“Will Republicans Fight to Shrink the Supreme Court?” Jeff Shesol has this post online today at The New Yorker.

“Appeals court rules against Advocate, NorthShore hospital merger”: Lisa Schencker of The Chicago Tribune has this report.

Brent Kendall off The Wall Street Journal reports that “Appeals Court Gives Boost to Government Opposition to Chicago-Area Hospital Merger; Move is latest win for antitrust enforcers challenging health-care consolidation.”

And Reuters reports that “US trade regulator wins round in fight to stop Chicago hospital merger.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

“Justice Clarence Thomas checks out a Colbie Caillat show at the Birchmere”: Emily Heil has this post today at the “Reliable Source” blog of The Washington Post.

“Ballot-Box Tests on Death Penalty in States”: Kenneth Jost has this post today at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“Transgender-Rights Case Moves Too Quickly”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“Who Owns Cheerleader Uniform Designs? It’s up to the Supreme Court.” Erin Geiger Smith had this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“I’m transgender and can’t use the student bathroom. The Supreme Court could change that.” Gavin Grimm had this op-ed last week in The Washington Post.

“The last death penalty appeal, or just another one before a flood, or business as usual”: David Ettinger has this post today at the “At the Lectern” blog.

“‘At Long Last, Have You Left No Sense Of Decency?'” Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf (D.Neb.) has this post today at the “Fault Lines” blog of Mimesis Law.

“Abortion by prescription now rivals surgery for U.S. women”: Jilian Mincer of Reuters has this report.

“OT2016 #4: ‘Federal Circuit, Never Change.'” You can access the newly posted fourth episode of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Ian Samuel and Dan Epps, via this link.

“Amicus: Intimidation Nation — Lawyers challenging punitive voting restrictions in Ohio are making an eleventh hour appeal to the Supreme Court.” You can access at this link the new installment of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.

“Who Will Protect the Constitution? Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton, amendment by amendment.” Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“For 25 years, it has been Clarence Thomas v. Controversy”: Robert Barnes has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Justice Thomas, Reticent on the Bench, Is Effusive About His Time There”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court today did not grant review in any new cases, but the Court did call for the views of the Solicitor General’s office in one case.

In Tatum v. Arizona, No. 15-8850, Justice Sonia Sotomayor concurred in the decision to issue a GVR, while Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued a dissent, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to FBI fitness test“; “Supreme Court rejects appeal from Alabama death row inmate“; and “Justices dismiss case over deaf driver education in Texas.”

“The ‘Loving Analogy’ in the New SCOTUS Trans Case”: Michael Dorf has this post today at “Dorf on Law.”

“We Need Nine (Or Do We): A Slice of Supreme Court History.” Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Poll: Voters favor retaining at least some of the Kansas Supreme Court justices by wide margin.” Jonathan Shorman has this front page article in today’s edition of The Topeka Capital-Journal.

And in today’s edition of The Wichita Eagle, Amy Renee Leiker has articles headlined “Death penalty cases a factor behind efforts to oust justices“; “What courts did in the Carr brothers case; what’s next“; and “Four misconceptions about the Carr cases, explained.”

“Election crucial to US Supreme Court’s makeup, future”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“Greg Abbott presses Texas Supreme Court to limit gay-marriage ruling”: Chuck Lindell of the Austin American-Statesman has this report.

Andrea Zelinski of The Houston Chronicle reports that “State leaders ask Texas high court for clarification on same sex marriage law.”

And Alexa Ura of The Texas Tribune reports that “Texas Republicans want to narrow scope of same-sex marriage ruling; Texas Republicans are asking the state Supreme Court to reconsider a case about benefits in what appears to be an attempt to narrow the scope of the landmark ruling that legalized same-sex marriage.”

“PA Ballot Question Leads To State Supreme Court Confusion”: Pat Loeb of CBS Philly has this report.

“Malcolm Rowe Formally Appointed To Supreme Court Of Canada”: The Canadian Press has this report.

“Judge Posner says quality of Supreme Court is ‘awful'”: Kim Janssen of The Chicago Tribune has this report.

“Appeals decision for Utah Planned Parenthood stands in unusual review”: The Associated Press has this report on an order denying a sua sponte call for rehearing en banc, accompanied by concurrences and a dissent, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued on Friday.

Self-described “Netflix of Porn” loses appeal from denial of preliminary injunction in reverse-confusion trademark dispute against Amazon.com: You can access Friday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link. Circuit Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum wrote the opinion.

Earlier, Nathan Hale of Law360.com reported on the oral argument of this appeal in an article headlined “11th Circ. Asks If Facts Back Porn Co. In Amazon TM Dispute” (subscription required for full access).

“Federal appeals court upholds Arizona’s new law against ‘ballot harvesting'”: Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court might revisit Arizona ballot collection law.” You can access today’s Ninth Circuit order regarding that court’s consideration of a judge’s sua sponte call for rehearing en banc at this link.

“Supreme Court to Decide if North Carolina Can Bar Sex Offenders From Social Media; State law prohibits sex offenders from accessing certain websites when minors may be members”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Andrew Blake of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court to hear challenge to North Carolina’s social-network ban for sex offenders.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Social Media Ban for Sex Offenders Gets U.S. High Court Review.”

“Supreme Court to Rule in Transgender Access Case”: Adam Liptak has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes and Moriah Balingit have an article headlined “Supreme Court takes up school bathroom rules for transgender students.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court will decide on transgender rights in Virginia school case.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court will rule on transgender rights.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court to Review Transgender Bathroom Access at Public Schools; Court to decide whether schools must follow federal guidance allowing students to choose bathroom.”

Dave Boyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court to hear challenge to Obama’s transgender bathroom rule.”

In today’s edition of The Daily Press of Newport News, Virginia, Frances Hubbard has a front page article headlined “U.S. Supreme Court will hear Gloucester transgender case.”

Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Supreme Court To Hear Critical Challenge Over Transgender Rights; Gavin Grimm’s challenge to a Virginia school district’s anti-transgender restroom policy will be heard by the justices this term, the court announced on Friday.”

Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Supreme Court To Hear Key Dispute Over Transgender Rights In America; The case centers around 17-year-old Gavin Grimm, who’s been barred from using the boys’ restroom at his school.”

And at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center, Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Supreme Court steps into transgender dispute.”

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: More Dogs and Lions.” Aaron Nielson has this post today at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“Who Put the Hit Out on a Florida Criminal Justice Professor?” Francisco Alvarado of Vice.com has this report.

“Appeals panel will not let Larry Klayman defend Cliven Bundy in Bunkerville standoff case”: Jeff German of The Las Vegas Review-Journal has this report.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Ninth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“Tim Kaine: Democrats Will Nuke Filibuster For Supreme Court Nominees If GOP Won’t Cooperate; Senate Republicans are already indicating they’ll block any potential nominee put forward by Hillary Clinton.” Sam Stein and Amanda Terkel of The Huffington Post have this report.

“Telling a Half-Truth Doesn’t Work for Drugmaker”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“‘Journey to the Supreme Court’ — A conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan”: This event occurred this afternoon as part of the Equal Justice Works 2016 Conference and Career Fair.

C-SPAN has posted online at this link the video of the conversation with Justice Kagan.