“Sneak Attack: Trump is trying to secretly push through another Muslim ban.” Dahlia Lithwick and Jeremy Stahl have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Judicial Confirmations and Interpreting the Constitution: Borking, Activism, and Originalism”: The William F. Buckley, Jr. Program at Yale has posted this video on YouTube.

And the Buckley Program also recently posted on YouTube a video titled “Amy Wax on ‘What is Happening to the Family, and Why?’”

“Guns in America and the Travel Ban That Went Unnoticed: A close look at the Second Amendment.” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.

“Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O’Neill must step down”: The Plain Dealer of Cleveland, Ohio has published this editorial.

“Phenix City man fell while buying a watermelon. Now Walmart will pay him $7.5 million.” Chuck Williams of The Ledger-Enquirer of Columbus, Georgia has this report.

And Ivana Hrynkiw of AL.com reports that “Phenix City man sues Walmart after fall, awarded $7.5 million.”

“Jury Deliberations in Menendez Trial to Start Over After Juror Is Excused”: In Friday’s edition of The New York Times, Nick Corasaniti and Nate Schweber had an article that begins, “In a federal trial that has been extended by legal arguments and delays, the jury that is deciding the fate of Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey will have to restart deliberations next week because a juror was excused on Thursday so she could go on a long-planned vacation.”

“Can Donald Trump Save Roy Moore After All?” Howell Raines will have this essay in the SundayReview section of tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times.

And in today’s edition of that newspaper, columnist Gail Collins has an op-ed titled “Sex, Senators and — Oh Gosh, Mitt.”

“Trump Is Rapidly Reshaping the Judiciary. Here’s How.” Charlie Savage will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“2017 Alumnus of the Year, Stephen Dillard”: Samford University has posted this video on YouTube.

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: ‘The Nielson Presumption.'” Aaron Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

If I may respond to one of Nielson’s comments, it is difficult to conceive that any D.C. Circuit judges would be presumptively against live-streaming that court’s oral arguments, especially since the audio of that court’s oral arguments are posted online in due course.

“Video: ‘Penn Law Celebrates Stephanos Bibas’ Confirmation to the Third Circuit.'” Matthew Stiegler has this post at his “CA3blog.”

“AFJ: Willett Would Undermine Health and Safety of Millions.” Alliance for Justice issued this news release and accompanying report today.

“Kagan withdraws from Supreme Court immigration case”: The Associated Press has this report.

“God Should Sue Roy Moore”: Columnist Nicholas Kristof has this op-ed online at The New York Times.

And in the SundayReview section of this Sunday’s edition of The New York Times, columnist Frank Bruni will have an op-ed titled “Jesus’ Parents and Roy Moore’s Gall.”

“Socrates in the Age of Trump”: Nikos Konstandaras will have this op-ed in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.

“‘Children Must Be Protected’: Roy Moore’s attacks on gay people look even more sinister in light of the allegation that he molested a 14-year-old girl.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Scott records query adds intrigue to Supreme Court battle”: Gray Rohrer of The Orlando Sentinel has an article that begins, “Gov. Rick Scott wants to know what two Florida Supreme Court justices were talking about after they heard a contentious case involving his power to appoint future members of the court.”

Nick Evans of WFSU News reports that “Gov Scott Seeks Documents, Audio From Supreme Court.”

Mike Vasilinda of Capitol News Service reports that “Controversy unfolds after conversation between Supreme Court Justices overheard.”

And at Florida Politics, Bob Sparks has a post titled “Supreme Court brings new meaning to ‘oral arguments.’”

“Watchdog: What do Georgia judges have to hide?” Chris Joyner of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this important report.

“Friend of Boston Marathon bomber asks US Supreme Court to hear his case”: John R. Ellement of The Boston Globe has this report.

“Briefs filed in Supreme Court case describe rejection and harm experienced by LGBTQ community”: Kelsey Dallas of The Deseret News has this report.

“Supreme Court takes a technological step forward”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Are Women Getting a Better Chance to Argue in State Appellate Courts? Like in Most of the Law, the Answer is ‘It Depends.'” Rob Rosborough has this post at his blog, “New York Appeals.”

Access the November 2017 issue of the Harvard Law Review: Via this link. The issue contains the newest installment of the publication’s annual look back at the preceding U.S. Supreme Court Term.

“Trump judge nominee, 36, who has never tried a case, wins approval of Senate panel”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

And The Washington Post has published an editorial titled “Some of Trump’s judicial nominees may be unfit. The Senate is rushing them through anyway.”

“When a Day in Court Is a Trap for Immigrants”: Steve Coll has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Watchdog Group Appears to Exaggerate Standing Claims in Trump Suit; Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington may have misled the court in an effort to get its case against the president to trial”: Theodore Kupfer has this essay online at National Review.

“Woman who sued Chicago over right to bare breasts loses appeal”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued on Wednesday.

Lest anyone accuse the panel of not giving the case a close look, the decision issued one year and seven days after oral argument. You can access the oral argument audio via this link (13.0 MB mp3 audio file).

In posts at Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight: Yesterday, Frankel had posts titled “Chevron deference landmine lurks in new brief in SCOTUS whistleblower case” and “Boies firing by NYT spotlights advance conflict waivers, common but controversial.”

In the November 13, 2017 issue of The New Yorker: Ken Armstrong has an Annals of Law Enforcement article headlined “Two Murder Convictions for One Fatal Shot: In dozens of criminal trials, prosecutors have put the same gun in the hands of more than one defendant.”

And Jeffrey Toobin has an article headlined “Is Tom Cotton the Future of Trumpism? The junior senator from Arkansas is a hybrid of insurgent and old guard.”

“A Poet, with Prison Behind Him, Becomes an Attorney”: Nicholas Dawidoff has this post online at The New Yorker.

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.