“Supreme Court nominee has both sides preparing for battle; Trump to name pick for court on Tuesday”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“Bush’s Chosen One: Tom Hardiman is President Bush’s pick for a federal judgeship in Pittsburgh; But his record of defending discrimators and blurring the line between church and state raises questions about just how judicious Hardiman is.” Rich Lord had this article in the Pittsburgh City Paper back in June 2003.

And C-SPAN has posted at this link the video of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee‘s confirmation hearing on then-U.S. District Judge Hardiman’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

“Democrats consider backing off big battle over Trump’s Supreme Court pick”: Manu Raju and Ted Barrett of CNN.com have this report.

“Trump’s Supreme Court pick gets personal: Without a consistent judicial philosophy, Trump is choosing between candidates with similar philosophies but contrasting life stories.” Shane Goldmacher and Eliana Johnson of Politico.com have this report.

“Judge Thomas Hardiman — ‘Dark horse’ Supreme Court candidate with solid conservative credentials”: Amy Howe has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

And Molly Runkle has a post titled “Judge William Pryor — A southern conservative who speaks his mind.”

“How Trump Can Use the Supreme Court to Get Conservatives in Line: The president moved up his announcement of a nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia by two days, just as his immigration order is coming in for criticism from social conservatives.” David A. Graham of The Atlantic has this report.

And online at The Washington Post, columnist Marc A. Thiessen has an essay titled “Trump should go nuclear on his Supreme Court nominee.”

“Will Donald Trump pick Colorado’s Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court?” Mark K. Matthews of The Denver Post has this report.

“Justice Sotomayor says lack of black students at UM ‘a real problem'”: Matt Durr of MLive.com has this report.

Matt Harmon of The Michigan Daily reports that “Justices Sotomayor and Baer discuss the future of academia at Bicentennial colloquium.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Justice Sotomayor says universities need more diversity.”

“‘Scalia Index’ shines light on possible Trump Supreme Court pick”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“White House warns Senate Democrats against Supreme Court filibuster”: Dave Boyer of The Washington Times has this report.

And Amanda Terkel of The Huffington Post reports that “The White House Is Outraged Democrats Aren’t Giving Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee A Chance.”

“How a Trump Supreme Court Pick Could (or Could Not) Sway Cases”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Indiana’s statutory vape regulations violate the dormant Commerce Clause prohibition against extraterritorial legislation, Seventh Circuit rules: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

Update: In early news coverage, Tim Evans, Tony Cook, and Mark Alesia of The Indianapolis Star report that “Federal court finds part of vaping law unconstitutional.”

“A Bad Man Is Hard to Find”: This Note appeared in the June 2014 issue of the Harvard Law Review.

In a decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued last Friday, that court grappled with the bad men provision of the 1868 Treaty establishing the Ute reservation.

“Senate Dems will filibuster Trump’s Supreme Court nominee; It will be only the second time in modern history that the Senate has mounted a filibuster against a nominee”: Burgess Everett of Politico.com has this report.

“Judge Neil Gorsuch — Colorado native and Washington, D.C., veteran”: Andrew Hamm has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“SCOTUS Nomination: Three Reasons to Suspect Gorsuch and One Reason to be Skeptical.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Durbin not ruling out filibuster of Trump Supreme Court nominee”: Lynn Sweet of The Chicago Sun-Times has this report.

“Inside the Trial of Dylann Roof: The complicated moral calculations that followed a horrific crime.” Jelani Cobb has this article in the February 6, 2017 issue of The New Yorker.

“How Trump’s Nominee Will Alter The Supreme Court”: Oliver Roeder has this post at FiveThirtyEight.

“Early wins against Trump immigration order may not last; Initial court rulings protect travelers caught in limbo, but a full derailing of the president’s directive will be tough”: Josh Gerstein and Seung Min Kim of Politico.com have this report.

“Trump to announce Supreme Court pick on Tuesday”: Richard Wolf and David Jackson of USA Today have an article that begins, “Setting up a high-stakes legal and political battle, President Trump said Monday he will announce his Supreme Court choice in a prime-time address Tuesday night, two days earlier than scheduled.”

Reuters reports that “Trump to announce U.S. Supreme Court nominee on Tuesday.”

And Sophie Tatum and Jeff Zeleny of CNN.com report that “Donald Trump Supreme Court choice announcement coming Tuesday 8 p.m.”

The announcement is formally scheduled for 8 p.m. eastern time on Tuesday. In the recent past, the identity of the nominee has emerged in the hours before the President’s official announcement, so stay tuned!

“Trump’s team gets ready for Supreme Court fight; With a pick expected this week, Trump’s advisers and outside groups are preparing a $10 million campaign to sway Senate Democrats”: Shane Goldmacher of Politico.com has this report.

Mary Clare Jalonick of The Associated Press reports that “Trump’s justice pick to trigger intense pressure on Senate.”

And Jeff Zeleny and Dan Merica of CNN.com report that “Trump set to make his Supreme Court pick as part of a frenetic Week 2.”