“Former Justice John Paul Stevens traveled to Portugal at age 99, Ginsburg reveals at his funeral”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

Via “SCOTUSblog,” you can access the prepared remarks of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, First Circuit Judge David J. Barron, and granddaughter Hannah Mullen at today’s funeral of Justice John Paul Stevens.

“A Supreme Court entrenched in political drama is focus of two timely books for Trump era”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this review of two recent books.

“Conservatives and Originalism: Their Relationship, Reconsidered.” Jeffrey Pojanowski has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“State Supreme Court Diversity: Across the Country, Courts Fail to Reflect the Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Diversity of the Communities They Serve.” The Brennan Center for Justice today issued this report, by Laila Robbins and Alicia Bannon, with Malia Reddick.

Bannon and Robbins also have a related post at that organization’s blog titled “State Supreme Courts Don’t Reflect the Diversity of the Communities They Serve; A new Brennan Center report details vast racial and gender disparities on state supreme courts around the country.”

And in today’s edition of The New York Times, Bannon and Robbins have an op-ed titled “The Nation’s Top State Courts Face a Crisis of Legitimacy; Judges on state supreme courts don’t reflect the diversity of their communities.”

“Penn Law dean calls professor Amy Wax’s comments on immigration and race ‘repugnant'”: Rob Tornoe of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“What the Justices Cited in OT 2018”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Professor Amy Wax And The Bell Curve: Eugenics and Social Darwinism are making a comeback.” LawProfBlawg has this post at “Above the Law.”

“The Most Gullible Man in Cambridge: A Harvard Law professor who teaches a class on judgment wouldn’t seem like an obvious mark, would he?” Kera Bolonik has this post at “The Cut” blog of New York magazine.

“Chief Judge Carl E. Stewart to Receive 2019 Devitt Award”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today.

“We hold that non-commercial sex with a minor abroad fairly relates to foreign commerce, and that Congress accordingly acted within its constitutional bounds when it enacted the non-commercial part of [18 U.S.C.] section 2423(c).” A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this opinion today.

“For reasons of comity, we apply issue preclusion to bar our reconsideration of her Second Amendment claim, even though Defendants did not brief that defense in the district court.” So holds a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in an opinion issued today.

“Jeffrey Epstein appeals bail denial in sex trafficking case”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.

“10th Circuit reverses TABOR ruling, says lawsuit can challenge Colorado law’s constitutionality; Federal judge previously had found lawsuit’s plaintiffs lacked standing to sue”: Anna Staver of The Denver Post has this report.

Joey Bunch of The Gazette of Colorado Springs reports that “Federal appeals court revives lawsuit over Colorado’s TABOR.”

And at his “New Mexico Appellate Blog,” Emil J. Kiehne has a post titled “10th Circuit revives lawsuit challenging Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights.”

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

“Colorado state auditors investigating whistle-blower claims about fraud in Judicial Department; Allegations in anonymous letter sent in May to governor and chief justice”: David Migoya has this front page article in today’s edition of The Denver Post.

“Justice John Paul Stevens’ Casket Arrival and Memorial Ceremony at Supreme Court; The casket of the late, retired Justice John Paul Stevens arrived at the Supreme Court; Shortly after, a ceremony was held in the Supreme Court Great Hall with Justice Elena Kagan providing a tribute”: C-SPAN has posted this video online, along with a separate video titled “President and First Lady Pay Respects to Justice John Paul Stevens.”

“The Man with the Golden Airline Ticket: My dad was one of the only people with a good-for-life, go-anywhere American Airlines pass. Then they took it away. This is the true story of having — and losing — a superpower.” Caroline Rothstein has this article, which contains an appellate component, online at Narratively.

“How Illinois Became an Abortion-Rights Haven”: Peter Slevin has this post online at The New Yorker.

“I’m Glad the Government Is Protecting Our Most Vulnerable People: Chick-fil-A.” Rebecca Saltzman has this post online at McSweeney’s Internet Tendency.

“Stevens on Robert F. Kennedy, the Warren Court and the Decision That Led to Binge-Watching; A few months before his death last week, the retired justice spoke about his life and work”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Lies In Repose”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Originalism and Stare Decisis in the Lower Courts”: Law professor Josh Blackman has posted this interesting essay online at SSRN.

“Judge Halil Ozerden — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

“John Locke, Justice Gorsuch, and Gundy v. United States”: At the “Balkinization” blog, Richard Primus has a post that begins, “An earlier post on this blog by Mark Tushnet explained that Justice Gorsuch’s dissent in Gundy v. United States, which fires a loud shot across the bow of the administrative state, contained something like a fictionalized account of the facts behind Schechter Poultry.”

Mark Tushnet’s earlier post was titled “Epistemic Closure at the Supreme Court.”

“Should Congress Codify the Dormant Commerce Clause?” Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“John Paul Stevens lies in repose at Supreme Court today”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “President Trump, Supreme Court justices pay respects to late Associate Justice John Paul Stevens.”

Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press reports that “Stevens praised as ‘brilliant man’ at Supreme Court ceremony.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Trump, justices pay respects to late U.S. jurist Stevens.”

Greg Stohr and Josh Wingrove of Bloomberg News report that “Trump Visits Supreme Court to Pay Respects to Late Justice Stevens.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Dozens of former law clerks standing vigil for Justice John Paul Stevens as he lies in repose.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Mark Walsh has a post titled “A Supreme Court ceremony for Justice Stevens: ‘A modest and humble man.’“

“Supreme Court Justice Thomas the leading edge of conservative wing”: Bob Egelko has this this front page article in today’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle.

“The Private Plaintiffs Are Still Standing in Texas v. U.S.; If the Private Plaintiffs in NFIB v. Sebelius were injured by the mandate, then the Private Plaintiffs in Texas v. U.S. are injured by the mandate”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” where Josh is now a full-fledged co-blogger.

“Normative Foundations of Originalism”: Michael O’Shea has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Just Ideology? A Study Finds Another Predictor of Supreme Court Decisions.” In Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times, Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column.

It begins, “Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has said he sometimes misses the old days, when ‘the sole practitioner with the battered briefcase’ would arrive in Washington from the hinterlands to argue a once-in-a-career case at the Supreme Court. These days, that lawyer has usually been replaced by one specializing in Supreme Court advocacy.”

“Getting His Clerkship”: At “SCOTUSblog,” John Q. Barrett has a guest post that begins, “In 1945, John Paul Stevens, age twenty-five, returned to his native Chicago.”

“Leg Day”: You can access today’s new installment of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast, featuring Leah Litman, Melissa Murray, Jaime Santos, and Kate Shaw, via this link.

Access online the 2018 Ninth Circuit Annual Report: At this link.

“DC Circuit Affirms Conviction of Capitol Gun-Toter”: Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued on Friday.

“Federal government found ‘go back to your country’ phrase to be considered discriminatory in cases”: Rene Marsh and Ellie Kaufman of CNN have this report.

“The unexpected legacy of Justice Stevens — Conservative dismay over his record led to THIS”: Carrie Severino has this essay online at Fox News.