“Many Say He’s the Least Qualified Lawyer Ever to Lead a Guantanamo Case. He Agrees.” Dave Philipps of The New York Times has this report.

“Secretary of Defense fires Guantanamo war court overseer”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has an article that begins, “In a surprise move, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis on Monday fired the top official overseeing the trials of the five men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks and other alleged war criminals held at Guantanamo.”

“Fourth Circuit Judge Shedd Assumes Senior Status and Receives Order of the Palmetto”: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued this news release today.

“How Congress Can Protect Mueller”: Law professor Eric Posner has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“#MeToo Has Done What the Law Could Not”: Law professor Catharine A. MacKinnon has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Abortion is a focus of early action in legislative sessions”: Ryan J. Foley of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Republicans who control a majority of the nation’s statehouses are considering a wide range of abortion legislation that could test the government’s legal ability to restrict a woman’s right to terminate pregnancy.”

“OT2017 #13: ‘Poker Face.'” You can access today’s new installment of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Ian Samuel and Dan Epps, via this link.

“Justices Won’t Block Pennsylvania Gerrymandering Decision”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Denies Bid to Keep GOP-Friendly Districts in Pennsylvania; Democrats gain advantage after court declines to stay state court decision that Pennsylvania’s districts were unlawfully gerrymandered.”

Jonathan Lai and Liz Navratil of The Philadelphia Inquirer report that “SCOTUS denies GOP lawmakers’ attempt to delay drawing new congressional map.”

Mark Scolforo and Mark Sherman of The Associated Press report that “In blow to GOP, Supreme Court won’t block PA redistricting.”

Joseph Ax of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court allows revamp of Pennsylvania electoral map.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Justice Allows New Pennsylvania Congressional Voting Map.”

Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Supreme Court Won’t Stop Pennsylvania Court Order Requiring New Congressional Map For 2018.”

And at his “Election Law Blog,” Rick Hasen has a post titled “Justice Alito Denies Emergency Stay in Pa. Congressional Districting Case.”

“Justice Antonin Scalia: Life and Legacy.” This week in the Philadelphia area, everyone is looking forward to the parade to celebrate the 2018 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles.

But many of us are also looking forward to attending this Wednesday evening’s National Constitution Center event featuring Edward Whelan (co-editor of the book “Scalia Speaks“), Richard Hasen (author of the forthcoming book “The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption,” available for purchase March 20, 2018), Kannon Shanmugam, and Elizabeth Wydra. I am planning to attend in person; if you cannot, you can nevertheless view the event live, online via this link beginning at 6 p.m. eastern time on Wednesday, February 7, 2018.

In today’s mail: I received an advance reader’s copy of Jeffrey Rosen‘s new book, “William Howard Taft.” The book is scheduled to go on sale on March 20, 2018.

“Boycott the Republican Party: If conservatives want to save the GOP from itself, they need to vote mindlessly and mechanically against its nominees.” Jonathan Rauch and Benjamin Wittes have this article in the March 2018 issue of The Atlantic.

“Republicans Fighting to Protect Gerrymandering in Pennsylvania Have an Ethics Problem; It could complicate their conflict-of-interest challenge”: Pema Levy of Mother Jones has this report.

“High Court Rules Against Man Who Secretly Recorded Women”: Edmund H. Mahony of The Hartford Courant has an article that begins, “The state Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against a man from Wilton who claimed that vague language in state voyeurism law should prevent him from being prosecuted for making secret video recordings — at least one involving sexual activity — of three different women.”

You can access Wednesday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Connecticut at this link.

“Opponents of gerrymandering keep winning, but it might not affect 2018”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“The ‘Slave Power’ Behind Florida’s Felon Disenfranchisement; Laws barring the formerly incarcerated from voting have no business marring politics in a 21st century democracy”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“State Supreme Court ruling will help juveniles facing trial as adults”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has an article that begins, “In a victory for youngsters charged with crimes, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a November 2016 ballot measure, which limited prosecutors’ authority to charge juveniles as adults, applied to all cases that were not yet final when the measure passed.”

You can access Thursday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.

“Judge lands Nevada Supreme Court seat after no one else files”: Jane Ann Morrison of The Las Vegas Review-Journal has this report.

“Pennsylvania Congressional Map Faces Supreme Court Call; With the Pennsylvania primary vote only about three months away, candidates and voters still don’t know what their districts will look like”: Brent Kendall and Scott Calvert of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Immigration: Whose Call Is It Anyway? As the courts grapple with radical shifts in immigration policy, a look at the cases underlying the conversation about the rights of refugees, immigrants, Dreamers, and visitors.” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.

