“Democratic Ohio Supreme Court Justice William O’Neill eyeing run for governor”: Earlier this week, Julie Carr Smyth of The Associated Press had an article that begins, “The lone Democrat holding an Ohio statewide office said Tuesday he is considering stepping down from his post at year’s end to run for governor.”

“Chuck Schumer’s Supreme Court bluster”: The New York Post has this editorial.

“India’s High Court Favors Nationalism Over Democracy”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“Jeff Sessions, a Lifelong Outsider, Finds the Inside Track”: Sharon LaFraniere and Matt Apuzzo of The New York Times have this report.

In addition, The New York Times has an editorial titled “What Are You Hiding, Jeff Sessions?”

And online at The New York Times, law professor John J. Donohue III and Max Schoenin have an op-ed titled “Jeff Sessions, the Grim Reaper of Alabama.”

“A Look at Thomas Hardiman, Possible Trump SCOTUS Nominee”: Michele Gorman of Newsweek has this report.

“North Carolina Files Supreme Court Cert. Petition in Major Voting Law Case; What Happens Now with Democratic Gov. and AG?” Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog” about this petition for writ of certiorari.

“New Bernian Mike Morgan takes oath as N.C. Supreme Court Justice”: Bill Hand of The New Bern (N.C.) Sun Journal has this report.

“Oklahoma Supreme Court justice’s retirement is a love story; Justice Steven W. Taylor retires his gavel with no plans to fade into the sunset”: Nolan Clay of The Oklahoman has this report.

“California’s top court to decide whether planned speed-up in executions is legal”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Jeff Sessions faces ‘Washington’s bloodsport'”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has an article that begins, “Sen. Jeff Sessions is preparing for yet another confirmation hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee.”

“Waterford attorney, tribes on opposite sides of U.S. Supreme Court case”: Brian Hallenbeck of The Day of New London, Connecticut has this report.

“‘Sister Wives’ renew push for U.S. Supreme Court to take up polygamy case”: Ben Winslow of Fox 13 of Salt Lake City has this report on the recently filed Reply Brief for Petitioners.

“Beatty calls becoming top S.C. judge ‘my improbable journey'”: Tim Flach of The State of Columbia, South Carolina has an article that begins, “New state Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald Beatty on Friday called his path from a lad who peeked into legal proceedings to the second African-American in the post since the mid-1800s ‘my improbable journey.'”

“Coming to Mr. Trump’s Aid in the Matter of Judicial Selection”: Roger Pilon has this post at the “Cato at Liberty” blog.

“And Then There Were Eight: Trump winnows his shortlist for the Supreme Court’s empty seat; And we preview a big special education case that will be argued next week.” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.

“Beyond partisanship: How language affects U.S. Supreme Court justices.” Michigan Radio has this report.

“Nels Peterson’s appointment ups Cobb presence on Georgia Supreme Court”: Jon Gargis of The Marietta Daily Journal has this report.

“Markman to be Chief Justice of Mich. Supreme Court”: Holly Fournier of The Detroit News has this report.

“Alums Miller and Kentfield Land Coveted Supreme Court Clerkships”: Andrew Cohen of Berkeley Law has this report.

“Handicapping Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Shortlist”: David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”

“UNBREAKING: 7th Circuit Recalls ‘Erroneously Issued’ Decision.” Kimberly Robinson of Bloomberg BNA has this report about the Seventh Circuit‘s issuance, and then withdrawal, of its ruling in Ozinga v. Burwell on December 27, 2016.

Robinson’s article reports that “After the order withdrawing the opinion was posted, the erroneously issued opinion disappeared.” That’s true in one sense — the erroneously issued opinion cannot be accessed via that court’s opinion-access page today. But the opinion didn’t disappear instantaneously, if I recall correctly. It remained available for download from the Seventh Circuits web site for some time — many hours, indeed — even after the order withdrawing the opinion was posted.

Linking to the Bloomberg Law version of the now-withdrawn opinion, Robinson speculates that perhaps it was withdrawn because it contained typographical errors, citing as an example the opinion’s listing of the coram of the court as containing an extra period — “Before EASTERBROOK, ROVNER, and SYKES, Circuit Judges..”

But that typo — sorry to say — appears to have been introduced by Bloomberg Law’s editing of the decision. The actual version of the opinion that the Seventh Circuit posted online on December 27, 2016 doesn’t contain two periods after “Circuit Judges” in the line listing the composition of the panel.

“Attorney general pick Sessions has dueling images”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Supreme Court wars escalate”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has an article that begins, “The Supreme Court wars escalated this week when Democrats signaled they are ready to fight for the seat they believe should have gone to Merrick Garland, and already the prospect of the nuclear option is being discussed.”

“U.S. loses bid to overturn AmEx antitrust decision”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the U.S. government’s request that it reconsider its decision allowing American Express Co to stop merchants from encouraging customers to use rival cards that charge lower fees.”

“The Actuarial Life Expectancies of the SCOTUS Short List”: Josh Blackman has this blog post today, along with a post titled “With 15 Days Left in Office, Solicitor General Files Cert Petition in 2nd Amendment Case.”

“Can States Make People Pay Even When Their Convictions Are Overturned? The Supreme Court considers whether states that charge inmates with fees and restitution have to return that money if their convictions are set aside.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

“The Incredible Shrinking Supreme Court”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“Judges corral arguments over wild horse protections in remote California county”: Michael Doyle of McClatchyDC has this article reporting on a case scheduled for oral argument next week at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

“The Extraterritorial Constitution and Government Accountability”: Today at the “Balkinization” blog, Jonathan Hafetz has a post that begins, “Next month, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in an important case regarding the Constitution’s extraterritorial application.”

“Publishing the President’s Role in Advancing Criminal Justice Reform”: The White House account at Medium today has this post from Michael Zuckerman, president of the Harvard Law Review.

“A Week in the Life of Justice Don Willett: A member of the Texas Supreme Court has become ‘the tweetingest judge in America.'” Justice Don Willett has this essay online today at The Wall Street Journal.

“Trump SCOTUS Short-Lister Joan Larsen Is a Fan of Executive Power and Presidential Signing Statements; Examining the record of the Michigan Supreme Court Justice”: Damon Root has this post today at the “Hit & Run” blog of Reason.com.

“What the Chief Justice Should Have Said”: Linda Greenhouse will have this essay in the Sunday Review section of this upcoming Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“President Obama Urges Criminal-Justice Reform in Harvard Law Review”: Marina N. Bolotnikova has this article online today at Harvard Magazine.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Will Baude has a post titled “President Obama’s new Harvard Law Review article.”

“Argument preview: The perversity of tribal sovereignty.” Today at “SCOTUSblog,” Todd Henderson has this guest post previewing next Monday’s oral argument of Lewis v. Clarke, No. 15-1500.