SCOTUS slowdown: The Washington Post reports that the number of cases that the U.S. Supreme Court has accepted for the next term is down from previous years—more fallout from the death of Justice Antonin Scalia and the ensuing political fight over his replacement that has kept the seat vacant.
Scheindlin speaks: As U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin prepares to step down from the federal bench, she spoke with The New York Times about her legacy, including a defense of her controversial decision in 2013 finding that the New York police department’s stop-and-frisk policy violated the rights of minorities.
