“NC court committee to legislators: Forgo NC Supreme Court expansion plan.” Anne Blythe of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report.

“The Ninth Circuit’s Constitutional Detour in Mohamud”: Elizabeth Goitein has this post today at “Just Security.”

And Tuesday at that blog, Jennifer Daskal had a related post titled “Ninth Circuit Upholds 702 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, But Leaves Open Future Challenges.”

“Supreme Court Refuses to Stay Execution of Alabama Inmate”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“Arkansas Supreme Court blocks birth certificates for same-sex couples”: Steve Barnes of Reuters has this report.

And Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Arkansas’ Top Court Says Married Lesbian Moms Still Not Equal On Birth Certificates; The state can legally refuse to list the non-birth mother.”

My earlier coverage of today’s Arkansas Supreme Court ruling can be accessed here.

Access the audio of yesterday’s Fourth Circuit oral argument in American Humanist Ass’n v. Maryland-National Capital Park: Via this link (35.4 MB mp3 audio file). My earlier post linking to coverage of the oral argument can be accessed here.

“Five Things to Know About SCOTUS Short-Lister Pryor”: Patrick Gregory of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“3rd Circuit sticks up for public’s interest in deal between whistleblowers”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today.

“Wikipedia’s NSA lawsuit heads to federal appeals court; With rights groups, suing over agency’s internet snooping”: Andrea Noble of The Washington Times has this article previewing a case argued today before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

The Fourth Circuit has already posted the audio of the oral argument online, and you can access it via this link (29.4 MB mp3 audio file).

“Arkansas court upholds gay marriage birth certificate law”: Jill Bleed of The Associated Press has an article that begins, “Arkansas’ highest court on Thursday threw out a judge’s ruling that could have allowed all married same-sex couples to get the names of both spouses on their children’s birth certificates without a court order, saying it doesn’t violate equal protection ‘to acknowledge basic biological truths.'”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Arkansas at this link.

“Reid predicts death of filibuster; In a POLITICO interview, the departing Democratic leader blamed his party’s 2016 debacle on Jim Comey and said no big changes are needed”: Seung Min Kim, Burgess Everett, and John Bresnahan of Politico.com have this report.

“No, Senate Democrats Can’t Use The ‘Nuclear Option’ To Confirm Merrick Garland; Struggling to accept the consequences of electoral defeat, progressive activists are now desperately clinging to a wild conspiracy theory about how they can retain control of the Supreme Court”: Sean Davis has this post at The Federalist.

“Bench Brackets: The Battle for the Next SCOTUS Justice (Part 2).” Bloomberg BNA has posted online this video segment featuring Kimberly Robinson and Patrick Gregory.

SCOTUSDaily interviews Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal: You can read the interview at this link.

“Changing schedule for transgender case at Supreme Court”: Lyle Denniston has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Four Takeaways From this Term’s 2016 SCOTUS Oral Arguments”: Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Under Trump, the Federal Courts Will Be Up For Grabs”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online today at The New York Times.

“Appeals Court Reviews Lawsuit Claiming ‘The Purge’ Was Stolen; Douglas Jordan-Benel scored a victory for those alleging idea theft, but can Universal reverse it?” Ashley Cullins has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.

You can access on YouTube at this link the video of Monday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Douglas Jordan-Benel v. Universal City Studios, Inc.

“Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Pay for Collapsed Trucking Firm’s Workers; Justices consider whether wages should have been paid by bankrupt firm Jevic Transportation before other debts”: Katy Stech of The Wall Street Journal has this report.