“Bringing to Life the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Only Her Family Knows”: Melena Ryzik will have this article in the Arts & Leisure section of this upcoming Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Prayers at School Board Meetings Test Church-State Divide; A California school district may ask the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that it cannot hold prayers before school board sessions”: Joe Palazzolo of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“What Trump’s Judges Did: In 2018, the president’s nominees declared war on abortion rights and gun control.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Tsarnaev’s lawyers: jurors lied, Marathon bombing trial should have been moved.” Travis Andersen of The Boston Globe has this report.

Laurel J. Sweet of The Boston Herald has an article headlined “Lawyers: Tsarnaev ‘should not have been tried in Boston’; Marathon bomber’s legal team files 1,124-page appeal.”

Jacqueline Tempera of The Republican of Springfield, Massachusetts reports that “Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should not have been tried in Boston, appellate lawyers say.”

Alanna Durkin Richer of The Associated Press reports that “Boston Marathon bomber’s lawyers want death sentence tossed.”

And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Boston Marathon bomber appeals conviction, death sentence.”

Does an impermissible but timely filed post-judgment motion postpone the time for appeal in a federal civil case, and how should a court calculate a three-month period under Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(a)? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today issued a decision resolving both of these issues.

“Deadliness of Butter Knives Debated at California High Court”: Maria Dinzeo of Courthouse News Service had this report back in October 2018.

Today, the Supreme Court of California issued this decision holding that the butter knife in question was not a deadly weapon under the facts and circumstances of the case. Justice Goodwin H. Liu wrote the opinion of the court.

“What is Ginni Thomas saying now? The evolution of an unusually outspoken Supreme Court spouse.” Dan Zak of The Washington Post has this report.

“Trump’s New Judges Are Everything Conservatives Hoped For And Liberals Feared; Judges confirmed to federal appeals courts in the past two years are already staking out strong positions on guns, abortion, political speech, and agency power”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“Trump administration appealing latest asylum ban ruling”: Jessica Schneider, Geneva Sands, and Veronica Stracqualursi of CNN have this report.

And Tal Axelrod of The Hill reports that “Trump to appeal asylum ban ruling.”

“Trump has gotten 66 judges confirmed this year; In his second year, Obama had gotten 49; Many are conservative white men in their 40s — and they have lifetime appointments”: Li Zhou of Vox has this report.

“Eight federal judges on appellate court dissent over prayer-ban ruling”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

And Nathan Solis of Courthouse News Service reports that “School Board Prayer Time Splits Ninth Circuit Judges.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Ninth Circuit order denying rehearing en banc can be accessed here.

“5. IU Maurer professor under Title IX investigation.” This article from earlier this month about Ian Samuel ranked fifth on The Indiana Lawyer’s “Year in Review: Top Indiana Lawyer web headlines for 2018.”

“Janus Unleashed — In 2018, SCOTUS went after public-sector unions; Next up: a case that could decide the fate of public election financing.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.