“The Public Is Left in the Dark When Courts Allow Electronic Surveillance”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Prosser converts campaign account to legal defense fund”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a news update that begins, “State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser has re-christened his campaign finance account as a defense fund, which he said he is considering using to fight allegations that he violated judicial ethics rules by putting his hands on the neck of a fellow justice last year.”

The Green Bag has announced its issuance of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg bobblehead doll: Details here.

“Wauwatosa lawyer challenges state’s gun silencer law”: Bruce Vielmetti of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

“Federal Appeals Court Rules That Wisconsin Public School May Not Hold Graduation Ceremonies In A Church; Church-State Watchdog Group Celebrates Ruling Reversing Lower Court Decision In Elmbrook Case”: The organization Americans United for Separation of Church and State has issued this news release about an en banc ruling, by a vote of 7-to-3, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued today.

Circuit Judge Kenneth F. Ripple wrote the lead dissenting opinion, in which Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook and Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner joined. Chief Judge Easterbrook and Judge Posner also contributed separate dissenting opinions.

My earlier coverage of the original three-judge Seventh Circuit panel’s ruling in this case, which reached the opposite result regarding the Establishment Clause from the en banc court, can be accessed here.

“Writers Bloc: Justice Scalia’s Literary Collaborator Tells All.” Jess Bravin has this post at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog.”

“Inaction on judges affecting Utah; Stalling by Congress affects even nominees with bipartisan support”: This article appeared Saturday in The Salt Lake Tribune.

“6th Circuit Joins Split Over Ineffective Counsel Claims Arising from the Failure to File Appeal”: Nicholas J. Wagoner has this post today at the “Circuit Splits” blog.

“Judges retreat from lawsuit over judge selection”: The Knoxville News Sentinel today contains an article that begins, “Eleven of Tennessee’s 12 Court of Appeals judges have declined to be involved in an appeal of John Jay Hooker’s latest effort to invalidate the state’s system for selecting appeals court judges.”

“Richard Sanders faces 3 rivals in Supreme Court comeback bid”: Today’s edition of The Seattle Times contains an article that begins, “Two years after narrowly losing his state Supreme Court seat in the wake of controversial comments about race and crime, Richard Sanders is running again in a crowded primary field.”

“For Cruz, Supreme Court Work at Heart of Campaign”: Aman Batheja of The Texas Tribune has an article today that begins, “In nearly every speech Ted Cruz delivers in his bid for an open U.S. Senate seat, the former Texas solicitor general repeatedly mentions the U.S. Supreme Court.”

“Paul Clement, prolific in high court arguments, reviews latest term”: Gina Passarella of The Legal Intelligencer has this article republished today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.