“Even Gun Rights Groups Think Matthew Whitaker’s Appointment Is Illegal”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“That Texas Judge Only Ruled Against Obamacare to Troll the Libs”: Law professor Christina S. Ho has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Raise Your Hand if You Want to Judge Trump: If the president is impeached, what if, just as an experiment, the electorate gives acting like judges a whirl? But I mean the old-fashioned kind, without keggers with Squee.” Columnist Sarah Vowell has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Frank v. Gaos and the importance of actual injury”: Daryl L. Joseffer and Ashley C. Parrish have this post online at the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.

“Power versus discretion: Extraordinary relief and the Supreme Court.” Steve Vladeck has this guest post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“200 Years, Countless Stories | Paul Clement ’92”: Harvard Law School has posted this video on YouTube.

“Trust in the justices of the Supreme Court is waning. Here are three ways to fortify the court.” Law professor Bruce Ackerman has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Diverging Supreme Court Trends May Leave Some Conservatives Out In the Cold”: Derek Muller has this post at the “Law and Liberty” blog.

“A Supreme Court Divided. On the Right. Is there a split among conservatives between ideology and the court’s long-term legitimacy?” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.