“Two Sides of Ted Cruz: Tort Reformer and Personal Injury Lawyer.” Elizabeth Williamson will have this Editorial Observer essay in Thursday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Constitution Check: Is the Supreme Court playing politics with immigration?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Judging a Bribe Is Hard If It’s Unsuccessful”: Online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay that begins, “Who put the quid in the quid pro quo? Was it the same person who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong? The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday that it would consider a version of this eternal question in the appeal of Bob McDonnell, the convicted former governor of Virginia.”

“John Roberts’ Worst Judicial Nightmare: Conservatives say Obama does not ‘take care.'” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Why class action bar’s SCOTUS win in Campbell-Ewald could be tenuous”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

“Constitutional Accountability Center Announces Elizabeth B. Wydra As New President”: You can access the organization’s news release at this link.

“Court considers child porn appeal from ex-school headmaster”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Delaware’s Supreme Court justices appear to have serious concerns about the validity of a search warrant that led to the arrest and conviction of a former prep school headmaster on child pornography charges.”

And The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware reports that “Supreme Court hears Wheeler’s child porn appeal.”

You can access online via the web site of the Supreme Court of Delaware the video of today’s oral argument in Wheeler v. State of Delaware, along with the brief for appellant, the state’s answering brief, and the reply brief for appellant.

“Wright as U.S. judge in historic appointment; With the vote (including 14 Republicans), she again makes judicial history”: The Minneapolis Star Tribune has an article that begins, “The U.S. Senate has confirmed Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Wilhelmina Marie Wright to fill a vacancy on the U.S. District Court of Minnesota, making her the state’s first black female federal judge and ending nearly a year of waiting. Wright was confirmed after a 58-36 vote on Tuesday.”

You can access the U.S. Senate‘s official roll call vote tally on the confirmation at this link.

“President Obama, Meet the ‘Take Care’ Clause; The Supreme Court orders the president to prove that he is faithfully executing the law”: Law professor Josh Blackman has this essay online today at National Review.

“As Supreme Court Clerk, Ted Cruz Made Death Penalty His Cause”: Jason Horowitz will have this article in Thursday’s edition of The New York Times.

“A moose-hunter and his hovercraft tell the Supreme Court Alaska is different”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“Obama faces immigration hurdles even if he wins at high court”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“Immigration Case Ratchets Up Supreme Court Drama”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Two more Pa. Supreme Court justices received offensive emails, records show”: Mark Fazlollah, Craig R. McCoy, and Angela Couloumbis have this front page article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

And in yesterday’s edition of that newspaper, McCoy had an article headlined “Cumberland County judges write — some say improper — letter supporting Justice Eakin.”