“Ex-Garden City funeral home worker’s case going to US Supreme Court”: Todd Spangler of The Detroit Free Press has this report.

“Supreme Court term to begin with blockbuster question: Is it legal to fire someone for being gay or transgender?” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

And in commentary, online at USA Today, William A. Moore has an essay titled “My partner was fired for being gay. The Supreme Court can’t set a pro-bigotry precedent.”

“Dan Markel case: Day Five of murder trial focuses in on actions of Charlie Adelson, cell phone trail.” Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“Asian Americans are rightly angry about racism. Making colleges less diverse isn’t the answer.” Jeannie Park has this essay online at The Washington Post.

And online at The Boston Globe, Richard D. Kahlenberg has an essay titled “There’s a better way to diversify Harvard.”

“Harvard’s Legal Discrimination: A federal court upholds the university’s race-conscious admissions.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“Building a More Inclusive Federal Judiciary”: Danielle Root, Jake Faleschini, and Grace Oyenub of the Center for American Progress have this report.

And online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “The absurd whiteness of America’s court system, in 2 charts; America was making real progress on judicial diversity; Then Trump happened.”

“U.S. Supreme Court to tackle gay rights, guns, abortion and Trump”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.