“Public TV Political Ad Ban Unconstitutional, Court Rules”: Bloomberg News has this report.

The “Media Decoder” blog of The New York Times has a post titled “Ruling Clears Way for Political Ads on Public Stations.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has a post titled “9th Circuit: Public Radio, TV Stations Can Run Political Advertising.”

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

Harvey Birdman loses Third Circuit appeal: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued this ruling today.

“Honoring O’Connor’s Legacy at the Supreme Court”: Adam Liptak has this post at “The Caucus” blog of The New York Times.

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post titled “Supreme Court Women: The Power of Four.”

C-SPAN provides access to the video of yesterday evening’s event via this link.

“U.S. ban on political ads on public TV struck down”: Jonathan Stempel and Terry Baynes of Reuters have a report that begins, “A divided U.S. appeals court struck down a federal ban on political advertising on public TV and radio stations, a decision that could open the public airwaves to a heavy dose of campaign ads leading up to the November elections.”

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

“Calif high court rules in lunch break labor case”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The California Supreme Court said Thursday that employers are under no obligation to ensure that workers take legally mandated lunch and rest breaks.”

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

“Calif high court to decide lunch break lawsuit”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Obama Won’t Order Ban on Gay Bias by Employers”: The New York Times contains this article today.

“One gay marriage case slowing”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Gov. Christie’s office continues search for new N.J. Supreme Court nominee”: MaryAnn Spoto has this article today in The Newark Star-Ledger.

“In wake of ‘Taj Mahal’ scandal, Florida Supreme Court approves new lobbying rules for judges”: This article appeared yesterday in The Tampa Bay Times.

“Women Supreme Court Justices Celebrate 30 Years Since Court’s First Female”: Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has this report.