“An Adult Conversation about the Fight to Fill Justice Scalia’s #SCOTUS Seat”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”

And you can access via YouTube “GWorks Interviews: Richard L. Hasen (Complete).”

“Supreme Court Fight Won’t Die, No Matter How Hard Republicans Try”: David M. Herszenhorn and Carl Hulse will have this front page article in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Tribute: He did what he was born to do.” Christopher Landau has this guest post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Scalia’s Legacy and an Uncertain Future”: Law professor Laurence H. Tribe and Joshua Matz have this guest post today at “ACSBlog.”

“G.O.P. Obstructionism and the Supreme Court”: Lincoln Caplan has this post online today at The New Yorker.

“Kagan Only Justice to Experience 8-Member Court”: Kimberly Robinson of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“Judge halts deal in email case against Pa. Supreme Court Justice Eakin”: Wallace McKelvey of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has an article that begins, “A judge in the offensive email case against Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin prevented a deal from being presented Thursday during a hearing Thursday afternoon.”

“3 appeals court jurists to hear Brady case appeal next week”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Three federal judges will hear the NFL’s appeal of the lifting of New England quarterback Tom Brady’s four-game suspension in ‘Deflategate’ next week.”

“Breyer on 8-member Supreme Court: ‘We’ll do our work.'” Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post that begins, “The vacancy caused by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death won’t paralyze the court” ability to resolve cases, Justice Stephen Breyer said Thursday.”

“After Scalia: A Single Supreme Court Justice Can Impede Progress, Influence Our Discourse.” Sherrilyn A. Ifill has this essay online at The Root.

“Judicial ethics board thwarts Eakin’s attempt at a settlement in Porngate”: Craig R. McCoy And Angela Couloumbis of The Philadelphia Inquirer have a news update that begins, “The judicial ethics court that will decide the fate of embattled Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin on Thursday thwarted an attempt by the judge and his accusers to negotiate a settlement in the Porngate case.”

And earlier today, Matt Miller of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania had an article headlined “Investigators answer questions, sort of, about 2014 probe that cleared Justice Eakin in email case.”

“Sandoval doesn’t want to be considered for Supreme Court seat”: The Las Vegas Review-Journal has this news update.

And Amanda Terkel of The Huffington Post reports that “Brian Sandoval Takes Himself Out Of The Running For Supreme Court Spot.”

“Obama Could Taunt the Senate as FDR Did”: Online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay that begins, “President Barack Obama insisted that his post to Scotusblog on Wednesday about his criteria for a U.S. Supreme Court nominee was ‘spoiler free.’ But he may have been protesting a bit too much.”

“Obama’s Flawed Plan to Close Guantanamo”: Amy Davidson has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Writ of Fido: The Supreme Court looks at how robbing a drug dealer can trip the Hobbs Act’s commerce provision and bring a petty thief a lot of federal trouble.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Chief Justice Roberts has most to lose with SCOTUS vacancy”: Gabe Roth has this essay at msnbc.com.

“A scheme to say how land is used: The Environmental Progection Agency is perched to become the nation’s zoning board.” Online at The Washington Times, John Block has an essay that begins, “It sounds like a bad dream — a really bad dream — but in a matter of days or at most weeks the Environmental Protection Agency could become our national zoning board. Some say that, with the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia, the chances just became much bigger.”

“Court overturns Palestinian activist’s fraud conviction”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post about a ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

Update: In other coverage, Reuters reports that “Palestinian activist’s U.S. immigration fraud conviction vacated.”

“What’s Going On With The Supreme Court Nomination Process: Everything you need to know about this very weird situation.” Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“Senior Republican says Obama seeking moderate Supreme Court justice”: Reuters has this report.

“Supreme Court Abortion Case Seen as a Turning Point for Clinics”: Erik Eckholm has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Supreme Court Justice Alito Speaks to 3L Class”: Georgetown Law has issued this news release.

“Report: Sheriff was told he had no authority in Scalia death.” The Associated Press has this report.

“Scalia Death Upends Case Involving Texas Abortion Safety Rules”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Meet Marc Zwillinger: Apple’s secret weapon in its battle against the FBI; Marc Zwillinger used to be a prosecutor for the DoJ — but now he is a go-to tech lawyer for Silicon Valley companies fighting against government surveillance.” Danny Yadron of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

“Past critics embrace Schumer, McConnell in SCOTUS fight; With the backing of their respective bases, both have a stronger hand in a fight that will shape the top court in the land”: Burgess Everett of Politico.com has this report.

“Reports released in Markel murder case”: Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report. The newly release information can be accessed here and here.

“Sandoval to be vetted for US Supreme Court, but Republicans stand firm”: Jim Myers has this front page article in today’s edition of The Las Vegas Review-Journal.

And The Associated Press has reports headlined “Possible choice of Nevada governor a test for Senate GOP” and “Obama’s sacrificial lamb: High-court pick to face long odds.”

“Deal seen in the works for embattled Justice Eakin”: In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Angela Couloumbis and Craig R. McCoy have a front page article that begins, “Embattled Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin faces a hastily called hearing Thursday that experts say points to a likely deal on charges that he violated judicial ethics rules through his involvement in the pornographic emails scandal.”

Wallace McKelvey of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “Pa. Supreme Court Justice Eakin to appear in court Thursday on email charges.”

The Associated Press reports that “Ethics court sets hearing this week in Justice Eakin’s email case.”

And in today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Christian Bagin has a letter to the editor titled “Justice Eakin’s conduct has brought the bench into disrepute.”

“Alabama attorney sues U.S. Supreme Court justices who legalized gay marriage”: Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has this report.

“ACLU plans challenge to ruling finding no First Amendment right to film police”: In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jeremy Roebuck has a front page article that begins, “Civil rights lawyers said Wednesday that they intend to appeal a federal court ruling in Philadelphia that citizens do not necessarily have a right protected by the First Amendment to record police activity.”

Tuesday at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh had a post titled “Court: No First Amendment right to videorecord police unless you are challenging the police at the time.”