“Kennedy to sit out Wash. tribal fishing rights case”: Amanda Reilly of Greenwire has this report.

“Trump’s New Judicial Litmus Test: Shrinking ‘the Administrative State.'” Jeremy W. Peters of The New York Times has this report.

“GOP senators fuel Justice Kennedy retirement talk”: Alexander Bolton of The Hill has this report.

“The Supreme Court Case That Could Transform Politics: The late Antonin Scalia believed the court was powerless to do anything about gerrymandering; Will today’s justices agree?” Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Supreme Court takes on Democrats and Republicans over one-sided maps”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Another key redistricting case goes in front of high court.”

David A. Lieb of The Associated Press reports that “Numerous redistricting challenges pending in courts.”

And The Baltimore Sun has published an editorial titled “A Maryland case could be the key to a Supreme Court ruling against gerrymandering. It still wouldn’t be enough.”

“Prisoners’ right to vote entrenched in electoral act, lawyer says”: Melissa Nightingale of The New Zealand Herald has an article that begins, “The second part of an appeal to allow prisoners the right to vote is being heard in Wellington today.”

And Radio New Zealand reports that “Legal battle over prisoner voting ban heard at Supreme Court; The career criminal, Arthur Taylor, has taken his legal battle challenging a ban on prisoner voting to this country’s highest court.”

“As Sandy Hook Families Await Supreme Court Ruling, Remington Files for Bankruptcy”: Dave Altimari of The Hartford Courant has an article that begins, “The bankruptcy filing by Remington Outdoor Inc., the company that makes the rifle used in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, will force some of the victims families to seek approval of a bankruptcy judge to let their legal fight against the nation’s oldest gun maker go forward.”

“OT2017 #19: ‘This Classroom Is Not Full.'” You can access today’s new installment of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Ian Samuel, Dan Epps, and special guest Linda Greenhouse, via this link.

“An Ohio Bill Would Ban All Abortions. It’s Part of a Bigger Plan.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Impeach state Supreme Court? Not happening. But watch for GOP payback.” Columnist John Baer has this essay online at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“Pursing a law career later in life, Supreme Court candidate Screnock proudly wears ‘legal nerd’ label”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

“Judge Amy St. Eve — Nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

“Restoring Judicial Impeachment”: Greg Weiner has this post at the Law and Liberty blog.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.

“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.”

“‘T’ is for Thapar, Thomas, and Textualism”: Lia-Michelle Keane has this post at Virginia Law Weekly.

“New York Forgets Its Juvenile Lifers”: This editorial will appear in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Workplace Initiative Seeks Input from Former Law Clerks”: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently issued this announcement. As the announcement notes, several focus group meetings are scheduled for the next two weeks, including one in Washington, DC.

“Does the Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel Apply Prior to Indictment? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit concludes binding SCOTUS precedent says ‘no,’ but perhaps this view should he reconsidered.” Jonathan H. Adler has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy” about an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued yesterday.

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: D.C. Circuit to Law Professor.” Aaron Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“Judicial Council Paid $500K-Plus to Settle Sexual Harassment Claims; According to information released to The Recorder Friday, since 2011 the Judicial Council of California has paid $296,000 to resolve three sexual harassment complaints against judges and $225,000 to resolve two complaints against employees”: Cheryl Miller of The Recorder has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “California court body has paid $500K to settle sex claims.”

“Transgender Workers Gain New Protection Under Court Ruling”: Robert Pear of The New York Times has this report.

“The Bolch Judicial Institute will assume and further develop several of the center’s programs, including * * * the annual Appellate Judges Educational Institute (AJEI), one of the nation’s largest educational conferences for appellate judges and lawyers”: So reports a news release that Duke Law News issued recently titled “$10 million gift establishes Carl and Susan Bolch Judicial Institute.”

In Bashman news from Australia: Of late, there has been a paucity of Bashman news from Australia, to the delight of Aussies concerned about their physical well-being. Today, however, ABC News of Sydney reports that “Teenagers bash man with poles in South Melbourne, breaking his eye socket.”