“UNC Defends Admissions Policies in Suit Alleging Unfair Racial Preferences; Group suing Chapel Hill clashes with school over how much race matters in admissions”: Melissa Korn and Nicole Hong of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Herrera v. Wyoming: A Cautionary Encounter with Careless Repudiation.” Daniel B. Rice and Jack Boeglin have this guest post at “Balkinization.”

“Supreme Court Hints It Won’t Hear Trump’s DACA Appeal This Term”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Federal Courts, Running Out of Money, Brace for Shutdown’s Pain”: Thomas Kaplan of The New York Times has this report.

According to the article, “In the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which covers much of the West, one idea being considered is to close the appellate courthouses to the public for one weekday per week and furlough employees that day.”

“The Harvard Federalist Society is hosting a discussion between Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the Sixth Circuit and Professor Laurence Tribe about State Constitutional Law and individual rights.” This event happened yesterday, and you can view the video on Facebook via this link.