“Supreme Court to consider ‘water wars’ report”: The News Service of Florida has an article that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court will take the next step March 17 in Florida’s lawsuit against Georgia over water use in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river system.”

“Gorsuch willing to limit environmental groups in land cases”: Holbrook Mohr and Garance Burke of The Associated Press have this report.

“Medical device makers stand to gain if Neil Gorsuch approved for Supreme Court; The state’s device makers stand to gain if Supreme Court nominee confirmed”: Jim Spencer of The Minneapolis Star Tribune has this report.

“The Incentive to Leak Is Right in the Constitution”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

The Federalist Society has posted online video from its 2017 National Student Symposium at Columbia Law School: Second Circuit Judge Reena Raggi served as moderator of Panel 1, titled “Privacy and Freedom of the Press.” You can view the video on YouTube via this link.

You can view the video of Panel 2, titled “Campaign Finance and Free Speech,” via this link.

Panel 2 was followed by a session titled “Debate: ABA Model Rule 8.4.” Eighth Circuit Judge Lavenski R. Smith moderated the debate, in which law professor Eugene Volokh was a participant. You can view the video via this link.

Eleventh Circuit Judge William H. Pryor, Jr. served as the moderator of Panel 3, titled “Religious Liberty after the USCCR Report.” You can view the video via this link.

Third Circuit Judge Thomas M. Hardiman served as moderator of Panel 4, titled “Universities and the First Amendment.” You can view the video via this link.

Finally, law professor Richard A. Epstein delivered the keynote address, the video of which you can view via this link.

“Neil Gorsuch is exactly the kind of Supreme Court justice we need”: Josh Hawley, Missouri’s attorney general, has this essay at CNN.com.

“How Gorsuch the Clerk Met Kennedy the Justice: A Tale of Luck.” Adam Liptak and Nicholas Fandos had this front page article in yesterday’s edition of The New York Times.

Programming note: On Friday, I will be traveling to Chicago, where on Friday afternoon I will be visiting the University of Chicago Law School for the first time since 2005. I won’t be returning home until Saturday night. As a result, additional posts will not appear here until Sunday.

As always while I am traveling, appellate-related retweets are likely to appear on this blog’s Twitter feed.

“Two judges, private attorney are nominees for vacant Missouri Supreme Court seat”: Nassim Benchaabane of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has this report.

“The Constitution Has Masked Protesters Covered”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“Postpone the Gorsuch Hearings: His nomination to the Supreme Court cannot be separated from the serious questions that plague the Trump presidency.” Dahlia Lithwick and law professor Sonja West have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The White House Is Vetting One Of Trump’s Supreme Court Short-Listers For Another Court Seat; Judge Amul Thapar, one of the judges that Trump said he was considering for the US Supreme Court, is a frontrunner for a federal appeals court seat; The FBI has been doing background checks on the Kentucky federal judge in recent weeks, sources tell BuzzFeed News”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“A ‘living Constitution’ on the right? The left should be glad that Gorsuch is an originalist and not a conservative activist.” Law professor Glenn Harlan Reynolds has this essay online today at USA Today.

“Florida Supreme Court upholds ban on openly carrying guns”: Dan Sweeney of The South Florida Sun Sentinel has this report.

And Jim Saunders of The News Service of Florida reports that “Justices uphold ban on openly carrying guns; Justices sided with the 4th District Court of Appeal, which ruled in 2015 against a man arrested in St. Lucie County for openly carrying a gun in a holster.”

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

“Companies back transgender rights in Supreme Court fight”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“Sandy Hook Parents File 1st Argument To Supreme Court In Gun Lawsuit Case”: Dave Altimari of The Hartford Courant has this report.

“Affirmative action in UT admissions faces new legal challenge”: Ralph K.M. Haurwitz of The Austin American-Statesman has an article that begins, “A new round of litigation challenging the consideration of race in admissions at the University of Texas is being organized by the same UT alumnus who took a similar case to the U.S. Supreme Court twice and lost.”

“‘Tenth Justice’ Not Likely for Several Months”: Kimberly S. Robinson of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“U.S. court rejects bid to overturn NYC law on sale of dogs, cats”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“Texas Supreme Court hears gay marriage case”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.

Andrea Zelinski of The Houston Chronicle reports that “Texas Supreme Court hears Houston same-sex benefits case.”

And Alexa Ura of The Texas Tribune reports that “Treat same-sex couples the same as others, Texas Supreme Court told; Same-sex couples are entitled to the same treatment as opposite-sex couples, a lawyer for the city of Houston argued before the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday in a case challenging the city’s benefits policy for married same-sex couples.”

“Outsourcing the Constitution”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Supreme Court Returns Virginia Voting District Case to Lower Court”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes and Gregory S. Schneider of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court says Virginia redistricting must be reexamined for racial bias.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Revives Gerrymander Challenge to Virginia Legislative Districts; Critics say state’s General Assembly packed black voters into a handful of state House districts.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court blocks Virginia districts over use of race.”

Graham Moomaw of The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that “U.S. Supreme Court orders reexamination of Virginia General Assembly racial gerrymandering case.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court backs review of Virginia voting districts in race case.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “High Court Orders New Look at Virginia Voting District Suit.”

Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Supreme Court Sides With Democrats In Challenge To Virginia’s Racially Drawn Districts; But the justices stopped short of declaring that the districts violated the Constitution.”

Kevin Robillard of Politico.com reports that “Supreme Court calls for further review of Virginia legislative map.”

At the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center, Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court gives new guidance on racial gerrymandering.”

And in commentary, online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “The Way Toward a Voting-Rights Compromise.”

“Supreme Court Nomination Process: Supreme Court attorneys, court watchers and experts on the confirmation process took part in a discussion at the Georgetown University Law Center on the road ahead for Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch.” C-SPAN has posted this video of an event that Adam Liptak of The New York Times moderated this afternoon.

“First, They Came for the Sex Offenders . . . We must speak up for the rights of those on the fringes of society; The Supreme Court’s ruling on sex offenders’ First Amendment rights will signal how much protection we can all expect.” Perry Grossman has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Is Same-Sex Marriage Safe? The Texas Supreme Court takes on the first major effort to roll back marriage equality in the age of Trump.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Why Gorsuch could lead court in wrong direction”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this essay at CNN.com.

“Rare re-argument ordered in insider trading appeal of SAC’s Martoma”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report.

“Both Sides Want The Supreme Court To Rule On This Transgender Bathroom Case; Because of a recent Trump administration move, what looked likely to be a case about federal regulatory deference could become a landmark trans rights case — if the justices agree to keep the case on its docket”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.

Access the contents of the February 2017 issue of The Yale Law Journal: Via this link.

Among other things, the issue contains law professor Aditya Bamzai‘s article titled “The Origins of Judicial Deference to Executive Interpretation.”

“Some SCOTUS Scheduling Speculation: Enough Is Enough.” Perry Cooper of Bloomberg BNA has this post at the “U.S. Law Week: On the Merits Blog.”

“The judgment of Posner: On the character and jurisprudence of the federal judge.” Conrad Black has this article in the March 2017 issue of The New Criterion.

Access today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in an argued case: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court in Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Bd. of Elections, No. 15-680. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. And Justice Clarence Thomas issued an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part. You can access the oral argument via this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court mainly rules for black voters in Virginia case.”

Penile fibrosis, on appeal: A partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued this decision yesterday.

“Late actor Heston’s insult of judge helps upend murder conviction”: Joseph Ax of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.