“Ginsburg’s recovery prescription: Plenty of opinions.” Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

Register now to attend the 2019 Justice Donald L. Corbin Appellate Symposium, taking place March 28 & 29, 2019 in Fayetteville, AR: You can register via this link. I will be attending both days of the symposium, and I will be speaking on the morning of the first day about a topic of particular interest to me, “Courts in the age of ‘New Media’: Seeking to Counteract the Decline in Mainstream Media Coverage of Appellate Courts.”

Kannon Shanmugam — who now has his own Instagram account and who is learning to master the NYC subway system like a boss (Instagram photos to confirm forthcoming) — will be speaking about the latest developments at the U.S. Supreme Court.

And plenty of federal and state appellate judges will be participating in the program — too many to list in the time I have allocated myself to draft and publish this blog post. The “ArkansasAppeais” blog has compiled this list of speakers.

I’m told that Fayetteville is a lovely college town, and I look forward to seeing many “How Appealing” readers at what will be my first-ever speaking appearance in Arkansas.

“A ‘view’ from the courtroom: Third Mondays.” Mark Walsh has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case on Church Repairs Using Tax Money”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Kavanaugh questions restrictions on churches using preservation grants.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court refuses to hear church requests for historic preservation funds.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court turns down case about NJ ban on historic preservation funds for houses of worship; Kavanaugh says issue has to be resolved by the court ‘at some point.’”

Jonathan D. Salant of NJ Advance Media reports that “Tax dollars can’t be used to fix up old churches after U.S. Supreme Court says it won’t get involved in N.J. case.”

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court won’t take New Jersey church case; Three of the court’s conservatives said the broader issue of whether states could deny historic preservation funds to churches must be addressed in some future case.”

Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press reports that “High court declines New Jersey preservation grants case.”

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “U.S. high court turns away religious rights case over church grants.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Kavanaugh Criticizes ‘Pure Discrimination’ Against Churches.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Justice Brett Kavanaugh signals court should take up religious liberty case in the future.”

Carolyn Salazar of Fox News reports that “Kavanaugh slams ‘pure discrimination’ against churches as court declines to hear religious liberty case.”

And Lydia Wheeler of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court refuses to hear church fight for historic preservation funds.”

“U.S. Supreme Court will not take up Beatrice 6 case, lets $28.1M verdict stand”: Lori Pilger and Chris Dunker of The Lincoln Journal Star have this report.

And Martha Stoddard of The Omaha World-Herald reports that “U.S. Supreme Court to let stand $28.1 million judgment against Gage County in Beatrice Six case.”

“Alsup to 9th Circuit: My only goal is to be sure class settlements are fair.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“‘Solitary’ Is an Uncommonly Powerful Memoir About Four Decades in Confinement”: Online at The New York Times, Dwight Garner has this review of the book “Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement. My Story of Transformation and Hope,” by Albert Woodfox with Leslie George.

“New ‘dark money’ group led by Trump judicial adviser tied to network promoting his court picks”: Anna Massoglia and Andrew Perez recently had this report online at OpenSecrets.

“The Temptation of John Roberts: America needs a court in its proper place, and Justice Roberts should remember a fundamental truth — the chief’s institution needs the chief’s originalism.” David French has this essay online at National Review.

“Precedent, Meet Clarence Thomas. You May Not Get Along.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Brett Kavanaugh Shows How Eager He Is to Tear Down the Wall Between Church and State”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Gideon Who? The Conservative War on Your Right to Counsel; Here come Justices Thomas and Gorsuch to drag us back a century.” Andrew Cohen has this essay online at the Brennan Center for Justice.

“SCOTUS And The Wall”: Leah Litman has this post at the “Take Care” blog.

“What Surgery? Ginsburg Churns Out Opinions in High Court Return.” Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Battle over ‘stolen’ Matisse goes to US Supreme Court”: Bard Wilkinson of CNN has this report.

“Eric Holder to stump for Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Lisa Neubauer”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

“Without question, the president’s order for more wall money contradicts the will of Congress and will, in all likelihood, be struck down by the Supreme Court.” So writes U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) in an essay online at Fox News titled “I support President Trump, but I can’t support this National Emergency Declaration.”

