“The National Injunction in DACA II: National, preliminary, mandatory.” Samuel Bray has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.” And earlier today, I had this related tweet.

“Californians Tried to Protect Themselves From a Mass Shooting Like Thousand Oaks: A court wouldn’t let them.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Some thoughts on [the] remarkable oral argument in the Philadelphia sanctuary-city appeal”: Matthew Stiegler has this post at his “CA3blog.”

“Federal Criminal Appellate Practice Seminar”: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit posted this announcement online today.

“Whitaker May Be a Bad Choice, but He’s a Legal One; The president’s designation of the acting attorney general is constitutional, so long as it is temporary”: Law professor Stephen I. Vladeck has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Phil Johnson to leave Texas Supreme Court at year’s end”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.

And Emma Platoff of The Texas Tribune reports that “Texas Supreme Court Justice Phil Johnson to retire effective Dec. 31; The timing allows Gov. Greg Abbott to appoint a replacement for the remainder of his term.”

“Acting Attorney General Matthew G. Whitaker Once Criticized Supreme Court’s Power”: Charlie Savage has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“With Brett Kavanaugh confirmed, Arizona cross border shooting case heads to Supreme Court”: Rafael Carranza of The Arizona Republic has this report.

“Ginsburg’s hospitalization a reminder of Trump’s power to shape Supreme Court”: Sean Sullivan has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Judges order Mueller to explain impact of Sessions-Whitaker DOJ shakeup”: Darren Samuelsohn of Politico has an article that begins, “A federal appellate court panel on Friday ordered Robert Mueller as well as attorneys trying to knock the special counsel out of his job to file new legal briefs that explain how this week’s shake-up atop the Justice Department could influence their case.”

“Senate asks Supreme Court to revisit impeachment decision”: Brad McElhinny of West Virginia’s MetroNews has this report.

And Chris Dickerson of West Virginia Record reports that “State Senate wants Supreme Court to rehear Workman impeachment case.”

“Justice Ginsburg discharged from hospital, working from home, court says”: John Wagner of The Washington Post has this report.

Betsy Klein of CNN reports that “Trump wishes Ruth Bader Ginsburg well, brings up her 2016 comments about him.”

And Kimberly Atkins of The Boston Herald has a news analysis headlined “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg down, but not out.”

“Take our ribs, Ruth Bader Ginsburg”: Columnist Mary Schmich has this essay online at The Chicago Tribune.

And online at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Monica Weymouth has an essay titled “Rib donation, bubble wrap and whatever it takes to get Ruth Bader Ginsburg to 2020.”

“Hillsdale alumna becomes chief justice on West Virginia Supreme Court”: Nicole Ault of The Hillsdale Collegian, Michigan’s oldest college newspaper, has this report. I had the pleasure of meeting Justice Beth Walker earlier today at the 2018 Appellate Judges Education Institute Summit in Atlanta.

“The Elite Teaching the Elite: Who Gets Hired by the Top Law Schools?” Law professor Eric Segall and Adam Feldman have posted this essay online at SSRN.

Access online the November 2018 issue of the Harvard Law Review, focusing on the U.S. Supreme Court‘s October 2017 Term: Via this link. Among many other noteworthy items, the issue contains a collection of essays titled “In Tribute: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.”

“Matthew Whitaker’s Appointment as Acting Attorney General Is Illegal; Let Clarence Thomas explain”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Breadcrumbs in a New Term”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical “SCOTUS” blog.