“Pa. officials watching closely U.S. Supreme Court partisan gerrymandering cases”: Laura Olson of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has this report.

“Our Software Is Biased Like We Are. Can New Laws Change That? Data scientists and civil rights groups are raising the alarm about bias in algorithms that determine everything from who goes to jail to how much your insurance will cost.” Technology columnist Christopher Mims has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Brett Kavanaugh Hired as Professor at Antonin Scalia Law School”: Lauren Sullivan and Dana Nickel of Fourth Estate, the student newspaper of George Mason University, have this report.

Quint Forgey of Politico reports that “Justice Kavanaugh to join faculty at George Mason’s Scalia Law School.”

And Veronica Stracqualursi of CNN reports that “Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to teach summer class in England for George Mason law.”

“Trump May Not Be Able To Tilt The Courts As Much As He Wants; For all the lifetime circuit judges he’s confirming — and it’s a lot — he isn’t replacing that many Democratic appointees”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

“A Day of Rest May Get a Day in Court: The justices could undo a 1977 decision that gutted workers’ religious protections.” Law professor Michael A. Helfand has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“Nease transgender bathroom case could set precedent, or go to Supreme Court”: Travis Gibson has this front page article in today’s edition of The St. Augustine (Fla.) Record.

“LSU professor’s lawsuit against university for firing her over remarks dismissed by federal judge”: Back in January 2018, Joe Gyan Jr. of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana had an article that begins, “In a case that drew national attention and accusations of ‘political correctness run amok,’ a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a former LSU professor fired in 2015 for, among other things, using vulgar language in her classroom.”

Yesterday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued this ruling on the professor’s appeal.

“Judge faults feds for ‘Kafkaesque’ stance in journalist’s surveillance suit”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report on a ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued on Thursday.

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: Lessons from the D.C. Circuit.” Aaron Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“Judiciary holds ‘historic’ investiture ceremony”: Rick Nathanson of The Albuquerque Journal has an article that begins, “The oath of office was administered separately to Supreme Court Justices Michael E. Vigil, C. Shannon Bacon and David K. Thomson and Court of Appeals Judge Zachary A. Ives, during a Friday investiture ceremony at the Albuquerque Convention Center.”

“Packing the Supreme Court is a terrible idea. Here’s a compromise.” Columnist Henry Olsen has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Republicans keep pushing the Supreme Court toward overturning Roe v. Wade”: Columnist Paul Waldman has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The Supreme Court should steer clear of gerrymandering cases”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

And online at USA Today, Paul M. Smith has an essay titled “Death blow to partisan gerrymandering? Supreme Court has a chance to make all votes count; This is a golden opportunity to show apolitical disapproval by ruling that unfair districts are unconstitutional no matter which party draws them.”

“John Roberts: the focus is on the man in the middle.” Online at The Boston Globe, David M. Shribman has this review of Joan Biskupic’s new book, “The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts.”

“Gov. Newsom may prohibit new death sentences, setting up possible conflict with Becerra”: Phil Willon and Patrick McGreevy have this front page article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

“The Curtis Flowers case shows why diverse juries matter”: Columnist Radley Balko has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Expanding the Supreme Court is the worst idea yet from Democratic presidential candidates”: Law professor John Yoo and James Phillips have this op-ed in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

“In ‘The Chief,’ An Enigmatic, Conservative John Roberts Walks A Political Tightrope”: Nina Totenberg of NPR has this review of Joan Biskupic’s new book, “The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts.”

“Samuel Adams’s latest brew is dedicated to Ruth Bader Ginsburg”: Megan O’Brien of The Boston Globe has this report.

“The Supreme Court Has Never Struck Down a Partisan Voter Map. Will North Carolina’s Be the First?” Greg Stohr and Allison McCartney of Bloomberg News have this report.

“Presidential Name-Dropping at the Supreme Court: The justices should resist the urge to wade into partisan squabbles.” Law professor Josh Blackman has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Racism in Jury Selection Is Real. Can the Supreme Court Put an End to It? The ordeal of death-row inmate Curtis Flowers will yet again test the court’s commitment to equal justice under law.” The New York Times has published this editorial.

“5th Circuit nixes ex-NBA star’s $1.5 mln BP spill claim — because he didn’t lose any money”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Fifth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“5 things you should know about Mississippi heartbeat abortion ban Gov. Phil Bryant signed”: Luke Ramseth of The Clarion Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi has this report.

Timothy Williams and Alan Blinder of The New York Times have an article headlined “Mississippi Bans Abortions if Heartbeat Can Be Heard. Expect a Legal Fight.”

And Reis Thebault of The Washington Post reports that “GOP governor signs law that bans abortion before some women even know they’re pregnant.”

“The inside story of how John Roberts negotiated to save Obamacare”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“This big Supreme Court case has united business, labor and immigration groups. But some see a right wing attack on government regulation.” Tucker Higgins of CNBC has this report.

“Supreme Court to meet behind closed doors to discuss mystery Mueller-related grand jury subpoena”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“I Am an Abortion Rights Activist. I Hope the Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade.” Robin Marty has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Court Packing Is Not That Extreme: It’s an accident of history that the Supreme Court has nine seats.” Mark Joseph Stern is Mary Wilson’s guest on this new installment of Slate’s “What Next” podcast.

The podcast includes an audio cameo from Ian Samuel, from whom we haven’t heard in a while.

“White Actors Suing ‘Hamilton’ for Discrimination? Supreme Court Hears Warning.” Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter about a petition for writ of certiorari pending in the U.S. Supreme Court that lists Paul D. Clement as counsel of record.

“The female Supreme Court justice who led the way for others”: Online at The Washington Post, Julie Cohen has this review of Evan Thomas’s new book, “First: Sandra Day O’Connor.”

“Analysis: Michigan maps show bias as gerrymandering heads to Supreme Court.” Jonathan Oosting of The Detroit News has this report.

“Supreme Court’s decision to take up split-jury law casts long shadow over Louisiana’s legal landscape”: Gordon Russell and John Simerman have this front page article in today’s edition of The New Orleans Advocate.

“Nihilist in Chief: The banal, evil, all-destructive reign of Mitch McConnell.” Alex Pareene has this cover story in the April 2019 issue of The New Republic.

“The Federal Courts Are Running An Online Scam: The website everyone uses to follow the Mueller probe is a hopeless, costly disaster.” Online at Politico Magazine, Seamus Hughes has an essay that begins, “Every day, dozens of hungry reporters lurk inside something called PACER, the online records system for America’s federal courts.”