“Transgender Arkansas inmate denied right to sue prison — court”: Reuters has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Arkansas inmate who performed castration loses court appeal.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.

“Is the Solicitor General Playing a Shell Game With the Supreme Court Over Johnson Retroactivity?” Steve Vladeck has this post at “PrawfsBlawg.”

“Rhetoric and Law: The double life of Richard Posner, America’s most contentious legal reformer.” Lincoln Caplan has this cover story in the January-February 2016 issue of Harvard Magazine.

“Britain’s Supreme Court says targeting young black men for stop-and-search ‘benefits them’; Judges back random search powers as legal challenge brought by black mother is dismissed”: Adam Barnett of The Independent (UK) has this report.

And the Press Association (UK) reports that “Supreme court affirms random stop-and-search; Top UK court says Public Order Act powers, used to tackle gun crime and gangs, deter police bias and will save lives.”

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

“Liberals move controversial anti-communism monument away from Supreme Court”: The Toronto Globe and Mail has this report.

“Alabama lesbian mother gets support in fight before U.S. Supreme Court”: Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has this report.

“Obama admin weighs in on legalized marijuana at the Supreme Court”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this unfortunately-titled report.

Programming note: This morning, I will be visiting an appellate client who is incarcerated in federal prison. As a result, additional posts will appear here this afternoon.