“Transit agency loses appeal on ads”: The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update that begins, “The Port Authority of Allegheny County’s refusal to run ads on its buses telling convicted felons of their voting rights likely will end up costing the agency more than $500,000.”

And The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a news update headlined “Court rules against Port Authority’s ban on political ad.”

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

“Accused Underpants Bomber Wants Trial Moved”: Bloomberg News has this report.

And at his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com, Josh Gerstein has a post titled “Abdulmutallab wants trial moved, statements suppressed.”

“Court: Indian River prayers violate Constitution.” Sean O’Sullivan of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware has a news update that begins, “The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower-court ruling today and determined that the Indian River School District’s practice of opening its board meetings with an explicitly Christian prayer is unconstitutional.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court rejects Del. school board prayer.”

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

“GOP devotion to states’ rights tripping some Republicans; Some Republicans, like possible 2012 contender Rick Perry, are having a hard time reconciling their reverence for the 10th Amendment and their desire to federally ban abortion and same-sex marriage”: This article will appear Saturday in The Los Angeles Times.

“Feds warn court: don’t leak about NSA wiretapping.” At his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com, Josh Gerstein has a post that begins, “The Justice Department is warning a federal appeals court not to disclose classified information about the National Security Agency’s domestic surveillance programs during upcoming arguments on a lawsuit challenging the NSA’s effort.”

Seventh Circuit affirms federal district court’s decision invalidating Wisconsin statute prohibiting prison doctors from prescribing hormone treatment to transgender inmates: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

The district court’s opinion in the case can be accessed here.

“Potential jurors shouldn’t be dismissed for being gay, court told; An appellate panel hears arguments in an assault case against a gay inmate in which a lesbian was dismissed during jury selection; Defense lawyers want the panel to consider constitutional issues”: Carol J. Williams has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

You can access yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit via this link. The panel consisted of Circuit Judges Stephen Reinhardt, Kim McLane Wardlaw, and Marsha S. Berzon.

By a vote of 8-to-4, en banc Federal Circuit rejects application of “discovery rule” to toll statute of limitations for injury claims arising under federal Vaccine Act: You can access today’s en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit at this link.