“Obama setting up Supreme Court as a campaign issue”: Anne Gearan of The Associated Press has this report.

Online at The Washington Post, columnist Charles Krauthammer has an essay entitled “Obama v. SCOTUS.”

And in yesterday’s edition of The New York Times, columnist Maureen Dowd had an op-ed entitled “Men in Black.”

“Viacom video lawsuit vs Google’s YouTube revived”: Reuters has this report. In addition, Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has a report headlined “2nd Circ. to Internet (and YouTube): You can’t knowingly infringe.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Viacom’s Copyright Suit Against Google’s YouTube Reinstated.”

The Associated Press reports that “NY appeals court reinstates case against YouTube.”

And at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, Ryan Singel has a post titled “Appeals Court Revives Viacom’s Billion-Dollar YouTube Lawsuit.”

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

“Administration Concedes Courts’ Review Power”: The New York Times has this news update.

Jerry Markon of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “In letter to judge, Holder defends Obama’s comments urging Supreme Court to uphold health-care law.”

Pete Yost of The Associated Press reports that “Holder assures judge of administration’s respect.”

Jeremy Pelofsky and James Vicini of Reuters report that “Obama seeks to defuse healthcare row with court.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Holder Memo Says Obama Didn’t Question Powers of Courts.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Holder answers judge, defending both judiciary and Obama health care remarks.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “Eric Holder defends Obama’s SCOTUS comments.”

Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post reports that “Eric Holder Clarifies President Obama’s Supreme Court Comments In Letter To Lower Court.”

At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Holder reaffirms Marbury.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has a post titled “AG Eric Holder to 5th Circuit: We’re aware of Marbury v. Madison.”

You can access the letter that Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. sent today to a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“Analysis: Justice Kagan — Giving liberals a rhetorical lift.” Joan Biskupic of Reuters has this report.

Programming note: Due to today’s college visit, which will bring us back to the Fourth Circuit, additional posts will appear here this evening.

“White House seeks to head off showdown with judges over health-care comments”: Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

“Courts orders gun show owners, Calif. county to mediate dispute”: Carol J. Williams has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

In today’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko reports that “Alameda County gun ban sent to arbitration.”

And Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News reports that “Alameda County gun show case may end without definitive legal shot fired.”

You can access yesterday’s order of an eleven-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Appeals Court Hears Arguments on Gay Marriage Law”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

And David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Appeals court hearing challenge to Defense of Marriage Act.”

“Robert R. Beezer, Conservative Voice on Liberal Court, Dies at 83”: The New York Times contains this obituary today.

“Court’s Potential to Goad Voters Swings to Democrats”: This article appears today in The New York Times.