“What’s the Point of a Supreme Court Dissent? A recent book shows that, before Antonin Scalia, dissents were valuable to the Court; Now they may be endangering the institution.” In the February 8, 2016 issue of The Nation, Michael O’Donnell has this review of Melvin I. Urofsky’s book, “Dissent and the Supreme Court: Its Role in the Court’s History and the Nation’s Constitutional Dialogue.”

“California Supreme Court to review opinion in UCLA stabbing case”: Stephen Ceasar of The Los Angeles Times has an article that begins, “The California Supreme Court agreed Thursday to review an appellate court decision that public colleges and universities have no responsibility to protect students from violence committed by other students on campus.”

“Unwanted Navy text brings Chicagoan Supreme Court victory”: Kim Janssen of The Chicago Tribune has this report.

“Supreme Court Justice Breyer Weighs In on Immigration”: Bloomberg News recently posted the video of this interview online.

“Dayton selects first openly gay judge for state Supreme Court; Minnesota Appeals Court Judge Margaret Chutich was the pick for the state’s highest court”: Maya Rao has this front page article today in The Minneapolis Star Tribune.

And in today’s edition of The Pioneer Press of St. Paul, Minnesota, Rachel E. Stassen-Berger has a front page article headlined “Margaret Chutich will be Minnesota Supreme Court’s first openly gay member.”