“2012 Tenth Circuit Bench & Bar Conference Cancelled”: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued this statement yesterday.

“Trial records at mercy of court reporters’ performance”: This article appeared Sunday in The Austin American-Statesman.

“Mexican national executed for killing of S.A. girl”: The San Antonio Express-News has this update.

And The Houston Chronicle has a news update headlined “Mexican executed for Texas teen’s slaying; High court rejected Obama bid to spare inmate’s life.”

“Court won’t stop execution of Mexican”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Supreme Court won’t stop Texas from executing a Mexican citizen convicted of raping and killing a 16-year-old girl in a case that has garnered international attention.”

You can access today’s per curiam ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in Leal Garcia v. Texas, No. 11-5001, at this link. Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan joined.

“Appeals panel tosses Ariz. man’s death sentence”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Court Rejects Part of Media-Ownership Rule”: The Wall Street Journal has this news update.

The Associated Press reports that “Court restores ban on newspaper, TV ownership.”

Bloomberg News reports that “FCC’s Rules on Media Cross-Ownership Are Vacated by Federal Appeals Court.”

And Reuters reports that “Part of FCC media ownership rule overturned.”

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

“John Paul Stevens Discusses Longevity; Retired justice wonders if he ‘jumped the gun’ on retiring”: AARP’s “Inside E Street” has this report and accompanying video clip.

Blog posts relating to the recent Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference: The ABA Journal’s “Law News Now” blog has a post titled “Law Prof Responds After Chief Justice Roberts Disses Legal Scholarship” that reports on a post titled “Sherrilyn Ifill on What the Chief Justice Should Read on Summer Vacation” at “Concurring Opinions.”

And at the “Insurance Defense Blog,” David B. Stratton has a post titled “Howard Bashman at Fourth Judicial Circuit Conference” commenting on a portion of my panel presentation at the conference.

In praise of the cliche “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging”: On April 27, 2011, I had a post titled “Client and her lawyer may face sanctions from the Second Circuit for having pursued appeal from dismissal of lawsuit against high-ranking federal officials alleging ‘a fantastical alternative history’ of 9/11 attacks” that reported on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit had issued that day.

In a four-page decision that the Second Circuit issued today, you can read what one of the plaintiff’s lawyers did in response to the April 27th ruling to further incur the Second Circuit’s wrath.

“Justice Department strongly backs gays on marriage”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

“U.S. cannot compel groups to oppose prostitution, court says”: Reuters has this report.

And the New York Law Journal reports that “Anti-Prostitution Pledge Violates Speech Rights, Circuit Finds.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Second Circuit ruling appears here and here.

“Court Rules Against Ban on Gays in the Military”: John Schwartz has this article today in The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, Carol J. Williams reports that “‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ enforcement should end, appellate panel rules; The decision is a turnaround for the 9th Circuit; The shift is attributed to Justice Department and White House calls for ‘heightened scrutiny’ of laws that discriminate based on sexual orientation.”

Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Appeals court suspends enforcement of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy.”

Dan Levine of Reuters reports that “Court orders gay military service ban lifted.”

And The Recorder reports that “9th Circuit Lifts Stay on ‘Don’t Ask’ Injunction.”

“City OKs firing ranges; Previous ban fails to win Appeals Court backing”: This article appears today in The Chicago Tribune.