“WV Supreme Court won’t cancel gas royalty case rehearing”: Ken Ward Jr. of The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette-Mail has this report.

“Trump to stick with conservative list for next Supreme Court pick”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has an article that begins, “President Trump will stick with the same list of potential nominees for the next Supreme Court vacancy, he told The Washington Times in an exclusive interview.”

“Can the Death Penalty Ever Be Implemented Justly? A dialogue on the constitutionality — and justice — of executions.” Slate has this jurisprudence essay, consisting of a conversation between Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner and Senior U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff (S.D.N.Y.), moderated by Joel Cohen.

“For Supreme Court, It’s Decision Time: Key cases this term include one about redistricting and another on church-and-state “ Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Common High Court Ground: The Supreme Court is looking for cases to curb abusive law enforcement seizures.” Perry Grossman has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Georgetown”: Georgetown University has posted this video on YouTube.

In news coverage, Tara Subramaniam of The Hoya — the student newspaper of Georgetown University — reports that “Justice Ginsburg Denounces Unconscious Gender Bias.”

And Lydia Wheeler of The Hill reports that “Ginsburg pines for more collegial court confirmations.”

“Appeal could drag out Trump University settlement; Ex-student plans to take case to 9th Circuit, lawyer says”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.

“Gorsuch Nervous About Showering In Front Of Other Supreme Court Justices”: The Onion has this report.

“Some Possible Nominee Names For The Ninth Circuit”: David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”

Access the audio of my oral argument yesterday before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: Via this link (13.3 MB mp3 audio file). The panel consisted of Circuit Judges Theodore A. McKee and Thomas I. Vanaskie and Senior Circuit Judge Marjorie O. Rendell.

The appellate briefs can be accessed here: my clients’ Brief for Plaintiffs/Appellants; the defendants’ Brief for Appellees; and my client’s Reply Brief for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

“Justice Neil Gorsuch’s Early Days Hint at an Energetic Role; Supreme Court’s new guy interjects frequently and has occasional run-ins with colleagues”: Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

And Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court’s newest justice sticks to ‘plain language.’”

“In folksy talk, Justice Alito shares stories of inner workings of U.S. Supreme Court”: ABA News has this report.

“Trump prepares to seat Judge Thapar, first of scores of conservatives for federal courts”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“Trump Can’t Win His Battle Against the Judges: Try as he might to change the rules, his protests only fuel the fire.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Trump’s Losing Streak in Courts Is Traceable to Conservative Judges”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“Employee’s pay based on past salary OKd by court”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has an article that begins, “An employer can pay a woman less than a man for the same work if the man was paid more at his previous job and if the employer had a reasonable policy to justify reliance on past salaries, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.”

And Sudhin Thanawala of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Employers can pay women less based on past salaries.”

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

A criminal defendant’s lawyer missed attending seven minutes of a 31-hour trial, resulting in a 281-page ruling of the en banc Eleventh Circuit: That’s more than 40 pages of opinion per minute that defense counsel was absent. You can access the entire ruling at this link.

“Alabama judge remands mesothelioma death case involving TVA nuclear plant”: Lucy Berry of AL.com has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday. Chief Judge Ed Carnes wrote the opinion.

“Abbott & Costello head to Supreme Court over ‘Who’s On First'”: Anthony G. Attrino of NJ.com has this report.

“Austin Abortion Clinic Reopens After Supreme Court Ruling. Will Any More Follow? Whole Woman’s Health is accepting appointments in Austin this week while about two dozen other clinics remain closed in the wake of HB 2.” Sophie Novack of The Texas Observer has this report.

“Panel: Probable cause that R.I. Supreme Court justice Flaherty violated ethics code.” Katie Mulvaney of The Providence Journal has this report.

“For Arkansas Community, an Execution Is ‘the One We’re Waiting On'”: Alan Blinder and Manny Fernandez of The New York Times have this report.

“‘Blurred Lines’ Appeal Brief Says Artists Can’t Copyright a Groove”: Ashley Cullins has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.

“Roy Moore will seek U.S. Senate seat”: Brian Lyman has this front page article in today’s edition of The Montgomery Advertiser.

Mike Cason of AL.com reports that “Roy Moore running for Senate, resigns from Supreme Court to challenge Luther Strange.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Suspended Alabama Chief Justice Moore running for US Senate.”

“Difficult legal path forward for Trump in sanctuary cities case”: Mica Rosenberg and Dan Levine of Reuters have this report.

“Has the 9th Circuit gone ‘bananas’? And can Trump break it up?” Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report. And David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news analysis headlined “How some of the Supreme Court’s conservative opinions may lead to a liberal victory on sanctuary cities.”

Michael Doyle of McClatchyDC has a report headlined “With a cudgel and some code words, Trump goes after the judges who displease him.”

And online at The Hill, law professor Jonathan Turley has an essay titled “There are good reasons to split the 9th Circuit, but Trump’s reason isn’t one.”

“The Roberts Court, 2017 Edition”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online today at The New York Times.

Programming note: On Thursday morning, I will be arguing an appeal on behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. As a result, additional posts will not appear here until Thursday afternoon.

As always while I am away from the computer, more frequent appellate-related retweets will appear on this blog’s Twitter feed.

“Justices hear dispute over lower-cost biotech drugs sales”: Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has this report.

And Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court grapples over making copycat biologics available sooner.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Sandoz Inc. v. Amgen Inc., No. 15-1039.

“Justices Alarmed by Government’s Hard-Line Stance in Citizenship Case”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court fears giving government too much power to revoke naturalization.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Justices Challenge Government Position on Stripping Citizenship for Immigrants Over Small Lies; Justice Department lawyer argued that any false statement on naturalization form, even about one’s weight, could cost an individual his citizenship.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today has an article headlined “Lose citizenship for fibbing? Supreme Court justices fume.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Justices seem to favor limits on revoking US citizenship.”

And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. chief justice alarmed at Trump administration immigration case stance.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Maslenjak v. United States, No. 16-309.

“Democrats recycle Gorsuch questions for Thapar; Appeals court nominee refuses to take Democrats’ bait on Trump’s earlier bashing judges”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

And Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost reports that “Donald Trump’s First Lower Court Nominee Is Fine With The President Trashing Judges; ‘It doesn’t matter to us,’ Judge Amul Thapar tells senators.”

“Between Trump and his Justice Department lawyers, a vast disconnect”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today.

And online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Trump’s Eagerness for a Win Hurts Him in Court.”

“Defiant Trump Vows to Take Immigration Case to Supreme Court”: Peter Baker of The New York Times has an article that begins, “President Trump vowed on Wednesday to challenge California jurisdictions all the way to the Supreme Court after a federal judge there stopped him from withholding funds to penalize them for shielding illegal immigrants.”

“First Trump lower-court nominee coasts through Senate hearing; Kentucky federal judge Amul Thapar is up for promotion to the 6th Circuit”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.

Via the web site of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, you can access the video of today’s confirmation hearing.

Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton and Ohio Supreme Court Justice Judith L. French discuss “Interpreting State Constitutions”: On Friday, March 31, 2017, the Inaugural Ohio Chapters Conference of The Federalist Society took place in Columbus, Ohio,

You can view the video of the session described in the title of this post on YouTube via this link.