“The Bolch Judicial Institute will assume and further develop several of the center’s programs, including * * * the annual Appellate Judges Educational Institute (AJEI), one of the nation’s largest educational conferences for appellate judges and lawyers”: So reports a news release that Duke Law News issued recently titled “$10 million gift establishes Carl and Susan Bolch Judicial Institute.”

In Bashman news from Australia: Of late, there has been a paucity of Bashman news from Australia, to the delight of Aussies concerned about their physical well-being. Today, however, ABC News of Sydney reports that “Teenagers bash man with poles in South Melbourne, breaking his eye socket.”

“Khizr Khan makes personal appeal to Supreme Court on travel ban”: Tal Kopan of CNN.com has this report. You can access the amicus brief at this link.

“Supreme Court shoots down Governor’s order barring LGBT discrimination against workers”: Mark Ballard of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has this report.

And Julia O’Donoghue of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans reports that “John Bel Edwards’ LGBT executive order dies in Louisiana Supreme Court.”

“Reproductive rights group asks Supreme Court to review Baltimore law requiring clinics to say they don’t offer abortions”: Andrea K. McDaniels of The Baltimore Sun has this report.

“Republicans offered Supreme Court seat if McDonald confirmed”: Ken Dixon of The Connecticut Post has an article that begins, “Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has offered a former Republican state senator a nomination to the state Supreme Court if the Senate next week confirms Justice Andrew J. McDonald for the vacant chief justice post, sources have told Hearst Connecticut Media.”

“California Supreme Court rules alumna can sue UCLA for 2009 stabbing”: Jacob Preal of The Daily Bruin has this report.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Supreme Court of California ruling can be accessed here.

“Round Two for Obamacare: Sebelius Redux.” Mark S. Pulliam has this post at the blog of The Federalist Society.

“Google Privacy Case Risks Disrupting a Key Source of Nonprofit Funding; U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to take a case about cy pres, the practice of sending leftover settlement money to parties not affiliated with the litigation”: Sara Randazzo of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Maryland Republicans take electoral map fight to U.S. high court”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“For Some Class-Action Lawyers, Charity Begins and Ends at Home; They funnel millions in settlement money to select causes — including their own alma maters”: Ted Frank has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Frank is writing about this case, where he is the petitioner, in which U.S. Supreme Court review is being sought.

“Fired war court overseer says he was exploring plea deals in 9/11, USS Cole cases”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

And Josh Gerstein of Politico has a blog post titled “Mattis: Aerial photo request triggered firing of Gitmo tribunal overseer.”

“GOP chief justice slams Republican judicial impeachment move”: Liz Navratil of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this report.

Jan Murphy of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has articles headlined “Pa. Supreme Court chief justice sees impeachment resolutions as ‘attack upon an independent judiciary’” and “Pa. attorney general calls on House to reject judicial impeachment resolutions.”

Debra Erdley of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that “Chief Justice condemns impeachment resolutions.”

And Sam Levine of HuffPost reports that “Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Scolds His Own Party For Trying To Impeach Justices.”

The official website of the Pennsylvania Courts today posted online a news release titled “PA Supreme Court Chief Justice Reacts to Threats of Impeachment.”

“Why Republicans Are Right To Impeach Pennsylvania’s Rogue Supreme Court Justices Over Gerrymandering; What is more in accord with the rule of law: four justices usurping the power of a co-equal branch of government, or a legislature doing exactly what the state constitution allows?” Kyle Sammin has this post at The Federalist.

“Jeff Colyer files petition requesting U.S. Supreme Court take up Planned Parenthood ruling”: Katie Moore of The Topeka Capital-Journal has this report.

And Bryan Lowry of The Kansas City Star reports that “Colyer wants to take Kansas’ fight with Planned Parenthood to the U.S. Supreme Court.”

“In ruling for victim in UCLA attack, California Supreme Court says universities should protect students”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Court puts onus on California colleges to protect students from ‘foreseeable violence.’”

Douglas Belkin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Schools Have a Duty to Protect Students From Attacks, Rules California High Court; Decision comes as violence has become a more regular occurrence on campuses.”

Sudhin Thanawala of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: California colleges have duty to protect students.”

Maria Dinzeo of Courthouse News Service reports that “California High Court Rules Colleges Must Protect Students.”

And at the “At the Lectern” blog, David Ettinger has a post titled “Colleges and universities have a duty to protect their students from certain violence.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.