“Supreme Court judge resigned after ethics complaint; sexual comments emerge”: Todd Cooper and Joe Duggan of The Omaha World-Herald have an article that begins, “Nebraska Supreme Court Judge Max Kelch’s abrupt resignation last month came in the face of an ethics investigation, two officials told The World-Herald. The officials wouldn’t discuss details, but one said the allegations against Kelch are in line with the national #metoo movement that has resulted in resignations of actors, politicians, business executives and judges over questions of sexual misconduct.”

“Supreme Court hears challenge of ‘no-nipples’ law”: Shawne K. Wickham of The New Hampshire Union Leader has this report.

Michael Casey of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Topless beachgoers: Ban is unconstitutional, discriminatory.”

Annie Ropeik of New Hampshire Public Radio reports that “‘Free the Nipple’ Arguments At State Supreme Court Pit Discrimination Against Public Safety.”

And Barbara Leonard of Courthouse News Service reports that “Bare-Chested Beach Case Goes to New Hampshire’s Top Court.”

“Iowa Supreme Court rules explicit text picture is not indecent exposure”: Dar Danielson of Radio Iowa has this report.

And David Pitt of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Iowa court: offensive text photos aren’t indecent exposure.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the all-male Supreme Court of Iowa at this link. The case was orally argued in September 2017, and the oral argument video is available on YouTube via this link.

“9th Circ. Says Crossing Dolphins Are Nature, Not Copyright”: RJ Vogt of Law360.com has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“7th Circ. Affirms Starbucks’ Win Over Finger Amputation”: Lauraann Wood of Law360.com has an article (subscription required for full access) that begins, “The Seventh Circuit on Friday upheld Starbucks Corp.’s quick win in a case accusing the company of negligence after a child’s in-store finger injury required same-day amputation, agreeing with the lower court that the Chicago shop didn’t owe the child a legal duty since he was under his parents’ supervision.”

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

“Federal Court Says Banks Don’t Have to Honor Charge Back if You’ve Paid Off Your Balance”: Gary Leff has this post at his blog, “View from the Wing.”

My earlier coverage of last Friday’s Tenth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“US Supreme Court Weighing ‘Unprecedented’ Request To Put Pennsylvania Redistricting Ruling On Hold”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.

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

“The Eminent Libertarians Who Might Save Public Sector Unions”: Rachel M. Cohen has this report online at The Intercept.

My only hope is that the next time a U.S. Supreme Court Justice mentions law professor William Baude at oral argument, the Justice pronounces Will’s last name the same way that Will does (listen here for the proper pronunciation). Here’s how Justice Neil M. Gorsuch pronounced Will’s last name last time.

“Pa. Supreme Court justice was biased in gerrymandering case, Republicans say”: Jonathan Lai of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“Activists Try to Recall Judge in Stanford Sex Attack Case. Some Say They’ve Gone Too Far.” Jose A. Del Real of The New York Times has this report.

“‘I will be there’: Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she has no plans to retire.” Michelle Boorstein of The Washington Post has this report.

Amir Tibon of Haaretz reports that “At D.C. Synagogue, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says She’ll Continue to Serve With ‘Full Steam Ahead’; Ginsburg says the U.S. should pass the Equal Rights Amendment to enshrine equality between men and women in the Constitution.”

Nathan Guttman of The Forward reports that “Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Staying On The Bench, As Long As She Has ‘Full Steam.’”

Edward-Isaac Dovere of Politico.com has a report headlined “Ginsburg: Independent judiciary ‘our nation’s hallmark and pride.’”

And Ron Kampeas of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports that “Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she will serve as long as she has ‘steam.’”

You can view the video of last night’s event via this link.

“Is the Federal Judiciary Independent of Congress?” Law professor Evan C. Zoldan has posted this essay online at SSRN (via “Legal Theory Blog“).

“9th Circ. Sends Walmart Drug-Test Row Back To Fed. Court”: Cara Bayles of Law360.com has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Court overturns order on FBI surveillance of Northern California Muslims”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

And Nicholas Iovino of Courthouse News Service reports that “FBI Can Keep Muslim Spy Files Under Wraps, 9th Circuit Rules.”

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

“Reality Winner, accused NSA leaker, loses appeals for pretrial release”: Andrew Blake of The Washington Times has this report on a per curiam ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.