“Lawyers Faced With Emojis and Emoticons Are All 😎 ; Chipmunks, kissy lips and champagne bottles are becoming bones of contention in legal disputes; a court considers the ‘:P'” Mike Cherney will have this front page article in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“U.S. court to reconsider ruling on San Francisco soda health warnings”: Dan Levine and Tina Bellon of Reuters have this report on an order granting rehearing en banc that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“In Remington trigger appeal, state AGs cite controversial 9th Circ. ruling”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“U.S. court: No court-appointed lawyer for boy facing deportation.” Dan Levine of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“What Has the Judiciary Learned Since Kozinski? The courts have professed genuine interest in addressing their flaws; The question is whether they understand them.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Skipping State of the Union is a Supreme Court tradition regardless of who’s president”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“What Does It Mean to Die? When Jahi McMath was declared brain-dead by the hospital, her family disagreed; Her case challenges the very nature of existence.” Rachel Aviv has this Annals of Medicine article in the February 5, 2018 issue of The New Yorker.

Last September, Jenna Lyons of The San Francisco Chronicle reported that “Alameda County jury will decide if Jahi McMath is alive.”

“The Mandatory Guidelines Predicament”: Leah Litman and Samantha Jaffe have this post at the “Take Care” blog.

“When a T-Shirt Gets You in Trouble at the Voting Booth”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.