“At the Supreme Court, No Consensus on the Death Penalty; Justices alternately upheld, halted and questioned executions on an array of grounds this week”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Supreme Court Avoids Bush v. Gore II in Ducking Pennsylvania Redistricting Controversy”: Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this post at the Harvard Law Review Blog.

“Budget bill likely would end Supreme Court email search case”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“A school cook’s forgotten civil rights stand”: Jim McElhatton has this article online at The Alexandria (Va.) Times.

“Chief Justice Burger and the Bench: How Physically Changing the Shape of the Court’s Bench Reduced Interruptions during Oral Argument.” Ryan C. Black, Timothy R. Johnson, and Ryan J. Owens have this very interesting article (subscription required for full access) in the March 2018 issue of the Journal of Supreme Court History, which arrived in my office mail today.

I have initiated contact with the article’s authors to see if perhaps free online access to this article can be provided for those one or two “How Appealing” readers who aren’t members of the Supreme Court Historical Society and thus don’t have a subscription to the Journal of Supreme Court History.

Update: With thanks to article co-author Tim Johnson, you can access the full text of the article online at this link.

“The Long March of the Corporate Rights Movement”: At the Los Angeles Review of Books, Ryan Azad has this review of law professor Adam Winkler‘s new book, “We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights.”

“U.S. spending bill includes bid to solve international email privacy impasse”: Dustin Volz of Reuters has this report. According to the article, “If adopted, the measure could make a case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court last month moot that arose after Microsoft balked at handing over a criminal suspect’s emails stored in company servers in Ireland.”

“Lino Graglia: The Happy Warrior Soldiers On.” Mark Pulliam has this post at his blog, “Misrule of Law.”

“Supreme Court Notebook: Sotomayor rapped for surfing the web.” Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press have this report.

“How a Judge’s Nomination Turned Ugly in Connecticut”: Rick Rojas of The New York Times has an article that begins, “Andrew J. McDonald had been overwhelmingly approved by lawmakers five years ago when he joined the Connecticut Supreme Court.”

“Federal appeals court rules against conservative group”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against investigators and former state officials involved in a now-halted secret investigation into Gov. Scott Walker’s 2012 recall campaign.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

“The parties put us in the uncomfortable role of Grinch, examining the details of an impressive high school production.” So begins the final paragraph of a ruling that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued today in an Establishment Clause case. Chief Judge Diane P. Wood wrote the majority opinion, while Circuit Judge Frank H. Easterbrook wrote an opinion concurring in the judgment.

“In rare ruling, Supreme Court overturns Buffalo man’s tax conviction”: Phil Fairbanks of The Buffalo News has this report.

And Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court limits reach of tax crime statute.”

“Supreme Court gives Texas inmate chance to secure funds that could help him avoid death penalty”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman reports that “Supreme Court sides with Texas death row inmate.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court revives Texas death row inmate’s funding claim.”

Jolie McCullough and Emma Platoff of The Texas Tribune report that “U.S. Supreme Court orders lower court to reconsider Texas death row inmate’s appeal for funds to investigate his case.”

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “The Supreme Court Just Sided With Criminal Defendants In Two Cases.”

“Ricketts’ pick for Nebraska Supreme Court ‘operating on higher level,’ colleague says”: Lori Pilger of The Lincoln Journal Star has an article that begins, “Jonathan Papik, an Omaha attorney who graduated with distinction from Harvard Law School and clerked for a judge who now sits on the U.S. Supreme Court, will be the next justice to join the Nebraska Supreme Court.”

And Joe Duggan of The Omaha World-Herald reports that “Governor quickly fills one vacancy on Nebraska Supreme Court with appointment of Omaha attorney.”

“Stephen Colbert Hits the Weight Bench With Ruth Bader Ginsburg; The ‘Late Show’ host tried his hand at the 85-year-old Supreme Court Justice’s brutal fitness routine”: Patrick Shanley of The Hollywood Reporter has this report.

And if you don’t feel like staying up late, you can see the video of tonight’s segment via this link.

“Impeaching Pa. Supreme Court justices? That’s what an actual Constitutional crisis looks like.” Columnist John L. Micek has this essay online at The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

“Slow & Steady”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Burdensome and wrong: Will the justices strike down California’s abortion notification law? Even some liberal justices seem to think the rules violate the First Amendment.” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.