“Outsourcing the Constitution”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Supreme Court Returns Virginia Voting District Case to Lower Court”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes and Gregory S. Schneider of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court says Virginia redistricting must be reexamined for racial bias.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Revives Gerrymander Challenge to Virginia Legislative Districts; Critics say state’s General Assembly packed black voters into a handful of state House districts.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court blocks Virginia districts over use of race.”

Graham Moomaw of The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that “U.S. Supreme Court orders reexamination of Virginia General Assembly racial gerrymandering case.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court backs review of Virginia voting districts in race case.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “High Court Orders New Look at Virginia Voting District Suit.”

Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Supreme Court Sides With Democrats In Challenge To Virginia’s Racially Drawn Districts; But the justices stopped short of declaring that the districts violated the Constitution.”

Kevin Robillard of Politico.com reports that “Supreme Court calls for further review of Virginia legislative map.”

At the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center, Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court gives new guidance on racial gerrymandering.”

And in commentary, online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “The Way Toward a Voting-Rights Compromise.”

“Supreme Court Nomination Process: Supreme Court attorneys, court watchers and experts on the confirmation process took part in a discussion at the Georgetown University Law Center on the road ahead for Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch.” C-SPAN has posted this video of an event that Adam Liptak of The New York Times moderated this afternoon.

“First, They Came for the Sex Offenders . . . We must speak up for the rights of those on the fringes of society; The Supreme Court’s ruling on sex offenders’ First Amendment rights will signal how much protection we can all expect.” Perry Grossman has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Is Same-Sex Marriage Safe? The Texas Supreme Court takes on the first major effort to roll back marriage equality in the age of Trump.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Why Gorsuch could lead court in wrong direction”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this essay at CNN.com.

“Rare re-argument ordered in insider trading appeal of SAC’s Martoma”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report.

“Both Sides Want The Supreme Court To Rule On This Transgender Bathroom Case; Because of a recent Trump administration move, what looked likely to be a case about federal regulatory deference could become a landmark trans rights case — if the justices agree to keep the case on its docket”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.

Access the contents of the February 2017 issue of The Yale Law Journal: Via this link.

Among other things, the issue contains law professor Aditya Bamzai‘s article titled “The Origins of Judicial Deference to Executive Interpretation.”

“Some SCOTUS Scheduling Speculation: Enough Is Enough.” Perry Cooper of Bloomberg BNA has this post at the “U.S. Law Week: On the Merits Blog.”

“The judgment of Posner: On the character and jurisprudence of the federal judge.” Conrad Black has this article in the March 2017 issue of The New Criterion.

Access today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in an argued case: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court in Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Bd. of Elections, No. 15-680. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. And Justice Clarence Thomas issued an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part. You can access the oral argument via this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court mainly rules for black voters in Virginia case.”

Penile fibrosis, on appeal: A partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued this decision yesterday.

“Late actor Heston’s insult of judge helps upend murder conviction”: Joseph Ax of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.