“Age bias law does not cover job applicants — U.S. appeals court”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on an 8-to-4 en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued today.

Interestingly, Circuit Judges Frank H. Easterbrook and David F. Hamilton each issued a dissenting opinion.

“Where the fight for abortion rights will take place next”: Andrea Miller has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Why do people such as Lindsey Graham come to Congress?” Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post about the new chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“Another victory is looming for Mitch McConnell”: Columnist Hugh Hewitt has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Gets a Boost; There was no need for the Supreme Court to reinstate a misguided ban on transgender service members”: This editorial appears online at The New York Times.

“Supersizing the Second Amendment: The Supreme Court just took a case that could lead to yet more guns on the streets.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“The Nominees Left Out”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

“Trump is undoing the diversity of the federal bench”: Derrick Johnson has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Phoenix LGBT wedding invitation case back in court”: In today’s edition of The Arizona Republic, Jessica Boehm has a front page article that begins, “Two evangelical Christian wedding invitation designers got their day in Arizona’s high court Tuesday, the next step in their quest to nullify a portion of Phoenix’s ordinance that protects lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from discrimination.”

Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star reports that “Arizona justices consider whether business can refuse same-sex wedding clients.”

Jacques Billeaud of The Associated Press reports that “Arizona court hears arguments over gay wedding invitations.”

And in commentary, online at The Arizona Republic, columnist EJ Montini has an essay titled “Is ‘heterosexuals only’ the same as ‘whites only’? Arizona Supreme Court will answer that.”

You can view via this link the video of yesterday’s oral argument before the Supreme Court of Arizona.

“Mitch McConnell Is Spending the Shutdown Confirming More Trump Judges; The president’s record-shattering 84 confirmed judges are already 76 percent male and 91 percent white; The next six are also all white men”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Bail system on trial in Denver’s 10th Circuit Court of Appeals as states push for reform; Colorado lawmakers to consider several bills concerning pre-trial release this session”: Elise Schmelzer of The Denver Post has this report.

You can access via this link the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

“Nevada v. Hall and Intergenerational Legal Change”: Richard M. Re has this post at “PrawfsBlawg.”

“Why There’s No Liberal Federalist Society: The legal left has a money problem, a history problem and — maybe worst of all — a big-idea problem.” Professor Evan Mandery has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Iowa ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion restriction declared unconstitutional, struck down by Polk County judge”: In today’s edition of The Des Moines Register, Tony Leys has a front page article that begins, “Iowa’s ‘fetal heartbeat’ law — the most restrictive abortion limit in the country — violates Iowa Constitution and may not be enforced, a state judge ruled Tuesday.”

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg reacts to Academy Award nomination for ‘RBG'”: Sophie Tatum and Joan Biskupic of CNN have this report.

“How the Supreme Court could shape the 2020 presidential race”: Eric Bradner and Joan Biskupic of CNN have this report.

“From Cover-Ups To Secret Plots: The Murky History Of Supreme Justices’ Health”: Nina Totenberg of NPR has this report.

“Shutdown expected to hit federal judiciary on Feb. 1 as cash runs low”: Caitlin Emma of Politico has this report.

Dealing with holdout jurors in criminal prosecutions, then and now: Chief Judge Ed Carnes wrote this opinion that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday, which assures an interesting and informative read. And, unlike in the vast majority of appeals alleging ineffective assistance of counsel, in this case the habeas petitioner challenging a state court conviction prevails.