“Boyertown students ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal of transgender bathroom challenge”: Peter Hall of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has this report.

“Ninth Circuit Orders New Look at Bond Hearings for Immigrants”: Helen Christophi of Courthouse News Service has this report on a per curiam ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Neil Gorsuch and Sonia Sotomayor Have Started Teaming Up to Protect Criminal Defendants”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“President Trump’s conservative court shift may slow down as liberal judges avoid retirement”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“The Virtues of Judicial Self-Restraint”: William J. Haun has this article in the Fall 2018 issue of National Affairs.

“An intro to Twitter for lawyers on the fence about trying it”: Matthew Stiegler has this post at his “CA3blog.” You can follow him on Twitter (as I do).

“A Lawyer With Conservative Ties And No Diplomatic Experience Is Being Vetted For US Ambassador to Mexico; Washington lawyer Christopher Landau is under serious consideration by the White House, according to multiple sources”: Zoe Tillman and Emily Tamkin of BuzzFeed News have a report that begins, “Christopher Landau, a veteran appellate lawyer in Washington, DC, who does not have formal diplomatic experience, is being vetted as a potential nominee for US ambassador to Mexico, four sources familiar with the situation told BuzzFeed News.”

“Pa. students ask US Supreme Court to reverse decision that allows violation of their bodily privacy; ADF represents students, parents challenging locker room, restroom policy”: Alliance Defending Freedom issued this news release in connection with the petition for writ of certiorari the organization’s attorneys filed today in the case captioned Doe v. Boyertown Area School District.

The court filing also reveals that attorney John J. Bursch, who formerly worked as a solo appellate practitioner, now serves as vice president of appellate advocacy and senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom.

“Rejected Forensics Case Makes Strange High Court Bedfellows”: Barbara Leonard of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And at Reason’s “Hit & Run” blog, Damon Root has a post titled “Gorsuch and Sotomayor Fault SCOTUS for Declining to Hear Important Criminal Justice Case; The two jurists dissent from denial of certiorari in Stuart v. Alabama.”

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.

And in Stuart v. Alabama, No. 17-1676, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch issued a dissent, in which Justice Sonia Sotomayor joined, from the denial of certiorari.

“Trump Pick Criticized Affirmative Action in ‘Angry Yellow Men'”: Patrick L. Gregory of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Follow the Experts: Framing Petitions for Cert.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“The Supreme Court should block the execution of a Texas man with intellectual disability — again”: Timothy P. Shriver has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“The Supreme Court justices control whether court-packing ever happens; They must give the elected branches room to address societal needs”: Thomas M. Keck has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“OT2018 #8: ‘Animal Magnetism.'” You can access today’s new installment of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Dan Epps and guest hosts Marin Levy and Steve Sachs, via this link.