“Concerns rise over Neomi Rao, Trump’s D.C. Circuit nominee”: Jonathan Swan has this post at Axios.

“The Supreme Court has a chance to clear up decades of confusion”: In today’s edition of The Washington Post, columnist George F. Will has an op-ed that begins, “For decades, the Supreme Court has entangled itself in establishment clause decisions that have been, in the words of Alice in Wonderland, curiouser and curiouser. On Wednesday, it can leaven with clarity the confusion it has sown.”

“Divorced Colorado woman wants Supreme Court to hear frozen embryo custody case”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“40-Foot Cross Divides a Community and Prompts a Supreme Court Battle”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“Judge rules men-only military draft unconstitutional in court win for San Diego men’s group”: Pauline Repard of The San Diego Union-Tribune has this report.

And Gregory Korte of USA Today has an article headlined “With women in combat roles, a federal court rules the male-only draft unconstitutional.”

You can access Friday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas at this link.

The “First Mondays” podcast may have seen its final episode: This announcement appeared on Twitter yesterday. The podcast just hasn’t been the same since law professor Ian Samuel began to have more pressing matters to deal with.

No word yet on whether Patreon subscribers of the podcast will launch a class action seeking refunds.

“The Lost History of FDR’s Court-Packing Scandal: Some Democrats are talking about adding justices to the bench; But new revelations show almost no one understands what really happened back in the 1930s.” Judge Glock* has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

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*Sadly, Judge Glock is not half jurist and half a living embodiment of the Second Amendment. As is the case with many Judges, this is not his first mention at “How Appealing.”