“Building Legacy, Obama Reshapes Appellate Bench”: In Sunday’s edition of The New York Times, Jeremy W. Peters will have a front page article that begins, “Democrats have reversed the partisan imbalance on the federal appeals courts that long favored conservatives, a little-noticed shift with far-reaching consequences for the law and President Obama’s legacy.”

“Software patents are crumbling, thanks to the Supreme Court”: Timothy B. Lee has this post online at Vox.

“In Lisner talk, Ginsburg champions Equal Rights Amendment”: The GW Hatchet has this blog post.

“Markell considering 4 for Supreme Court vacancy”: Sean O’Sullivan of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware has this report.

“Justices Get Schooled in Rap; Amicus briefs emerge in First Amendment case”: Tony Mauro will have this article in Monday’s edition of The National Law Journal.

You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.

“Justice Sotomayor speaks at OU College of Law”: This front page article appears today in The Norman (Okla.) Transcript.

Just another 178-page federal appellate court opinion: A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued this decision yesterday, consisting of a 124-page opinion of the court, a one-page concurring opinion, and a 53-page opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

“Both Sides Cite Urgency in Court Appeal of a Texas Law on Abortion Clinics”: Manny Fernandez has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Bloomberg News reports that “Texas Claims Abortion Restrictions Don’t Pose Burden.”

The Associated Press reports that “Texas asks court to allow closure of most clinics.”

And Courthouse News Service reports that “5th Circuit Weighs Arguments on Texas Abortion Law Appeal.”

You can access at this link (mp3 audio file) the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

“Federal Appeals Court Permits Wisconsin Voter ID Law”: This article appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Patrick Marley and Jason Stein have a front page article headlined “Appeals panel reinstates Wisconsin’s voter ID law.”

The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court reinstates Wisconsin’s voter ID law.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Wisconsin Wins Bid to Enforce Voter ID Rule in November.”

And Reuters reports that “Appeals court gives temporary okay to Wisconsin voter ID law.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

“Racial-profiling plaintiff becomes federal judge”: The Associated Press has this report.

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Zoe Tillman has a post titled “D.C. Circuit Judge Robert Wilkins Sworn In.” You can freely access the full text of the blog post via Google News.

Yesterday was the ceremonial investiture, as D.C. Circuit Judge Robert L. Wilkins has been serving in that post since January 2014.

“A Conversation with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg”: You can view the video of yesterday’s event at this link.

Yesterday, I had this post linking to news coverage of the event.

“Porn conviction tossed over military’s surveillance role”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this blog post.

The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court overturns child porn conviction.”

And Courthouse News Service reports that “Navy Guilty of Illegally Broad Online Searches.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s ruling of a divided three-judge Ninth Circuit panel can be accessed here.