“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.”