“Sotomayor Works to Build Ties with Trump’s Court Appointees; Justice says these relationships could moderate the Supreme Court’s shift to right”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Republican Gerrymander Whiz Had Wider Influence Than Was Known”: Michael Wines of The New York Times has this report.

“The Dan Markel Case: Trial Approaches; When will the trial of Sigfredo Garcia and Katherine Magbanua get underway? And what’s the latest about Dan Markel’s ex-wife, Wendi Adelson?” David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”

The Ninth Circuit has posted on YouTube videos of the programming from its recent Judicial Conference in Spokane: If, like me, you didn’t get to attend the Ninth Circuit’s recent Judicial Conference in Spokane, you can now view the video of many of the sessions on YouTube (scroll down).

Among the sessions that readers of this blog may find of interest (with links to the corresponding YouTube videos) are:

• “Conversation with the Honorable Elena Kagan, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court“;
• “Ninth Circuit Judges Education Program Supreme Court Review” (featuring Tom Goldstein of “SCOTUSblog” fame speaking for well over an hour);
• “Full Court Press: Where Journalism, the Judiciary and the Public Interest Collide” (featuring Adam Liptak and Zoe Tillman);
• “Hacking the Public’s Confidence in the Judiciary“;
• “Millennials and The Judiciary“; and
• “Leadership in the Law: Judges and Attorneys Taking the Lead.”

“A New Term With Plenty of Hype”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Here Come the Judges: The Newer Appointments to the Ninth Circuit.” That was the title of the Orange County Bar Association’s Appellate Law Section’s meeting today, and the Ninth Circuit has posted the video of the event online at YouTube at this link.

“California Law Censoring Ages on IMDb Faces Skepticism From Appeals Court; SAG-AFTRA attempts — and struggles — to reverse a federal judge’s ruling that AB 1687 is unconstitutional”: Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted on YouTube at this link the video of yesterday’s oral argument.

“Trump’s asylum ban may be a loyalty test for the Supreme Court; Trump’s own appointee is in a special bind: sacrifice his principles or say no to Trump.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Federal Court Says North Dakota Can’t Force Doctors to Promote the ‘Abortion Reversal’ Myth; A rare victory for the First Amendment rights of abortion providers”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Perils of Semi-Legal Poker: By exploiting a legal loophole, two friends tried to build gambling businesses in Texas; They were dealt very different hands.” Kashmir Hill has this report online at The New Yorker.

“Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race: Thomas has moved from black nationalism to the right; But his beliefs about racism, and our ability to solve it, remain the same.” Corey Robin has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“Justices tuning in to cable television civil rights lawsuit”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has this report.

“Montana’s ban on robocalls upheld as constitutional by federal judge”: Holly K. Michels of The Billings Gazette had this article back in February 2018.

Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this decision holding, in disagreement with the district court, that Montana’s ban on political robocalls was unconstitutional.

“This case was removed to federal court by an attorney who was not licensed to practice in the state court where it was originally filed. Even so, we conclude that the removal was effective.” So begins a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.

“U.S. court says PennEast cannot condemn NJ state lands for pipeline”: Scott DiSavino of Reuters has this report on an interesting ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.

“Mnuchin considers appealing Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac investor lawsuit to the Supreme Court”: Kevin Breuninger and Diana Olick of CNBC have this report.

“The Supreme Court’s Next Big Fourth Amendment Case: What’s at stake in Kansas v. Glover.” Damon Root has this blog post online at Reason.

“Video Shows Christine Blasey Ford’s Attorney Saying Kavanaugh Testimony Was Politically Motivated”: Benjamin Fearnow of Newsweek has this report.

“An Unfinished Dialogue: Congress, the Judiciary, and the Rules for Federal Judicial Misconduct Proceedings.” Law professor Arthur D. Hellman has posted this article on SSRN.

“Clarence Thomas, the Repairer of Our Constitution”: Ralph Rossum has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Retired Texas judge in need of a transplant finds her match in a former colleague; Carolyn Wright learned not long after retiring that complications from pneumonia had left her in need of a new kidney”: Tom Steele of The Dallas Morning News has this report.

“Pennsylvania Supreme Court should strike down the death penalty”: Ray Krone and Kirk Bloodsworth have this op-ed in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“For some Texans, nearest abortion clinic is 250 miles away”: David Crary of The Associated Press has this report.

And Christina A. Cassidy of The Associated Press reports that “Women seek abortions out of state amid restrictions.”

“Knick v. Township of Scott: Ending a Catch-22 that Barred Takings Cases from Federal Court.” Law professor Ilya Somin has posted this article on SSRN.

“Liberal Supreme Court justices vote in lockstep, not the conservative justices; Over the past several sessions, Supreme Court Justices appointed by Democratic presidents voted in unison more than their Republican counterparts”: Ilya Shapiro has this essay online at USA Today.

“Gorsuch, Trump’s High Court Pick, Says U.S. in ‘Civility Crisis'”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“How long is a life sentence? For Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court, a philosphical quandary.” Samantha Melamed of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“‘Do you really want me to rule the country?’: Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court’s right turn and racing mascots in the halls.” Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report, along with an article headlined “How Ruth Bader Ginsburg welcomed Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.”