“Bush vs. Gore’s ironic legal legacy”: Law professor Jamie Raskin has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

“Court to decide whether Islam-education order went too far”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “After a landlord was convicted of pushing her Muslim tenant down a flight of stairs, a judge ordered her to respect the rights of all Muslims and to take an introductory course on Islam. Now the highest court in Massachusetts is being asked to decide whether the judge violated the landlord’s constitutional rights.”

The case is scheduled to be argued on January 8, 2016 in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. You can access the parties’ briefs via the court’s docket entries for the case.

“Trump hits Scalia over comments on black students”: CNN.com has this report.

And Ryan J. Reilly of The Huffington Post reports that “Donald Trump Thinks Scalia’s Comments On Black Students Went Too Far; Antonin Scalia suggested last week that black students may benefit from a ‘slower-track school.’”

“Lynn Nakamoto first Asian-American on Oregon Supreme Court”: Gordon Friedman recently had this article in The Statesman Journal of Salem, Oregon.

“2 Supreme Court cases to determine fate of Arizona legislative map”: Jeremy Duda of The Arizona Capitol Times has this report.

“A life well ended: Dr. Peter Rasmussen, who advocated for Oregon’s Death with Dignity law, died at home, in peace, surrounded by loved ones.” Saerom Yoo has this front page article in today’s edition of The Statesman Journal of Salem, Oregon.

“Rubio Pledges To Appoint Supreme Court Justices Who Will Overturn Marriage Equality”: Judd Legum of ThinkProgress has this post today.

“Justice Stephen Breyer On What The Court Does Behind Closed Doors, And Hamilton”: NPR Politics has posted online this podcast, in which Ron Elving, Nina Totenberg, and Ailsa Chang interview Justice Stephen G. Breyer.

The online description of the podcast begins, “One of the members of the nation’s highest court dropped by the NPR Politics Podcast last week for a wide-ranging conversation about the inner workings of the Supreme Court, and Washington, changing global realities and why he loved the musical Hamilton.”

“For black students at Texas, Supreme Court remarks are a burden added”: Molly Hennessy-Fiske of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

NBCNews.com has posted an op-ed by Ivory A. Toldson titled “Why Justice Scalia was Wrong about Black Scientists.”

And online at The Daily Beast, Jay Michaelson has an essay titled “Affirmative Action May Be Doomed — But It’s Already a Confused Mess; This week’s Supreme Court arguments cast a harsh light on the confused jurisprudence of using race as a factor in college admissions; Forty years of compromises have created a gigantic mess.”

“Eakin must resign: A justice’s raunchy emails are supremely offensive.” Today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette contains an editorial that begins, “Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin did the wrong thing when he played to the lowest common denominator, exchanging obscene and offensive emails while holding a position of honor on the state’s highest court.”

“N.S. judge strikes down cyberbullying law created after Rehtaeh Parsons death”: Sean Fine of The Toronto Globe and Mail has this report.

The Canadian Press reports that “Judge strikes down cyberbullying law inspired by Rehtaeh Parsons; Argument said the law was too broad and an ‘unreasonable and unjustified’ infringement of freedom of expression rights.”

And CBC News has reports headlined “Court strikes down anti-cyberbullying law created after Rehtaeh Parsons’s death; Nova Scotia was 1st jurisdiction in Canada to try to regulate cyberbullying” and “Rehtaeh Parsons’s mother hopes new anti-cyberbullying law will be drafted; Nova Scotia Department of Justice says 800 complaints were dealt with under the Cyber-Safety Act.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia at this link.

“One Person, One Vote: The Supreme Court sets its sights on the bedrock principle that has shaped electoral maps for the past half-century.” Slate has posted online today this new “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.

“Ex-Chief Justice Castille on Kane’s Porngate prosecutor: ‘There will be a challenge to everything this guy does.'” John L. Micek of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.

And Steve Esack of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has an article headlined “Is 2015 the worst year in Pennsylvania political history?”

“Alan Dershowitz on the Defense (His Own)”: Barry Meier will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Trump: Roberts ‘disgraceful’ on high court; Thomas favorite.” The Associated Press has this report.

“Shutting Down Conversations About Rape at Harvard Law”: Online at The New Yorker, law professor Jeannie Suk has a post that begins, “This is a piece on a subject about which I may soon be prevented from publishing, depending on how events unfold.”

“Who is Antonin Scalia and why is he out of touch with changing social views? Comments about black students during conservative supreme court justices’ sympathetic hearing in affirmative action case is just the latest in judge’s 30-year record of a radical reading of the US constitution.” Dan Roberts of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

Corey Fedde of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Scalia’s comments on race draw ire, but he’s not alone in his concerns; Justice Scalia received a range of rebukes for comments suggesting black students might do better at less competitive universities, an opinion that has also been expressed by the high court’s only black justice.”

