“Law firm knee deep in state’s many hot-button issues”: Today’s edition of The Wisconsin State Journal contains an article that begins, “The news last month that a conservative Supreme Court justice had received two years of free legal service while fighting an ethics charge was just the latest indication of an increasingly cozy relationship between the Republican Party and one of Wisconsin’s most prominent law firms.”

“Louisiana grapples with juvenile crime decision by Supreme Court”: The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.

“Sue your own state? Why not? The Supreme Court, in a Maryland case, should rule against the state, and also reexamine other decisions that have made it hard for people to sue their own states.” This editorial will appear Monday in The Los Angeles Times.

“Little Red (Litigious) Shoes”: In the Sunday Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times, law professor Jeannie Suk has an essay that begins, “Can you trademark the color red? This week a federal appellate court will hear arguments in a case involving this very question.”

“Latif Public Cert Petition Released”: Benjamin Wittes has this post at the “Lawfare” blog, which has posted the document at this link.

“Warrantless electronic tracking debate awaits U.S. Supreme Court ruling”: Howard Mintz has this article today in The San Jose Mercury News.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Keeping Jesus in government.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.