“No need for nine on the Supreme Court”: Law professor Richard Albert has this essay online at The Boston Globe.

“Have Obama’s Supreme Court Picks Really Been Silent on Abortion? There’s no public record of several jurists discussing the court’s most divisive opinion: Roe v. Wade; But the ‘abortion question’ is part of the problem of how we pick jurists.” Jay Michaelson has this essay online today at The Daily Beast.

“Could Surname Be Key in Republican Supreme Court Race?” Online at The Texas Tribune, Ross Ramsey has this essay today.

“Senate Republicans signal no vote on Supreme Court nominee”: Erin Kelly of USA Today has this report.

Julie Hirschfeld Davis of The New York Times reports that “Joe Biden Argued for Delaying Supreme Court Picks in 1992.”

And Mike DeBonis of The Washington Post has an article headlined “Joe Biden in 1992: No nominations to the Supreme Court in an election year.”

“Would Scalia Say This Was an Illegal Search?” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Abortion foes’ strategy faces a key test at the Supreme Court”: Sandhya Somashekhar of The Washington Post has this report.

“Grief Gives Way to Division in First Court Arguments Since Scalia’s Death”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court reconvenes without Scalia, ‘our man for all seasons.’”

Jess Bravin and Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Pays Tribute to Justice Scalia in First Session Since Death; Chief justice spent several minutes recounting Scalia’s career before hearing arguments.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “On first day without Scalia, Supreme Court faces a possible tie vote.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Mark Walsh has a post titled “A ‘view’ from the Courtroom: The Justices return to a black and gray bench.”

“Closing Curtain on Conservative Activism”: Kenneth Jost had this post yesterday at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“Supreme Court without Scalia divided over giving police more leeway to stop people”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

And Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “On first day without Scalia, Supreme Court faces a possible tie vote.”

“UCILAW: The Supreme Court and the 2016 Elections.” Now on YouTube, “UCI Law Professor Rick Hasen and Ed Whelan, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), a conservative D.C. think tank, [are offering] perspectives on the Supreme Court and the 2016 elections.”

“Scalia lauded as shorthanded Supreme Court returns to work”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

Access the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Utah v. Strieff, No. 14-1373: At this link.

“Supreme Court resumes without Scalia”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.

Access the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States, No. 14-916: At this link.

There are two instances of laughter in the transcript (Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Breyer).

“Chief Justice pays tribute to late Supreme Court colleague Scalia”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“More on the end of originalism”: Eric Posner has this blog post today.

“Appoint a few more Scalias, kiss democracy goodbye”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this post online today at “The Great Debate” blog of Reuters.

“Nino Scalia, R.I.P.” Law professor Ronald D. Rotunda has this essay online today at Justia’s Verdict.

And last week at Justia’s Verdict, law professor Marci A. Hamilton had an essay titled “In Defense of Justice Scalia on Religious Liberty and Smith.”

“A ten-year milestone for Scalia’s silent partner”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has an article that begins, “Justice Clarence Thomas’ deep and unwavering voice filled the Basilica of the National Shrine last Saturday as he delivered a reading from the Book of Romans at the Mass celebrating his close friend, ideological soul mate and occasional defender, the late Justice Antonin Scalia.”

“Supreme Court resumes oral arguments without Justice Scalia”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“Roberts Calls Late Justice Scalia ‘Our Man For All Seasons'”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Chief justice remembers Scalia’s ‘irrepressible spirit'”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

And Alan Fram of The Associated Press reports that “Coming battle over Scalia vacancy departs from historic norm.”

“How Does It Feel, Chief Justice Roberts, to Hone a Dylan Quote?” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.