And at the “Answer Sheet” blog of The Washington Post, Valerie Strauss has a post titled “Can a Supreme Court justice be forcibly removed from the bench? A quick civics lesson.”

“New Supreme Court justice sworn in at balloon park”: The Albuquerque Journal has this report.

“Kathleen Kane’s porn review to cost taxpayers up to $880 an hour”: Steve Esack has this front page article in today’s edition of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

And The Associated Press reports that “Lawyers reviewing ‘Porngate’ emails for Kane to get up to $880 an hour.”

Access the December 2015 issue of the Harvard Law Review: Via this link.

“Black scientists respond to Scalia’s suggestion that ‘less advanced’ classes are more suitable”: Dexter Thomas of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Waco federal judge reprimanded for sexual misconduct, stripped of new cases for a year”: The Waco Tribune-Herald has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Federal judge in Texas reprimanded for unwanted advances.”

“Scalia accused of embracing ‘racist’ ideas for suggesting ‘lesser’ schools for blacks”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has this report.

Matthew Watkins of The Texas Tribune reports that “If UT Loses Supreme Court Case, It Could Face Another Top 10 Percent ‘Crisis.’”

Lauren French of Politico.com has a report headlined “Pelosi: Scalia should recuse himself from discrimination cases.”

Online at The Washington Post, columnist Ruth Marcus has an essay titled “Will the Supreme Court add to the turmoil on America’s college campuses?”

At the “Grade Point” blog of The Washington Post, Afi-Odelia Scruggs has a post titled “Dear Justice Scalia: Here’s what I learned as a black student struggling at an elite college.”

And a video segment titled “Antonin Scalia Offends” appeared on last night’s broadcast of NBC’s “Late Night With Seth Meyers.”

“Supreme Court To Hear Wetlands Challenge As ‘Waters Of U.S.’ Expand”: Daniel Fisher has this post at Forbes.com.

“Supreme Court to Review Laws Criminalizing Refusal of Body Substance Tests”: Adam Liptak has this news update.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court to review blood-test requirement for DWI cases.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court to rule on drunk-driving breath tests.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court to Consider Right to Refuse Blood-Alcohol Tests Without Warrant; High court to determine if states make it a crime for drunk-driving suspects to reject tests.”

David Chanen of The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that “U.S. Supreme Court to review constitutionality of Minnesota’s DWI test refusal law; The state allows arresting officer to charge suspected drunken driver for refusing breath test without a search warrant.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Blood-Alcohol Test Penalties Get Top U.S. Court Review.”

“A look at some of the emails cited in case against Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Eakin”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Salome — guilty or innocent? Tribunes ruling at Shakespeare Theatre.” Tim Treanor has this post today at DC Theatre Scene.com.

Access the audio of this week’s U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments: Available online via this link.

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court today granted review in six new cases, three of which have been consolidated for a single hour of oral argument.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “High court takes up challenges to drunken-driving test“; “High court to consider Army Corps’ decision on wetlands“; and “High court to hear dispute over Ohio debt collection.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. justices to weigh laws that penalize refusal to take alcohol test” and “U.S. top court to decide federal water permit dispute.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court to rule on drunk-driving tests.”

“Arabs, Muslim detainees can sue Bush-era officials over post-Sept. 11 treatment”: Reuters has this report.

My earlier coverage of today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denying rehearing en banc by an evenly divided 6-to-6 vote can be accessed here.

“Anti-School Choice Religious Bigotry; Using a law with ugly anti-Catholic roots to deny education options for children”: Michael Bindas has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text of the op-ed via Google.

“AG Kathleen Kane hires private firm in porn, corruption investigation”: Wallace McKelvey of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has an update that begins, “Attorney General Kathleen Kane has signed a contract hiring a private law firm to review and prosecute potential cases arising from emails uncovered as part of the ‘Porngate’ investigation.”

“Obama’s executive actions could open a door for successors”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “While the White House has condemned Donald Trump’s call for a ban on Muslim immigrants as ‘disqualifying’ and ‘toxic,’ President Barack Obama may have only himself to blame if a President Trump ever succeeds in putting his plan, or some version of it, into action.”

Second Circuit divides 6-to-6 in denying rehearing en banc in national security Bivens case, but is unanimous in rejecting use of “in banc”: You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denying rehearing en banc, and the accompanying concurrence and dissent, at this link.

“Scalia stirs controversy again with questions in affirmative action case”: Robert Barnes has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.