“NC court officials refuse to explain what’s behind Supreme Court rule change”: Anne Blythe of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has an article that begins, “A new rule that allows the N.C. Supreme Court to call back retired justices to serve on a case-by-case basis to avoid potential deadlocks has flummoxed the legal community since it was put in place on Election Day.”

“Gov. Doug Ducey appoints two Arizona Supreme Court justices”: Michael Kiefer and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez of The Arizona Republic have this report.

And Howard Fischer of The Arizona Capitol Times reports that “Ducey selects Lopez, Gould as new Supreme Court justices.”

“Micro-Symposium: Richard Posner’s ‘What is Obviously Wrong with the Federal Judiciary.'” The Green Bag has today posted this collection of short essays online at SSRN.

“Grand jurors weighing Magbanua’s connection to Markel murder”: Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“Donald Trump Faces Obstacles to Resuming Waterboarding”: Matt Apuzzo and James Risen of The New York Times have this report.

“Ask the author: Adler and others on ‘Business and the Roberts Court.'” Ronald Collins has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“7th Circuit can make civil rights history for gay and lesbian employees”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today.

“Judicial Nominations: The Constitution Project held a discussion on Senate Republicans’ successful efforts to block President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee D.C. Circuit Court Judge Merrick Garland.” C-SPAN has posted the video of this recent event at this link.

“Supreme Court Agenda in the Trump Era? A Justice Seems to Supply One.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Stop Proposition 8, and marriage inequality in California, from making a comeback”: Law professor Brian Soucek has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

Access the contents of the November 2016 issue of The Yale Law Journal: Via this link.

Therein, law professors Aziz Z. Huq and Jon D. Michaels have an article titled “The Cycles of Separation-of-Powers Jurisprudence.”

Grace E. Hart has a note titled “State Legislative Drafting Manuals and Statutory Interpretation.”

And law professor Eric A. Posner has a review of Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s book, “The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities.”

Access the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Beckles v. United States, No. 15-8544: At this link.

“OT 2016 #6: ‘Live By The Sword, Die By The Sword.'” You can access the newly posted sixth episode of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Ian Samuel, Dan Epps, and special guest Leah Litman, via this link.

“Lawsuit Aims to Hold 2 Contractors Accountable for C.I.A. Torture”: Sheri Fink and James Risen have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“The Republican Assault On The Integrity Of The Supreme Court”: Law professor Geoffrey R. Stone has this essay online at The Huffington Post.

“The Attorney Fighting Revenge Porn: Carrie Goldberg is a pioneer in the field of sexual privacy, using the law to defend victims of hacking, leaking, and other online assaults.” Margaret Talbot has this “Annals of Law” article in the December 5, 2016 issue of The New Yorker.

“Taliban fighter case stirs question on law of armed conflict”: Eric Tucker of The Associated Press has this preview of a case scheduled to be orally argued on December 9, 2016 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in no new cases but called for the views of the Solicitor General’s office in one case.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court rejects church’s appeal over marijuana laws” and “Justices reject appeal of Ponzi scheme conviction.”

And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court rejects financier Stanford’s Ponzi scheme appeal.”