“Court won’t hold ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ lawsuit”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court has denied the government’s request to suspend a lawsuit challenging the military’s ban on openly gay servicemembers.”

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

“Courthouse decorum trumps press freedom, Supreme Court rules”: In today’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail, Kirk Makin has an article that begins, “Judges are free to safeguard the serenity of courthouses by tightly restricting where journalists can roam in pursuit of interviews and photographs, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday morning.”

The Toronto Sun reports that “Top court rejects press freedom cases.”

And Postmedia News reports that “Top court upholds restrictions on media in courthouses.”

You can access here and here the two rulings that the Supreme Court of Canada issued yesterday.

“At state Supreme Court, conflict among the justices”: This article appears today in The Wisconsin State Journal.

“Justice finalist list has one minority”: In today’s edition of The Des Moines Register, Grant Schulte has an article that begins, “A University of Iowa law professor named as a finalist for the Iowa Supreme Court would become the state’s first minority and the third female justice to serve on the bench if appointed, a former justice said Friday.”

“Court orders restitution to victim in child porn case”: Bill Rankin has this article today in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The Associated Press reports that “Court upholds restitution for child porn victim.”

And Mark Kernes of AVN News reports that “11th Circuit Affirms Payments to Child Porn Victim.”

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

“Court Rejects Judge’s Assertion of a Child Pornography Gene”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

And The Associated Press reports that “NY court objects to judge’s child-porn gene theory.”

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

“Suits on Same-Sex Marriage May Force Administration to Take a Stand”: Charlie Savage has this article today in The New York Times.