“The Third Circuit is about to be the first federal appellate court flipped by Trump, but that’s not nearly as significant as it sounds”: Matthew Stiegler has this post at his “CA3blog.”

“Roy Moore supporter takes 5th dozens of times under questioning about alleged bribery attempt”: Shawn Boburg has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Solitary Confinement Helps Control Prison Gangs; Reformers demand its abolition, but there are precious few effective alternatives”: Professors David C. Pyrooz and Meghan M. Mitchell have this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“John Esteen, inmate behind landmark La. Supreme Court decision, wins parole from 100-year sentence”: Matt Sledge of The New Orleans Advocate has this report.

“Senate Advances Trump Court Pick Who Blamed Women For Date Rape; Neomi Rao, up for a lifetime federal court seat, also has a record of weakening protections for sexual assault survivors”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

“Trump’s conservative judges begin takeover of federal appeals courts”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Trump flips 3rd Circuit to majority GOP judges.”

Jonathan Tamari of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “Christie ally and ‘Bridgegate’ attorney confirmed to Third Circuit over objections.”

And Matthew Daly of The Associated Press reports that “Senate backs Trump court nominee over home-state objections.”

“Federal judiciary leaders approve new rules to protect court employees from workplace harassment”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court still reviewing Indiana’s abortion petition”: Marilyn Odendahl of The Indiana Lawyer has this report.

“How many crimes is a mass shooting? Florida Supreme Court will weigh in.” Rafael Olmeda of The South Florida Sun Sentinel has this report.

“Arizona attorney general takes case against a California tax to U.S. Supreme Court”: Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has this report.

“The Supreme Court takes up a gerrymander so egregious even its Republicans may strike it down; We may have finally found the Roberts Court’s limits”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at ThinkProgress.

“Dunedin thrift shop receives letter from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg”: Carson Chambers of ABC affiliate WFTS-TV in Tampa Bay has a report that begins, “‘The Little Thrift Shop’ in Dunedin received letter from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”

“Trump’s Lower-Court Judges Are Dismantling Roe v. Wade One Terrible Ruling at a Time”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Reparations, Court-Packing: Once-Fringe Issues Take Hold in Democratic Primary Race.” Sydney Ember and Astead W. Herndon of The New York Times have this report.

Matt Ford of The New Republic has an article headlined “The Weak Case for Packing the Supreme Court: American democracy can’t afford for yet another critical institution to be crippled by partisan warfare.”

And Gillian Brockell of The Washington Post has a “Retropolis” article titled “Dear Democrats: FDR’s court-packing scheme was a ‘humiliating’ defeat; Yet the idea has been revived by some of the liberals seeking the presidency.”

“Judicial Conference Approves Package of Workplace Conduct Reforms”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today.

“University President Survey Shows Only 37 Percent Are Confident in Harvard’s Admissions Trial Defense”: Shera S. Avi-Yonah of The Harvard Crimson has this report.

“Who’s in the Majority?” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Can I just be a cake artist again?” Jack Phillips recently had this essay online at The Denver Post.

Programming note: On Tuesday, appeals in two separate cases on which I am working will be argued in Philadelphia before a three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. As a result, additional posts likely will not appear here until Tuesday evening.

As always while I am traveling, additional appellate-related retweets are likely to appear on this blog’s Twitter feed.

“Interview: Justice Clement.” At her “High School SCOTUS” blog, Anna Salvatore has posted this interview of Michigan Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth T. Clement.

“Mothers’ 26-year quest for justice takes them to state Supreme Court”: J. Harry Jones of The San Diego Union-Tribune has this report.

“Adnan Syed Deserves a New Trial; It’s a tragedy that he’ll never get one”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Gov. Hogan, Arnold Schwarzenegger weigh in on Maryland redistricting case before U.S. Supreme Court”: Pamela Wood of The Baltimore Sun has this report.

“After Supreme Court’s ‘Janus’ decision, Pa. is hub for anti-union lawsuits”: Juliana Feliciano Reyes of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“Democrats gain 6-1 majority on NC Supreme Court as Roy Cooper names a new justice”: Will Doran of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report.

“How the Supreme Court Could Bring More Guns to New York City; Cases like one on the docket this term often lead to more injuries and deaths”: Professor Jonathan M. Metzl has this essay online at The New York Times.

“The Black Robe New Deal: Democrats float packing the Supreme Court if they win in 2020.” This editorial appears online at The Wall Street Journal.

“Liberals take another look at court-packing as way to control Supreme Court (if they win in 2020)”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“Will the Supreme Court Replace the Lemon Test?” Luke Goodrich has this post at the Harvard Law Review blog.

“Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Expand Census Case”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Appeals court moves toward unsealing in Jeffrey Epstein-related underage sex suit”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this blog post about an order that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

The same three-judge panel heard oral argument in the matter last Wednesday, and you can download the oral argument audio in three parts (part one (28.9 MB mp3 audio file); part two (40.9 MB mp3 audio file); and part three (13.4 MB mp3 audio file)). Gerstein covered that oral argument in an article headlined “Fresh court battle could expose more details in Acosta’s controversial Epstein plea deal.”

“Ep. 87: Gerald Rosenberg, the Supreme Court and Social Change.” Professor Gerald N. Rosenberg is the guest on the new installment of the “Chicago Stories Podcast with Mayor Rahm Emanuel.”

“Selendy & Gay Expands Supreme Court and Appellate Practice with Caitlin Halligan”: Selendy & Gay PLLC issued this news release today.

“In Census Case, No Basis for Citizenship Question”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“Supreme Court to hear unusual case about the ‘f word’ — but not the one you think; Freedom of speech versus the government’s right not to trademark what it finds ‘immoral’ or ‘scandalous'”: Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.