“Murder milestone: 5 years after Dan Markel was gunned down, journey to justice continues.” Karl Etters has this front page article in today’s edition of The Tallahassee Democrat.

“When John Paul Stevens Eviscerated Antonin Scalia: The late justice dismantled originalism in his dissent in District of Columbia v. Heller, the landmark gun-rights case.” Matt Ford of The New Republic has this report.

“Justice Stevens leaves powerful environmental legacy”: Ellen M. Gilmer of Greenwire has this report.

And at the “School Law” blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has a post titled “Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, a Voice for Student Rights, Dies at 99.”

“A ‘Train Wreck’ Was Averted at the Supreme Court, but for How Long? While the rule of law prevailed in the census case, it still hangs by a thread.” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

“2019 Annual Supreme Court Round Up”: If you missed this year’s installment of Miguel A. Estrada‘s always-entertaining U.S. Supreme Court round-up for the Federalist Society, you can view the video on YouTube via this link.

“Stevens Filled a Supreme Court Role That Seems Unthinkable Now”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Rape Case Judge Resigns Over ‘Good Family’ Remark; State Orders Training”: Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Nick Corasaniti of The New York Times have this report.

Susan K. Livio and Brent Johnson of NJ Advance Media report that “N.J. judges under fire for comments in rape cases punished by state Supreme Court.”

And Anna Orso of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “N.J. judge who gave leniency to teen from a ‘good family’ in sexual assault case is off the bench.”

“The Most Important Lesson the Supreme Court’s Liberals Can Take From John Paul Stevens”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“John Paul Stevens Was Justice Incarnate; I was lucky enough to see firsthand how he embodied judicial, moral and personal independence”: Law professor Jamal Greene has this essay online at The New York Times.

Also online at that newspaper, Jesse Wegman has an essay titled “John Paul Stevens Dissented Until the End; The justice, who died on Tuesday, was not quiet about court matters in his retirement.”

And Emily Bazelon has an essay titled “Why Justice Stevens Turned Against the Death Penalty; He ended up seeing it as a failure.”

“In Memoriam: Retired Associate Justice John Paul Stevens.” The U.S. Supreme Court issued this news release last night.

And today, the Court issued “Statements from the Supreme Court Regarding the Death of Retired Associate Justice John Paul Stevens.”

“Stevens to be 13th Supreme Court justice buried at Arlington”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has this report.

“We Need People Like Justice Stevens More Than Ever; He called for protections for gay Americans because he was able to see the world from the perspective of others”: Chris Geidner has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Abandoning Originalism Wouldn’t Be Very Conservative”: Mike Rappaport has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Justice Stevens, the Longest Living Supreme Court Justices, and Other Age Milestones”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“John Paul Stevens: Unassuming but impactful over his 99 years.” Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“5 Ways John Paul Stevens Made a Mark on the Supreme Court”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“Trump Fifth Circuit Nominee Faces Rare GOP Pusback”: Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And from Politico, Marianne LeVine reports that “Ted Cruz questions conservative credentials of Trump judicial nominee.” Yesterday, LeVine had an article headlined “Republican senators may sink another Trump judicial nominee; Senators have raised concerns about Halil Suleyman ‘Sul’ Ozerden’s judicial record and possible issues with a background check.” And earlier, Eliana Johnson and LeVine had an article headlined “Mulvaney pushed judicial nominee over objections of White House lawyers.”

You can view the video of today’s U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Fifth Circuit nominee U.S. District Judge Halil Suleyman Ozerden (S.D. Miss.) via this link.

“The Humane Legacy of the Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker.

Online at The Atlantic, Jeffrey Rosen has an essay titled “The Impartial Justice: As the Court shifted around him, John Paul Stevens endeavored to remain neutral, transparent, and focused on liberty.”

Online at The Washington Post, law professor Diane Marie Amann has an essay titled “Justice John Paul Stevens leaves behind a rich legacy that we cannot forget.”

Online at Bloomberg Opinion, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Justice Stevens Was Brilliant, Modest and Unafraid of Change; The eventual leader of the liberal wing of the Supreme Court was a throwback to an earlier era.”

Online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick and la professor Sonja West have a jurisprudence essay titled “John Paul Stevens, Maverick and Conscience of the Supreme Court, Dies at 99.”

And online at ThinkProgress, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “The last great conservative justice is dead; Justice John Paul Stevens held firm to conservative values that stood for something other than will to power.”

“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.”

Programming note: On Tuesday morning, I will be arguing an appeal before a three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

The most newsworthy case scheduled for oral argument tomorrow before that same three-judge panel will be this case, which has been specially scheduled for argument starting at 3:30 p.m. and is expected to draw a large crowd of onlookers and media.

Additional posts will appear here on Tuesday afternoon.

Access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in United States v. Butt: At this link. Not only did the Court refrain from referring to either of the two Butt parties by their last name, but the Court also avoided any Butt-related humor — made easier no doubt by the fact that Circuit Judge Don R. Willett wasn’t even on the three-judge panel that decided this case.

“3rd Circ. Revives Free Speech Challenge To Pa. Billboard Rule”: Law360 has this report (subscription required for access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.

“Kavanaugh Fight Was No ‘Win’; The left savaged a man’s reputation and America’s institutions — and paid no price for its indecency”: Mollie Hemingway and Carrie Severino have this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“The Costs Of The Census Debacle”: Leah Litman has this post at the “Take Care” blog.