“Pro-life groups gear up to fight contraceptive mandate as HHS looks to tweak rules”: Tom Howell Jr. of The Washington Times has an article that begins, “Three months after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered both sides to seek out a compromise on Obamacare’s birth control mandate, religious nonprofits that oppose it are mobilizing to win the fight, while the administration is saying it’s ready to tweak the rules.”

“Va. Supreme Court decision rooted in a dark past”: Oliver W. Hill Jr. has this essay online at The Richmond Times-Dispatch.

“British Columbia civil rights group punches above its weight in national legal disputes”: Geordon Omand of The Canadian Press has this report.

“Connecticut man fired for smoking marijuana at work wins appeal”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Connecticut issued on Friday.

“With New Legal Team, Rowland Gets Extension To Appeal Conviction To U.S. Supreme Court”: Edmund H. Mahony of The Hartford Courant has this report.

According to the article, “Rowland is represented at the Supreme Court by Washington attorney Noel Francisco, who sent shock waves through the legal and political worlds in June when he persuaded the high court to dismiss corruption charges against another former Republican governor, Robert F. McDonnell of Virginia.”