“Supreme Court to hear arguments in major race discrimination case against Comcast on Wednesday”: Tucker Higgins of CNBC has this report.

“Supreme Court seems wary of allowing families of slain Mexican teens to sue U.S. border agents”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Wrestles With Liability for Cross-Border Shooting; Justices hear case in which U.S. Border Patrol agent killed teenager in Mexico.”

Kristine Phillips of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court appears split in case of Mexican teen killed by US agent in cross-border shooting.”

And Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Brian Johnson of Medill News Service report that “Supreme Court wrestles with the legal boundaries of cross-border shootings.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Hernández v. Mesa, No. 17-1678.

“Trump appeals court nominee in jeopardy following GOP revolt”: Matthey Daly of The Associated Press has this report.

And Marianne LeVine and Burgess Everett of Politico report that “New delay by Senate panel spells trouble for judicial nominee; Republicans have repeatedly opposed Judge Halil Suleyman Ozerden, a friend of Mick Mulvaney’s, for the 5th Circuit.”

“Will Trump’s Judges Save His Presidency? He’s counting on a right-leaning judiciary to get him out of impeachment.” Simon Lazarus has this essay online at Washington Monthly.

“One way or another, the Supreme Court is likely to let Trump end DACA; The DACA arguments went better than expected for DREAMers, but that’s probably not enough to save them”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

Online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “The Supreme Court Seems Ready to Let Trump Kill DACA; John Roberts did not appear to grasp the stakes of the case at oral argument.”

And online at Bloomberg Opinion, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Supreme Court’s DACA Case Pits Legality Against Morality; If Obama had the power to create DACA, Trump should have the power to end it.”

“Supreme Court Appears Ready to Let Trump End DACA Program; The justices are considering whether the Trump administration can shut down a program that shields about 700,000 young immigrants from deportation”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Trump administration defends ending DACA, and Supreme Court’s conservatives seemed receptive.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “DACA in doubt as Supreme Court conservatives question its legality.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Trump Decision to End DACA; Solicitor General says president’s action shouldn’t be subject to judicial review at all.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court leans toward Trump plan to end DACA program for nearly 700K undocumented immigrants.” And Alan Gomez of USA Today has an article headlined “DACA: Even a Supreme Court win for Trump could create tough political choices in 2020.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has articles headlined “Supreme Court debates DACA do-over; ‘What’s the point?’ wonders key liberal justice” and “Supreme Court’s DACA case leaves Trump with bad options.”

Tal Kopan of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Migrant youths’ future may hinge on Chief Justice John Roberts.”

Jazmine Ulloa of The Boston Globe reports that “Supreme Court’s conservatives appear to back Trump on DACA.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Split Supreme Court appears ready to allow Trump to end DACA.”

Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung of Reuters report that “Supreme Court leans toward Trump on ending ‘Dreamers’ immigrant program.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Justices Seem Inclined to Let Trump Cancel DACA.”

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court appears inclined to let Trump end DACA program; The justices heard nearly an hour and a half of oral arguments as hundreds of DACA supporters rallied outside.”

Ariane de Vogue and Priscilla Alvarez of CNN report that “Supreme Court justices seem split on DACA ruling.” And Joan Biskupic of CNN reports that “Fate of DACA immigrants may hang on vote of Chief Justice Roberts.”

Shannon Bream and Bill Mears of Fox News report that “Supreme Court divided over future of DACA as justices weigh Trump bid to end program.”

Josh Gerstein and Bianca Quilantan of Politico reports that “Dreamers get little traction with Supreme Court’s conservative justices; Trump has decried the prior court rulings blocking his decision to rescind DACA.”

John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Divided Supreme Court leans toward allowing Trump to end DACA.”

Todd Ruger of Roll Call reports that “Supreme Court grapples with end of ‘Dreamers’ program; Decision next year could ultimately reshape decades-old immigration debate.”

At “SCOTUSblog,” Mark Walsh has a post titled “A ‘view’ from the courtroom: A few more words.”

At “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “Instant reaction to DACA Case: At Least Five Votes that Rescission Not Reviewable; Given the six-month wind-down, the policy would remain intact until after the inauguration.”

And on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over DACA Program.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of Univ. of Cal., No. 18-587.

“Secret complaints are not so secret in bare-knuckled Louisiana Supreme Court race”: Andrea Gallo and John Simerman of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana have this report.

“The Abortion Law Heading To The Supreme Court Is Based On A Lie; A Louisiana law rests on the claim that abortion is unsafe; In reality, the common procedure is less dangerous than getting your wisdom teeth removed”: Lydia O’Connor of HuffPost has this report.

Programming note: This afternoon, I will be presenting an oral argument to a three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. As a result, additional posts will not appear here until late this afternoon or early this evening. As always while I am traveling, additional appellate-related retweets may appear on this blog’s Twitter feed.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.

“Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Fate of ‘Dreamers’; The justices are considering whether the Trump administration can shut down a program that shields about 700,000 young immigrants from deportation”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Caitlin Dickerson of The New York Times has an article headlined “What Is DACA? And How Did It End Up in the Supreme Court? Here’s what you need to know about a policy that protected from deportation people who were brought into the United States as children.”

Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung of Reuters report that “U.S. Supreme Court to hear Trump bid to end protections for immigrant ‘Dreamers.’”

On today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “DACA Recipients Look To Supreme Court For Hope.”

And today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition” also contained an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Long-Standing Battle To End DACA.”