“Discussing The Lives And Legacies Of Jewish Supreme Court Justices”: Devora Mandell of JewishPress.com has this report.

“Roger Taney statue removed from Maryland State House grounds overnight”: Pamela Wood and Erin Cox of The Baltimore Sun have this report.

Josh Hicks of The Washington Post has an article headlined “Justice Taney defended slavery in 1857. Now his statue is gone from Md.’s State House.”

Scott Calvert of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Maryland Removes Second Taney Statue Overnight; The monument to the former Supreme Court justice who wrote pro-slavery ‘Dred Scott’ decision was on State House grounds in Annapolis.”

Brian Witte of The Associated Press reports that “Maryland removes Dred Scott ruling author’s statue.”

Susan Heavey of Reuters reports that “Maryland removes statue of 19th century slavery advocate.”

And in related news coverage, Tirdad Derakhshani and Chris Mondics of The Philadelphia Inquirer have an article headlined “Philadelphia street has a Civil War-era link: Who was Roger Taney?”

“Uber wins U.S. court appeal to push price-fixing case to arbitration”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.

Chris Dolmetsch of Bloomberg News reports that “Uber Wins Ruling in Bid to Keep Price-Fix Suit Out of Court.”

Greg Bensinger of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Uber Wins Ruling on ‘Terms of Service’ Agreements; Federal court finds online agreements are binding, regardless of whether customers read or understand them.”

And in commentary, Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has a post titled “2nd Circuit’s Uber arbitration ruling huge win for app industry.”

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

“Federal Judicial Nominations: A Quick Recap; The August recess offers a good opportunity to evaluate the state of play in judicial nominations.” David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”

“In Backing Alt-Right, A.C.L.U. Embraces Role in Defending ‘Groups We Detest'”: Joseph Goldstein of The New York Times has this report.

“Ban the Open Carry of Firearms”: John Feinblatt has this essay online at The New York Times.

“U.S. Supreme Court Justice to Visit UA Law School”: The University of Alabama issued this news release today.

“Neil Gorsuch Speech at Trump Hotel Raises Ethical Questions”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

And Matthew Nussbaum of Politico.com reports that “Gorsuch to headline event at Trump Hotel.”

“Labour brawl: A new threat to public-sector unions is headed to the Supreme Court; Can a union charge non-members for negotiating on their behalf?” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

Programming note: This morning, I will be meeting with co-counsel in an appeal scheduled for oral argument next week. As a result, additional posts will appear here this afternoon.

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

“Judging A Book: Kopf Reviews Posner’s ‘Federal Judiciary.'” Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf (D. Neb.) has this review at Law360.com of Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner‘s new book, “The Federal Judiciary: Strengths and Weaknesses.”

“How Roy Moore Won Alabama”: Quin Hillyer has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Can Lower Courts Identify Scrivener’s Errors on Remand in Higher Courts’ Opinions? A Thought on Judge Posner in Sears.” Asher Steinberg has this post at his blog, “The Narrowest Grounds.”

“3rd Circuit backtracks (a teeny bit) on ascertainability, adding to SCOTUS drama”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“U.S. court rules Arkansas can block Planned Parenthood funding”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Federal court: Arkansas can block Planned Parenthood money.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit — in which all three judges on the panel wrote separately — at this link.

Access Judge Thapar’s first published Sixth Circuit opinion since he joined that court: Today, Circuit Judge Amul R. Thapar issued this published opinion on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in a case captioned Gerboc v. ContextLogic, Inc.

As some readers will know, Judge Thapar had previously been the author of published Sixth Circuit opinions, but those issued while he was sitting by designation in his former capacity as a federal district judge.

“We should join the Second, Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits in rejecting our added ascertainability requirement.” So writes Senior Circuit Judge Julio M. Fuentes in an opinion concurring in the decision that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today in City Select Auto Sales Inc. v. BMW Bank of North America Inc.

“Swing time: Justice Kennedy will take centre stage during the Supreme Court’s upcoming term; Disputes over gerrymandering, gay rights and Donald Trump’s travel ban may hinge on his vote.” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

“NY Times must face defamation lawsuit over professor’s slavery comments”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a unanimous per curiam decision that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.

“LinkedIn data-scraping case highlights calls for SCOTUS review of computer fraud law”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“Texas is Ground Zero as Trump steers the federal judiciary to the right; With 13 federal spots open, Trump set to impact legal climate”: Kevin Diaz of The Houston Chronicle has this report.

“Lawsuit over false online data revived after U.S. top court review”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Tech companies urge Supreme Court to boost cellphone privacy”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

“We Have Every Free PACER Opinion on CourtListener.com”: Free Law Project has this post.

“Showdown Coming over Antidiscrimination Law”: Mark Pulliam has this post at the blog of the Library of Law and Liberty about the Second Circuit’s decision to rehear en banc a case asking whether Title VII’s prohibition on sex discrimination encompasses discrimination based on sexual orientation.

And at Fortune.com, law professor Andrew Koppelman recently had a related post titled “Why the Trump Administration Will Lose its Case Against Gay Rights.”

“A Top Lawyer Asks Supreme Court To Hear A Major Death Penalty Case; In a new filing, Neal Katyal is asking the high court to consider Arizona’s death penalty law — and whether the death penalty itself is unconstitutional”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“Assessing the Path to Confirmation for Current and Future Trump Nominees to the Third Circuit”: That was my proposed headline for this month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column, which appears in today’s print edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers.

He is Groot, and he wins this appeal: Fans of the “Guardians of the Galaxy” movie franchise may be interested to learn that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit today issued a ruling in the case captioned Walker v. Groot.

“Sears, Whirlpool win fee reduction in washer lawsuit”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner issued today on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

“Supreme Court 2016 Term in Review: (Apparent) Mistake, Another Textualist Possibility Unexplored in SW General”: Asher Steinberg has this post at his blog, “The Narrowest Grounds.”

“Clashes over Title VII protection of sexual orientation make way toward Supreme Court”: Alex Swoyer has this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Times.

“Women now hold the majority on the Utah Court of Appeals for the first time; But men still wear the majority of judicial robes”: Pamela Manson has this front page article in today’s edition of The Salt Lake Tribune.

“In Recess #3: ‘Third Class Webelo.'” You can access today’s new episode of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Dan Epps and guest host Leah Litman, via this link.

“The spurned couple, the baker and the long wait for the Supreme Court”: Robert Barnes has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“New on This Fall’s Law School Syllabus: Trump.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.