“Obama backs bill to repeal Defense of Marriage Act”: This article will appear Wednesday in The Washington Post.

And Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article headlined “Obama to Back Repeal of Law Restricting Marriage.”

“Wis. Supreme Court upholds DUI case that had no witnesses”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court today upheld the sixth drunken driving conviction of man who no one actually saw driving a vehicle or even sitting behind the wheel.”

And The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a blog post titled “Court upholds circumstantial OWI.”

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

“R.J. Reynolds Loses Bid for Appeal of $28.3 Million Verdict”: Bloomberg News has this report.

The Associated Press reports that “Florida Supreme Court upholds $28.3 million jury verdict in first of about 8,000 smoker cases.”

And Reuters reports that “Florida court upholds $30 million tobacco award.”

“Justice Dept corrects court filing in anthrax suit”: Pete Yost of The Associated Press has this report.

“Conviction for threatening Obama reversed”: Greg Moran of The San Diego Union-Tribune has this news update.

And Carol J. Williams of The Los Angeles Times has a blog post titled “Man’s call for Obama assassination is free speech, not crime, court rules.”

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

“Toyota Can Appeal Part of Ruling in Car Owner Speed-Up Suits, Judge Says”: Bloomberg News has this report.

“Step aside, senator: Freshman Sen. Ron Johnson is blocking a well-qualified candidate from appointment to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; Give her a hearing.” This editorial will appear Wednesday in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“Can you win damages in a defamation suit for being called a member of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang on cable television when, as it happens, you have merely conspired with the Brotherhood in a criminal enterprise?” So begins an opinion that Circuit Judge Neil M. Gorsuch issued today on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

“It is beyond regrettable that a possibly innocent man will not receive a new trial in the face of the preposterously unreliable testimony of the victim and sole eyewitness to the crime for which he was convicted.” So states the opinion that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today affirming the denial of federal habeas relief.

“Court reverses conviction on online Obama threat”: The Associated Press has this report.

At Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has a post titled “Urging Obama’s Assassination is Lawful Online Speech, Divided Appeals Court Says.”

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh has a post titled “Ninth Circuit Panel Reverses Conviction for Allegedly Threatening to Kill Then-Candidate Obama.”

Majority on divided three-judge Ninth Circuit panel overturns federal felony conviction for threatening to kill or do bodily harm to a major presidential candidate obtained against man who posted various statements on a Yahoo! message board: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Seventh Circuit rejects First Amendment challenge to Indiana Department of Corrections policy that prohibits inmates from advertising for pen-pals and receiving materials from websites and publications that allow people to advertise for pen-pals: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

“Johnson’s block of UW judicial nominee draws criticism; Law professor’s Court of Appeals block prompts letter from legal community”: This article appears today in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“Google Wins Halt to Street View Wiretapping Case for Appeal”: Bloomberg News has this report.

And at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has a post titled “Judge Grants Google ‘Street View’ Wiretap Appeal.”