“The Supreme Court Isn’t Anti-Muslim: It erred in denying a death-row inmate’s request for an imam — but not out of bias.” Luke Goodrich has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“Are Court Decisions Law, and why that Matters to Whether Originalism is Our Law”: Eric Segall has this post at “Dorf on Law.”

Wondery debuts “Over My Dead Body” podcast focusing on the murder of law professor Dan Markel: You can view the video trailer on YouTube via this link.

And you can listen to the first two episodes of the podcast, released today, via this link. The first episode begins with David Lat.

“A (Mostly) Misbegotten Attempt to Take Scalia’s Measure”: Allen Mendenhall has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Cheri Beasley will become the first black woman to be Chief Justice of the NC Supreme Court”: Will Doran of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report.

“Who’s Afraid of a Political Supreme Court? The Left thinks a conservative Court means crisis — but our country’s people and history suggest otherwise”: Nicholas Phillips has this essay online at National Review.

“Completely sealed New York Supreme Court case challenges public’s right of access; Anonymous v. Anonymous reportedly involves legal action to compel a journalist to reveal a confidential source”: Pariss Briggs has this post at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

“The case for capping all prison sentences at 20 years: America’s prison sentences are far too long; It’s time to do something about it.” German Lopez has this report online at Vox.

“Why Chief Justice Roberts Just Protected Abortion Rights: By upholding abortion precedent, the usually conservative justice may also be seeking to uphold something else.” Adam Liptak is the guest on today’s installment of “The Daily” podcast from The New York Times featuring Michael Barbaro.

“Bridgegate defendant looks to Supreme Court in last-ditch effort to avoid prison”: Ted Sherman of NJ Advance Media has this report.

“Supreme Court likely to act this week on census dispute”: Lyle Denniston has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“How Likely Is The Michelle Carter Case To Reach The Supreme Court?” WGBH News of Boston has this report.

“The Religious-Liberty Claim the Justices Didn’t Want to Hear: If the free-exercise clause allows you not to bake and sell a cake, maybe it should also allow you to have an imam at your own execution.” Wajahat Ali has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Affirmative Action Is About to Face a Judicial Assault; It will survive by going further underground”: Yuvraj Joshi has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Hitting the Nail on the Head: Successful Cert Stage Amicus Briefs in Cases with Financial Implications.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Court: Release Georgia lynching case transcripts.” Brad Schrade of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

Kate Brumback of The Associated Press reports that “Court upholds order to unseal records in brazen lynching.”

And Josh Gerstein of Politico has a blog post titled “Appeals court affirms judges can release secret grand jury records.”

You can access today’s’ ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit — a ruling in which each of the three judges on the panel wrote separately — at this link.

“4th Circuit Upholds Public School’s World Religion Curriculum”: Brad Kutner of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“Supreme Court mandarins grilled over £650,000 overspend”: The Times of London has this report (subscription required for full access).

“”Sleeping with the boss’ rumor is sex discrimination: 4th Circuit.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued last Friday.

“Trump’s border wall: Fed court rejects some of California’s environmental objections.” Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Appeals court rules Trump can build border wall; Liberal panel shoots down environmentalists’ challenge.”

And Lydia Wheeler and Timothy Cana of The Hill report that “Appeals court sides with Trump in border wall dispute.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Obama warned us about the Supreme Court we have right now; Special rights for white Christian conservatives”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at ThinkProgress.

“A New Muslim Ban Challenge Seeks to Answer the Questions the Supreme Court Didn’t Settle”: Sirine Shebaya has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Supreme Court’s execution decision animates critics on the left and right”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

And in commentary, online at Bloomberg Opinion, law professor Stephen L. Carter has an essay titled “One of the Most Outrageous Supreme Court Decisions in Decades: If religious freedom means anything in America, then prisoners facing execution should be able to die with a minister of their faith by their side.”

“Justice Kavanaugh Said No On Roe”: Leah Litman has this post at the “Take Care” blog.

“Amid a shifting legal landscape on abortion, both parties seek political advantage”: Juliet Eilperin and Michael Scherer of The Washington Post have this report.

“Neomi Rao — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

“Judicial nominees are changing their approach to the ‘Brown v Board’ question at Senate hearings”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“OT2018 #18: ‘Rorschach Test.'” You can access today’s new installment of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Dan Epps and Danielle D’Onfro, via this link.

“Turmoil (again) for Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court”: Columnist John Baer has this essay online at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“U.S. appeals court to revisit open carrying of guns”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court has decided to reconsider its recent decision that the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects the right to openly carry guns in self-defense.”

Earlier, Timothy Hurley of The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported that “Hawaii appeals decision to allow guns in public.”

You can access Friday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link. And you can access the original, divided three-judge panel’s now-vacated ruling in the case at this link. This blog’s earlier coverage of that ruling can be accessed here.

“7th Circ. Backs Zillow Win In ‘Zestimate’ Property Value Suit”: Law360 has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that Circuit Judge Frank H. Easterbrook issued Friday on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

“Doctor Weighs In On Supreme Court’s Decision To Block Louisiana Abortion Law”: This audio segment appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Liberals eye 2020 takeover of Wisconsin Supreme Court”: Scott Bauer of The Associated Press has this report.

And in today’s edition of The Wisconsin State Journal, Riley Vetterkind has a front page article headlined “Personal political views return to Supreme Court debate.”

“Supreme Court To Take On Gun Laws This Spring”: This audio segment featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday.”

“With eye on Supreme Court, Missouri Republicans file flurry of anti-abortion bills”: Edward McKinley and Hunter Woodall have this front page article in today’s edition of The Kansas City Star.