“Frustrated Military Tribunal Judge Indefinitely Halts Cole Bombing Case”: Charlie Savage has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Is It ‘Natural’? Consumers, and Lawyers, Want to Know; When products are labeled natural, the court challenges begin, raising questions about whether labeling is really misleading or simply fodder for a lawsuit.” Julie Creswell has this article in today’s edition off The New York Times.

“A Preview of a Union-Busting Case, and RBG’s Greatest Hits Tour: Details on the case that could gut public sector unions, and Justice Ginsburg speaks to #MeToo and due process.” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.

“Thomas Laments Victim Mentality, Reflects on Difficult Past”: Kimberly Robinson has this post at the “US Law Week Blog.”

Sixth Circuit panel rejects “an anything-hurts-so-long-as-Congress-says-it-hurts theory of Article III injury”: Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton issued this interesting opinion today on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in a case involving the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

“Trump lawyers press Supreme Court to act fast on ‘Dreamers’ and abortion dispute”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Supreme Court will meet behind closed doors Friday on DACA”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

“Frustrated judge halts USS Cole trial ‘until a superior court tells me to keep going'”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has an article that begins, “The judge in the trial of the man accused of planning the bombing of the USS Cole on Friday shut down the proceedings over his inability to get defense lawyers back to the death-penalty case.”

“Justice Scalia Recognized the Constitutionality of Some Gun Control Measures, And For That He Was Criticized as Not Sufficiently Originalist”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”

“Nothing in the Constitution Prevents Sensible Gun Rules: Listen to Justice Scalia on the Second Amendment.” Law professor Cass R. Sunstein has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Oaths Matter, for the Spouses and the Officiant: A magistrate who resigned rather than perform gay weddings shouldn’t be getting a payoff.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“The Judicious RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become a powerful advocate for the #MeToo movement by showing up and modeling dignity.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. It was wonderful to see Dahlia this past Monday evening at the National Constitution Center.

“Lawyers clash on how Iowa abortion waiting period would affect women”: Stephen Gruber-Miller of The Des Moines Register has this report.

“Pa. Democrats, others send congressional redistrict plans to Supreme Court”: Jonathan Lai of The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article that begins, “A slew of proposals were submitted to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday as the clock ran out for the state legislature to draw a new map of congressional districts and have it approved by Gov. Wolf.”

“7th Circ. Imposes Sanctions In ‘Frivolous’ Wage Suit Appeal”: Cara Salvatore of Law360.com has an article (subscription required for full access) that begins, “A construction contractor appealing the loss of an employee wage suit was met with sanctions from the Seventh Circuit on Wednesday and a stern rebuke over practically every facet of the appeal, from its ‘naked assertions’ to the flouting of local rules mandating supporting documentation.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

“Appeals court: Nonprofits must disclose their donors.” Bruce Golding of The New York Post has this report.

Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “Citizens United loses free speech appeal over New York donor rules.”

Chris Dolmetsch of Bloomberg News reports that “New York Nonprofits Must Disclose Large Donors, Appeals Court Rules.”

And Nick Rummell of Courthouse News Service reports that “Citizens United Can’t Hide Donor Lists From NY.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

“The Founders’ Grandson, Part II: Clarence Thomas’s quest for a new new birth of freedom.” Myron Magnet has this article in the Winter 2018 issue of City Journal.

Part one of the article, headlined “The Founders’ Grandson, Part I: How Clarence Thomas began his quest to restore our original Constitution,” appeared in the Autumn 2017 issue of that publication.

“Justice Thomas Says Court Confirmation Shouldn’t Be ‘Spectacle'”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“N.Y. judge safeguards media access to Islamic State suspect’s trial”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“Government unions are in deep trouble. And they have themselves to blame.” In today’s edition of The Washington Post, columnist Charles Lane has an op-ed that begins, “No obscure Supreme Court ruling deserves its obscurity less than Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, the transformational 1977 case in which the justices upheld mandatory dues for public-employee unions.”

“A Conversation with the Honorable Clarence Thomas”: In just about five minutes from now, the Library of Congress will livestream this event on YouTube.

“Will the Supreme Court Become Trump’s Enabler?” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Trump’s Latest Travel Ban Suffers Blow From a Second Appeals Court”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post report that “Appeals court says Trump’s latest travel ban violates the law — again.”

Jaweed Kaleem of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Second federal appeals court rules against Trump’s travel ban.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Appeals court said Trump travel ban ‘tainted with animus toward Islam.’”

Frank Green of The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that “Richmond-based federal appeals court finds Trump Muslim travel ban unconstitutional — again.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. court says Trump travel ban unlawfully discriminates against Muslims.”

Denise Lavoie of The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court declares Trump travel ban unconstitutional.”

Andrew M Harris of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Loses Again on Travel Ban in Ruling by Second Appeals Panel.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com reports that “Appeals court rules against latest Trump travel ban.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “Second appeals court rules against Trump travel ban 3.0; The decision has no immediate effect due to the Supreme Court action.”

And Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “A Federal Appeals Court Ruled That Trump’s Third Travel Ban Is Likely Unconstitutional.”

You can access today’s en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

“Should Cops Be Allowed to Rip Up Your Stuff While Looking for Drugs? How the Supreme Court can curtail the destruction of private property during police searches.” Matt Ford of New Republic has this report.

“Stop treating Ruth Bader Ginsburg — a.k.a. ‘Notorious R.B.G.’ — like a celebrity”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Clinic Returns to Supreme Court on Tuesday With Case Testing Fifth Amendment’s Limits”: Eric Williamson of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

“Man blocked from tapping restitution fund for appeals lawyer”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

“Todd Rasberry found himself in a jam”: So begins Senior First Circuit Judge Bruce M. Selya‘s opinion for that court today in United States v. Rasberry.

And the opinion concludes, “Rasberry’s appeal yields only bitter fruit and, therefore, the judgment of the district court is Affirmed.”

“Days before SCOTUS meets on DACA petition, new injunction complicates debate”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has the post.

“Appeals court approves most of federal ruling that Harris County’s bail practices unconstitutional; Sends parts of the case back to the judge”: Gabrielle Banks of The Houston Chronicle has this report.

Juan A. Lozano of The Associated Press reports that “Ruling that Texas bail system unfair to poor mostly upheld.”

And Jolie McCullough of The Texas Tribune reports that “Appeals court mostly upholds ruling against Harris County bail practices; A federal appellate court on Wednesday mostly upheld a ruling claiming that Harris County’s bail practices unfairly discriminate against poor misdemeanor defendants.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“Trump’s Four New Appellate Nominees Could Show Course Change”: Patrick Gregory of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“LGBT Americans owe the Supreme Court for our happy Valentine’s Days; The Court’s upcoming decision could add another brick to the fortress that it has built to shield loving couples from discrimination and indignity”: Jim Obergefell has this essay online at USA Today.

“When corporations silence employees via arbitration, shareholders lose”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has a post that begins, “Sometime in the next few months, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether corporations can force employees not just to give up their right to sue in class actions but even to surrender their power to arbitrate alongside other employees raising similar allegations.”

“Judges Say Throw Out the Map. Lawmakers Say Throw Out the Judges.” Michael Wines has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“The Bogus ‘Free Speech’ Argument Against Unions: The latest attempt to use the Supreme Court to eviscerate a key liberal constituency seems like a thoroughly partisan operation.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.