“‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ lawsuits to remain active”: The Associated Press has this report.

By a vote of 5-4, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denies rehearing en banc in the Utah highway patrol roadside memorial crosses case: You can access the order denying rehearing en banc and the two dissents therefrom at this link.

My earlier coverage of the three-judge panel’s ruling (which was reissued today to replace the word “universally” with the word “widely”) appears at this link.

“Justices to leave office despite state legal challenge”: Grant Schulte of The Des Moines Register has a blog post that begins, “Three Iowa Supreme Court justices voted out of office last month will leave as scheduled, despite a legal challenge that had sought to keep them on the bench.”

“N.J. Senate Democrats urge Supreme Court Justice Rivera-Soto to resign for abstaining on cases”: The Newark Star-Ledger has this news update.

“Jurisprudential shell game: Health reform lawsuits sneak ‘Lochnerism’ back from constitutional exile.” Simon Lazarus has this essay in this week’s issue of The National Law Journal.

“Quiet deal on Obama’s judge nominees in the Senate”: The Associated Press has this report.

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” David Ingram has a post titled “2nd Circuit Is Back in Democrats’ Hands.”

“Top UK judge: No ban on Twitter in court.” Jill Lawless of The Associated Press has this report from London.

“Long-dead judge sparks a lively tug of war”: Today’s edition of The Raleigh News & Observer contains an article that begins, “James Iredell, one of the first U.S. Supreme Court justices, and father of the state’s 23rd governor, was a prolific letter writer.”

“Disparity cited in sentence lengths; Analyst studying Hub’s US judges alleges bias risk”: Jonathan Saltzman has this article today in The Boston Globe.

“Tea Party’s Love for Constitution May Kill It”: Michael Waldman has this essay online at Bloomberg News.

“Class-Action Foes Have Trifecta Before Supreme Court”: Daniel Fisher has this blog post today at Forbes.com.