“Supreme Court lets stand $4-million verdict against L.A. County deputies in shooting”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued rulings in three argued cases.

1. Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Rimini Street, Inc. v. Oracle USA, Inc., No. 17-1625. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court in BNSF R. Co. v. Loos, No. in 17-1042. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. And Justice Ginsburg delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Fourth Estate Pub. Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, No. 17-571. You can access the oral argument via this link.

“Judge Joseph Bianco — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit”: Jess Pezley has this post at “The Vetting Room” blog.

“The Maestro”: Last Tuesday, the fifth installment of the “Over My Dead Body” podcast focusing on the murder of law professor Dan Markel was posted online, and you can access it via this link.

“Ep. 3: Make Us Serve.” Last Friday, while I was away on a week-long vacation in sunny Florida, “The Ginsburg Tapes with Lauren Moxley” podcast posted its newest episode online at this link.

“Atheists Get No Respect in Peace Cross Case”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in one new case.

And in Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders v. Freedom from Religion Foundation, No. 18–364, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh issued a statement, in which Justices Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and Neil M. Gorsuch joined, respecting the denial of certiorari.

“Why some religious groups want to see the Peace Cross removed”: John Domen of WTOP Radio in Washington, DC has this report.

“5 things to know about Georgia death row case with ‘racist juror'”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an article that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday is expected to decide whether it will reopen an appeal brought by Georgia inmate Keith Tharpe who contends a juror’s racist views prejudiced his decision to send Tharpe to death row.”

“McGahn joins global law firm — and remains involved in Trump’s judicial choices”: Robert Costa of The Washington Post has this report.

“On Bourbon Street, battle of Huge Ass Beers vs. Giant Ass Beer lands in New Orleans court”: Ian McNulty of The New Orlean Advocate has this report.

“Des Moines’ dangerous animal ordinance is affirmed when the Supreme Court deadlocks, putting Pinky the dog back in limbo”: Lucas Grundmeier of The Des Moines Register has this report on an order that the Supreme Court of Iowa issued on Friday.

Interestingly, precedent from the Supreme Court of Iowa provides that where the Court of Appeals reversed a trial court’s judgment, and the Supreme Court of Iowa is evenly divided on the outcome, it is the trial court’s ruling (rather than the Court of Appeals’ ruling) that is affirmed by an evenly divided court. I am curious to learn whether a deadlock in any other state court of last resort has the effect of affirming the trial court’s judgment where the intermediate appellate court had decided that the trial court’s judgment should be reversed or vacated.

“Will the Supreme Court Finally Protect the Right Not to Work on the Sabbath? Four decades ago, I witnessed the court fail to protect the religious freedom of employees; Next week, it may finally redeem itself and grant religious Americans the protection they deserve.” Attorney Nathan Lewin has this essay online at Tablet Magazine.

“Reargument of Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward”: Dartmouth College has posted on YouTube this video, featuring former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal ’91 and former Solicitor General Gregory Garre ’87 as the advocates.

“Clarence Thomas is right: Here’s why Supreme Court should revisit libel law overreach; The Supreme Court has never given a convincing reason why ‘public figures’ should be treated the same as ‘public officials.'” Law professor Glenn Harlan Reynolds has this essay online at USA Today.

“GOP split on judges: Meyer favors nonpartisan process, Sexton supports new plan.” Bill Shea of The Messenger of Fort Dodge, Iowa has this report.

And online at that newspaper, Fort Dodge Mayor Matt Bemrich has an essay titled “Bills target Iowa Supreme Court chief justice: Fort Dodge’s Mark Cady is the chief justice of Iowa’s high court, so HF503 and SSB1101 hit close to home.”

“Justice Evan Jenkins: $32,000 Supreme Court Couch Is Damaged.” Joselyn King of The Intelligencer of Wheeling, West Virginia has an article that begins, “West Virginia’s infamous $32,000 blue suede couch still sits at the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals — and it has a rip in it, according to new Justice Evan Jenkins.”

“Five finalists named for open Arizona Supreme Court spot; Bill Montgomery not on the list”: Maria Polletta of The Arizona Republic has this report.