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

“House Judiciary should investigate Supreme Court”: The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette-Mail has published this editorial.

“Pennsylvania Supreme Court to decide if state congressional district map is a partisan gerrymander”: Lindsay Lazarski of WHYY has this report.

“Supreme Court asked to rule in divorced gay couple’s child custody case”: Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has this report.

“Confirming Judges, a Trump Win in 2017, May Get Tougher; Democrats see improved position to push back on nominees with narrower Senate margin and cracks in GOP unanimity”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Monstrous gerrymanders: The Supreme Court takes on two redistricting cases from Texas; The justices will hear four cases this term that could shape political maps.” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

“Deconstructing the Question Presented in WesternGeco”: Timothy Holbrook has this guest blog post at “Patently-O.”

“Vladeck takes the ball in a big game”: Texas Law News has this report.

“To Try to Save Client’s Life, a Lawyer Ignored His Wishes. Can He Do That?” Jeffery C. Mays of The New York Times has this report.

“9th Circuit to study workplace conditions in wake of Kozinski’s retirement over sexual misconduct accusations”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“When Barbie Went to War with Bratz: How a legal battle over intellectual property exposed a cultural battle over sex, gender roles, and the workplace.” Jill Lepore has this “A Critic at Large” essay in the January 22, 2018 issue of The New Yorker.

Former Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski is mentioned in the essay some 25 times.

“Amicus Anomaly: UVA Professor Gets Rare High Court Nod.” Kimberly S. Robinson of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“On Partisan Gerrymandering, Time’s Up?” Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“Justice Scalia Spoke Favorably of Trump’s Presidential Run, Author Bryan Garner Says; Conservative justice was ‘fascinated’ by Republican candidate’s outspokenness, author of ‘Nino and Me’ says”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“OT2017 #11: ‘Numbing Effect.'” You can access today’s new installment of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Ian Samuel and Dan Epps, via this link.

“A Case for Math, Not ‘Gobbledygook,’ in Judging Partisan Voting Maps”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“A Female Senator Figured Out One Small Way to Fight Sexual Harassment: We still have a distance to go, of course, but it’s a meaningful start.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“A DACA Question: Should Judges Use Local Cases to Halt National Orders?” Katie Benner will have this article in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Women taking their right to go topless to state’s high court”: Michael Casey of The Associated Press has this report.

“Mississippi Considers Two-Flag Solution to Confederate Flag Issue; Bill proposes both would be ‘of equal status and dignity’ in Mississippi, the last state flying the Civil War-era flag”: Cameron McWhirter of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Oregon Prosecutors Push to Make Some Convictions Harder to Win; Move to repeal unusual Oregon law that allows juries to convict without unanimity praised by state DAs; law would also make acquittals harder to reach”: Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“U.S. court revives charges stemming from 2012 meningitis outbreak”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued on Friday.

“Captive orca Lolita can stay at Miami aquarium: U.S. appeals court.” Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a per curiam ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued on Friday.

“Justices to Hear Cases on Voting Rights and Internet Taxes”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has an article headlined “Supreme Court takes on Texas gerrymandering case, will look at Internet sales tax.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has an article headlined “Supreme Court will decide billion-dollar question for online sales: Can states collect sales taxes on all purchases?”

Richard Wolf of USA Today has articles headlined “Supreme Court adds Texas election districts challenge to others from Wisconsin, Maryland” and “Supreme Court will decide if online retailers must collect sales tax.”

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has articles headlined “Supreme Court to Consider Texas Redistricting Case; High court will hear appeal after lower court ruled the state drew some maps that disadvantaged minority voters“; “Supreme Court to Consider Internet Sales Tax Collection; The justices agreed to hear an appeal by South Dakota of high-court precedent dating from pre-internet era“; “Supreme Court to Review Whether Hiring of SEC Judges Violated Constitution; Justices to hear appeal from investment adviser who argues SEC judge-selection process is unconstitutional“; and “Supreme Court to Consider Civil Price-Fixing Case Against Chinese Vitamin C Makers; High court to decide whether U.S. judges must defer to legal submissions made by the Chinese government.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court to take Texas gerrymandering case; will decide if map discriminates against minorities.”

In today’s edition of The Austin American-Statesman, Chuck Lindell has a front page article headlined “U.S. Supreme Court will examine Texas redistricting.”

In today’s edition of The Houston Chronicle, Andrea Zelinski and Kevin Diaz have a front page article headlined “U.S. Supreme Court will hear Texas redistricting case.”

In today’s edition of The Dallas Morning News, James Barragan has a front page article headlined “Supreme Court will take up Texas redistricting case.”

In today’s edition of The San Antonio Express-News, Allie Morris has a front page article headlined “High court agrees to hear redistricting case, which could cause turmoil in the November elections.”

Lynda V. Mapes of The Seattle Times reports that “U.S. Supreme Court steps into Washington’s long-running culvert case.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court takes up fight over Texas electoral districts” and “U.S. Supreme Court takes up state online sales tax dispute.” And Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court takes up challenge to SEC in-house judges” and “U.S. Supreme Court to hear Schlumberger fight over patent damages.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “U.S. Supreme Court to Review Bid to Collect Internet Sales Tax.”

Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court to hear sales tax collection case.” And Gene Johnson of The Associated Press reports that “Justices to hear Washington appeal of salmon habitat order.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com reports that “Supreme Court takes up Texas redistricting case.”

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Texas’s Appeal Of Racial Gerrymandering Challenges.”

“Ninth Circuit Committee to Review Workplace Environment Policies”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this news release yesterday.

“Three Reactions to the Oral Argument in Byrd v. United States: The Justices grappled with some hard questions in the rental car Fourth Amendment case.” Orin Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in ten new cases and postponed jurisdiction in a direct appeal.

“Eighth Circuit Makes Tangled Mess of Hair Braiding Case”: Ilya Shapiro and Aaron Barnes have this post at the “Cato at Liberty” blog.

“Brock Turner case: Campaign turns in nearly 95,000 signatures to put judge’s recall on June ballot.” Tracey Kaplan has this front page article in today’s edition of The San Jose Mercury News.

Sarah Ravani and Sophie Haigney of The San Francisco Chronicle report that “Effort to recall Stanford rape case judge submits almost 100,000 signatures.”

And Gillian Brassil of The Stanford Daily reports that “Judge Persky recall petition gets nearly 100,000 signatures.”

“Split Up the Ninth Circuit — but Not Because It’s Liberal; The court has too many judges, leading to backlogs and inconsistency in applying the law”: Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich and Ilya Shapiro have this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Federal Judiciary Workplace Conduct Working Group Formed”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today. According to the news release, “The group will also solicit input from federal judges, law clerks, and other judicial employees.”

“African-style hair braiders lose appeal of Missouri licensing law”: Tony Rizzo of The Kansas City Star has this report.

And at Reason.com’s “Hit & Run” blog, Damon Root has a post titled “How the Supreme Court Is Aiding and Abetting Occupational Licensing Abuse: Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. should be overruled.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.

“Is Partisan Gerrymandering Legal? Why the Courts Are Divided.” Michael Wines has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“The Women the Abortion War Leaves Out”: Law professor Michelle Oberman has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Are bag bans legal? Texas Supreme Court will decide.” Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.

And Paul Cobler of The Texas Tribune reports that “Texas Supreme Court hears oral arguments in plastic bag ban case.”