“Rumors of possible Supreme Court vacancy could fire up Republican base, experts say”: Doug McKelway of Fox News has this report.

“Dreaming of an Empty Seat: Anthony Kennedy’s possible retirement from the Supreme Court is the only thing keeping Republicans’ hopes alive.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Should Like Cases Be Decided Alike? A Formal Analysis of Four Theories of Justice.” Ben Johnson and Richard Jordan have posted this paper on SSRN (via “Legal Theory Blog“).

“Porn kingpin Larry Flynt loses appeal over Missouri execution secrecy”: Tony Rizzo of The Kansas City Star has this report.

And Dan Margolies of KCUR Radio reports that “Court Says Hustler Publisher Larry Flynt Not Entitled To Missouri Execution Records.”

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

“An Undocumented Teen At The Center Of A Suit Against The Trump Administration Said She Doesn’t Want An Abortion After All”: Ema O’Connor and Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News have this report.

“‘Feeling fine’ at 85: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fends off retirement.” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“Judicial Conference Receives Status Report on Workplace Conduct Review”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today.

“Trump appoints lots of white men to be federal judges. Here’s why it matters.” Michael Nelson and Rachael Hinkle have this entry at the “Monkey Cage” blog of The Washington Post.

“Gerrymandering Justice”: Today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer — Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers — contains this month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column.

“Guest Post by Tobias Barrington Wolff: The Provocateur’s Toolbox.” Law professor Tobias Barrington Wolff has this guest post at “The Faculty Lounge” blog.

And in related coverage, online at Philadelphia magazine, Ernest Owens has a blog post titled “Black Law Students Ask Penn to Censure Professor After ‘Disparaging, False’ Racial Claims.”

“AO Publishes Annual Report and Court Statistics”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today. You can access the report here and the statistics via this link.

“Justice Brennan’s Correspondences with Ms. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis”: Josh Blackman has this blog post.

“Alumnus Named Bristow Fellow; Adam Sorensen ’17 To Help With Appeals in Solicitor General’s Office”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

“Florida governor’s court plan could be hurt by Senate run”: Gary Fineout of The Associated Press has this report.

“South Dakota urges Supreme Court to click ‘buy’ on internet sales tax”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“Should SCOTUS review cy pres-only settlements? Google says no need.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“Dear Third Circuit, I love you but your audio is atrocious”: Matthew Stiegler has this post at his “CA3blog.”

“Guantanamo Lawyers Challenge Government’s Explanation for Hidden Microphone”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this report.

And Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has an article headlined “Pentagon: Microphone? What microphone?“

“Is one of the Pennsylvania voting cases doomed?” Lyle Denniston has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Frustrated in Court, Trump Administration Seeks to Change the Federal Balance of Power; If it has its way, judges could lose their ability to halt the government’s policies”: Pema Levy of Mother Jones has this report.

“IC alum central in Supreme Court case”: Nick Draper of The Journal-Courier of Jacksonville, Illinois has an article that begins, “To Illinois College alum Mark Janus, who is at the center of a history-making Supreme Court case, it’s about standing up for what he believes is right.”

“Possible Justice Kennedy retirement would give Trump opportunity to tilt Supreme Court to right”: Brooke Singman of Fox News has this report.

“House Narrowly Approves Andrew McDonald As Chief Justice of State Supreme Court”: Christopher Keating of The Hartford Courant has this report.

“Trump Is Remaking The Courts In His Image: White, Male and Straight.” Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

“OT2017 #17: ‘Elephants Rarely Hide in Pajamas.'” You can access today’s new installment of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Ian Samuel and Dan Epps, via this link.

“Did #MeToo Really Bring A Reckoning To The Legal Industry?” VICE News recently posted this video on YouTube. You may recognize the participants in this discussion.

“Justice Thomas warns of a ‘cynical’ society: ‘It’s got to be more positive.'” Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has an article that begins, “Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas called on hundreds of law school students Saturday to set their own paths towards positivity in order to have a more civil society.”

“Chevron as a Remedial Limitation”: Andrew Hessick has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“Statutory Interpretation on the Bench: A Survey of Forty-Two Judges on the Federal Courts of Appeals.” Law professor Abbe R. Gluck and former Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner have this article in the March 2018 issue of the Harvard Law Review.

The issue also includes a “Recent Cases” write-up of the Seventh Circuit’s en banc ruling in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College.

“Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s favorite New York City eats; In honor of Ginsburg’s 85th birthday on March 15, we round up the foodie’s favorite local bites”: Nicole Levy of amNY.com has this report.

May a named yet unserved defendant make an offer of judgment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 68? The majority on a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit answered “no” in a decision issued Friday. This case raises an issue that the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules might view as worthy of further consideration.

“Post-Marks-Regime World”: You can access the new episode of the “Oral Argument” podcast featuring law professor Richard M. Re via this link.

“Court allows woman to sue boss accused of showing genitals”: David Pitt of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Iowa issued today.

You can access the briefs filed in the case and the YouTube video of the oral argument via this link.

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: ‘That’s Why Pencils Have Erasers.'” Aaron Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“Federal judges hear arguments in Pa. congressional map fight: Should they block new map?” Jonathan Lai of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Charles Thompson of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “Federal courts get one last chance to alter Pennsylvania Congressional races.”

And Steve Esack of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania reports that “GOP makes another run at stopping Pennsylvania’s new congressional map.”