“Christine Blasey Ford Introduces Rachael Denhollander as SI’s Inspiration of the Year”: Alaa Abdeldaiem of Sports Illustrated has this report. You can view the video introduction on Twitter via this link.

“The Constitutional Argument Against the Vice President Casting Tie-Breaking Votes on Judicial Nominees”: Samuel Morse has this essay at De•Novo, the online journal of the Cardozo Law Review.

“Judicial Independence and the Federal Courts: A Historical Perspective.” The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia will host this event tomorrow morning, beginning at 9 a.m. eastern time. I believe the panel discussions will be live-streamed on YouTube via this link.

“Appeals Court Weighs in on Resale of Digital Files; The Second Circuit affirms a copyright judgment against ReDigi, which attempted to assist consumers in reselling purchased iTunes songs, but the appeals court does imagine a legal secondary market for a collection of songs on a thumb drive”: Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow enforcement of asylum ban”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Brent Kendall has an article headlined “Administration Files Emergency Appeal to Reinstate Asylum Ban; The San Francisco-based Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week against reinstating asylum rules.”

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Trump administration asks Supreme Court to reinstate political asylum ban.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow asylum ban.”

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “Trump administration asks top court to restore asylum order.”

Gregg Re of Fox News reports that “Trump administration files Supreme Court appeal after Ninth Circuit ruling halting new asylum policy.”

Lydia Wheeler of The Hill reports that “Trump administration asks Supreme Court for permission to enforce asylum ban.”

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “The Trump Administration Just Asked The Supreme Court To Let It Enforce Its New Asylum Ban; The Justice Department heads back to the justices.”

“Emotional Arousal Predicts Voting on the U.S. Supreme Court”: Bryce J. Dietrich, Ryan D. Enos, and Maya Sen have this paper online at Political Analysis.

“Senate confirms first judicial nominee in two months”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

And Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has a report headlined “GOP Confirms Another Trump Judge Who Was Rated ‘Not Qualified’ To Serve; Jonathan Kobes, 44, just got a lifetime seat on a U.S. circuit court.”