“What What!: Appeals Court Affirms South Park Parody Was Obvious Fair Use.” Corynne McSherry has this post today at the “Deeplinks” blog of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

And at the “Hollywood, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “‘South Park’ Wins ‘What What (in the Butt)’ Legal Fight.”

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

“Pharmacists-sponsored law a free-speech issue”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this article today reporting on an order that an 11-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Why top court is a key 2012 issue”: In today’s edition of USA Today, Tony Mauro has an op-ed that begins, “The late Supreme Court justice William Brennan used to say that five was the most important number — the number of justices needed to win a majority on a nine-member court. This presidential election year, the most important numbers at the court could be 79, 76, 75 and 73. Those are the ages, respectively, of Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer.”

“There’s More Secret Money In Politics; Justice Kennedy Might Be Surprised”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Court Halts Law Allowing Indefinite Detention of Americans”: David Kravets has this post today at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.

“Apple v. Motorola patent case dismissed by frustrated judge”: At “The Verge,” Nilay Patel has a post that begins, “The Motorola vs. Apple patent trial scheduled to start on Monday has now been dismissed with prejudice by Judge Richard Posner, who says that ‘neither party can establish a right to relief.'”

You can access at this link the interesting order that Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner issued today.

Update: In other coverage, Reuters reports that “Federal judge cancels Apple-Google phone patent trial.”

“St. Joseph Abbey monks oppose appeal to reinstate casket sales restriction”: The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has posted the audio of today’s oral argument at this link (24.6 MB Windows Media file).

“In New Poll, 44 Percent of Americans Approve of Supreme Court”: In Friday’s edition of The New York Times, Adam Liptak and Allison Kopicki will have an article that begins, “Just 44 percent of Americans approve of the job the Supreme Court is doing and three-quarters say the justices’ decisions are sometimes influenced by their personal or political views, according to a new poll conducted by The New York Times and CBS News.”

The newspaper has posted the complete results of the poll at this link.

“News organizations appeal Idaho execution case”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Supreme Court Summer Vacations”: Bloomberg Law has posted this video at YouTube.

“Vermont, no nukes, and the Constitution: now at the 2nd Circuit.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

Programming note: I will be attending an event outside of the office this afternoon. Consequently, additional posts will appear here later today.

“What Will Justice Kennedy Do?” Massimo Calabresi and David Von Drehle will have this cover story (subscription required) in the June 18, 2012 issue of Time magazine. The magazine offers additional previews of the article here and here.

“Supreme Court Justices: Addicted to Google.” Josh Rothman has this post today at The Boston Globe’s “Braniac” blog.

The post focuses on law professor Allison Orr Larsen‘s interesting new law review article, titled “Confronting Supreme Court Fact Finding.”

“Voting-Rights Surprise At High Court May Foreshadow Health Care”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Can’t Touch This: Courts Disagree Over Authority to Vacate Arbitrary Arbitration Awards Under the ‘Manifest-Disregard’ Doctrine.” Nicholas J. Wagoner has this post today at the “Circuit Splits” blog.

“Obamacare and the Misguided Criticism of ‘Liberal Law Professors’ Who Defend It”: Law professor Vikram David Amar has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.

“Experts shed light on court’s health care decision”: This post appears today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.