“Bar Association declares Omaha attorney Steve Grasz ‘not qualified’ for 8th Circuit Court of Appeals seat”: Joseph Morton of The Omaha World-Herald has this report.

And Seung Min Kim of Politico.com reports that “ABA deems another Trump judicial nominee ‘not qualified’; Grasz is the second judicial nominee from Trump to get a ‘not qualified’ label from the bar association.”

The American Bar Association today issued this explanation for the rating.

“The Senate Is About To Confirm A Frenzy Of Conservative Judges; Four of Trump’s nominees to lifetime court seats are getting votes this week; Democrats oppose all of them”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

Programming note: This afternoon I am traveling to Pittsburgh, where tomorrow I will be a panelist at a Third Circuit-sponsored event titled “Judges and Journalists: Accuracy and Access.” As a result, additional posts will appear here tonight.

As always while I am on the road, more frequent appellate-related retweets may appear on this blog’s Twitter feed.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.

Meanwhile, please join me in sending Bloomberg BNA’s Kimberly Robinson best wishes for a speedy recovery. A SCOTUS Order List issuance day just isn’t the same without her.

“OT2017 #4: ‘Wind, Diabetes, & Voluntary Retirements.'” You can access today’s new episode of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Ian Samuel, Dan Epps, and guest host Leah Litman, via this link.