“The Supreme Court’s latest ruling isn’t just about a frog”: Ellen M. Gilmer of Greenwire has this report.

“No One Likes Excessive Fines, But No One Can Define Them, Either; The Supreme Court seems likely to strike them down, leaving open the question of how much is too much”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Pa. Supreme Court: Names of Catholic clergy will remain shielded.” Angela Couloumbis and Liz Navratil have this front page article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

In today’s edition of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Ivey DeJesus has a front page article headlined “Names of priests redacted from clergy sex abuse report won’t be released, high court rules.”

In today’s edition of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Steve Esack and Peter Hall have a front page article headlined “Pa. Supreme Court rules priests names to remain secret in grand jury abuse case.”

Monica Rhor of USA Today reports that “Names of 11 Catholic priests accused of sexual abuse won’t be made public, court says.”

And Janet DiGiacomo and Susannah Cullinane of CNN report that “Court sides with 11 priests in Pennsylvania abuse report and won’t release their names.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion, two concurring opinions (here and here) and a dissenting opinion.

“Grassley: Criminal justice reform should take priority over judges.” Alexander Bolton of The Hill has this report.

“U.S. justices wrestle with patent arguments for anti-nausea drug”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

And at the “Patently-O” blog, Dmitry Karshtedt has a guest post titled “Of Brownies and Other Nutty Desserts: Supreme court considers whether the ‘on sale’ bar is limited to public sales.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., No. 17-1229.

“More Than 400 Justice Department Alumni Said They’re ‘Disturbed’ By Matthew Whitaker’s Appointment; Whitaker’s appointment as acting attorney general is facing a number of legal challenges in court”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“New White House counsel to arrive as Democrats, Mueller close in; After a two-month delay, the conservative legal activist Pat Cipollone assumes will start his job on Monday, according to two sources”: Eliana Johnson of Politico has this report.

“Installing GPS Devices, Getting Warrants, and the Exclusionary Rule: An interesting new decision from the Fourth Circuit — although I’m not sure it’s right.” Orin Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Federal appeals court rules against another immigration crackdown attempt”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Las Vegas gambler Walters loses insider trading appeal”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.

And Bob Van Voris of Bloomberg News reports that “Vegas Gambler’s Insider-Trading Conviction Upheld on Appeal.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

Unanimous D.C. Circuit panel rejects commercial airline pilot’s suit claiming that TSA lacks statutory authority to subject airline crewmembers to “passenger screening,” including pat-downs: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“Affirmative Action in Law Reviews”: Law professors Adam S. Chilton and Jonathan S. Masur and Kyle Rozema have posted this paper on SSRN.

“Differences Between ‘Obama’ and ‘Trump’ Judges While Sometimes Subtle Can’t Be Denied”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“In an old-fashioned exchange of missives, the Supreme Court bids adieu to former colleague”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

“Yes, it’s time to reform the Supreme Court — but not for the wrong reasons: Everyone agrees the Supreme Court wields too much power; But almost all the reform ideas are deeply flawed.” Law professor Eric J. Segall has this essay online at Salon.

“Michigan Supreme Court won’t have black justice for first time in 33 years”: Oralandar Brand-Williams has this front page article in today’s edition of The Detroit News.