“Misconduct Claims Against Kozinski Put New Spotlight on Past Controversies; ‘Tell Kozinski to watch pornography at home and not in his own court,’ the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist reportedly once said about the Ninth Circuit judge”: Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has this report.
“The (other) attack on Chevron deference”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.
“9th Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski is accused by former clerks of making sexual comments”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
“Prominent appeals court Judge Alex Kozinski accused of sexual misconduct”: Matt Zapotosky of The Washington Post has this report.
Access this evening’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in six new cases and postponed jurisdiction in one direct appeal.
“How Clueless Straight White Guys Excuse Religious Homophobia”: Nathaniel Frank has this Masterpiece Cakeshop-related essay online at Slate.
“The Case for the Baker in the Gay-Wedding Culture War”: Andrew Sullivan has this post at the “Daily Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.
“Trump travel ban and his tweets argued at federal appeals court”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.
Denise Lavoie of The Associated Press reports that “Trump travel heard by 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals.”
Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “Sparks fly over Trump tweets at travel ban court arguments; The president’s tweet about bullets dipped in pigs’ blood doesn’t show an anti-Muslim bias, Justice Department lawyers argue.”
And Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “Trump’s Tweets Are Still Snagging The Justice Department’s Travel Ban Defense.”
Access online the audio of this week’s U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments: Via this link.
“‘Cosmopolitan’ Publisher Preserves Legal Victory Over Unpaid Internships; The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals won’t revive a lawsuit brought by ex-interns at the Hearst Corporation”: Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.
“Thomas Porteous, ex-federal judge in New Orleans, cited in call for court inspector general”: Drew Broach of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.
Access the contents of the December 2017 issue of the Harvard Law Review: Via this link.
The issue contains law professor Samuel L. Bray‘s article about nationwide federal district court injunctions and Ninth Circuit Judge Paul J. Watford‘s review of “The Law of Judicial Precedent.”
“Two Very Wrong Perspectives on Masterpiece Cakeshop“: John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law and Liberty” blog.
“Fellow conservatives, it’s time to call on Clarence Thomas to resign”: Jay Kaganoff has this essay online at The Washington Post.
In response, at National Review’s “Bench Memos” blog, Carrie Severino has a post titled “Washington Post Runs Column by Obscure ‘Conservative’ Who Says Justice Thomas Should Resign.”
Listen live to this morning’s Fourth Circuit oral argument in International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump: The oral argument is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. eastern time, and you can access the live oral argument feed online via this link.
On a related note, the Fourth Circuit has now joined the Ninth Circuit in having its own YouTube channel.
Update: The archived audio of this morning’s en banc Fourth Circuit oral argument can be accessed via this link (83.4 MB mp3 audio file).