“Federal Appeals Court Voids Campaign Finance Reform Rules”: This article appeared yesterday in The Washington Post.

And yesterday’s edition of The New York Times contained an article headlined “Court Backs Outside Groups’ Political Spending.”

My earlier coverage of Friday’s D.C. Circuit ruling appears here and here.

“Leaks Questions Slow Reporter Shield Law”: Yesterday’s edition of The Washington Post contained an article that begins, “A congressional push to enact a federal shield law for journalists is being held up by disagreement with the Justice Department on how to deal with cases that involve leaked national security information, congressional and media sources say.”

“US lawyers defend letter of gay marriage ban”: Yesterday in The Boston Globe, Jonathan Saltzman and Martin Finucane had an article that begins, “Justice Department lawyers are reluctantly defending a law that bars the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages, making their legal arguments in a Boston court while pointing out that the Obama administration opposes the measure.”

“Battle Looms Over the Patriot Act”: Charlie Savage has this article today in The New York Times.

“Marshall University Panel to Ponder Blogging and the 1st Amendment; The discussion will look at when and how the First Amendment applies to people who blog”: WVNS-TV 59 of Beckley, West Virginia has this report previewing a panel presentation that I’ll be participating in on Tuesday in Huntington, West Virginia.

According to a Marshall University news release headlined “West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to convene at Marshall University as part of Constitution Week,” the panel presentation I’m participating in at 2 p.m. eastern time will take place “in the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center and is open to the public” and will also be streamed live via the university’s web site.

“Plaintiffs Groups Mount Effort to Undo Supreme Court’s ‘Iqbal’ Ruling”: Tony Mauro has this article online at law.com.