“Arkansas seeking rehearing in 12-week abortion ban case”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Third Circuit Nominee Breezes Through Confirmation Hearing; U.S. District Judge Luis Felipe Restrepo was nominated in November to the appeals court”: Mike Sacks of The National Law Journal has this report.

“With Senate control, will the GOP stop confirming circuit court judges?” Russell Wheeler of The Brookings Institution has this blog post today.

“High court denies teen’s family damages after brain is found on class trip”: The Staten Island Advance has this news update.

The New York Daily News reports that “Medical examiner does not have to return organs of the dead after performing autopsy, Appeals Court rules.”

The New York Post has an article headlined “Brains don’t have to be returned to bodies after autopsy: court.”

Reuters reports that “Family of dead NYC teen loses court battle over brain.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “NY court: Medical examiners don’t have to return all organs.”

You can access today’s 5-to-2 ruling of the Court of Appeals of New York — that state’s highest court — at this link.

“HHS Chief Burwell, House GOP Square Off Over Health-Law Case; Two sides fine tune messages ahead of Supreme Court’s decision on Affordable Care Act”: Louise Radnofsky of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Abortion rights groups file motion to halt key provisions in Texas law”: Reuters has a report that begins, “Several women’s health providers filed a motion on Wednesday seeking to halt a U.S. appeals court decision a day earlier allowing Texas to impose restrictions on abortions, and said they plan to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Ruling on Texas abortion law sets up potential Supreme Court showdown.”

John Council of Texas Lawyer has an article headlined “Who Wrote for the Majority in Controversial Abortion Decision?” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

Via “SCOTUSblog,” you can access the stay motion at this link.

Meanwhile, in commentary, online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Why the Texas Abortion Law May Stand.”

And online at The Guardian (UK), Scott Lemieux has an essay titled “The US supreme court may bring Texas- style abortion restrictions to every state; The state’s years-long effort to minimize women’s access to abortion services just got a legal boost, and it sets up another battle at the nation’s highest court.”

“President Obama’s Supreme Court Remarks Set Him Apart; Previous presidents only briefly commented on Supreme Court cases, study finds”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Congress must fix Obamacare if court guts it — U.S. official”: Reuters has this report.

The June 2015 issue of the Harvard Law Review can now be accessed online: Via this link.

“Are Gun Rights Second-Class Rights? Supreme Court Declines Major Second Amendment Case, Over Fiery Dissent.” Evan Bernick has this blog entry today at The Huffington Post.

“Thinly sliced baloney, Wonder Bread, concurring opinions and the Supreme Court”: Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf had this post yesterday at his “Hercules and the umpire” blog.

“FAN 63 (First Amendment News) CJ Roberts: Mr. First Amendment — The Trend Continues.” Ronald K.L. Collins has this post today at “Concurring Opinions.”

“The right’s slimy new scheme: The made-up ‘religious freedom’ protection designed to gut same-sex marriage; Indiana was just the beginning: A host of new ‘religious freedom’ bills are coming; The target: Marriage equality.” Elliot Mincberg has this essay at Salon.com.

And online at The Atlantic, law professor Garrett Epps has an essay titled “North Carolina’s Rightward Turn: A bill excusing public officials from performing gay marriages caps a string of legislative victories for conservatives.”

“Obama lawyers asked secret court to ignore public court’s decision on spying; Justice Department’s national security chief cites six-month transition period in the USA Freedom Act as a reason to turn the bulk surveillance spigot back on”: Spencer Ackerman of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

“Court ruling against gay marriage could cause legal ‘chaos'”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Finding misconduct by prosecutor, court overturns murder conviction”: The San Jose Mercury News has this article reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Q&A with Washington Post Supreme Court reporter Robert Barnes”: James Hohmann has this interview with Robert Barnes online today at The Washington Post.

“Appeals court orders Albert Woodfox, last of remaining incarcerated ‘Angola 3’ members, to stay in jail until at least Friday”: This front page article appears in today’s edition of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Today’s edition of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans contains a front page article headlined “Angola 3 member Albert Woodfox’s release blocked until Friday, at least.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Last of ‘Angola 3’ inmates waits for decision on release.”