“Divided Circuit Won’t Rehear Arab Bank Suit”: Courthouse News Service has this report on an order, including concurrences and dissents, denying rehearing en banc that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued yesterday.

“Beth Walker wins Supreme Court race; ousts Benjamin”: Phil Kabler of The Gazette-Mail of Charleston, West Virginia has an article that begins, “Buoyed by more than $3 million of outside spending from Republican and pro-business political action committees touting her candidacy and attacking challengers Darrell McGraw and Bill Wooton, Morgantown lawyer Beth Walker prevailed in the state’s first non-partisan election for state Supreme Court justice.”

The Associated Press reports that “GOP-backed Walker ousts incumbent Supreme Court justice.”

And The West Virginia Record reports that “Walker wins seat on West Virginia Supreme Court.”

“Jerk.com Founder Liable for Deceiving Its Users”: Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued yesterday.

“Supreme Court Nominee Garland Submits Paperwork to Senate Judiciary Panel; Questionnaire offers some insight on Obama pick’s views from past cases”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And Richard Wolf and Gregory Korte of USA Today report that “Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland lists his Top 10 cases.”

“Garland Stepped Aside in 66 Cases Because of Financial Holdings”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“White House prods Senate on Garland amid Republican blockade”: Richard Cowan and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters have this report.

“Two Of America’s Richest Men Secretly Tried To Sway Montana’s Judicial Elections; In the post-Citizens United world, these billionaires have found a new way to attack a state law they don’t like”: Paul Blumenthal recently had this article online at The Huffington Post.

“Merrick Garland Coolly Tells Congress He’s Never Been Overruled By The Supreme Court; It’s as close to bragging as the uncontroversial judge will probably get”: Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.

“This Election Inspired a John Grisham Novel; Now It Just Got Even Weirder; Twelve years after coal baron Don Blankenship bought a seat on the West Virginia Supreme Court, the tables have turned”: Pema Levy has this article online at Mother Jones.

“What, If Anything, Has Judge Garland Said About the Second Amendment and Guns?” The Congressional Research Service has issued this “Legal Sidebar.”

“For Merrick Garland and Republicans, a Tango of Praise and Rejection”: Emmarie Huetteman has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

U.S. Supreme Court nominee, and D.C. Circuit Chief Judge, Merrick B. Garland‘s answers to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee‘s questionnaire can be accessed online: At this link.

Update: In news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “White House sends high court pick’s questionnaire to Senate.”

“Bad Faith or Bad Principle? On Chief Justice Roberts, the Affordable Care Act and Judicial Restraint.” Evan Bernick has this blog entry at The Huffington Post.

“Roy Moore: Better Politician Than Judge.” Andrew Cohen has this essay online at the Brennan Center for Justice.

“The Dangers of the Ever More Powerful Presidency”: Lincoln Caplan has this post online at The New Yorker.