“Merrick Garland worthy of US Supreme Court, says Indianapolis colleague Larry Mackey”: Vic Ryckaert has this front page article in today’s edition of The Indianapolis Star.

“Democrats plan push to force hearings on Supreme Court nomination”: Mike DeBonis and Juliet Eilperin have this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Pence to make first Supreme Court appointment”: Kristine Guerra of The Indianapolis Star has an article that begins, “As national party leaders bicker over when Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s vacancy should be filled, Indiana’s highest court will soon have a new justice on the bench.”

“Is Judge Garland a Liberal? Wikipedia Editors Battle to Save Facts From Politics.” April Glaser of Wired.com has this report.

Perhaps the Wikipedia entry can soon be updated to note which Major League Baseball team the nominee roots for. In the absence of the answer to that question arriving on its own today (see “Contact” link above featuring my blog-related email address), I may need to begin actively seeking to obtain the answer using my reportorial “skills” early next week.

“Bernie Sanders Would Ask Obama To Withdraw Merrick Garland’s Nomination If Elected; In his view, the judge is not progressive enough”: Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.

“Supreme Court Nominee Pushes Ahead; Senate Republicans remain steadfast in opposition to nomination”: Jess Bravin has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland has a record of restraint, not activism”: David G. Savage has this news analysis on the front page of today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

“What Sort of Writer Is Merrick Garland? Seven Clues.” Ross Guberman has this blog post today.

In Bashman-related news from London: In the most Bashman-related news headline ever in this blog’s long history of covering Bashman-related news from across the globe, The Independent (UK) has an article headlined “Police allegedly tell south London bar to stop playing ‘John Paul’ (Sean Paul) and ‘bashman’ (bashment); Bashman Bashman Bashman them bars up to something.”

“Obama: Refusal To Consider Nominee Damages Public’s Faith In The Judiciary.” This audio segment featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.” NPR has also posted online this transcript of the interview.

“Merrick Garland’s Path to Nomination Marked by Deference, With Limits”: Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Adam Liptak have this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

And in Friday’s edition of that newspaper, Michael D. Shear and Eric Lipton will have an article headlined “Obama Mobilizes Campaign Veterans to Push for Court Nominee.” And David M. Herszenhorn will have an article headlined “Merrick Garland Visits Capitol as G.O.P. Digs In Against Vote.”

“Why the GOP Should #GoWithGarland”: Jason P. Steed has this blog entry today at The Huffington Post.

“In Porngate case, prosecutors urge that most serious charge against Eakin be dropped”: Mark Fazlollah and Craig R. McCoy of The Philadelphia Inquirer have an article that begins, “Prosecutors in the ethics case against former state Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin on Thursday urged that the most serious charge against him in the Porngate scandal be dropped, a step that would let the justice keep his $153,000 annual pension.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Pennsylvania ex-justice in lewd email case may keep pension.”

You can access via this link today’s filings in the case in the Court of Judicial Discipline of Pennsylvania.

“High-Court Nominee Merrick Garland Staked Out Differences With Liberal, Conservative Judges When Needed; Judge parted with liberals on some criminal matters and conservatives on regulatory power, court access”: Brent Kendall and Joe Palazzolo of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Oklahoma City bombing deeply affected Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland”: Del Quentin Wilber and David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times have this report.

“Ideological Imbalance: Why Democrats usually pick moderate-liberal justices and Republicans usually pick conservative ones.” Lawrence Baum and law professor Neal Devins have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Merrick Garland Would Shift the Court Decisively Leftward; It’s why Republicans are vowing to block him”: Law professor Eric Posner has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“What Data Science Tells Us about Merrick Garland”: This post appears today at “Unravel | Ravel Law’s Blog.” Unfortunately, data science does not appear to tell us which Major League Baseball team he roots for.

“What is it that the supreme court does, anyway?” Eric Posner has this blog post today.

“ACA Accommodation:Slight Burden or Evil Means?” Kimberly Robinson of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“On the Supreme Court Battlefield”: In the March 24, 2016 issue of The New York Review of Books, law professor Jeremy Waldron has this review of law professor Cass R. Sunstein‘s book “Constitutional Personae: Heroes, Soldiers, Minimalists, and Mutes.”

“A Beginner’s Guide To The Inane Supreme Court Nomination Process”: Jay Willis has this post at Deadspin’s “Adequate Man” blog.

“Exotic dancer given nearly 3 years for tax fraud”: This article appeared in The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, South Dakota in October 2014.

Today. a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued this decision affirming the judgment of conviction and sentence.

“Standout in the law, Garland would blend in at Supreme Court”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Constitution Check: What is the reason the Senate GOP won’t act on Judge Garland?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Supreme Court Nihilism: The GOP’s treatment of Merrick Garland is disgraceful.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Obama Picked a Stellar Judge. He Could Have Done Better.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“Merrick goes back to first principles when deciding things like which ski run to take when we’re skiing together.” So stated Seth P. Waxman during a video segment titled “Who is Merrick Garland? Legal analysts review his record — and his chance” on yesterday evening’s broadcast of The PBS NewsHour.

Yesterday evening’s broadcast also contained a video segment titled “Defying Congressional GOP, Obama chooses D.C. judge for Supreme Court.”

“A look at Third Circuit nominee Rebecca Haywood’s qualifications”: Matthew Stiegler has this post at his “CA3blog,” along with a related post titled “Haywood background round-up [updated].”

“Merrick Garland’s instinct for the middle could put him in the court’s most influential spot”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

And in a more lighthearted take, online at The Washington Post, Alexandra Petri has an essay titled “Obama: Merrick Garland is a beautiful cinnamon roll, too good for this world, too pure.”

“A ‘view’ from the Rose Garden: Sunny side up for Garland nomination.” Mark Walsh has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Obama’s Pick Would Help the Court. (Liberal Causes, Not So Much.)” Law professor Cass R. Sunstein has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Supreme court nominee’s prom date, canoeing misadventure, more”: Mitch Dudek and Lynn Sweet of The Chicago Sun-Times have this report.

And John Keilman, Angie Leventis Lourgos, and Ted Gregory of The Chicago Tribune have an article headlined “Niles West classmates recall ‘all-everything’ Garland.”

Still no word concerning which Major League Baseball team, if any, the nominee roots for. Quick research reveals, however, that Chief Judge Garland has been involved in at least one baseball cap-related appellate ruling.

“The Senate Must Deny Obama’s Bid to Transform the Supreme Court”: Andrew C. McCarthy has this essay online at National Review.

And Kevin D. Williamson has an essay titled “Merrick Garland’s ‘Moderation.’”

“Bring It On”: In today’s edition of The New York Times, Linda Greenhouse has an op-ed that begins, “So it’s going to be the Bork Battle all over again, is it?”