“As controversy looms, Trump looks to pack the courts with conservatives”: Dan Merica and Ariane de Vogue of CNN have this report.

“1 year in, Justice Gorsuch remains the noble judge he’s always been”: Alex Harris has this essay online at The Hill.

“Democrats praise Trump nominee for 9th Circuit; Republicans raise critical questions on his gun rights, Citizens United views”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

Nick Grube of Honolulu Civil Beat reports that “Trump’s Federal Judge Nominee For Hawaii Gets Warm Reception In DC; Mark Bennett, the former state AG under Hawaii’s last Republican governor, received bipartisan accolades during his Senate confirmation hearing.”

And at his blog “The Vetting Room,” Harsh Voruganti has a post titled “Mark Bennett — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.”

You can view the video of today’s U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for judicial nominees via this link.

“Barnes & Noble must face renewed data breach lawsuit: U.S. appeals court.” Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on an opinion that Circuit Judge Frank H. Easterbrook issued today on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

“Appeal could jeopardize CFPB win in landmark tribal sovereignty case”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“Trump’s funding threats to SF over sanctuary laws meet chilly response in court”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Federal appeals court considers ‘sanctuary city’ case.”

Tatiana Sanchez of The San Jose Mercury News reports that “Trump administration takes sanctuary city battle to San Francisco appeals court.”

Sudhin Thanawala of The Associated Press reports that “Judges weigh scope of Trump sanctuary cities order.”

And Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Trump’s words complicate feds’ arguments in sanctuary-city case.”

You can access the video of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on YouTube at this link.

“Judges should make public sexual harassment settlements, California’s chief justice says”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

And Greg Moran of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that “Chief Justice calls for new rules to allow release of harassment records against state judges.”

“Justice Ginsburg Urges New Citizens to Make America Better”: Liz Robbins has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

At the “Reliable Source” blog of The Washington Post, Emily Heil has an entry titled “Ruth Bader Ginsburg spotted at the Metropolitan Opera.”

And TMZ has a report headlined “Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Won’t Trade with Judge Judy.”

“Retailers hope for certainty as Supreme Court hears tax case”: Joyce M. Rosenberg of The Associated Press has this report.

And Robert Behre of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has an article headlined “Could South Carolina get a $100 million-plus payday? U.S. Supreme Court will decide.”