“Colorado seeks ‘urgent’ decision from Supreme Court on faithless electors”: Anna Staver of The Denver Post has this report.

You can access the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“Criminal Justice Reform and the Courts”: Rachel E. Barkow has this post at “The University of Chicago Law Review Online” blog.

“Donald Dunner, Giant of Patent Appeals, Dies at 88; The Finnegan Henderson partner argued in the neighborhood of 175 appeals to the Federal Circuit, a court he played a role in launching”: Scott Graham of ALM has this report.

“Kansas AG urges U.S. Supreme Court to block limit on theft prosecutions”: Tim Carpenter of The Topeka Capital-Journal has this report.

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court divided over Kansas immigrant identity theft case.”

And Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court wrestles with immigration-related case as Sotomayor breaks the new 2-minute rule.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Kansas v. Garcia, No. 17-834.

“Marching together, Penn Law students call on University to fire Amy Wax”: Ashley Ahn of The Daily Pennsylvanian has this report.

And Benjamin Ball of The Daily Princetonian reports that “Wax defends remarks on immigration, race at Whig-Clio talk.”

“Supreme Court seems divided over whether Beltway Sniper deserves resentencing”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Considers D.C. Sniper’s Parole Bid; Lee Boyd Malvo’s life imprisonment should be reviewed based on factors justices later held necessary when punishing juveniles, lawyer argues.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “D.C. sniper asks court for new sentencing, citing his being minor at time of shootings.”

Frank Green of The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that “Virginia defends sentencing practices as U.S. Supreme Court hears D.C. sniper case.”

Matthew Barakat of The Associated Press reports that “Court seems split on possible resentencing for teen sniper.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court wrestles over ‘D.C. Sniper’ life sentence appeal.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court debates life without parole sentence in DC sniper case.”

Barnini Chakraborty and Bill Mears of Fox News report that “Supreme Court seems split on DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo’s potential resentencing.”

And in commentary, online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “Is This Child Incorrigible or Immature? The Supreme Court is struggling to make sense of former Justice Anthony Kennedy’s landmark juvenile justice opinions.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Mathena v. Malvo, No. 18-217.

“Want to be a judge? Be nice to the Federalist Society. The group has been wildly successful in getting conservatives appointed to state and federal courts.” Columnist Paula Dockery recently had this essay online at The Tampa Bay Times.

“Difficult issues involving human sexuality require dialogue, not scorn, misinformation”: Attorney John Bursch‘s efforts to win this case on his client’s behalf at the U.S. Supreme Court by continuing to argue the merits in the media proceed with this essay available online at The Hill.

To be clear, it is not unusual for a high-profile case to continue to receive attention from the media and commentators following a U.S. Supreme Court oral argument. What makes this case different and unusual is that the lead attorney and oral advocate for one side has continued to argue the merits of his client’s position in the media after the oral argument.

Access online today’s for-publication ruling of the Pa. Superior Court in an appeal that I argued on behalf of the plaintiff-appellant on September 18, 2019: At this link.

“If I Went to Law School, According to My Mom”: Johnathan Appel has this “Daily Shouts” item online at The New Yorker.

“Tennessee’s refugee resettlement lawsuit dealt major setback, leaving U.S. Supreme Court as final option”: Joel Ebert of The Tennessean has this report.

“The Constitution’s ban on ‘cruel and unusual’ punishment is in grave danger from the Supreme Court; With Kennedy gone, the Supreme Court’s already rethinking the Eighth Amendment”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“The Supreme Court Needs to Change the Way It Thinks About Justice for Children; There’s another obvious difference between children and adults”: Gideon Yaffe has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“A more appropriate target for the LGBTQ discrimination case: Mitch McConnell.” Columnist Charles Lane has this essay online at The Washington Post.