“The Supreme Court Stopped Alabama From Executing A Man Over Competency Questions; The justices granted a stay of execution to Vernon Madison on Tuesday night”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“Quebec’s Law on Facial Veils Fuels Fierce Debate; Canadian province’s partial ban on niqabs raises legal and political challenges”: Vipal Monga of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Appeals panel upholds gender-bias ruling against Providence, firefighters union; The court upheld a jury’s 2016 findings that firefighter Lori Franchina had endured pervasive harassment and retaliation and that the city had failed to take prompt and appropriate action to address her complaints”: Katie Mulvaney of The Providence (R.I.) Journal has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued today.

“Trump plans to sign order keeping Gitmo open, leaked doc reveals”: Nahal Toosi and Andrew Restuccia of Politico.com have this report.

“Trump Ordered Mueller Fired, but Backed Off When White House Counsel Threatened to Quit”: Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman of The New York Times have this report.

“VW class counsel: Nationwide deal won’t be undone by 9th Circuit’s Hyundai ruling.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

This blog’s earlier coverage of Tuesday’s Ninth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“CNN Investigation: Sexual misconduct by judges kept under wraps.” Joan Biskupic of CNN.com has this report.

“7th Circuit Nominee Downplays Concerns Over His Views on Legal Precedent”: Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And in related commentary, online at The Des Moines Register, Matt Sinovic and Analiese Eicher have an essay titled “Senator Grassley’s hypocrisy on judges worsens.”

“Trump’s 1st State of the Union: Is he really reshaping the federal judiciary?” Russell Wheeler has this post online at The Brookings Institution.

And earlier this month at the “Legal Insurrection” blog, Jared Samilow had a post titled “Trump’s ability to reshape the judiciary may be overstated (Part 1 – Appellate Courts).”

“Trump nominates NKY attorney for Court of Appeals”: Scott Wartman of The Cincinnati Enquirer has this report.

“Pennsylvania Republican Legislators File Longshot Bid with the Supreme Court to Get It To Delay Redistricting Ordered by PA Supreme Court to Cure Partisan Gerrrymandering”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”

“The 1st Circuit has had it with contemptuous serial appealer”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post about a per curiam opinion [update: link corrected] that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued on Tuesday.

“The Supreme Court’s Big Public Sector Union Case Is Really About Free Speech; Can public sector unions force recalcitrant workers to pay dues, or does that violate the First Amendment?” Eric Boehm has this post at Reason.com’s “Hit & Run” blog.

“Adele Hedges, former chief justice of 14th Court of Appeals, dies at 70”: Robert Downen of The Houston Chronicle has this report.

“Data Reveals an ‘Independent,’ ‘Unpredictable’ Pa. Supreme Court, Lawyers Say”: Max Mitchell of Pennsylvania Law Weekly has this article in which I am quoted more than a few times.

“An Old Solution to the Nationwide Injunction Problem”: Fifth Circuit Judge Gregg Costa has this post at the blog of the Harvard Law Review.

“Law professor argues in Supreme Court”: Brooke Vincent of The Daily Texan has an article that begins, “On a routine call with CNN as a Supreme Court analyst, Stephen Vladeck heard from the newsroom that his petition to present a case before the Supreme Court had been accepted; a decision only made for one percent of all submissions.”