“Pennsylvania judicial races are sleepy. Even so, groups are spending $2 million on TV ads.” Andrew Seidman of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“D.C. Sniper/Tacoma killer Lee Boyd Malvo is pleading for mercy. Should he get it?” The News Tribune of Tacoma, Washington has published this editorial.

“A Crying Shame: A Trump nominee’s reaction to being held accountable for his long record of discrimination should make us all weep.” Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Missouri Nonprofit Wins Free Speech Challenge to Lobbying law”: Brian Flood of Bloomberg Law has this report on a 6-to-5 en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.

My earlier coverage of the original divided three-judge panel’s ruling can be accessed here.

“The ABA’s Attack on Lawrence VanDyke Doesn’t Make Sense; What kind of nominee suggests in his ABA interview that he would not be a ‘fair’ judge?” John McCormack of National Review has this report.

“A Civil-Rights Challenge to Testing Joins the College-Admissions Battle”: Nicholas Lemann has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Patent Death Squad Judges Can Be Fired, U.S. Appeals Court Says”: Susan Decker and Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News have this report.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Federal Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“In His Dealings with Ukraine, Did Donald Trump Commit a Crime?” Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Hawaiian Reef Case at Supreme Court Could Limit Clean Water Act”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Look who’s talking less: Supreme Court Justices; They mostly abide by new rule to stay mum for the first two minutes of oral argument, letting attorneys speak more.” Law professor Tonja Jacobi, professor Timothy R. Johnson, professor Eve Ringsmuth, and law professor Matthew Sag have this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Federal Court Rules there is no Taking if the Police Destroy an Innocent Person’s House During a Law Enforcement Operation; The ruling has considerable backing from precedent; But it is nonetheless based on a deeply flawed doctrine”: Ilya Somin has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

My earlier coverage of Tuesday’s unpublished Tenth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.