“High Crimes and Misdemeanors: Donald Trump appears determined to violate the Constitution on Day One of his presidency.” Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.

“Sex Offender Lockup Should Trouble Court More”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“Serial child molester loses on appeal”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“Supreme Court thwarts Shumlin in final hours”: April McCullum of The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press has an article that begins, “In a unanimous decision, the Vermont Supreme Court has ruled that outgoing Gov. Peter Shumlin lacks the authority to act this week to replace a justice who will retire at the end of March.”

And Peter Hirschfeld of Vermont Public Radio reports that “Vermont Supreme Court Rules Shumlin Can’t Appoint Justice’s Replacement.”

You can access today’s unanimous per curiam decision of the Supreme Court of Vermont at this link.

“Jim Zirin & William Baude, ‘The Post-Election Future of the Supreme Court after Scalia.'” The University of Chicago Law School recently posted this audio online.

“Harvard Law School dean to step down”: Laura Krantz of The Boston Globe has this report.

Jamie D. Halper and Claire E. Parker of The Harvard Crimson report that “Law School Dean to Step Down in July; Minow to leave deanship as Law School capital campaign surpasses $305 million goal.”

And Jim An of The Harvard Law Record has an article headlined “An Exit Interview with Dean Minow.”

“Patrick steps forward to renew old rivalry with Sessions”: Annie Linskey has this front page article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

“An Exciting New Entrant In The Solicitor General Sweepstakes”: David Lat has this interesting post today at “Above the Law.”

“U.S. chief justice steps aside in patent case over stock conflict”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“Amicus Oral Argument Participation Over Time”: Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Libertarian Judicial Activism Isn’t What the Courts Need”: Mark Pulliam has this post at the “American Greatness” blog.

“Why Republicans Shouldn’t Weaken the Filibuster”: Richard A. Arenberg has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“KBR defeats appeal in U.S. over Nepal, Iraq trafficking claims”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.

“9th Circ. Upholds Cert. In ConAgra’s GMO False Label Row”: Cara Bayles of Law360.com has an article (subscription required for full access) that begins, “The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld the certification of a consumer class alleging ‘all natural’ labels on ConAgra’s Wesson cooking oil misled customers concerned about genetically modified organisms, saying in a published opinion the rules of civil procedure do not require a plan for identifying class members so early in a case.”

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

“7th Circuit affirms Indiana’s ban on robocalls”: Dave Stafford of The Indiana Lawyer has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued yesterday.

“Liberals eye Sessions hearing as preview of Supreme Court fight”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

Seung Min Kim of Politico.com reports that “Schumer takes hard line on Supreme Court pick.”

Bridget Bowman of Roll Call reports that “Schumer Prepared to Hold Supreme Court Seat Open; Minority leader says Democrats will push for ‘mainstream’ nominee.”

Alex Johnson of NBC News has a report headlined “Democrats to Fight Almost Any Trump Supreme Court Nominee: Schumer.”

And at the “Daily Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine, Margaret Hartmann has a post titled “Schumer Says He’ll Fight to Keep Supreme Court Seat Vacant.”

“Paul M. Smith, Legendary Supreme Court Litigator, Joins CLC; Smith Will Lead Groundbreaking Litigation to Advance Key Protections for Democracy”: The Campaign Legal Center issued this news release today.

“Reshaping the courts: Donald Trump is poised to paint America’s judiciary red.” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

“Who will be the next ’10th justice’?” Jonathan H. Adler has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“California Hires Eric Holder as Legal Bulwark Against Donald Trump”: Adam Nagourney of The New York Times has this report.

“SCOTUS Bar Warms Up to Wachtell Lawyer as Possible Trump SG”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report.

“How to Stop a Trump Supreme Court Nominee”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online today at The New Yorker.