This appellate judge knows his Beatles songs: The person in question in Senior First Circuit Judge Bruce M. Selya in a decision involving (what else?) beetles.

“U.S. top court wary over allowing seizure of ancient Persian artifacts”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 16-534.

“Justices Skeptical of Sports Gambling Ban”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “N.J. argues that it can legalize sports betting, and Supreme Court seems to agree.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court may be about to legalize sports betting in states that want it.”

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Justices Question Ban on Sports Betting; At issue is whether 1992 law violates principles of states’ rights.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “Justices could strike down federal law limiting sports betting; After arguments, Gov. Chris Christie expressed confidence that New Jersey’s drive for legalization would prevail.”

And on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Odds Drop On Sports-Betting Ban As Supreme Court Hears New Jersey Case.”

“Kansas stands out for lack of diversity in its judicial branch”: Peter Hancock has this front page article in today’s edition of The Lawrence Journal-World.

“Texas back in court on ‘discriminatory’ voter ID law”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has this report on a case scheduled to be orally argued tomorrow before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

“Don’t Prosecute Trump. Impeach Him.” Law professors John Yoo and Saikrishna Prakash have this essay online at The New York Times.

“How This Anti-Trump Evangelical Is Quietly Taking Advantage of The Trump Presidency: Mike Farris hated the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage decision, and he loudly ridiculed Donald Trump’s run for president; But now he’s taken a big gay wedding cake case all the way to the Supreme Court, vying for a major victory in the fight against gay rights; And the Trump administration is supporting him in court.” Dominic Holden of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“SCOTUS lets challenge to Houston same-sex benefits proceed”: Mike Morris of The Houston Chronicle has this report.

Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman reports that “Supreme Court rejects Texas case on gay-marriage benefits.”

Jackie Wang of The Dallas Morning News reports that “U.S. Supreme Court lets stand Texas’ decision to exclude gay couples from spousal benefits.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Houston Rebuffed by U.S. Supreme Court on Same-Sex Benefits.”

And Alexa Ura of The Texas Tribune reports that “U.S. Supreme Court declines to consider Houston fight over same-sex marriage benefits.”

“The Most Important Cake in America: The Supreme Court is about to decide whether bakeries have to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples; But it’s about much more than that.” Law professor John Culhane has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“2 Nevada Supreme Court justices to retire”: David Ferrara of The Las Vegas Review-Journal has this report.

“How Not to Advance Gay Marriage”: Columnist David Brooks has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Supreme Court asked if baker’s case protects religious rights or illegal discrimination”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

And Dominic Holden of BuzzFeed News has an article headlined “What The Legal Issues Are — And Aren’t — In The Gay Wedding Cake Case At The Supreme Court; Oral arguments are on Tuesday.”

“Trump lawyer says a president can’t ‘obstruct justice.’ Can that be true?” Joan Biskupic of CNN.com has this news analysis.

“ACLU v. Mattis and Constructive Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus”: Robert Chesney has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“U.S. Supreme Court Passes On Profane Connecticut Tirade”: Edmund H. Mahony of The Hartford Courant has this report.

“We’ve Already Litigated This — A cake maker has as much right to discriminate against gay customers as a BBQ shop has a right to discriminate against black ones: None.” Cristian Farias has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“You don’t say: Does refusing to bake a wedding cake count as speech? Only under a misunderstanding of the Supreme Court’s First Amendment doctrine.” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

“Gay-Wedding Clash at U.S. Supreme Court Is No Piece of Cake”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Woman shares new evidence of relationship with Roy Moore when she was 17”: Stephanie McCrummen of The Washington Post has this report.

“Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban”: The Associated Press has this report.

And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court lets Trump’s latest travel ban go into full effect.”

This afternoon, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two related orders, which you can access here and here.

Access the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn., No. 16-476: At this link.

“Welcome to the New Supreme Court Brief: Every morning the court is in session, we’ll share what we’re watching; This week it’s off to the races with the sports betting case Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association.” You can access today’s installment of Supreme Court Brief by Tony Mauro and Marcia Coyle at this link.

“This ‘Tenacious Underdog’ Won His First Supreme Court Case. Now He’s Back.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Top court leaves in place Texas ruling questioning gay spousal benefits”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

“Here’s why I can’t custom-design cakes for same-sex weddings: We don’t have to agree on questions of sexual morality; But what we should be able to agree on is our freedom, to live out our most important ideals.” Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, has this op-ed online at USA Today.

And online at The New York Times, Robert P. George and Sherif Girgi have an essay titled “A Baker’s First Amendment Rights.”

“Supreme Court could make sports-betting ban an underdog”: Richard Wolf and Herb Jackson of USA Today have this report.

“U.S. justices lean toward allowing sports betting in New Jersey case”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press reports that “Court suggests it may side with NJ in sports gambling case.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Justices Suggest They May Let States Legalize Sports Gambling.”

“Marine general asks federal court to overturn his Guantanamo contempt conviction”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

“OT2017 #8: ‘Bespoke but Blank.'” You can access today’s new installment of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Ian Samuel and Dan Epps, via this link.

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

And in Floyd v. Alabama, No. 16-9304, Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a statement, in which Justice Stephen G. Breyer joined, respecting the denial of certiorari.