“#MeToo, Congress and the Supreme Court: Who gets the last word on sexual harassment?” Ally Coll Steele and Ryan Park have this essay online at The Hill.

“The Delusion of Good Faith Judging”: Mark Pulliam has this post at his blog, “Misrule of Law.”

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: Boo-Hoo, Daniel Epps!” Aaron Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation. Given how difficult it is to cover either the U.S. Supreme Court or the D.C. Circuit, it’s a good thing that no one individual is attempting to cover, at least to some degree, all things appellate — and for 16+ years no less.

Ninth Circuit judge calls for a vote to rehear en banc that court’s order appointing a special prosecutor to defend the district court’s denial of Joseph M. Arpaio’s request for vacatur of his criminal contempt conviction: You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which requests briefing on whether en banc review is merited, at this link.

My initial coverage of the Ninth Circuit’s order concluding that a special prosecutor should be appointed can be accessed here.

Update: In news coverage of today’s order, Josh Gerstein of Politico has a blog post titled “Mystery judge challenges plan for special prosecutor in Arpaio appeal.”

“Man who protested 2011 Clinton speech sues UPD officers for excessive force”: Brianna Gurciullo of The GW Hatchet had this article in March 2014. Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a decision affirming the district court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of the defendants.

“What a High Court Swing Vote Exit Would Mean for Benefit Cases”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Justices Asked to Consider if Gay Job Bias Is Illegal”: Jon Steingart of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Judge temporarily blocks Iowa’s ‘fetal heartbeat’ law while lawsuit is resolved”: Stephen Gruber-Miller of The Des Moines Register has this report.

And David Pitt of The Associated Press reports that “Judge agrees to halt fetal heartbeat abortion law in Iowa.”

“AFJ: Porter Nomination Being ‘Rammed Through’ Despite Objections.” The Alliance for Justice today issued this news release today and an accompanying background report.

“Justice Gorsuch writing separately: Page length more than opinion numbers (so far).” Andrew Hamm has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Attorneys and Firms for the 2017 Term”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Mitch McConnell is winning the long game: Three decades from now, the Senate leader will be shaping the nation through judges who today are in their 40s.” Columnist George F. Will recently had this essay online at The Washington Post.

In response, at the “Daily Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine, Jonathan Chait has a post titled “Mitch McConnell Committed a Judicial Heist and Blames Obama for His Crime.”

“Judge A. Marvin Quattlebaum — Nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

“U.K. Supreme Court to Rule on Northern Ireland Abortion Rights”: Kitty Donaldson of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Blockbuster term: Justices could determine limits of courts’ ability to check Trump administration; Gerrymandering, First Amendment protections, and Trump’s tweets on Supreme Court’s docket.” Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“Liberals’ worst nightmare: a second supreme court pick for Trump; A future conservative nominee could affect issues ranging from women’s reproductive health to LGBT rights”: Sabrina Siddiqui of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

“Carlos A. Samour Jr., who presided over Aurora theater shooting trial, chosen for Colorado Supreme Court seat; Samour is the chief district judge in the 18th Judicial District, which covers Arapahoe and Douglas counties”: Jesse Paul of The Denver Post has this report.

“Union Activity Ramps Up in Advance of Supreme Court Decision; Unions, conservative groups race to reach members before high court rules on case that could make it easy for public-sector workers to stop paying dues”: Kris Maher of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“As Gov. Jerry Brown ponders a California Supreme Court vacancy, one of his earlier appointees defies expectations”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has an article that begins, “Justice Leondra R. Kruger, the youngest California Supreme Court justice in modern history, had just given birth.”

“From heroin in rental car trunk to stolen motorcycle, Supreme Court defends privacy rights”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.