“Legal group’s records tell little about Sotomayor”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A Puerto Rican civil rights organization advised by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor campaigned against seating conservative Robert Bork on the high court in the late 1980s, according to new documents that shed light on the group that’s become a key focus of Republicans questioning Sotomayor’s fitness to be a justice.”

“Court: Teen abortion records private.” The Cincinnati Enquirer has this news update.

The Columbus Dispatch has a news update headlined “Supreme Court: Planned Parenthood does not have to turn over abortion records to parents.”

The Dayton Daily News has an update headlined “Minors’ abortion records off limits, court says.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Ohio high court rules for abortion record privacy.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Ohio at this link. The court’s own news release on the ruling is headlined “Plaintiff in Private Lawsuit Has No Right to Discover Confidential Medical Records of Non-Parties.”

“9th Circuit Reversed 14 Times This Term”: Today in The Daily Journal of California, Lawrence Hurley has this article.

“Wardlaw Wasn’t Vetted to Replace Souter”: Lawrence Hurley has this article today in The Daily Journal of California.

“New York’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, instituting a three-tier system for the regulation of alcoholic beverages, do[es] not discriminate against out-of-state producers in violation of the Commerce Clause”: So holds a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a decision issued today.

Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi wrote an interesting concurring opinion intended to “emphasize the unusual nature of judicial interpretation of the Twenty-First Amendment, a constitutional provision that, over seventy-five years, has been defined and redefined to accommodate changing social needs and norms.”

“Supreme Court Term in Review”: CBS News legal analyst Andrew Cohen has this “CourtWatch” essay.

“Group says blacks will fight if city certifies exams”: The New Haven Register today contains an article that begins, “Dealt a setback by the U.S. Supreme Court, the leader of an organization for black firefighters Tuesday vowed, ‘It doesn’t end here.'”

And The Hartford Courant reports today that “Impact Of Supreme Court’s Ricci Decision Already Being Felt In Bridgeport, Memphis; Supreme Court New Haven Firefighters Decision Has National Impact.”

“The Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings as a Non-Event”: Tom Goldstein has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Supreme Court leaves hanging the case of detained Uighurs; The justices’ inaction this term probably extends the 13 detainees’ time at Guantanamo”: Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

“3rd Circuit Recognizes New Cause of Action for Civil Rights Violations at Nursing Homes”: Today in The Legal Intelligencer — Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers — Shannon P. Duffy has an article that begins, “In a landmark opinion that recognizes a new category of lawsuits, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Federal Nursing Home Reform Amendments give residents of county-run nursing homes the right to bring civil rights claims under Section 1983 to challenge the quality of their treatment.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

“Ruling bars lawsuit in Atlanta man’s Iraq convoy injury”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court says the wife of a U.S. soldier incapacitated by brain injury in a wreck during a fuel convoy in Iraq cannot sue the civilian contractor delivering the fuel.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“Pipe Bombs Unprotected by the Second Amendment”: At “The Volokh Conspiracy,” law professor Eugene Volokh has this post about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.

“Pa. high court to hear challenge in Risperdal case”: Today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer contains an article that begins, “The Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed yesterday to hear a legal challenge over whether the Rendell administration should be allowed to use a Texas law firm to pursue a case against a drugmaker on behalf of Pennsylvania.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

“New Look at Election Spending Looms in September”: Jess Bravin has this article today in The Wall Street Journal.

“Job-Test Ruling Cheers Employers; Decision Inspires Some Companies to Consider Broader Use of Exams, but Others Say It Creates Uncertainty”: Today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal contains an article that begins, “The Supreme Court’s landmark employment-discrimination ruling Monday may create uncertainty about when and what kinds of tests employers can give applicants for jobs or promotions, say corporate executives and lawyers.”

“Term Saw High Court Move to The Right; Roberts-Led March Likely to Continue”: Robert Barnes has this article today in The Washington Post.