“Obama’s D.C. Circuit Pick Meets Skeptical Republicans”: David Ingram has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

You can view the video of today’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing at this link.

“Gaming the System: At the Supreme Court, could legal precedent be less important than popular opinion?” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Ohio judge cannot display 10 Commandments”: The Associated Press has this report.

My earlier coverage of today’s Sixth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“AP names Schulte as Lincoln, Neb., correspondent”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Grant Schulte, a state and federal courts reporter at The Des Moines Register, has been named Lincoln, Neb., correspondent for The Associated Press.”

The article notes that “In four years at the Register, Schulte led the paper’s coverage of the removal of three Iowa Supreme Court justices following a ruling that legalized gay marriage in Iowa.”

“Grassley now in a position to end gridlock on judges”: Law professor Carl Tobias has this op-ed today in The Des Moines Register.

Sixth Circuit affirms ruling against Richland County, Ohio’s “Ten Commandments” judge: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in American Civil Liberties Union v. DeWeese at this link.

According to the first paragraph of today’s Sixth Circuit ruling, “The district court granted Plaintiff American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc.’s summary judgment motion for declaratory and injunctive relief, holding that the poster Defendant hung in his Richland County, Ohio courtroom violated the Establishment Clauses of the United States and Ohio Constitutions.”

“Justices weigh rights to Lake Erie beachfront access”: Today’s edition of The Columbus Dispatch contains an article that begins, “The Ohio Supreme Court waded into a dispute yesterday between Lake Erie property owners and the state over who should have access to 312 miles of North Coast shoreline.”

The Toledo Blade reports today that “Ohio high court hears case on Lake Erie property lines.”

And The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that “Lake Erie property line dispute reaches the Ohio Supreme Court.”

The Supreme Court of Ohio has posted online this preview of the case. And you can view the video of yesterday’s oral argument via this link.

“The Kochs fight back”: Politico.com has a lengthy article that begins, “Faced with an avalanche of bad publicity after years of funding conservative causes in relative anonymity, the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers, Charles and David, are fighting back.”

“Lawmakers press Supreme Court for verdict on healthcare law”: Alexander Bolton of The Hill has this report.

“W.Va. Supreme Court Justice Will Delay Annual Photo Trip to Egypt”: Today’s edition of The Intelligencer of Wheeling, West Virginia contains an article that begins, “West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin interprets today’s law on a daily basis, but once a year he travels to Egypt to photograph ancient historical artifacts.”

“Proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage stalls amid signs of support”: The Des Moines Register contains this article today.

“Chevron complaint names Phila. law firm Kohn Swift; The oil company says the legal outfit is using a suit involving a claim of pollution in Ecuador to extort money from it”: This article appears today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.