“The White House also hopes to announce at least 10 judges in the next two weeks, according to people familiar with the deliberations.” According to Josh Dawsey and Josh Gerstein of Politico.com, in an article headlined “Trump administration moving to replace fired U.S. attorneys; More than a month after firing almost all of the Obama-appointed prosecutors, the White House expects to announce picks in the next three weeks.”

“U.S. appeals court to reconsider Ohio execution protocol”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court agrees to rehear Ohio lethal injection case.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link.

My earlier coverage of the now-vacated divided original three-judge panel’s ruling in this case can be accessed here.

“Federal Appeals Court: After 11 Years, There’s No More Reason For Big Tobacco To Delay Warning Ads.” At Consumerist, Chris Morran has this post about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

“Court removes obstacle to releasing wolves in New Mexico”: Dan Elliott of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued today.

“Misdemeanor conviction upheld against Mobile County Revenue Commissioner Kim Hastie”: Lawrence Specker of AL.com has this report on a ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.

“Trump Lawyers Get Creative With First Amendment”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“La Grande native was on hand to witness ceremony; Chris Mammen became friends with Neil Gorsuch at Oxford University”: Josh Benham of The La Grande (Ore.) Observer has this report.

“With Executions in Balance, Supreme Court Grapples Over Role of Experts”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

And in today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has an article headlined “Supreme Court to decide whether defendants are entitled to a mental-health expert on their side.”

In the May 2017 issue of ABA Journal magazine: Mark Walsh has an article headlined “Racially discriminating statements in jury rooms are subject to scrutiny.”

Lorelei Laird has an article headlined “Controversial Supreme Court decision lands on the big screen.”

Victor Li has an article headlined “The 14th: A Civil War-era amendment has become a mini-Constitution for modern times.”

David L. Hudson Jr. has an article headlined “Public Employees, Private Speech: 1st Amendment doesn’t always protect government workers.”

And G.M. Filisko has an article headlined “Gun War: Congress has been silent on guns, but states haven’t, so change is on the horizon.”

“WV Supreme Court hears arguments in hate-crime case”: Erin Beck of The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette-Mail has this report.

Shauna Johnson of West Virginia MetroNews reports that “Hate crime charges against former Marshall football player now a question for state Supreme Court.”

And online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “Sex and Hate in the Mountain State: The West Virginia Supreme Court debates whether an anti-gay hate crime is really a hate crime.”

“Ring-ring: Cellphone interrupts Supreme Court hearing, embarrassing Justice Breyer.” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

The Associated Press has a report headlined “Hello? Justice Stephen Breyer’s cellphone rings in court.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Mark Walsh has a post titled “A ‘view’ from the courtroom: Call waiting.”

“How Justice Thomas’ Discontent Channels Justice Douglas”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.