“Flynn: Who’s Playing the Politics?” The New York Sun has published this editorial.

“Meet the Trump Judge Who’s OK With Cops Shooting Unarmed People in the Back; A Trump appointee, Judge Jonathan Kobes, said an Arkansas police officer was justified in shooting a man in the back, even after a pat-down revealed the suspect was unarmed”: Lisa Needham has this essay online at Rewire.News.

“Senate panel advances Mississippi appeals court nominee”: Matthew Daly of The Associated Press has this report.

Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost reports that “Amid Racial Justice Marches, GOP Advances Trump Court Pick Hostile To Civil Rights; Cory Wilson, who has denied that restrictive voting laws lead to voter suppression, is up for a lifetime seat on a U.S. appeals court.”

Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law reports that “Senate Judiciary Approves Trump Fifth Circuit Pick Cory Wilson.”

And Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service reports that “Trump Pick for Fifth Circuit Advances Past Senate Panel.”

“Court appears reluctant to order judge to immediately drop criminal case against Michael Flynn”: Ann E. Marimow and Spencer S. Hsu have this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

In today’s edition of The New York Times, Charlie Savage has an article headlined “Court Seems Open to Allowing Judge to Scrutinize Bid to Drop Flynn Case; An appeals court panel’s questions suggested that it is unlikely to block a lower-court judge from examining why prosecutors asked to dismiss the case against a Trump ally who already pleaded guilty.”

Byron Tau of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Appeals Court Voices Concerns About Michael Flynn’s Bid to End Judge’s Inquiry; Two of three judges raise questions about whether trial court judge can be ordered to cut the review short.”

Kristine Phillips of USA Today reports that “Appeals court seems unwilling to force dismissal of Michael Flynn case, attorneys face tough questioning.”

Jeff Mordock of The Washington Times reports that “DOJ attorney tells federal appeals court Flynn case has become ‘public spectacle.’”

Eric Tucker of The Associated Press reports that “Court appears reluctant to order dismissal of Flynn case.”

Sarah N. Lynch and Jan Wolfe of Reuters report that “U.S. appeals court skeptical of bid by ex-Trump adviser Flynn to end criminal case.”

Erik Larson of Bloomberg News reports that “Flynn Judges Express Doubt About Letting DOJ Toss Case Now.”

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Appeals court appears unlikely to stop Flynn case; Flynn’s lawyers are seeking order directing a federal district judge to let the Department of Justice drop the case.”

Katelyn Polantz of CNN reports that “Judges unpersuaded by Michael Flynn’s attempt to force a dismissal.”

Tyler Olson of Fox News reports that “Judge says court may have picked ‘intemperate’ lawyer to argue against DOJ dropping Flynn case.”

Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico report that “Appeals judges reluctant to force immediate end to Flynn case; The Justice Department has moved to drop the prosecution of Trump’s first national security adviser, but the judge handling the case has yet to sign off.”

John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Appeals court appears reluctant to order dismissal of Flynn case.”

Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “Michael Flynn And The Government Want To Stop A Judge From Probing The Decision To Drop His Case. The DC Circuit Wasn’t Impressed. Flynn and the Department of Justice want to block the judge in his criminal case from reviewing the decision to drop his prosecution.”

Dan Mangan and Kevin Breuninger of CNBC report that “Ex-Trump advisor Michael Flynn faces skeptical appeals court.”

And Megan Mineiro of Courthouse News Service reports that “DC Circuit Shows Unease as Flynn Attempts Dismissal Leapfrog.”

You can access via this link the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.