“If Animals Have Rights, Should Robots? We can think of ourselves as an animal’s peer — or its protector. What will robots decide about us?” Nathan Heller has this A Critic at Large essay in the November 28, 2016 issue of The New Yorker.

“Post-Election, Liberals Invoke States’ Rights; In response to Trump’s hostility toward immigrants, political leaders in New York and California vow to protect their most vulnerable”: Jelani Cobb has this Comment in the Talk of the Town section of the November 28, 2016 issue of The New Yorker.

“Conservative Lawyers Take Up The Unexpected Opportunity Of Trump’s Win; At the Federalist Society convention, a look back at Justice Antonin Scalia’s life became a look ahead at unified Republican governance — and a revived conservative trajectory for the Supreme Court”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“The Administrative Law Originalism of Neil Gorsuch”: David Feder has this post today at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“UNC’s affirmative action lawsuit moves forward with Supreme Court ruling”: Felicia Bailey of The Daily Tar Heel has an article that begins, “UNC has been fighting a lawsuit against its affirmative action practices for two years, but a precedent-setting Supreme Court ruling from June indicates that the University’s prospects are good.”

“McCain to Trump: Waterboarding won’t be reinstated.” The Associated Press has this report.

“US Supreme Court could hear Impression Products, Lexmark case” Max Garland of The Charleston (W. Va) Gazette-Mail has an article that begins, “A small Charleston company that refills and resells empty toner cartridges could soon be defending itself before the Supreme Court of the United States.”

“Trump’s Supreme Court Priority: An early nomination is important to deal with Obama’s regulations.” The Wall Street Journal has posted this editorial online.

Online at National Review, John Fund has an essay titled “Trump Would Relish a Supreme Court Fight.”

And at National Review’s “The Corner” blog, John G. Malcolm has a post titled “The Trump List of Possible Justices Is Great, but Two Names Are Missing.”

“Supreme Court wannabes audition in Scalia’s shadow”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“SCOTUS dismissal of ATM fees case: Visa, MasterCard swung for a home run, called out on strikes.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“Obama-Era Court Fights Become Mission Impossible After Trump Win”: Erik Larson and Andrew M Harris of Bloomberg News have this report.

“Texas was Obama’s chief antagonist; In Trump’s America, California is eager for the part”: Jazmine Ulloa and Melanie Mason of The Los Angeles Times have this report.

“Can Libel Laws Be Changed Under Trump?” Sydney Ember had this article in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Overturning Roe v Wade is a fantasy; Abortion rights are here to stay”: Bruce Fein has this essay online at The Washington Times.

“CFPB Appeals Ruling That Declared Its Structure Unconstitutional; The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asks court to review October decision that gained significance with Republican election victories”: Yuka Hayashi of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

You can view the CFPB’s D.C. Circuit petition for rehearing en banc at this link.

“Court throws out major cases on ATM fees”: Lyle Denniston has a blog post that begins, “In a ruling likely to be a deep embarrassment for experienced lawyers, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to decide a major dispute it had agreed to hear because the attorneys for the companies involved had switched their argument as the case moved toward a hearing.”

“Jeff Sessions as Attorney General: An Insult to Justice.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Why Korematsu Is Not a Precedent”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Alabama Supreme Court: Prosecutor didn’t discriminate in jury picks in death penalty case.” Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has an article that begins, “The Alabama Supreme Court today for a second time has upheld the conviction and sentence of a death row inmate who says prosecutors struck 10 of 11 blacks from the jury pool at his trial.”

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

“Trump’s appointment of son-in-law could rest on Clinton precedent; In the early ’90s, an appeals court suggested that anti-nepotism laws didn’t bar Hillary from the White House health task force”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.

In addition, Gerstein has a blog post titled “Citing Trump win, feds move to put immigration suit on ice.”

“Do Democrats regret the ‘nuclear option’ now that Trump will be president?” Ted Barrett of CNN.com has this report.

“GOP could nuke filibuster for Supreme Court nominees; Republicans warn that Democratic obstruction of Trump’s pick will come at a steep — possibly historic — price”: Burgess Everett of Politico.com has this report.

“Conservatives let themselves dream big about Scalia’s replacement”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

“How Trump Could Reshape the Lower Federal Courts”: Russell Wheeler has this post today at the “FixGov” blog of The Brookings Institution.

“‘First line of defense’: Democratic states vow to fight Trump in court.” Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“Justice Clarence Thomas Remarks at Federalist Society Convention”: C-SPAN has posted the video at this link.

“Gay cake case may be heading for UK supreme court; Northern Ireland attorney general applies for leave to appeal to top court to review ruling against Ashers Bakery in Belfast”: Henry McDonald of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

“Don Willett’s Quiet Revolution: Social media’s most famous judge is at the forefront of a conservative legal movement that’s redefining what it means to be a judicial activist; And he’s on Donald Trump’s Supreme Court short list.” Eric Benson of The Texas Observer has this report.

“Coming Soon: Trump Supreme Court Nominee.” Kimberly Robinson of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“Appeals court rejects lawsuit against California egg law”: The Associated Press has this report on a decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“U.S. Supreme Court allows ATM fees lawsuits to proceed”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Drops Appeal by Credit Card Companies and Banks; Move allows lawsuits alleging Visa, Mastercard and others conspired to set anticompetitive ATM fees to proceed.”

And The Associated Press reports that “High court dismisses case over high ATM fees.”

“Donald Trump and the Supreme Court”: The National Constitution Center has posted online this “We the People” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick and law professor Jonathan Adler.

“How Painful Can Trump Make the Lives of Immigrants? The threats he actually will and won’t be able to follow through on.” Law professor Amanda Frost has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Alabama death row inmate agrees to untried one-drug lethal injection”: Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has this report.

“How Trump Can Reshape the Courts”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.