“The statistic’s sublime pointlessness is pure baseball.” So writes Stephen Marche in a post online at The New Yorker titled “The Error in Baseball and the Moral Dimension to American Life.”

“Gerrymandering and Association”: Online at SSRN, law professor Daniel P. Tokaji has posted an article whose abstract begins, “This article argues that the First Amendment expressive right of association prohibits excessive partisan gerrymanders.” (h/t “Legal Theory Blog“)

“Military Commissions Loom Large at Supreme Court”: Harry Graver has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“The Authority of the Court”: At the “Balkinization” blog, Joseph Fishkin has a post that begins, “The Justices of the Supreme Court are nine of the most powerful people on the face of the earth. Yet it seems to be their lot to be forever anxious that exercising their power might undermine it.”

“Appeals court rejects strict ‘bare-metal’ defense in asbestos cases”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.

“Supreme Court Weighs Immigrants’ Rights to Have Detention Reviewed”: Vivian Yee will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court debates long detentions for immigrants facing deportation.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court wrestles with immigration bond hearing dispute.”

And Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court weighs case on detention of immigrants.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court reargument of Jennings v. Rodriguez, No. 15-1204.

“Steak Rubs, Gobbledygook and the Future of American Politics”: Jesse Wegman has this Editorial Observer essay online at The New York Times.

“Fake news comes to the Supreme Court”: Columnist Dana Milbank has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Gorsuch Could Disappoint Conservatives On Immigration”: Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux has this post at FiveThirtyEight.

“Whoa! See Felicity Jones’ amazing transformation into Ruth Bader Ginsburg.” Bryan Alexander of USA Today has this report.

“Justice Department appeals lawyer on Mueller Russia probe”: Karen Freifeld of Reuters has this report.

“Kennedy’s Vote Is in Play on Voting Maps Warped by Politics”: Adam Liptak and Michael D. Shear of The New York Times have this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court takes up Wisconsin as test in partisan gerrymandering claims.”

On this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Partisan Gerrymandering: How Much Is Too Much?”

And at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist, Steven Mazie has a post titled “Slaying the gerrymander: The justices puzzle over how to rein in partisan redistricting; The key vote, Anthony Kennedy, may be inclined to finally set limits to the practice.”

“Ginsburg Slaps Gorsuch in Gerrymandering Case”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker.

“A ‘view’ from the courtroom: A big windup on partisan gerrymandering.” Mark Walsh has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“With Justice Kennedy Seriously Considering Being the 5th Vote to Rein in Partisan Gerrymandering, The Chief Justice Worries About the Political Thicket”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”

Access the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Gill v. Whitford, No. 16-1161: At this link.

“For the first time, the Supreme Court seems receptive to imposing some limits on partisan gerrymanders”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court debates politics, and Kennedy’s silence speaks volumes.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com reports that “Anthony Kennedy doesn’t tip hand in gerrymandering case.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “Supreme Court eyes partisan gerrymandering; Kennedy seen as swing vote that could blunt GOP’s map-drawing successes.”

And earlier, online at The New Yorker, Jeff Shesol had a post titled “The Supreme Court Takes Up a Major Gerrymandering Case.”

“Mueller Tasks an Adviser With Getting Ahead of Pre-Emptive Pardons”: Greg Farrell of Bloomberg News has an article that begins, “U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has a distinctly modern problem. The president, judging by his tweets, could try to pardon people in his circle even before prosecutors charge anyone with a crime. Mueller’s all-star team of prosecutors, with expertise in money laundering and foreign bribery, has an answer to that. He’s Michael Dreeben, a bookish career government lawyer with more than 100 Supreme Court appearances under his belt.”

“Justices seem divided in key case about partisan districts”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court justices divided in major voting rights case.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Gerrymandering Opponents Get Mixed Reception at Supreme Court.”

And in commentary, online at ThinkProgress, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “A majority of the Supreme Court appears ready to strike down a partisan gerrymander; And then there was hope.”

“International Legal Personality of Corporations: How Investment Law Answers the Supreme Court Question in Jesner.” Tara Van Ho has this post at “Just Security.”

“Supreme Court to Hear Case on Wisconsin Voting Maps Warped by Politics”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court takes up Wisconsin as test in partisan gerrymandering claims.”

And Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Takes on the Partisan Gerrymander; Wisconsin case over voting districts could alter U.S. political landscape.”

“As Neil Gorsuch’s 2nd Supreme Court term starts, how far to the right will he go? The Colorado native and Donald Trump pick must help settle debates that include a Lakewood case about a same-sex wedding cake”: Mark K. Matthews of The Denver Post has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s Blockbuster Term: Get ready for the landmark decisions to start rolling in.” Law professor Richard Primus has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Supreme Court’s new term: Surveillance, hacking, sports betting — and cake, too; ‘The Court is now sitting’ — with 100% more Gorsuch and plenty of tech questions ahead.” David Kravets of Ars Technica has this report.

“Supreme Court To Weigh In On Extreme Partisan Gerrymandering”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

And online at Slate, Perry Grossman and Dahlia Lithwick have a jurisprudence essay titled “The Perfect Redistricting Case: Anthony Kennedy said he needed to see a particular set of facts to kill partisan gerrymandering; Gill v. Whitford has them all.”

“Supreme Court Divided on Arbitration for Workplace Cases”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has an article headlined “Supreme Court begins new term with case on whether workers can be forced into individual arbitration.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court justices clash over whether workers can join together to fight a company policy.”

And Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court opens 2017 term divided on workers’ rights.”