“Did the ‘liberal lion’ of the 9th Circuit bully and mistreat his clerks?” Maura Dolan has this article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

And Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “72 former clerks confirm harassment by influential U.S. appeals court judge” (note: this headline appears to incorrectly characterize the letter that 72 former Reinhardt clerks issued yesterday).

“Former Judge Behind Landmark Gay-Marriage Ruling Discusses Trump’s Criticism of Judges; Former federal prosecutor, judge, mayor and current Day Pitney partner Christopher Droney discussed President Trump and other topics in a wide-ranging interview Friday”: Robert Storace of the Connecticut Law Tribune has this report.

“Three thought experiments: How can Congress structurally reform the federal clerkship program? What if Congress standardized the hiring process, imposed minimum qualifications, and converted term clerks to career clerks?” Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Sheldon Whitehouse Is Going to War Against the Federalist Society Over Court-Packing; The Democratic senator does not mince words: dark-money interests are attempting to rig the judicial system, including the Supreme Court.” Charles P. Pierce has this post online at Esquire magazine.

“Bremerton lawyer offers history lesson to U.S. Supreme Court”: Andrew Binion of The Kitsap Sun of Bremerton, Washington has this report.

“SCOTUS Milestone: Clement Tops 100 High Court Arguments.” Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report, which also discusses the paucity of female advocates arguing cases at the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Recent changes in SCOTUS raise the stakes in upcoming abortion case”: Mark Walsh has this report online at ABA Journal.

“Federal Judicial Center Report on § 1292(b) Appeals”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

The last time I obtained interlocutory review by permission from a federal appellate court on behalf of a client remains quite memorable, for reasons explained here and here.

The appellate briefing in that case on whether review should be granted can be accessed via this link, and the merits briefing can be accessed via this link.