Weekend at City of Boerne‘s: At “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh has a post titled “A Pronouncing Dictionary of the Supreme Court of the United States.”

“Va. appeals court overturns SC murder conviction”: The Associated Press has this report on the ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“Court ruling keeps Yellowstone grizzlies on ‘threatened’ list”: Carol Williams and Julie Cart of The Los Angeles Times have this blog post.

The Associated Press reports that “Court says Yellowstone grizzlies still threatened.”

And Reuters has reports headlined “Court upholds protections for Yellowstone grizzlies” and “Court restores protection for Yellowstone grizzly bears.”

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

“Court upholds tough standard of proof for death-row inmates”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a news update that begins, “A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday let stand Georgia’s tough burden of proof required of death-penalty defendants seeking to prove they are mentally disabled and thus ineligible for execution.”

And The Associated Press reports that “11th Circuit upholds strict Ga. execution standard.”

You can access today’s en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“Panel Rejects Many Obama Prospects for Judgeships”: In Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times, Charlie Savage will have an article that begins, “The American Bar Association has secretly declared a significant number of President Obama’s potential judicial nominees ‘not qualified,’ slowing White House efforts to fill vacant judgeships — and nearly all of the prospects given poor ratings were women or members of a minority group, according to interviews.”

“‘Ten Commandments judge’ seeks top Ala. post again”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The former top Alabama judge known for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state courthouse said Tuesday that he’s seeking to regain his old job as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.”

In an attorney disciplinary matter, a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit addresses the issue of attorney “ghostwriting” of pro se court submissions: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued this decision today.

Update: Reuters has a report headlined “Attorneys can lend a hand in pro se briefs – NY appeals court.”

“Analysis: Health care’s ‘sleeper issue.'” Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Measuring Justice Sotomayor’s Liberal Bona Fides”: Kedar Bhatia has this post today at his “Daily Writ” blog.

“Circuit Rejects AOL Privacy Settlement, Citing Random Beneficiaries”: Ginny LaRoe of The Recorder has this report.

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

“Thanksgiving and the third branch”: Law professor Carl Tobias has this essay in the current issue of The National Law Journal.

“Judge questions 2d Circuit ruling on firearm possession”: Reuters has a report that begins, “A Brooklyn federal judge on Monday denounced as ‘utterly absurd’ a 1988 appeals court ruling that under a federal firearm law, possessing a gun was the same as receiving it.”