“John Paul Stevens: Canny Strategist and the ‘Finest Legal Mind’ Ford Could Find.” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“8th Circ. Says $1.6B In Robocall Damages Rightly Cut To $32M”: Law360 has this report (subscription required for access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.

“Appeals court: NYC can ban ads in Uber and Lyft cars.” Larry Neumeister of The Associated Press has this report.

Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has a report headlined “New York City can ban ads inside Uber, Lyft vehicles: U.S. appeals court.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

“Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, Who Led Liberal Wing, Dies at 99”: The New York Times has published this obituary written by Linda Greenhouse.

The Washington Post has published an obituary written by Charles Lane headlined “John Paul Stevens, longtime leader of Supreme Court’s liberal wing, dies at 99.”

The Los Angeles Times has published an obituary written by David G. Savage headlined “John Paul Stevens dead at 99.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has written an obituary headlined “Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Dies; Stevens, 99, made a towering impression on American law during 34 years on the Supreme Court.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today has written an obituary headlined “Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dead at age 99.”

Mark Sherman and Connie Cass of The Associated Press have written an obituary headlined “Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies at 99.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has written an obituary headlined “Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies at age 99.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has written an obituary headlined “Retired Supreme Court Justice Stevens, Liberal Voice, Dies at 99.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN has written an obituary headlined “Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies at 99.”

And Nina Totenberg of NPR has written an obituary headlined “Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, A Maverick On The Bench, Dies At 99.”

“Then and Now, Flag Burner Benefits From 1989 First Amendment Ruling”: Tony Mauro has this post at the Freedom Forum Institute.

“Deeply divided federal appeals court finds Virginia’s ‘habitual drunkard’ law unconstitutional”: Frank Green of The Richmond Times-Dispatch has this report.

And Denise Lavoie of The Associated Press reports that “Court reinstates challenge to ‘habitual drunkard’ law.”

You can access today’s 8-to-7 en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

“DA Krasner wants Pa. Supreme Court to strike down state’s death penalty and declare it unconstitutional”: Julie Shaw of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“I regret to inform you that Trump’s lawyers are right about a crucial civil rights case; Federal officials should not risk bankruptcy if they fight discrimination”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at ThinkProgress.

“The Second Circuit Applied the First Amendment to President Trump, Not All of Twitter”: Joshua Geltzer has this post at the “Take Care” blog.

“‘Lexis on Steroids’: Corpus Linguistics receives mixed reception at the Sixth Circuit.” Zak Lutz and Benjamin Beaton have this post at the “Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog.”

“Senate confirms Trump’s 43rd circuit court nominee”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has an article that begins, “The Senate confirmed President Trump’s 43rd circuit court nominee Tuesday, far outpacing his predecessor who only saw 19 federal appeals court judges appointed during the same period of time. The confirmation of Judge Peter Phipps to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also puts the president ahead of President George W. Bush, who saw just 30 appeals court judges appointed in his first two and a half years in office.”

Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service reports that “Senate Confirmation Flips Makeup of Third Circuit.”

And in commentary, online at Esquire, Charles P. Pierce has a post titled “The Conservative Effort to Salt the Judiciary With Larval Scalias Is Close to Complete.”

Today, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm U.S. District Judge Peter J. Phipps (W.D. Pa.) to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit by a vote of 56-to-40.

“Meek Mill’s lawyers and Philly DA’s Office tell Pa. appeals court that he deserves a new trial”: Chris Palmer of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Maryclaire Dale of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Meek Mill lawyers: Case could crumble if new trial granted.”

And David DeKok of Reuters reports that “Rapper Meek Mill seeks new trial to end decade-long probation.”