“Texan Don Willett grilled by Senate Democrats at judicial hearing”: Maria Recio of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.

“6th Circ. Reverses Contempt Ruling In Gym Users’ Fee Suit”: Dave Simpson of Law360.com has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

“Two more women describe unwanted overtures by Roy Moore at Alabama mall”: Stephanie McCrummen, Beth Reinhard, and Alice Crites of The Washington Post have this report.

“Texans Willett and Ho grilled by Democrats for appeals court posts”: Nicole Cobler of The Dallas Morning News has this report.

Kevin Diaz of The Houston Chronicle reports that “Senate Democrats look askance at Justice Don Willett’s tweet on transgender teen.”

Douglas Ernst of The Washington Times reports that “Patrick Leahy says bacon joke by Trump judicial nominee is same-sex marriage ‘attack.’”

Emma Platoff of The Texas Tribune reports that “Don Willett defends controversial tweets as jokes at confirmation hearing before U.S. Senate.”

Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost reports that “Trump Court Pick Says He Was Joking When He Compared Gay Marriage To Marrying Bacon.”

And at The Weekly Standard, Jenna Lifhits has a post titled “Willett Ever Stop? Democrats grill a popular judicial nominee over his Twitter jokes.”

“He became a SEAL to fight terrorists. Now he’s a Navy lawyer defending an accused one.” Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

“Republicans Are Accusing The Country’s Biggest Lawyers Group Of Shilling For Liberals”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“HLS in the World | A Conversation with Federal Judges About Federal Courts.” Harvard Law School recently posted this video on YouTube. All three of the federal judges on the panel serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

“Chief Justice Roberts Returns to Law School for Moot Court Final”: Jamie D. Halper of The Harvard Crimson has this report.

“James C. Ho — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

View live, online today’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Fifth Circuit nominees James C. Ho and Don R. Willett: Via this link. The hearing should be starting momentarily.

“Texans Willett and Ho prepare for Senate grilling for appeals court posts”: Nicole Cobler of The Dallas Morning News has this report.

And Dianna Wray of the Houston Press has an article headlined “Are Voters Ready to Elect a Gay Judge to the Texas Supreme Court?”

“Justice Don Willett — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”