“RBG’s message one month after fall: I’m still here.” Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“Federal appeals court in SF rejects Trump’s attempt to reinstate asylum ban”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times reports that “9th Circuit upholds order against Trump’s plan to limit asylum for immigrants.”

Sudhin Thanawala of The Associated Press reports that “US appeals court won’t immediately allow Trump asylum ban.”

Dan Levine of Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court will not restore Trump asylum order.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Federal court upholds block on Trump asylum ban.”

Dom Calicchio of Fox News reports that “Return of Trump’s asylum policy blocked by 9th Circuit court.”

Hamed Aleaziz of BuzzFeed News reports that “Trump’s Bid To Reinstate A Ban On Asylum Has Been Denied By A Federal Appeals Court.”

And Nicholas Iovino of Courthouse News Service reports that “Ninth Circuit Refuses to Reinstate Trump’s Asylum Limits Pending Appeal.”

Circuit Judge Jay S. Bybee wrote the majority opinion that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“The legal battle that could undermine law at center of Mueller probe; A political consultant is challenging the decades-old federal law barring foreign involvement in U.S. elections”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report on an appeal pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

In earlier coverage of the case, Kristina Davis of The San Diego Union-Tribune had an article headlined “‘Campaign guru’ gets prison in Azano San Diego mayoral election-funding scheme.”

And Clifford Ward of The Chicago Tribune reported that “Naperville consultant gets 15 months for financial scheme in San Diego mayor’s race.”

“Sotomayor says justices follow rule of law, not partisan politics”: Julian Routh has this front page article in today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

And in today’s edition of The Tribune-Review of Tarentum, Pennsylvania, Natasha Lindstrom has a front page article headlined “Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor stresses civility, discusses her upbringing at Duquesne U. event.”

According to this announcement of the event:

During this special event, Justice Sonia Sotomayor will participate in a conversation with Duquesne University President Ken Gormley and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Marjorie Rendell. Justice Sotomayor also will receive the Honorable Carol Los Mansmann Award for Distinguished Public Service, presented in partnership with the Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.

“This justice began the Supreme Court’s conservative transformation”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has a news analysis that begins, “When Chief Justice John Roberts rebuked President Donald Trump over judicial independence in November, some critics countered with a 2010 moment between President Barack Obama and Justice Samuel Alito.”