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

“Fight over Supreme Court chief justice nominee to take center stage”: Ken Dixon of The Connecticut Post has an article that begins, “The first battle of the 2018 election campaign will take place Monday when lawmakers consider the man who might become the first openly gay state Supreme Court chief justice in the United States. It’s shaping up to become a proxy fight, with conservative Republicans, including two gubernatorial hopefuls, importing Washington-style partisanship against Democrats and a disliked governor in his final year. The atmosphere has been heightened by homophobic internet attacks from fringe groups.”

“Political strategists: Don’t read too much into Wisconsin Supreme Court primary results.” Jessie Opoien of The Cap Times of Madison, Wisconsin has this report.

“Clarence’s Carnage: Justice Thomas’ Second Amendment opinions ignore the gruesome reality of gun violence. When he rules on death penalty cases, he fixates on it.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Supreme Court to weigh political apparel at the ballot box”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

Attn: The Green Bag. Jessie Balmert of The Cincinnati Enquirer has an article headlined “Bobbleheads: Should they be taxed? That’s an actual Ohio Supreme Court case.”

“Lawyers ask Supreme Court to destroy or return John Doe evidence”: Matt DeFour of The Wisconsin State Journal has this report.

And Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that “Lawyers in John Doe case ask to lift secrecy order as AG Brad Schimel seeks to unseal records.”

“Pa. Republicans are talking about impeaching state Supreme Court justices. Do they have an argument?” Andrew Seidman and Jonathan Lai of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

“A Supreme Court case could be the biggest threat to unions in years. Good.” Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

This guy can afford to hire Paul D. Clement: In today’s edition of The San Jose Mercury News, Paul Rogers has a front page article headlined “Martins Beach: Silicon Valley billionaire takes case to U.S. Supreme Court.”

Sara Hayden of the Half Moon Bay Review reports that “Landowner appeals Martin’s Beach to U.S. Supreme Court.”

Bob Egelko and Jenna Lyons of The San Francisco Chronicle report that “Martins Beach billionaire owner takes fight over public access to US Supreme Court.”

Robert Burnson of Bloomberg News reports that “Billionaire Takes Fight Over California Beach to the Supreme Court.”

At Vanity Fair’s “Hive” blog, Bess Levin has a post titled “Tech Billionaire Takes ‘Get Off My Lawn!’ Case to the Supreme Court; Vinod Khosla is going to kick these mangy surfers off his beach if it’s the last thing he does.”

And Melanie Ehrenkranz of Gizmodo reports that “Silicon Valley Billionaire Wants You Off His Stretch of the California Coastline.”

You can view the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“Supreme Court sets travel ban arguments for final day of term”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

“Final Pre-Argument Thoughts on the Microsoft Case”: Orin Kerr has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Court denies NASL appeal for injunction to reinstate Division II status”: Jeff Carlisle of ESPN has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“Google Prevails In Suit Over Blog Post”: Wendy Davis of Digital News Daily has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

“Thomas, conservatives impatient at Supreme Court’s inaction on 2nd Amendment”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

“Nino and Me: My Unusual Friendship with Justice Antonin Scalia.” The Heritage Foundation has posted on YouTube at this link author Bryan A. Garner’s talk from earlier today.

“The Troubling Apotheosis of the Notorious RBG”: Law professor John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law and Liberty” blog.

Second Circuit rejects constitutional challenges to New York City regulations limiting when an individual with a “premises license” for a handgun may remove the handgun from the designated premises: You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

“U.S. appeals court revives Schwab Libor-rigging claims against banks”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“2 Law Students Face Off Against 13 Federal Judges; Clinic Director Says En Banc Argument Rare and May Be a First for Students”: Stephen L. Braga of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

You can access the audio of Wednesday’s en banc reargument of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit via this link.

“Fees case may enable U.S. Supreme Court to curb union power”: Robert Iafolla and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters have this report.

“Execution of Alabama inmate Doyle Lee Hamm called off”: Lawrence Specker of Alabama Media Group has this report.

Yesterday evening, the U.S. Supreme Court issued this order denying a stay of execution. Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued a statement respecting the denial, while Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued a dissent, in which Justice Sonia Sotomayor joined.

And in related news, Brian Lyman of The Montgomery Advertiser reports that “Alabama Senate approves nitrogen as execution option.”

“VW, class counsel ask 9th Circuit to refuse fees for ‘ghost lawyers'”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

Judge King rules against Texas death row inmate King: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued this ruling today.

“Reward increased to $1.5M for info on killer of federal prosecutor Tom Wales; The appearance of U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein during a Wednesday news conference underscores the high priority the Justice Department has placed on the 16-year-old case”: Mike Carter and Steve Miletich of The Seattle Times have this report.

And James Fallows of The Atlantic has an article headlined “A Cryptic Addition to a Long-Standing Murder Mystery: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein flew to Seattle for a press conference at which he announced little, but may have said a great deal.”

“Public Unions vs. the First Amendment: The Supreme Court has a chance to correct a 50-year-old mistake.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

In addition, The Wall Street Journal has posted online an essay by David B. Rivkin Jr. and Andrew M. Grossman titled “Mark Janus Was With Hillary, Whether or Not He Wanted to Be; Unions compel public employees to support political candidates — and even the metric system.”

“In Win for Justice Minister, Israel Appoints U.S. Professor as Supreme Court Judge; Prof. Stein chosen despite criticism he hasn’t lived in Israel for past 15 years; Judge Ofer Grosskopf granted second Supreme Court appointment”: Revital Hovel of Haaretz has this report.

And Yonah Jeremy Bob of The Jerusalem Post reports that “Supreme Court gets more conservative with appointment of two new justices; Shaked and Hayut reached a deal on two justices: Stein for Shaked, and Grosskopf for Hayut.”

“U.S., Microsoft fight over access to digital data stored overseas reaches Supreme Court”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“Clarence Thomas should be removed from Supreme Court, Charlotte accuser says”: Jim Morrill of The Charlotte Observer has this report.

“A Supreme Court shaped by Trump could decide gun control”: Columnist Charles Lane has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“A Supreme Court Showdown Could Shrink Unions’ Power”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“Prisoners Lose Out in High Court Attorneys’ Fees Battle”: Kimberly Robinson and Madison Alder of Bloomberg BNA have this report.

“Argument analysis: What makes wiretap orders ‘insufficient’?” Richard M. Re has this guest post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Supreme Court Clinic’s Efforts Culminate as Heytens Argues City of Hays; Law Student Who Worked on Case Watches Arguments Play Out”: University of Virginia School of Law student Rebecca Sciarrino has this report.

“How Don McGahn Has Become the Worst White House Counsel Ever”: Cristian Farias has this post at the “Daily Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.