Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts defeats former law professor’s alleged infringement of her constitutional right to travel: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued this ruling today.

“Texas Could Become an Even More Dangerous Place: The state Supreme Court just gave itself the power to strike down health and safety regulations it finds ‘oppressive.'” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.

Earlier, at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh had posts titled “Texas Supreme Court (somewhat) reinvigorates ‘substantive due process’ protection for economic liberty” and “State constitutional protection of ‘liberty’ vs. federal constitutional protection.”

On the day the ruling issued, the Institute for Justice issued a news release titled “Texas Supreme Court Strikes Down Useless Eyebrow Threading License; Landmark Win For Economic Liberty Will Allow Threaders to Go Back to Work After Seven Years of Uncertainty.”

My earlier coverage of the ruling (including links to the various opinions) can be accessed here.

“Blogging judge calls political candidate ‘unfit’ for office”: Orin Kerr has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Deep Dive: Monumental Decisions, The Supreme Court 2014- 2015.” The Aspen Institute has posted this video online at YouTube.

“Senate clears first circuit judge nominee of 2015”: The Hill has a blog post that begins, “The Senate approved its first circuit judge nomination of the year on Tuesday. Senators voted 95-0 on Kara Stoll’s nomination to be a U.S. circuit court judge for the federal circuit, making her the first Latina to be approved for the court.”

“Appeals Court considers ‘Big Mountain Jesus’ case”: The Associated Press has this report on a case orally argued today before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

You can view the video of the oral argument on YouTube via this link.

“Appeals court upholds parts of Arizona ethnic studies ban”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Gov. Mary Fallin defies Supreme Court ruling, says Ten Commandments monument will stay”: Barbara Hoberock of The Tulsa World has this news update.

The Washington Post has an article headlined “Oklahoma’s Ten Commandments statue isn’t going anywhere, governor says.”

And Reuters reports that “Oklahoma governor says Ten Commandments to stay at Capitol during appeal.”

“‘Satan is subtle,’ same-sex marriage foes warn as they prepare to fight court ruling”: Molly Hennessy-Fiske of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“What Are the Limits of ‘Religious Liberty’?” Emily Bazelon will have this essay in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times Magazine.

“Enviro cases only blotch in Obama admin’s winning year”: Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report today.

“Scalia disses California, and we heartily disagree”: Editorial cartoonist Jack Ohman has this essay online at The Sacramento Bee.

“Constitution Check: Is the end of the death penalty in sight?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Breaking: DC Circuit En Banc Unanimously Upholds Ban on Federal Contractor Contributions to Candidates.” At his “Election Law Blog,” Rick Hasen has this post about a unanimous en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

“Is the Death Penalty Unconstitutional?” William Baude has this essay online today at The New York Times.

“Cruz once clerked for a chief justice, but he’s no longer a friend of the court”: The Washington Post has this report.

And yesterday at his “Hercules and the umpire” blog, Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf had a post titled “Senator Ted Cruz is not fit to be President.”

“Why 2016 will be a Supreme Court election”: Paul Waldman has this essay online at The Week.

“Coming Next: The Revenge Of The Supreme Court’s Conservatives.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at ThinkProgress.

“State lawmakers, workers rebel against Supreme Court gay marriage ruling”: Cheryl Wetzstein of The Washington Times has this report.