“Posner: Class Action Rules, Constitution Overrated.” Perry Cooper of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“Appeals court reinstates ballot selfie ban”: Chad Livengood of The Detroit News has this report.

Bill Laitner of The Detroit Free Press reports that “Court says no ballot-box selfies in Michigan, after all.”

Brad Devereaux of MLive.com reports that “Ballot selfies not allowed in Michigan, federal appeals court rules.”

The Associated Press has a report headlined “US appeals court: Michigan can enforce ballot selfie ban.”

Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Federal Appeals Court Says Michigan ‘Ballot Selfie’ Ban Will Stay In Effect For Now; A lower court had stopped enforcement of the law earlier this week.”

And at his “Election Law Blog,” Rick Hasen has a post titled “Divided 6th Circuit Restores Michigan Ban on Ballot Selfies for this Election.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link. Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton delivered the decision of the court.

“Bad words on license plates get reviewed by Md. high court”: Capital News Service of Maryland had this report last month.

Today. the Court of Appeals of Maryland — that state’s highest court — issued this decision upholding the revocation of the vanity plate in question.

“Justices argue they interpret the law fairly but acknowledge rulings can provoke anger; All five justices up for retention answered questions from The Capital-Journal”: Jonathan Shorman of The Topeka Capital-Journal has this report.

Ninth Circuit denies writ of mandamus to allow Larry Klayman pro hac vice admission to serve as Cliven Bundy’s trial counsel: You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

In earlier coverage, Jeff German of The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported in July 2016 that “Lawyer asks appeals court to let him defend Cliven Bundy in Nevada case.”

“Antonin Scalia remembered for moral courage in commitment to rule of law, Catholic faith”: Bradford Richardson of The Washington Times has this report.

“Uphill Climb for Trump, Clinton to Overturn SCOTUS”: Kimberly Robinson of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court today granted review in five cases.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court to rule in Virginia transgender case“; “Justices to hear sex offender’s challenge to Facebook ban“: and “Justices will consider deportation law for sex offenders.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court takes up transgender rights case” and “U.S. Supreme Court to hear sex offender social media ban case.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Transgender Bathroom Case Will Get U.S. Supreme Court Review.”

“Conviction Reinstated in Facebook Threats Case; Supreme Court had previously overturned the decision in free-speech case”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Man loses latest court fight over violent Facebook posts.”

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

Peter Hall of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania reported on the Third Circuit oral argument (24.0 MB mp3 audio file) that occurred earlier this year in an article headlined “Federal appeals court hears arguments in Anthony Elonis Facebook threats case.”

“Supreme Court nominee could cost next president”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“Vote no on misleading ballot question that would raise judges’ retirement age”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“Moore storms out of lottery selecting his appeal judges”: Brian Lyman has this front page article in today’s edition of The Montgomery Advertiser.

“Clarence Thomas On Supreme Court Gridlock: Washington ‘Is Broken In Some Ways’; The 68-year-old justice offered Republicans in Congress a lesson on how to do your job.” Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.

“Court Backs Harvard in Plagiarism Challenge”: Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed has a post that begins, “Harvard University did not defame or breach a contract with a former law school student when it noted a plagiarism finding on her transcript, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.”

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

“Cruz cites ‘long historical precedent’ of SCOTUS vacancies, lays ground for potential fight”: Eugene Scott and Ted Barrett of CNN.com have this report.

“Antonin Scalia, Disciple of the Word”: Ed Whelan has this essay online today at National Review.

“Lawyer Accuses Justice Thomas of Groping Her at Party in 1999”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Why Bill Gates is trying to change Washington’s Supreme Court”: Reid Wilson of The Hill has an article that begins, “Washington State Supreme Court Justice Charlie Wiggins spent 10 months raising a little over $200,000 for his reelection campaign. On Oct. 17, a single donor — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates — wrote a $200,000 check to a political action committee aiming to boot Wiggins from office.”

“Alaska Lawyer Accuses Justice Thomas of Groping Her at 1999 Dinner Event; Woman said she was motivated to tell story after seeing other women speak up about alleged assaults or inappropriate behavior by influential men”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Federal court asked to invalidate Pa. judge-retirement vote”: Michaelle Bond of The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article that begins, “Two former Supreme Court chief justices and a prominent Philadelphia lawyer are asking a federal court to declare a ballot question extending state judges’ retirement age unconstitutional and any votes cast on it invalid.”

“9th Circuit to corporations: Once you open your mouth, you can’t lie.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Ted Cruz’s dangerous and offensive new threat; Mr. Shutdown threatens to shut down the Supreme Court”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online today at ThinkProgress.

“Eight Is Not Enough: Senate Republicans believe the Supreme Court will be just fine permanently operating one justice down; Here’s how John Roberts can talk sense into them.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.

“Ted Cruz’s Supreme Court remark draws White House criticism”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Lawyer says Justice Thomas groped her in 1999; he denies it”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Lawyer says U.S. Supreme Justice Thomas groped her in 1999.”

“Meet the Florist Sued Over Refusing a Same-Sex Wedding Order”: Patrick Gregory of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“Republicans at war over Supreme Court; Senate Republicans are girding for a brutal conflict over how to handle the lingering Supreme Court vacancy”: Burgess Everett of Politico.com has a report that begins, “Senate Republicans are choosing sides ahead of a brutal conflict over how to handle the lingering Supreme Court vacancy, with Jeff Flake firing back Thursday at a suggestion by Ted Cruz that the party could indefinitely block any nominee from Hillary Clinton.”

“Narrowing Down Clinton’s Choices For Supreme Court Nominee”: Adam Feldman recently had this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“This Could Be The Beginning Of The End Of The Supreme Court As We Know It; Conservatives lay the groundwork for blocking all of Hillary Clinton’s nominees”: Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.

“Supreme Court braces for another term with only 8 justices”: Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this post online today at ABA Journal.

“It’s the Supreme Court, not the Senate, that needs to do its job right now”: Law professor Eric J. Segall has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

SCOTUSDaily interviews BuzzFeed’s Chris Geidner: You can read the interview at this link.

“Lee v. Tam: Offensive Trademarks at the Supreme Court: Speech Rights and Government Prerogative.” Erica Goldberg has this post — the first in a series — at her “In a Crowded Theater” blog.

“On the Web, Cults of Personality for Ginsburg, Thomas”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“Are copyright claims stifling free speech on the Internet?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.