“Supreme Court Name-Checks Kim Kardashian While Trying To Define A Legal Term; The reality star’s robbery came up during oral arguments in a bank fraud case”: Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has an article headlined “Yes, A Supreme Court Justice Discussed Kim Kardashian’s Robbery In Court.”

“Supreme Court opens with a complicated case of double jeopardy”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

And on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Hears First Round Of Arguments In New Term.”

“Supreme Court Advocates Verrilli & Clement Join Big Law Firms”: Bloomberg Law has this podcast featuring Greg Stohr.

“Supreme Court starts new term with more questions than answers”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

“Should Racism in the Jury Room Lead to a New Trial? The Supreme Court will hear the case of a Latino man convicted after racist sentiments were allegedly expressed during deliberations, but longstanding rules about juries would prevent him from getting a new day in court.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

“On ‘The Troublesome Use of Photographs . . . and Other Images’ in Federal Court Opinions”: Paul Horwitz has this post today at “PrawfsBlawg.”

“Don Verrilli, Former Solicitor General, Predicts How the Supreme Court Might Impact Entertainment; After leaving the Obama Admistration to join Munger, Tolles & Olson, the attorney discusses the move”: Eriq Gardner has this post today at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.

“Fruitful Arguments in Supreme Court Puerto Rico Bribery Case”: Jess Bravin has this post today at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog.”

“Donald Trump Would Have Trouble Winning a Suit Over The Times’s Tax Article”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

And Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has an article headlined “If Donald Trump Sues The Times Over His Tax Returns, He’ll Probably Lose Badly; First Amendment experts overwhelmingly say the businessman almost stands no chance in court.”

“Markel suspect Rivera avoids trial, agrees to plea deal”: Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has an article that begins, “Luis Rivera will spend an additional seven years in prison in exchange for providing key information in the killing of Florida State law professor Dan Markel. It was the break prosecutors say they needed in the high-profile murder case that seemed stalled weeks before trial.”

ABC News reports that “Accused Hitman in FSU Murder Case Now Cooperating With Authorities.”

The Canadian Press reports that “Man pleads guilty in Florida shooting death of Canadian law professor.”

And at “Above the Law,” David Lat has a post titled “The Dan Markel Case: Luis Rivera Pleads Guilty.”

“The Unexpected Importance of Clarence Thomas: Long overshadowed by Scalia, the quiet radical is poised to shape his legacy.” Law professor Richard Primus has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“U.S. justices skeptical of Puerto Rican politician’s bribery appeal”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“High Court Term Opens With, Yes, a Nod to Kim Kardashian”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has filed appeal of his suspension”: Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has this report.

“En banc 5th Circuit asks: Why do people buy into pyramid schemes?” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today.

“Alabama chief justice begins appeal of ethics conviction”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Justices hear argument over bribery charges in Puerto Rico”: The Associated Press has this report.

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Bravo-Fernandez v. United States, No. 15-537.

“Republican Obstruction Is Undermining The Supreme Court, Enough Is Enough”: President Barack Obama has this essay today at The Huffington Post.

“The state’s highest court just made a major ruling on parental rights”: John R. Ellement of The Boston Globe has an article that begins, “A woman can seek parental rights to the child her former same-sex partner conceived through artificial insemination, even though the two women had never married, the state’s highest court ruled Tuesday in a groundbreaking decision.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court grants full parental rights to unmarried gay woman.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at this link.

“Oklahoma Supreme Court tosses another abortion law”: Barbara Hoberock of The Tulsa World has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Oklahoma Supreme Court invalidates law restricting abortion.”

“Appeals court rules in union, Mercedes-Benz leaflet dispute”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.

“Constitution Check: Why does the Supreme Court refuse to hear some big cases?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Still Down A Justice, Supreme Court Term Is Off To A Restrained Start”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“Supreme Court, like the country, struggles with race”: Joan Biskupic of CNN.com has this report.

“Judges Push Brevity in Briefs, and Get a Torrent of Arguments”: Elizabeth Olson has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

As of the time of this posting, the newspaper has corrected one error in the article, noting that Anthony M. Kennedy is technically not the Chief Justice. However, the article still contains an even greater oversight, stating that the new FRAP briefing word limits will only shorten the permissible maximum length of principal appellate briefs by 500 words, when in fact the reduction will be 1,000 words.

Update: As of 1:45 p.m. eastern time, the article has been corrected to note that the impending FRAP principal appellate brief word limit reduction will be 1,000 words, not 500 words.

“Court rejects challenge to Detroit bankruptcy pension cuts”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued yesterday.

“The Supreme Court Will Hear Its First Insider-Trading Case in 20 Years”: Greg Stohr and Patricia Hurtado of Bloomberg News have this report.

“Appeals court rules against Indiana Gov. Mike Pence in Syrian refugee case”: Stephanie Wang of The Indianapolis Star has this report.

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Court rebukes Mike Pence, rules states must accept Syrian refugees.”

The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court upholds order against Pence on Syrian refugees.”

Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court sides against Pence in Syrian refugee case.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com reports that “Federal court blasts Pence on Syrian refugees.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “Court rejects Pence’s rebuff of Syrian refugees; The 7th Circuit says the GOP veep nominee’s stance is based on ‘nightmare speculation.’”

Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Federal Appeals Court Slams Mike Pence For Syrian Refugee Opposition.”

And Elise Foley and Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post report that “Mike Pence Can’t Bar Syrian Refugees Based On ‘Nightmare Speculation,’ Court Rules; The ruling was joined by Diane Sykes, one of the judges on Donald Trump’s short list for the Supreme Court.”

Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner wrote today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel.

“U.S. Supreme Court to weigh unclaimed property dispute; Nation’s top court opens 2016 term Monday by agreeing to hear a case that could take a bite out of Delaware’s budget”: Jessica Masulli Reyes of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Justices to referee states’ dispute over uncashed checks.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters is reporting: Today, Hurley has articles headlined “U.S. Supreme Court begins new term, still shorthanded“; “U.S. top court denies Obama request to rehear major immigration case“; “U.S. justices refuse to hear college athlete compensation cases“; “U.S. top court refuses to hear Redskins trademark appeal“; “U.S. top court rejects bid to revive Wisconsin governor probe“; and “Supreme Court rejects Taser excessive force case.”

In addition, Hurley appeared on this morning’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” in a segment titled “Opening Day of New Supreme Court Term.”

“Judge Posner vs. Professor Dorf on Legal Writing”: David Ziff has this post today at his “Ziff Blog.”

“Justice Breyer talks trust, rule of law”: The Yale Daily News has this report.

“Supreme Court Begins Term With Crime and Punishment”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“Reframing the Confirmation Debate”: Adam Feldman has this essay online at the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.

“High Court Rebuffs Obama, Won’t Revisit Stalled Immigration Plan”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report, along with an article headlined “NCAA Athlete Pay Dispute Sidestepped by U.S. Supreme Court.”