“Birthright Citizenship Puts Trump Judges in a Bind: Conservative jurists who believe in interpreting laws based on the text alone won’t like the result they get here.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“OT2018 #5: ‘Arbitration Nation.'” You can access today’s new installment of the “First Monday’s podcast, featuring Dan Epps and Leah Litman, via this link.

“U.S Supreme Court justices probe whether Yakama treaty trumps state gas tax”: Phil Ferolito of The Yakima Herald-Republic has this report.

And Marie Schurk of ABC Television affiliate KATU 2 of Portland, Oregon reports that “Yakama Nation chairman denied entry to U.S. Supreme Court hearing over headdress.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Washington State Dept. of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc., No. 16-1498.

“From Top Law School Grad to Notorious R.B.G.: The Evolution of a Supreme Court Justice.” In this upcoming Sunday’s edition of The New York Times Sunday Book Review, Linda Greenhouse will have this review of Jane Sherron De Hart’s new book, “Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life.”

“South Dakota Supreme Court Justice Steven Zinter dies after surgery complications”: Jonathan Ellis of The Sioux Falls (S.D.) Argus Leader has this report, along with an article headlined “In wake of South Dakota Supreme Court Justice Steven Zinter’s death, what comes next?“

“Hawaii Supreme Court rules in favor of building Thirty Meter Telescope”: Timothy Hurley of The Honolulu Star-Advertiser has this report.

Dennis Overbye of The New York Times reports that “Hawaiian Supreme Court Approves Giant Telescope on Mauna Kea.”

And Jennifer Sinco Kelleher of The Associated Press reports that “Hawaii Supreme Court upholds permit for giant telescope.”

Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Hawaii consists of a majority opinion, an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, and a notice of dissent with opinion to follow.

“Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Proposal Is at Odds With Legal Consensus”: Adam Liptak will have this news analysis in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Judging the judges: Legal experts call for more accountability, openness on misconduct complaints.” Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

And Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has a report headlined “The Judiciary Has A Plan To Deal With Sexual Harassment. Law Students, Former Clerks, And Professors Say It’s Not Enough. The judiciary has been updating its rules after a prominent judge was accused of sexual misconduct.”

C-SPAN has posted the video of today’s hearing in two parts, here and here.

“Beth Walker named WV Supreme Court chief justice”: Lacie Pierson has this front page article in today’s edition of The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette-Mail.

Once she becomes Chief Justice in January, Walker will be (to my knowledge) the first leader of a state’s judiciary who is active on Twitter. And if I understand correctly this recent tweet from Justice Walker, she will be attending next week’s Appellate Judges Education Institute Summit in Atlanta, so I look forward to seeing here there.

Thanks to a previous Chief Justice of West Virginia, I had the pleasure of speaking on a panel at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia back in September 2009.