“Are Our Courts for Sale?” Columnist Joe Nocera will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Tenth Circuit issues ruling in Citizens United v. Gessler: Today, a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued this non-precedential ruling.

My earlier coverage of the Tenth Circuit’s order on Citizens United’s emergency motion for injunction pending appeal can be accessed here.

“Rock County judge to challenge Ann Walsh Bradley for Supreme Court”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this news update.

“Voter I.D. contentious election issue without being on ballot”: FoxNews.com has this report.

“Arguments in gay marriage cases from Louisiana and Texas set for January”: The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this news update.

“Jeb Bush, Justice Alito mark new George H.W. Bush gallery opening”: This post appears at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“‘Careful’ discrimination is still discrimination”: Jennifer Gratz has this essay online at The Washington Times.

“A vote of confidence for Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier”: The Chicago Tribune has posted this editorial online today.

“Obama appeals ruling on NSA disclosure”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this blog post today.

“N.Y. top court is good friend to global banks, foreign account holders”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

“Big unpublished opinion from the 11th Circuit reversing because of a judge’s refusal to ask voir dire questions related to sexual preference prejudices”: David Oscar Markus has this post today at his “Southern District of Florida Blog” discussing a non-precedential opinion that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.

Circuit Judge Beverly B. Martin wrote the majority opinion, in which Senior Judge Richard K. Eaton of the U.S. Court of International Trade joined. U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle (N.D. Fla.) issued a dissenting opinion.

“NSA surveillance limits: The focus turns to courts.” The Associated Press has this report.

“SCOTUSblog on camera: Laurence H. Tribe (Part four).” “SCOTUSblog” has this post today.

“Seamus McCaffery retiring from PA Supreme Court”: Chris Brennan of The Philadelphia Daily News has a blog post that begins, “Seamus McCaffery, a former Philadelphia police officer elected in 2007 to the state’s highest court, is retiring today, one week after four of his fellow justices voted to suspend him from the bench.”

Jeremy Roebuck, Craig R. McCoy, and Angela Couloumbis of The Philadelphia Inquirer have a news update headlined “McCaffery steps down from Pa. Supreme Court.”

The Harrisburg Patriot-News has an update headlined “Justice Seamus McCaffery resigns from Pa. Supreme Court in wake of state email investigation.”

Brad Bumsted of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update headlined “Suspended justice retires because of porn emails.”

Steve Esack of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has a news update headlined “PA Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery retires amid email scandal, investigation.”

The Associated Press reports that “Pennsylvania justice in porn email scandal retires.”

And Bloomberg News reports that “Pennsylvania’s ‘Eagles Court’ Judge Retires Amid Porn Probe.”

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania today issued this related order. In addition, Justice Debra McCloskey Todd issued a concurring statement.

Also today, the Judicial Conduct Board of Pennsylvania issued this news release.

“Not a Difficult Decision: Why the Court Shouldn’t Grant Cert. in King v. Burwell.” Brianne Gorod has this post today at “Balkinization.”

In the November 2014 issue of ABA Journal magazine: Mark Walsh has an article headlined “Fisherman convicted of violating Sarbanes-Oxley will be heard by the Supreme Court.”

David L. Hudson Jr. has an article headlined “NY high court says anti-cyberbullying law won’t pass First Amendment muster.”

Lorelei Laird has an article headlined “Cities get mired in civil rights disputes in trying to deal with growing homeless populations.”

And the new installment of Bryan A. Garner’s “On Words” column is headlined “How to regain the joy of reading.”

“A conversation with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg”: The Aspen Institute has posted the video of Justice Ginsburg’s recent AspenX conversation with law professor Jeffrey Rosen on YouTube at this link.

“Supreme Court, With Terse Orders, Has Judges and Lawyers Reading Tea Leaves”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“OJ Simpson appeal in hands of Nevada Supreme Court”: The Associated Press has this report.

“The Joseph Story Distinguished Lecture: Repointing the Constitution.” Last Wednesday, D.C. Circuit Judge Janice Rogers Brown delivered this Heritage Foundation lecture, which you can view online via YouTube.

Today at National Review Online, Quin Hillyer has a related essay titled “On ‘Repointing’ the Constitution: It is not for judges to stand above the Constitution and impose their version of justice.”

“Actually, the Founders Rejected the Death Penalty: Washington, Adams and others embraced views of an Italian writer who opposed the punishment.” Law professor John Bessler has this op-ed in today’s edition of The National Law Journal.

You can freely access the full text of the op-ed via Google.

“Ex-judges raise concerns about pending execution”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Several former judges will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the execution of a Missouri man because they say a mistake by his attorneys denied him his right to a federal court appeal.”

“Ask the author: Chief Judge Katzmann on statutory interpretation.” Ronald Collins has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Fear Of Blowing Big Calls May Affect How Umpires Do Their Jobs”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“Court in Va. examines death row isolation policy”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Virginia’s practice of automatically holding death row inmates in solitary confinement will be reviewed by a federal appeals court in a case that experts say could have repercussions beyond the state’s borders.”

“Former U.S. Solicitor General shares insights with law students”: The Daily Beacon of the University of Tennessee has this report.

“Ted Olson: ‘Point of no return’ on gay marriage passed.” USA Today has this report.

“Star challenging publication ban that keeps identities of toddler and parents who killed her secret; The publication ban is the latest in a series of obstacles preventing the public from easily accessing Ontario’s court system”: The Toronto Star has this report.

“Law School honors Supreme Court justices”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Yale Daily News.

“High praise for special counsel to troubled Pa. high court”: In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jeff Gammage has a front page article that begins, “Colleagues say Robert Byer practices law with the precision of a diamond-cutter: Disciplined, dispassionate, and led by keen intelligence.”

And in today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Bill Toland has an article headlined “Scandals raise question about whether Pennsylvania judges should be elected.”