeau To Appoint Supreme Court Judges Quickly” and “Supreme Court short list to include Atlantic Canadian judges: minister.”

And CBC News has reports headlined “Beverley McLachlin calls on Ottawa to solve ‘perpetual crisis’ of judicial vacancies; ‘Something deeply wrong’ with current selection process for appointing judges, chief justice says” and “Keep Atlantic Representation On Top Court, Says Canadian Bar Association.”