“California-based appeals court has been thorn in Trump’s side”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

“Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Courtney Goodson keeps post”: John Moritz of The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has this report.

And Andrew DeMillo of The Associated Press reports that “Arkansas justice calls election a win over outside spending.”

“Clint Bolick, Arizona’s Libertarian Supreme Court Justice, Wins Judicial Retention Election; The justice prevailed by a lopsided margin of 71 percent to 29 percent”: Damon Root has this post at Reason’s “Hit & Run” blog.

“Supreme Court judge helps christen Navy ship in Mobile”: Paul Gattis of Alabama Media Group has an article that begins, “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor helped christen a U.S. Navy ship on Saturday in Mobile.”

“A forgotten Chinese cook’s Supreme Court case affirmed birthright citizenship”: Jeff Gammage of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“State Chief Justice Bill Waller to retire in January”: Jimmie E. Gates of The Clarion Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi has this report.

“Loughry resigns from WV Supreme Court”: The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette-Mail has this report.

And Jeff Jenkins of West Virginia’s MetroNews reports that “Loughry resigns from Supreme Court.”

“Texas Democrats’ biggest win on election night may have been the courts; Democrats flipped four major state appeals courts, toppling 19 incumbent Republican appellate judges”: Emma Platoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“Unusual accommodation at Gitmo war court: A hospital bed for an al-Qaida suspect.” Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

“Brett Kavanaugh tries to shun the spotlight he can’t avoid”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.