“Federal court hears appeal over Delaware court secrecy”: Sean O’Sullivan of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware has this news update.

You can access the audio of today’s oral argument at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit via this link (17.5 MB Windows Media audio file).

Update: In other coverage, Reuters reports that “Appeals court questions ‘secret justice’ in Delaware.”

“Obama names Utah state judge to 10th Circuit bench; Sens. Hatch, Lee say McHugh’s intelligence will serve her well”: Thomas Burr of The Salt Lake Tribune has this news update.

“Facebook Tells Court ‘Like’ Feature Vital to Free Speech”: Tom Schoenberg of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Fight Over Obama Appointees May Spur Senate Rule Change”: This article will appear Friday in The New York Times.

“Top appeals court nominee sails toward confirmation; He’s argued more than two dozen cases before the Supreme Court; Now, Sri Srinivasan could be moving toward a seat on the bench himself”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

At “The Note” blog of ABC News, Ariane de Vogue has a post titled “SCOTUS Watch: Keep an Eye on Srikanth Srinivasan.”

And The Hill has a blog post titled “Senate panel approves Obama nominee for key court post.”

“Court ruling unsealed in D.C. campaign investigation”: The Washington Post has this news update.

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Zoe Tillman has a post titled “Unsealed Opinion Offers Few Clues on Mayoral Probe.”

“Sequel to the Fifth Circuit’s Quorum Conundrum: Comer v. Murphy Oil II.” Law professor Adam Steinman has this post today at “Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog” about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued Tuesday.

“Songs for the Supremes”: Jess Bravin has this post (pass-through link) today at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog.”

“Jane Kelly’s experience rare on US appeals court”: The Associated Press has this report.

“At D.C. Circuit, Contractor Case Merits Take Backseat”: Andrew Ramonas has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Supreme Court Justice Urges Immigrant Parents to Help Children with School”: The SchoolBook web site of WNYC Radio has this report (with audio).

“Second appeals court invalidates Obama’s NLRB recess appointments”: Tal Kopan of Politico.com has this blog post.

My earlier coverage of today’s Third Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Arkansas Ordered to Face Lawsuit Challenging Abortion Law”: Bloomberg News has this report.

“Senate committee approves 3 judicial nominees”: The Associated Press has this report.

“The Forty-Year Fight”: In today’s edition of The Chicago Weekly, Olivia Dorow Hovland has an article that begins, “Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s diminutive stature was dwarfed by the marshals that surrounded her as she made her way down the main aisle of the University of Chicago Law School auditorium Saturday afternoon.”

“Delaware’s Chancery Court seeks to restart ‘secret’ hearings”: Reuters has this report on a case scheduled for oral argument today at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

“Cops Should Get Warrants to Read Your E-Mail, Attorney General Says”: David Kravets has this post today at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.

“To Stop Overreaches Like the AP Debacle, Congress Must Step Up; The judiciary can’t fix this: The Supreme Court has a poor track record protecting journalists from the government.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

And online at Slate, Emily Bazelon has a jurisprudence essay titled “Obama’s War on Journalists: His administration’s leak investigations are outrageous and unprecedented.”

“Dotcom: Supreme Court grants leave to appeal.” The New Zealand Herald has this news update.

Reuters reports that “NZ Supreme Court to hear Megaupload evidence appeal.”

And Joe Mullin of Ars Technica reports that “NZ Supreme Court to hear appeal on whether Dotcom can see US evidence; Government lawyers say Megaupload founder has no need to see documents.”

Update: In other coverage, at the “Hollywood, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “Kim Dotcom Case to Be Reviewed By New Zealand’s Supreme Court; The Megaupload founder has gotten the country’s highest court to review a March decision over access to U.S. government documents.”

“Senate Panel Unanimously Approves Sri Srinivasan For D.C. Circuit Judge”: Sahil Kapur has this post at TPM Livewire.

And the “Post Poiitics” blog of The Washington Post has an entry titled “Sri Srinivasan approved by Senate Judiciary Committee.”

Update: In other coverage, at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Matthew Huisman has a post titled “Senate Judiciary Approves Sri Srinivasan for D.C. Circuit.”

“Cool Music Soothes Supreme Court”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Senate panel considers labor board nominees”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Ninth Circuit Pooh-Poohs Coupons in HP Printer Case”: Scott Graham of The Recorder has this report.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“We hold that the Recess of the Senate in the Recess Appointments Clause refers to only intersession breaks.” So holds the majority on a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in an NLRB recess appointment challenge decided today. The majority opinion totals 102 pages, while the dissent clocks in at 55 pages.

And in related news, Carlyn Kolker of Reuters reports that “NLRB pursuing settlements, despite Noel Canning decision.”

“Liberty still pushing its challenge to Obamacare”: Politico.com has this report on a case scheduled for oral argument today at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

“Prison Inmate’s Complaint Gets High Court Review; Sixth Circuit ruling in indigent’s civil rights case targeted”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report (free access).

“Facebook’s ‘Like’ Faces Free-Speech Test in U.S. Court”: Tom Schoenberg of Bloomberg News has this report on a case scheduled for oral argument today at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

“Constitution Check: Who has First Amendment rights in the workplace?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Open Season: Do Laws Against Animal Crushing Videos Violate Free Speech? Ashley Nicole Richards, who filmed herself torturing and killing kittens, puppies, cats and dogs, was the first person brought up on revised federal crush-video charges — which backfired magnificently.” This lengthy cover story appears in the current issue of Houston Press.

“Obama climate agenda faces Supreme Court reckoning”: Lawrence Hurley and Valerie Volcovici of Reuters have this news analysis.

“Obama needs a fresh approach to naming judges”: Law professor David Fontana has this essay at Politico.com.