“Why the Law Might Not Allow the Senate to Expel Roy Moore”: Stan Brand has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Why the Courts Will Have to Save Net Neutrality”: Law professor Tim Wu has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Fighting Gay Rights and Abortion With the First Amendment”: Jeremy W. Peters of The New York Times has this report.

“Against the positive law model in the Carpenter cell-site case”: Orin Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“U.S. appeals court revives claims in $1.7 billion Iran terrorism lawsuit”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued yesterday.

“Let’s Settle the Legality of DACA Now; The Trump administration can bypass lower courts by asking the Supreme Court to hear an Arizona case”: Law professor Josh Blackman has this essay online at National Review.

“Appeals court skeptical of privacy-focused suit against Trump voter fraud panel”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post about a case argued yesterday before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

You can access the oral argument audio via this link (28.6 MB mp3 audio file).

“Former UMKC lecturer sues over class cancellation; Henry Lyons claims he was improperly punished after calling attention to alleged academic irregularities involving an athlete at UMKC”: Dave Helling of The Kansas City Star had this article back in July 2013.

Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued this decision ordering the dismissal of the lecturer’s damages claims.

Majority on divided three-judge Second Circuit panel rules against Almighty Supreme Born Allah: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

In early news coverage, Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “Award reversed for Connecticut inmate who challenged confinement.”

“7th Circ. Denies EEOC Rehearing Bid In Autozone Bias Suit”: Adam Lidgett of Law360.com has a report (subscription required for full access) that begins, “A split Seventh Circuit rejected Tuesday the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s request for a full court review of a June panel finding that AutoZone did not discriminate against a black employee by transferring him because of his race.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denying rehearing en banc, and the dissent therefrom, at this link.

“Seek balance on polling place speech: Preserving free speech while protecting voters is a balance that deserves careful consideration.” The Minneapolis Star Tribune has published this editorial.

“Federal court affirms deal for Gordie Howe Bridge”: Michael Gerstein of The Detroit News has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

“Roy Moore misconduct, assault allegations continue to rile campaign”: Brian Lyman of The Montgomery Advertiser has this report.

And Leada Gore of AL.com has reports headlined “Trump on Roy Moore: President indicates support for Moore, calls Democrat Doug Jones ‘terrible’” and “Mitch McConnell, Roy Moore’s favorite target, is Alabama native.”

“The Supreme Court Is a Dangerous Conservative Obsession; The Courts are important, but cultural arguments have a larger impact”: David French has this essay online at National Review.

“Patent ‘Trolls’ Recede as Threat to Innovation. Will Justices Change That?” Eduardo Porter has this post online at The New York Times.

“U.S. patent review board becomes conservative target”: Jan Wolfe of Reuters has this report.

“Making the judiciary great again: Donald Trump’s new contenders for the Supreme Court; The president’s new list sends an unsubtle message to Justice Anthony Kennedy.” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

“Appeals Court Rules ‘NBA 2K’ Players Lack Standing to Sue Over Face-Scanning; The privacy battle isn’t quite over, but suing gamers experience a setback at the 2nd Circuit”: Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter about a summary order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“Carpenter v. United States and the positive law model”: Will Baude has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw Makes Her Mark”: Ed Whelan has this post at National Review’s “Bench Memos” blog.

“Justice Department investigating Harvard over its admission policies”: Laura Krantz and Deirdre Fernandes of The Boston Globe have this report.

Susan Svrluga and Nick Anderson of The Washington Post report that “Justice Department investigating Harvard’s affirmative-action policies.”

Laura Jarrett of CNN.com reports that “Justice Dept. investigating Harvard over affirmative action policies.”

And Dominic Holden and Molly Hensley-Clancy of BuzzFeed News report that “The Justice Department Is Threatening To Sue Harvard To Get Its Admissions Records; The Trump administration is drilling down on affirmative action.”

“Will the Supreme Court Kill The Death Penalty This Term?” Jordan S. Rubin of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“The Sinister Influence of Charles Manson”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker.

And in the November 27, 2017 issue of that magazine, Alec Wilkinson has an Annals of Crime article headlined “The Serial-Killer Detector: A former journalist, equipped with an algorithm and the largest collection of murder records in the country, finds patterns in crime.”

“Don’t believe Roy Moore’s accusers? Then listen to Moore.” Columnist Kyle Whitmire has this essay online at AL.com.

“Trump administration asks SCOTUS to allow all of travel ban to go into effect pending appeal”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

And Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “Trump administration takes travel ban back to Supreme Court; Justice Department asks to fully implement revised policy president issued in October.”

“Mobile-Phone Case at U.S. Supreme Court to Test Privacy Protections”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Text and History Fed Soc Style”: Eric Segall has this post at “Dorf on Law.”

“Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer speaking at University of South Carolina’s winter commencement”: Andy Shain of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has this report.

“NFL concussion case: Can MDL judges police plaintiffs’ funding deals?” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“Too much ado about Trump’s ‘outsourced’ Supreme Court list”: Michael McGough has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Gov. Scott asks for Justice Pariente recusal in judicial powers case”: Gray Rohrer of The Orlando Sentinel has this report.

And Mary Ellen Klas of The Tampa Bay Times reports that “Gov. Scott asks Justice Pariente to recuse herself from appointment case; Governor argues Pariente can’t be impartial.”

“Every Other Terrible Thing About Roy Moore”: Katherine Stewart has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Justice at Last for the Youngest Inmates?” The New York Times has published an editorial that begins, “How many times does the Supreme Court have to repeat itself before its message gets through? In the case of life-without-parole sentences for juveniles, the answer seems to be: at least one more time.”

“Who’s On the Case: Successful Cert Petitions 2017.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Is Trump Restoring Separation of Powers? Several of his officials are working to contain the administrative state.” Law professor Josh Blackman has this essay online at National Review.