“The Sage of Yale Law: Anthony Kronman was a university dean. Now he’s a ‘born-again pagan’ who thinks he might have discovered the meaning of life.” Joshua Rothman has this post online today at The New Yorker.

“The Supreme Court Confronts Racism in the Jury Room: Is racism in deliberations any less toxic than racism in open court?” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

“Cochran likely to pick federal judge to replace Jolly”: Sid Salter has this essay online at The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi.

“5th Circ. Won’t Rehear 3-D Gun Printing Restriction Dispute”: Jess Krochtengel of Law360.com has a report (subscription required for full access) that begins, “The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday declined to rehear en banc a gun advocacy group’s argument that the U.S. Department of State had wrongfully barred it from posting digital firearm designs for 3-D printing online.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denying rehearing en banc by a 9-to-5 vote, and the dissent therefrom, at this link.

My earlier coverage of the original divided three-judge Fifth Circuit panel’s ruling can be accessed here.

“Federal appeals court rules Alabama Death Row inmate Vernon Madison can’t be executed”: Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has this report.

And Brian Lyman of The Montgomery Advertiser reports that “Death row inmate found incompetent to face execution.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“The Final Stretch: Cases from the Last Two Months of Supreme Court Oral Arguments.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Ninth Circuit denies rehearing en banc in Washington v. Trump: You can access this evening’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denying rehearing en banc, and the opinions concurring in and dissenting from that order, at this link. The order notes that “Filings by other judges may follow.”

Update: In news coverage, Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Federal Appeals Court Will Let Ruling Against Trump’s Original Travel Ban Stand; The decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit not to rehear the decision means the appeals court will not vacate its earlier order — which contained some strong language about the limits of executive authority.”

“Jerry Brown’s second chance to remake California’s Supreme Court”: The Los Angeles Times has this editorial.

“Special Alabama Supreme Court grants suspended Chief Justice Roy Moore speedy trial request”: Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has this report.

“The judicial nomination war started with Bork. Let’s end it with Gorsuch.” Former U.S. District Judge James Robertson (D.D.C.) has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch peaked at the right time”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“Should Agencies Decide Law? Doctrine May Be Tested at Gorsuch Hearing.” Law professor Steven Davidoff Solomon has this post at the “DealBook” blog of The New York Times.

“New TV Ads Hit SCOTUS Nominee For Putting Corporations Over People; They’re aimed at pressuring two vulnerable GOP senators, Jeff Flake and Dean Heller, to oppose Neil Gorsuch”: Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post has this report.

“How Gorsuch is preparing for his Senate showdown: The Supreme Court nominee is undergoing ‘murder boards’ and boning up on his own rulings ahead of next week’s confirmation hearings.” Seung Min Kim of Politico.com has this report.

“Gorsuch and Hamburger”: Attention was bound to shift to the nominee’s food preferences, as in this blog post today from Eric Posner.

“Third Circuit Oral Arguments, in Online Video and in the Courtroom”: Yesterday’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers, contained this month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column.

“Gorsuch view on scope of Second Amendment a judicial mystery”: Holbrook Mohr of The Associated Press has this report.

“Yes, Trump Is Being Held Accountable”: Law professor Jack Goldsmith has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Schumer: Democrats remain skeptical of Gorsuch, may block him.” Ted Barrett of CNN.com has this report.

Laura Litvan of Bloomberg News reports that “Schumer Likely to Oppose Gorsuch Confirmation as Hearing Nears.”

Lydia Wheeler of The Hill has a report headlined “Schumer on Gorsuch: Don’t change the rules, change the nominee.”

And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Democrats preview line of attack on ‘pro-corporate’ high court nominee.”

“Ninth Circuit sends The Turtles to the [Calif.] Supreme Court”: David Ettinger has this post at the “At the Lectern” blog about an order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

Current round of sex toy due process-related litigation achieves en banc review in the Eleventh Circuit: You can view yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit granting en banc review at this link.

My earlier coverage of the original Eleventh Circuit three-judge panel’s ruling in the case, which had urged full-court review, can be accessed here and here.

As demonstrated by a 194-page en banc ruling that the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday — about which I am likely to post more at some point in the not too distant future — the Atlanta-based federal appellate court knows how to make en banc review interesting.

“Missing Comma Gives New Wheels to Maine Drivers’ OT Claims”: Jay-Anne B. Casuga of Bloomberg BNA has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued Monday.

“Cat-loving judge makes case that has nothing to do with cats all about cats”: Kim Janssen of The Chicago Tribune has an article that begins, “He’s Chicago’s most feared judge and a self-described ‘cat person.’ Now 78-year-old appellate Judge Richard Posner has found a way to combine his profession with his hobby.”

“Alito and the Code: Did the Supreme Court justice’s recent appearance at the Claremont Institute violate the ethical guidelines for United States judges?” Law professor Steven Lubet has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Democrats’ Misguided Argument Against Gorsuch”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“Yes, Gorsuch Matters”: Asher Steinberg has this post at his blog, “The Narrowest Grounds.”

“Ban on Head Scarves at Work Is Legal, E.U. Court Rules”: Dan Bilefsky of The New York Times has this report.

You can access at this link today’s ruling of the European Court of Justice along with a related news release.

“Judge Gorsuch failed our family”: Frank, David, and Katherine Hwang and Jean Hwang Carrant have this essay online at The San Francisco Chronicle.

The ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit that the essay focuses on can be accessed here.

“Neil Gorsuch Has Web of Ties to Secretive Billionaire”: Charlie Savage and Julie Turkewitz will have this front page article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Key Democrats Are Undecided As They Prepare To Grill Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee; With Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination hearings set to begin next week, several red state Democrats and even some liberal members say they haven’t decided how they’ll vote on President Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court”: Emma Loop of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“Gorsuch’s environment record: Neither a clear friend or foe.” Holbrook Mohr and Mitch Weiss of The Associated Press have this report.

And Holbrook Mohr and Sudhin Thanawala of The Associated Press have a report headlined “Few clues on how a Justice Gorsuch would vote on immigration.”

“Judicial Conference Asks Congress to Create New Judgeships”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today.

Of the 57 new Article III judgeships being requested, only five are for appellate judges, and all five (if approved) would go to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, increasing that court’s number of authorized active judges from 29 to 34.

“Does Gorsuch matter?” Eric Posner has this blog post today.

“Fifth Circuit Judge Assails DOJ ‘Arrogance’ in Voting Rights Case”: Miriam Rozen of Texas Lawyer has this report. The portion of Fifth Circuit Judge Jerry E. Smith‘s dissent that is the focus of this article can be accessed here.

And in earlier coverage of the three-judge district court’s ruling (access the dissent directly at this link) at his “Elecction Law Blog,” Rick Hasen has a post titled “Analysis: Texas Redistricting Decision Major Victory for Voting Rights Bar and May Pave Way for Texas to Be Back under Federal Supervision.”

“Court Cash: 2016 Election Money Resulting Directly From Supreme Court Rulings.” Demos issued this report today. The organization’s related news release can be accessed here.