“I battled Trump’s judicial nominee in court — I can’t recommend him enough”: Law professor Paul R. Baier has this essay online at The Hill.

Molly Beck of The Wisconsin State Journal is reporting: She has articles headlined “Rebecca Dallet runs for Supreme Court after handling state’s most difficult cases” and “Michael Screnock wants to continue his public service on the Supreme Court.”

“Supreme Court’s Breyer to visit for event on hate speech”: The Associated Press has this report.

“What is the First Amendment Theory of Partisan Gerrymandering?” Richard Pildes has this post at the “Election Law Blog.”

“Impeachment and Removal of Judges: An Explainer; Judicial impeachment shouldn’t be used to punish judges for their rulings. Here’s why.” Douglas Keith of the Brennan Center for Justice has this blog post.

“Scalia’s Legacy: The Abiding Contradictions.” Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“GOP leaders throw cold water on justice impeachment plans”: Katie Meyer of WITF in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.

“Supreme Court rule: (Other) justices shouldn’t conduct independent research.” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“Trump’s appointed judges are a less diverse group than Obama’s”: John Gramlich of the Pew Research Center has this report.

“Munger Tolles Proves Why We Still Need #MeToo”: Leah Litman has this post at the “Take Care” blog.

What’s the appellate connection? Three of that law firm’s alumni were Obama appointees to the Ninth Circuit (see here and here). And after serving as Solicitor General of the United States, Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. founded that law firm’s Washington, DC office.

Update: The law firm has posted a tweet stating: “Munger, Tolles & Olson is committed to the highest standards of conduct. In this case, we were wrong, and we are fixing it. We will no longer require any employees, including summer associates, to sign any mandatory arbitration agreements.”

“Supreme Court hopeful Tao scrubs ties to Harry Reid”: Columnist Jane Ann Morrison has this essay online at The Las Vegas Review-Journal.

“GOP mum on Andrew McDonald nomination to Supreme Court chief”: Ken Dixon has this front page article in today’s edition of The Connecticut Post.

And Christopher Keating and Neil Vigdor of The Hartford Courant recently had an article headlined “In Hopes Of Getting McDonald Named Chief Justice, Package Deal With Republican Judge Offered.”