“A truly exclusive Washington party: Antonin Scalia hosts justices to toast new Henry Friendly bio.” This entry appears today at “The Reliable Source” blog of The Washington Post.

“Court sides with Hustler mag in nude photo dispute”: The Associated Press has this report on an unpublished ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.

“Supreme Court Favorability Hits New Low In New Pew Research”: Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has this report.

In today’s mail: A copy of the “completely updated & revised” book, “Writing to Win: The Legal Writer,” by Steven D. Stark.

“Sen. Tom Coburn clears the way for hearings for two Oklahoma judicial nominees”: This article appears today in The Oklahoman.

“Supreme Court Favorability Reaches New Low”: Pew Research Center issued this news release today. You can access the complete report by clicking here.

“Appeals court upholds convictions in fen-phen case”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions of two former attorneys serving prison time for scamming clients out of $94.6 million from a $200 million settlement over the diet drug fen-phen.”

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

“Appeals court stays Planned Parenthood ruling”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has a blog post that begins, “Late last night, a federal appeals court judge granted Texas an emergency stay halting Planned Parenthood’s participation in the Women’s Health Program.” Earlier, Lindell had an article headlined “Judge rules Texas can’t exclude Planned Parenthood from health program.”

In other coverage, The San Antonio Express-News has a blog post titled “State gets a stay from appeals court in Planned Parenthood case.” Earlier, the newspaper reported that “Texas barred, for now, from dropping Planned Parenthood.”

The Associated Press reports that “Appeals judge stops Planned Parenthood injunction.”

And Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court allows Texas to exclude Planned Parenthood.”

“The Other Big Supreme Court Case”: Online at The New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin has a blog post that begins, “As the legal and political worlds await the Supreme Court’s verdict on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, the Justices have another case in the near future which may prove nearly as significant.”

“Circuit Split Watch: A New Abortion Battleground.” Michelle Olsen has this post at her “Appellate Daily” blog.

“Oklahoma Supreme Court strikes down personhood proposal; The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled the proposed personhood measure violates a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court opinion upholding the right of a woman to have an abortion”: This article appears today in The Oklahoman.

The Tulsa World reports today that “State Supreme Court rules ‘personhood’ initiative petition void.”

The Associated Press reports that “Okla. court halts ‘personhood’ rights for embryos.”

And Reuters reports that “Oklahoma court rejects ballot initiative on ‘personhood.’”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma at this link.

“Sometimes the death penalty is warranted”: Charles Lane of The Washington Post has this essay.

“9/11 judge has handled tough cases before; The judge presiding over the trial of the five men accused of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks is a no-nonsense jurist who takes on the toughest cases himself”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

“A Word Heard Often, Except at the Supreme Court”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in today’s edition of The New York Times.