“Otter names 5th District Judge Richard Bevan to Idaho Supreme Court”: Betsy Z. Russell of The Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Washington has this report.

“Time for U.S. Supreme Court to ‘Rectify’ Online Tax Rule?” Ryan Prete of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“Judging Neil Gorsuch: The justice’s speech at the Trump Hotel isn’t unethical; He should skip it anyway.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Man in jail 2 years for refusing to decrypt drives; Will he ever get out? Defendant to ask Supreme Court if compelled decryption is a 5th Amendment breach.” David Kravets of Ars Technica has this report.

Kravets also has a follow-up report headlined “Feds: Man jailed for not decrypting drives has ‘chutzpah’ to ask to get out; Prosecutors use Yiddish to describe man imprisoned 2 years for contempt of court.”

“Prediction: It’s CNN — Not the N.Y. Times — Headed to Supreme Court in Defamation Battle; Forget about Sarah Palin’s case; Focus on what CNN is facing in Georgia — a dispute that’s getting quite messy.” Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.

“Judges Grill Government on Vulgar, ‘Immoral’ Trademark Ban”: Anandashankar Mazumdar of Bloomberg BNA has this report on an oral argument (13.8 MB mp3 audio file) that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit conducted yesterday.

According to the article, “Fashion designer Erik Brunetti tried to register his Fuct brand with the Patent and Trademark Office but was rejected based on the federal ban on scandalous and immoral trademark registrations.”

“Former Walker Aide, Target in John Doe Probe, Loses Seventh Circuit Appeal”: Joe Forward of WisBar News has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued yesterday.

“When women earn less than men, is gender bias always to blame? 9th Circuit to decide en banc.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Ninth Circuit Order granting rehearing en banc can be accessed here.

“Appeals court strikes down controversial Sky Harbor flight paths”: Jessica Boehm has this front page article in today’s edition of The Arizona Republic.

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

“Proving Intentional Discrimination, Redux”: Charlotte Garden has this post at the “Take Care” blog.

“Courting Corruption: The truth about the legal morass created by the controversial Citizens United ruling, and why it matters.” Stephen R. Weissman has this essay online at The American Interest.

“Why Trump’s Arpaio pardon is different: Presidential pardons are controversial; But the pardon for Joe Arpaio resurfaces a longstanding theme for President Trump: an antagonistic attitude toward the judiciary.” Harry Bruinius and Henry Gass of The Christian Science Monitor have this report.

And at the “Lawfare” blog, Josh Blackman has a post titled “Collateral Damage: The Arpaio Pardon and Separation of Powers.”

“At Convocation, Faust Defends Race-Conscious Admissions”: Claire E. Parker of The Harvard Crimson has this report.

And at The American Interest, Park MacDougald has an essay titled “Affirmative Action in a Time of White Resentment: Progressives may be tempted by a Harvard law professor’s solution to the affirmative action tangle; But it would make our politics even more toxic.”

“Former federal law clerk details rich history of Arpaio trial in blunt tweets”: Laura Jarrett of CNN.com has this report.

“West Point cadet in sexual hostility case cannot sue: U.S. appeals court.” Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.