“Sen. Kennedy: ‘I plan to vote in favor’ of 5th Circuit nominee Kyle Duncan.” Bryn Stole of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has this report.

And Drew Broach of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans reports that “Senator John Kennedy backs Kyle Duncan for appellate judge, after withholding support.”

“Using ‘Free Speech’ to Trump Civil Rights: Conservatives are attempting to use the First Amendment not as an instrument of freedom and self-government but as a corporate privilege.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Cellphone data under Supreme Court scrutiny crucial in solving local crimes”: Peter Hall has this front page article in today’s edition of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

“Supreme Court of Canada considers Trinity Western University law school; Canada’s highest court engaged in a lively discussion about religious freedom on Thursday as it began a landmark two-day hearing into the right of Trinity Western University to grant law degrees”: Ian Mulgrew of The Vancouver Sun has this report.

Matthew Claxton of The Langley Advance reports that “TWU goes to top court over law school, gay rights.”

And earlier, Clare Hennig of CBC News had a report headlined “Trinity Western University heads to Supreme Court of Canada over fate of proposed law school; The case with Trinity Western University and Law Society of B.C will be heard on Thursday.”

“Trump judicial pick didn’t disclose 16,000 ‘provocative and disturbing’ online posts”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“Thoughts on property and positive law after the Carpenter oral argument”: Will Baude has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Satan’s plan, the Klan, prostitution: Watch John Kennedy question judge nominees.” Drew Broach of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report (with video).

“Trump Appeals Nominees Draw Dem Scrutiny Over Conservative Ties”: Patrick L. Gregory of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“Cake stand: A row over a wedding cake pits religious liberty against LGBT rights; A scholar’s attempt to stand up for a socially conservative baker may not agree with Supreme Court precedent.” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

“U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ratifies administrative law judges”: Pete Schroeder of Reuters has this report.

“Can You Track Me Now? The Supreme Court weighs whether the government should be able to get its hands on your cellphone location data.” Dahlia Lithwick has this Supreme Court dispatch online at Slate.

“Trump judicial picks lack decades-long diversity drive”: Joan Biskupic, Aaron Kessler, and Ryan Struyk of CNN.com have this report.

“A Republican Senator Is Getting In The Way Of One Of Trump’s Biggest Successes; Sen. John Kennedy is the only Republican to vote against one of the president’s judicial nominees; And he’s questioning more”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“Teaching the Art of the Appeal: Law Students Draw Wisdom From Groundbreaking Former Judges, Current Senior Assistant AG in New Seminar.” Mike Fox, director of media relations for the University of Virginia School of Law, has this report.

“What Robert Bork Learned from Judicial Activism, Right and Left”: Mark Pulliam has this post at the “Law and Liberty” blog.

“Gambling Clash at U.S. Supreme Court Unites Trump and the NFL”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“An American Held as an ISIS Suspect Deserves a Prompt Hearing”: Law professor Stephen I. Vladeck has this essay online at The New York Times.