“The Court has cancelled its en banc hearings and all non-case related meetings scheduled for the week of March 9th.” So begins an announcement that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this evening.

“Barr Increasingly Appears Focused on Undermining Mueller Inquiry; A judge’s criticism cast light on the first in a series of steps by the attorney general to take aim at the Russia investigation”: Sharon LaFraniere of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“With ‘Remain in Mexico’ in limbo, Trump administration sends troops to San Diego border; Border officials troops will assist U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents with security next week pending court decision”: Phil Diehl of The San Diego Union-Tribune has this report.

“If Joe Biden Wins: A few things we’ll no longer have to worry about.” Columnist Bret Stephens has this essay, which among other things discusses federal judicial appointments, online at The New York Times.

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: The Dissents of Judge Thomas Griffith.” Aaron L. Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“The Right’s New Strategy to Fight Abortion Takes Aim at Doctors; The attack on reproductive rights is borrowing from one of Roe‘s original strategies, and weaknesses”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Supreme Court nominees sent to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ office ahead of her 4th appointment to Iowa’s highest court”: Anna Spoerre of The Des Moines Register has this report.

“The Supreme Court gets dragged into 2020; Heading into the election, Trump and even some of his critics are calling on justices to recuse themselves from politically explosive cases”: Darren Samuelsohn of Politico has this report.

Access online the audio of this week’s U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments: Via this link.

“Trump Campaign’s Libel Claims Are Long Shots; The lawsuits against the New York Times and Washington Post open the president up to the potential of an under-oath deposition”: Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“House Democrats request appeal asking court to enforce subpoena for former Trump White House counsel Donald McGahn”: Spencer S. Hsu and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have a report that begins, “House Democrats asked a federal appeals court in Washington on Friday to reconsider enforcing a congressional subpoena for President Trump’s former White House counsel Donald McGahn.”

You can access at this link the petition for rehearing en banc filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

“Vulnerable Republicans dodge questions on support for ObamaCare lawsuit”: Peter Sullivan of The Hill has this report.

“Trump needs Jeff Wall on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals”: Quin Hillyer has this essay online at the Washington Examiner.

“No matter what the Supreme Court decides, abortion opponents have already won; As the Supreme Court considers a Louisiana law, this is how anti-abortion groups see the direction of the country”: Anna North of Vox has this report.

“Chuck Schumer Needs to Watch Himself; Imitating Trump’s threats is not the way to preserve the rule of law in this country”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.