“Supreme Court’s 2012 Decisions Could Sway Presidential Election”: Law professor Adam Winkler has this essay online at The Daily Beast.

“Kentucky Supreme Court to hear Amish appeals”: The Louisville Courier-Journal today contains an article that begins, “The Kentucky Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeals of nine Amish men who were convicted in Graves County for refusing on religious grounds to use a bright orange-red safety triangle on their horse-drawn buggies.”

“Justice Joan Orie Melvin’s sister faces four additional charges”: Today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review contains an article that begins, “Allegheny County prosecutors filed new corruption charges on Friday against a sister of state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin and painted a picture of a judicial office immersed in partisan politics for almost two decades.”

And today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette contains an article headlined “New charges filed against Janine Orie; Justice Melvin’s staff offers testimony.” The newspaper has also posted online the grand jury presentment and the criminal complaint.

“Brief filed against Forsyth appeal on prayer”: The Winston-Salem Journal has an article that begins, “Attorneys for two women who sued Forsyth County over sectarian prayers at county commissioners’ meetings are asking the U.S. Supreme Court not to consider the county’s appeal of a lower-court ruling that bans such prayers.”

“Republicans block recess appointments”: Politico.com has this report.

“Newt Gingrich says he’d defy Supreme Court rulings he opposed”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Newt Gingrich’s assault on ‘activist judges’ draws criticism, even from right.”

The New York Times has a blog post titled “Gingrich Looks to Make ‘Activist’ Judges an Issue.”

McClatchy Newspapers report that “Gingrich rails at courts, suggests ignoring rulings.”

The Washington Times has a news update headlined “Gingrich expands call to reel in federal courts.”

And The Hill reports that “Gingrich ramps up objections to judicial branch’s power.”

“Illegal immigrants have no right to arms — court”: Terry Baynes of Reuters has this report.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Eighth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Appeals court backs off ‘boy’ ruling”: Today in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bill Rankin has an article that begins, “The federal appeals court in Atlanta has backed off a controversial ruling issued a year ago that threw out a race discrimination verdict in favor of an African-American poultry worker who had been called ‘boy’ by his white supervisor at a Tyson Foods plant.”

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