“Case of the mystery judge is solved”: Travis Andersen of The Boston Globe has this report.

Bob McGovern of The Boston Herald reports that “Court officer studies art to ID mystery judge.”

And Alanna Durkin Richer of The Associated Press has an article headlined “Solved: Portrait of mystery high court justice identified.”

“Rebecca Dallet and Michael Screnock argue over ads and activist judges in final debate”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

And Molly Beck of The Wisconsin State Journal reports that “Rebecca Dallet and Michael Screnock duel in last debate before election.”

“Trump’s dangerous plot to weaponize the Supreme Court”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The Meta Logic of Hughes v. United States and How to Get Guidance From Fractured Supreme Court Opinions”: Erica Goldberg has this post at her blog, “In A Crowded Theater.”

“Colorado Supreme Court suspends appellate judge following sexual harassment complaint; A complaint alleges that Colorado Appeals Court Judge Laurie Booras called a fellow appeals court judge ‘the little Mexican'”: Kirk Mitchell of The Denver Post has this report.

“Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Mourns Passing of Judge Stephen Reinhardt”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued this news release.

“An Unimpeachable Conclusion”: G. Terry Madonna and Michael L. Young have posted this essay online.

“The White House Doctor and the Dual-Officeholding Ban: Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson’s appointment reinvigorates the debate over the proper relationship between the military and the government.” Law professor Stephen I. Vladeck has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Advocating for repeal of the 2nd Amendment is a gift the NRA doesn’t deserve”: Michael Waldman has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“This case requires us to determine whether hugs between a school employee and a student can constitute prohibited ‘sexual conduct'”: So begins a ruling that the Supreme Court of Iowa issued today.

In early news coverage, Tara Becker-Gray of The Quad-City Times reports that “Iowa Supreme Court upholds sexual exploitation conviction of former Camanche teacher.”

“A Fight Over Salmon-Killing Roads Is Now A Supreme Court Case About Native Rights”: Eilis O’Neill of Oregon Public Broadcasting has this report.

“Justice’s use of term illegal ‘alien’ sends message”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“Former California Supreme Court Justice Armand Arabian, an advocate for rape victims, dies at 83”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“We asked for Gitmo prison’s book policy in 2013. It arrived this week, censored.” Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

“Remembering Judge Stephen Reinhardt: The legacy of the great liberal appellate judge, who died Thursday at 87.” Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this essay online at The American Prospect.

“Judge Stephen Reinhardt, Liberal Lion Of The Ninth Circuit, Has Passed Away; Love or hate his jurisprudence, Judge Reinhardt’s importance and influence cannot be denied”: David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”

“The Pattern Problem”: Today’s episode of NPR’s “Invisibilia” podcast features Shon Hopwood and Tarra Simmons.

“A.E. Dick Howard Examines Justices’ Views on Second Amendment; Professor Says Repeal Is Foolhardy, But New Gun Laws Are Constitutional”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

“The Chief Justice of the United States has no clue how elections work; The guy who said America isn’t racist enough to keep the Voting Rights Act also believes some odd things about gerrymandering”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at ThinkProgress.

“20 Questions for Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit”: On February 2, 2004, this blog was not yet two years old. But thanks to this blog’s amazing readers, and a particularly enthusiastic “How Appealing” fan who was then clerking for this judge, Ninth Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt agreed to participate in this blog’s 20 Questions for the Appellate Judge feature. For those readers who have never read the interview, and even for those who haven’t read it recently, today might be the perfect time to give it a look.

“Trump Has No Idea Why He Gets To Fill So Many Empty Court Seats; He should be thanking Mitch McConnell; He thinks Obama just mysteriously left him 100+ court vacancies”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.