“Arizona man’s life sentence for murder cut to 59 years; Court reconsiders life sentence for Navajo County man who was sentenced as a juvenile”: This article appeared in The Arizona Republic back in July 2014.

Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision vacating the new sentence and remanding for resentencing.

“PER CURIAM, concurring”? As featured in a decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Sky won’t fall with one less justice”: U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has this essay online at The Des Moines Register.

“Campus Dissidents Win in Court While Losing”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“Has Obama Upheld the Law?” In the April 21, 2016 issue of The New York Review of Books, law professor David Luban has this review of Charlie Savage’s new book, “Power Wars: Inside Obama’s Post-9/11 Presidency.”

“Court Tells States to Leave Google Alone”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“Grassley, Garland reprise 1990s U.S. judicial confirmation fight”: Richard Cowan of Reuters has this report, along with an article headlined “Senate primary-race pressures work against Obama’s court nominee.”

“Referendum on raising judges’ retirement age delayed until fall election”: Jan Murphy of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has an article that begins, “Pennsylvania voters will have plenty of important decisions to make when they enter the voting booth on April 26 but amending the state constitution to raise the mandatory retirement age for judges won’t be one of them.” The article links to this list of judges who would benefit over the next several years from an increase in Pennsylvania’s mandatory judicial retirement age from 70 to 75.

And tomorrow’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer will contain this month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column, headlined “Delay of Vote on Judicial Retirement Age Could Make One Cynical.” Therein, I explain why I oppose delaying a vote on the proposed constitutional amendment until November and why I will be voting against the proposal to increase Pennsylvania’s mandatory judicial retirement age from 70 to 75.

“Woman arrested, beaten at Chinese labor protest ruled eligible for asylum”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this blog post about an amended non-precedential ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued on Friday.

“Meet the Thai math prof whose copyright case is headed for SCOTUS — again”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

Programming note: This afternoon, the Philadelphia Phillies — now in the midst of a two-game winning streak — have their home opener, which I will be attending. As a result, additional posts will appear here tonight.

Update: Final score — San Diego Padres 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3.

“‘It was just awful’: The Clarence Thomas hearings, in the words of those who were there.” Roxanne Roberts of The Washington Post has this report.

“Abner Mikva: Senate Republicans could find Supreme Court nominee after Garland even worse.” CNN.com has this report.

“Did Act 10 affect spending in Wisconsin Supreme Court race?” Jason Stein of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “In Tuesday’s election, labor-backed candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg lost a race for the Supreme Court in which her side in the contest was badly outspent.”

“The Supreme Court justices are the adults in our democracy as the other branches bicker”: Columnist Fred Hiatt has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Ex-American Bar Association chiefs push for vote on Garland”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Fifteen former American Bar Association presidents are joining the push to urge Republicans to consider President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee.”

“In Pa. and elsewhere, death penalty is dying a slow death”: Michaelle Bond has this front page article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.