“Pivotal moment arrives for U.S. gay rights movement”: Reuters has this report.

“Supreme Court will take up Mich. same-sex marriage case”: The Detroit News has this report.

The Detroit Free Press has a news update headlined “Michigan same-sex marriage plaintiffs: ‘We’re in awe.’”

MLive.com has articles headlined “Supreme Court to review Michigan gay marriage case“; “Plaintiff in gay marriage case: Supreme Court review makes for ‘proudest day of my great lesbian life’“; “Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, AG Bill Schuette welcome gay marriage review by Supreme Court“; and “Muskegon area responds to U.S. Supreme Court taking up gay marriage cases.”

The Cleveland Plain Dealer has a news update headlined “Plaintiffs in Ohio gay marriage cases look forward to their U.S. Supreme Court date.”

Jim Provance of The Toledo Blade has a news update headlined “U.S. Supreme Court to decide if same-sex couples have right to marry under Constitution; Hearing appeals of rulings in Ohio, Mich., Ky., and Tenn.”

The Cincinnati Enquirer has a news update headlined “‘Tears of joy & sadness’: Supreme Court to rule on gay marriage.”

The Tennessean has a news update headlined “Gay Tennessee couples see court move as first step toward equality.”

The Louisville Courier-Journal has a news update headlined “Supreme Court to take Ky. gay marriage cases.”

And The Lexington Herald-Leader has a news update headlined “U.S. Supreme Court to decide same-sex marriage cases from Kentucky, three other states.”

“The Supreme Court and Gay Marriage”: This editorial will appear in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.

“John Roberts May Finally Be Ready to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage: The issue is returning to the Supreme Court — and the conservative Chief Justice could surprise onlookers.” Brianne Gorod and Judith E. Schaeffer have this essay online at The New Republic.

And at his “Election Law Blog,” Rick Hasen has a post titled “Has SCOTUS Stacked the Deck Against Gay Marriage in How It Has Framed the Question?”

“Supreme Court to Decide Whether Gays Nationwide Can Marry”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court agrees to hear gay marriage issue.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court agrees to settle gay marriage dispute.”

Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau reports that “Supreme Court to hear same-sex marriage cases.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Supreme Court agrees to rule on whether same-sex couples nationwide can marry.”

And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court to decide if states can ban gay marriage.” In addition, Joan Biskupic reports that “Justice Kennedy key figure as top court tackles gay marriage.”

On the agenda: Next week, on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 1:30 p.m., I will be arguing a criminal appeal before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in a case that previously received some news coverage. You can access my client’s brief for appellant (minus 80 pages of attachments) at this link and his reply brief for appellant at this link. Substantial portions of the opening brief for appellant reflect the research and writing work of my client’s prior counsel, Peter Goldberger, Amy Adelson, and Nathan Dershowitz.

And on Wednesday, January 21 at noon, I will be at the National Constitution Center to attend a presentation by Second Circuit Chief Judge Robert A. Katzmann on interpreting the law of Congress. After his talk, Chief Judge Katzmann will be signing copies of his new book — “Judging Statutes” — which will be available for purchase.

“Judicial Discipline Evidence Hearing Set for Alabama Judge Arrested for Domestic Abuse”: Alyson Palmer of the Daily Report of Fulton County, Georgia has this article today.

You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.

“Supreme Court Will Hear Four Cases Challenging Same-Sex Marriage Ban; A decision in the case, expected by late June, could lead to the end of such bans across the country”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed has this report.

You can access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link. The Court’s grant of review in the same-sex marriage cases is limited to two questions:

1) Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex? 2) Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-state?

The same-sex marriage cases have been allocated 90 minutes for oral argument on question one and 60 minutes for oral argument on question two.

The Court also granted review in four cases other than the same-sex marriage cases.

In other coverage, Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “High court to hear gay marriage cases in April.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Gay Marriage Gets U.S. Supreme Court Review in Landmark Case.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court agrees to rule on gay marriage.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court will rule on same-sex marriage.”

“This Badass Tattoo Takes Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fandom To New Levels”: Ashley Alman of The Huffington Post has this report today.

“Did Paul Ryan Undermine The SCOTUS Case To Topple Obamacare?” Sahil Kapur of TPM DC has this report today.

“Justices must act fast if gay marriage to be settled in June”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

Programming note: This morning I will be visiting an incarcerated client in federal prison as part of my preparations to argue his appeal next Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. This afternoon, I will provide links to my client’s appellate briefs in the case, which presents a number of interesting issues.

Additional posts will appear here this afternoon.

“Oklahoma executes Charles Warner in 20-minute procedure; state says no complications; The killer of an infant girl complains about burning sensation before the lethal drugs are administered”: The Tulsa World has this report.

The Oklahoman reports that “Oklahoma killer executed for death of infant girl; Charles Frederick Warner, 47, was put to death Thursday for raping and killing 11-month-old Adriana Waller in 1997.”

In today’s edition of The New York Times, Erik Eckholm has an article headlined “Oklahoma Executes First Inmate Since Slipshod Injection in April.”

Richard Wolf and Gregg Zoroya of USA Today report that “Oklahoma executes man after justices deny stay.”

In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin and Nathan Koppel have an article headlined “Oklahoma Carries Out First Execution Since April’s Botched Lethal Injection; Supreme Court Declines to Halt Execution of Charles Warner for Killing an 11-Month-Old Girl.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

The Associated Press reports that “Inmate shows no obvious distress in Oklahoma execution.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Oklahoma Lethal Injections Allowed by U.S. Supreme Court.”

Reuters reports that “Supreme Court allows Oklahoma to proceed with execution.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Oklahoma executions allowed to resume.”

You can access yesterday evening’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court denying a stay, and the dissent therefrom, at this link.

“Virginia Supreme Court won’t rehear Huguely appeal”: The Daily Progress of Charlottesville, Virginia has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Va. Supreme Court declines to hear Huguley appeal.”

“A Nightmare of False Accusation That Could Happen to You: If you are called a criminal in a lawsuit to which you aren’t a party, you may have no legal recourse to defend yourself.” Alan M. Dershowitz had this op-ed in yesterday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

You can freely access the full text of the op-ed via Google.