SCOTUSDaily interviews Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News: You can read the interview at this link.

“Election results reinforce GOP urgency to confirm judges”: Joan Biskupic of CNN.com has this news analysis.

“Rule Would Push Prosecutors to Release Evidence Favorable to Defense”: In today’s edition of The New York Times, Alan Feuer and James C. McKinley Jr. have an article that begins, “In an unusual move meant to make criminal trials fairer, New York State’s top judge has issued a new rule specifically requiring judges to order prosecutors to search their files and disclose all evidence favorable to the defense at least 30 days before major trials.”

“Trump’s Crazy Choices for the Courts”: Former U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin (S.D.N.Y.) will have this op-ed in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Divided surveillance court revives drive to release opinions”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post that begins, “Judges on a largely secret federal surveillance court divided sharply in a ruling released Thursday reviving an effort by transparency advocates to force greater disclosure of the court’s opinions.”

You can access today’s 6-to-5 ruling of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court at this link.

“My Grandparents Saw Light, Even After the Dark of Kristallnacht; ‘What is that number on your arm?’ I asked my grandfather one day, too young to have heard of Auschwitz”: Justice David Stras of the Supreme Court of Minnesota has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“Trump lawyer moves closer to becoming a circuit judge”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has an article that begins, “The Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to approve Greg Katsas, one of President Trump’s White House lawyers, for a spot on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., overcoming complaints from Democrats who said they feared putting a Trump ally on the court that decides many big federal law cases.”

And Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service reports that “GOP Senators Push Divisive Judicial Nominees Toward Confirmation.”

“How Donald Trump Is Remaking the Federal Courts in His Own Image: The president’s judicial nominees have been notably white, male, and conservative.” Kate Harloe has this report online at Mother Jones.

“The SG’s Remarkable Cert. Petition in Hargan v. Garza, the ‘Jane Doe’ Abortion Case”: Marty Lederman has this post at the “Balkinization” blog.

Ed Whelan responds in two posts (here and here) at National Review’s “Bench Memos” blog.

One recipe for same-day U.S. Supreme Court oral argument audio — more federal holidays: Because tomorrow (Friday) is a federal holiday this week, the U.S. Supreme Court posted the audio of this week’s oral arguments online today.

“Policy Regarding Live Audio Streaming of Arguments”: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has posted this notice online. It is wonderful to see that appellate courts are moving in the right direction on this issue.

“The Worrisome Future of Abortion Rights”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Woman says Roy Moore initiated sexual encounter when she was 14, he was 32”: Stephanie McCrummen, Beth Reinhard, and Alice Crites of The Washington Post have this report.

Brian Lyman of The Montgomery Advertiser reports that “Woman says Roy Moore had sexual contact with her when she was 14.”

And in related coverage, Paul Gattis of AL.com reports that “Roy Moore maintains double-digit lead over Doug Jones, Senate poll says.”