Programming note: I am spending this upcoming week somewhere warmer than the Philadelphia area in the final throes of winter. As a result, posts will be appearing here less frequently during the week ahead. As always while I am traveling, appellate-related retweets are likely to appear more often on this blog’s Twitter feed.

Lots of fun activities are on the agenda for this week, including a Baltimore Orioles spring training game midweek and a visit to see big cats earlier today.

I knew that my week away was off to an auspicious start when the passenger in the window seat of my row on my flight out-of-town turned out to be one of the housemates from MTV’s “Floribama Shore.” Thus far, I haven’t knowingly crossed paths during my trip with any avid fans of “How Appealing,” although I did note that law professor Noah Feldman was speaking here the day before I arrived.

“How the Supreme Court Could Reshape Employment Law: The conservative justices’ interpretation of the Federal Arbitration Act could cripple employee challenges to wage, hour, working-conditions, and job-status disputes.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“A Florida provocateur has his day before the Supreme Court — again”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

And Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Florida gadfly bucks local government and returns to Supreme Court for second 15 minutes of fame.”

“Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Public-Sector Unions; Illinois state worker challenges unions’ ability to collect fees from unwilling employees”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Ed Pilkington of The Guardian (UK) reports that “Fears grow as rightwing billionaires battle to erode US union rights; Supreme court hears arguments in case that could strip unions of major source of income — amid worries that the unions will lose.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court to hear case on unions, non-member financial requirements.”

Andrew Hanna and Caitlin Emma of Politico report that “Supreme Court could cripple public unions in run-up to 2018 midterms; The plaintiff challenges the fees that government unions collect from nonmembers to cover collective bargaining costs.”

And Rachel M. Cohen of The Intercept reports that “The Right is Trying to Take Down Public Sector Unions. It May Bring Much More Down With It.”

“Supreme Court case centers on law enforcement access to data held overseas”: Ellen Nakashima of The Washington Post has this report.

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court weighs Microsoft overseas data fight.”

And Selena Larson of CNN reports that “Supreme Court to hear high-stakes Microsoft case testing email privacy.”

“‘Power, Not Reason’ on Fees in Public Unions Case?” Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”