“Can Everyone Please Lighten Up About the Supreme Court?” Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg News.

“Mississippi’s Only Abortion Clinic at Risk as Law Nears”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“U.S. judge blocks Apple in Google smartphone war”: Dan Levine and Jessica Dye of Reuters have this report.

And c|net News reports that “Judges tosses Apple v. Motorola; Ruling says neither Apple nor Motorola has been able to prove damages in the patent tussle over iOS and Android and that neither company will be permitted to refile a claim.”

You can access today’s ruling of Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, sitting by designation, at this link.

“Appeals Court Reaffirms Dismissal of Patton Boggs Suit Against Gibson Dunn, Chevron”: At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Matthew Huisman has this post reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

“Court revives ex-prosecutor Convertino’s bid to unmask tipster”: The Associated Press has this report.

Reuters reports that “Court revives ex-prosecutor’s suit against DOJ.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has a post titled “Appeals Court Revives Former Prosecutor’s Privacy Suit Against DOJ.”

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

“Boland asserts that defense attorneys and expert witnesses are entitled to possess and digitally create child pornography for use in Ohio courtrooms.” A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in an opinion issued today, has disagreed with that assertion.

“This case involves chewing gum that provides a cooling sensation when chewed.” So states the second sentence of the majority opinion that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued today.

“Ninth Circuit Under More Fire from GOP Over Maui Conference”: Todd Ruger has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“The fate of health care shouldn’t come down to 9 justices. Try 19.” Law professor Jonathan Turley will have this op-ed Sunday in The Washington Post.

“Empathy Applied — Why President Obama will win the health care case.” Law professor Douglas W. Kmiec has this post today at the “In All Things” blog of America: The National Catholic Weekly.

“SCOTUS Notebook: Hot Day Outside, Cool Day for Solicitor General.” Mark Walsh has this post today at ABA Journal’s “Law News Now” blog.

“Supreme Court Year in Review”: Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner joins Dahlia Lithwick and Walter Dellinger as participants in this year’s version of “The Breakfast Table” feature from Slate.

Dellinger kicked-off the discussion earlier today with a post titled “Could the court’s conservatives split the difference on Obamacare.”

“Supreme Court: U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Undefeated This Term.” Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has this report.

“What takes so long? Behind the scenes at top U.S. court.” Joan Biskupic of Reuters has this report.

“Justices end cocaine dealers’ legal limbo; The Supreme Court rules 5 to 4 that the Fair Sentencing Act, which relaxed mandatory prison terms, covers people who were charged but not yet sentenced when it became law in 2010”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes reports that “Supreme Court rules offenders covered by more lenient crack-cocaine sentences.”

And Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has an article headlined “Court: Use New Drug Sentencing Rules for Crack Cases.”

“You Can’t Say That”: Law professor Michael W. McConnell will have this review of Jeremy Waldron’s book “The Harm in Hate Speech” in the Sunday Book Review section of this Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Justices Deal Blow to Public Unions”: Jess Bravin has this article today in The Wall Street Journal.

In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage reports that “Supreme Court rules against union on nonmember fees for politics; The Supreme Court justices enter the national debate over public-sector unions, ruling against the California SEIU’s use of nonmembers’ money to fund special political campaigns.”

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Union’s fees found to violate nonmembers’ rights.”

On yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment entitled “High Court Decision A Blow To Public Sector Unions.”

And at the First Amendment Center, Tony Mauro has a news analysis headlined “Union-dues ruling is real free-speech landmark.”

Programming note: Meetings with appellate clients — one concerning a new appeal, the other concerning an oral argument that I will be presenting next Tuesday — will have me away from the computer for a bit. Additional posts will appear here this afternoon.

“Court: Feds improperly seized unearthed cash.” The Associated Press has this report.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Sixth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Temple of Silence: Why SCOTUS leaks less than the CIA.” Law professor Jack Goldsmith will have this essay in the July 12, 2012 issue of The New Republic.

“Chief Justice Offers Hint at New Timing for Health Care Ruling”: Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times. The newspaper also contains articles headlined “Billions of Dollars Are in Play Over Health Care Law” and “Insurers Seek to Soften Their Image, No Matter How Court Rules on Health Act.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Law Experts Say Health Measure Legal As Some Doubt Court Agrees.”

Politico.com reports that “Health-care reform opponents ready to celebrate.”

Ariane de Vogue of ABC News has an article headlined “How the Supreme Court’s Health Care Decision Affects You.”

Today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition” contained an audio segment entitled “Why Many Young Adults Might Lose Coverage If Health Law Falls.”

And Gallup has issued a news release headlined “Gallup Editors: Americans’ Views on the Healthcare Law; Americans are at best divided in support for law.”

“Opinion recap: Easing the ‘crack’ disparity.” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Boehner says no gloating if health law struck down”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Corporations Win Criminal-Fine Limits In Top Court Ruling”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“DOMA appeal due this month”: At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post that begins, “The House GOP leaders have told a federal court in Connecticut that they plan to go to the Supreme Court by the end of this month with a plea to rule on the constitutionality of the 1996 federal law that bans federal marriage benefits for same-sex couples who are legally married — a ban that those lawmakers support.”

“Opinion recap: TV indecency policy awaits next round.” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Supreme Court rules against union on nonmember fees”: James Vicini of Reuters has this report.

“In hazardous-waste case, justices rule juries must decide criminal fines”: Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire has this report.

“Supreme Court Refuses to Say S*** About Legality of Cursing On TV”: David Kravets has this post at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.

“ABA Urges Senate to Vote on Appellate Judicial Nominees”: Todd Ruger has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

And the American Bar Association has issued a news release headlined “ABA Urges Senate Action to Confirm Nominees to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.”

You can access the ABA’s letter at this link.

James Vicini of Reuters is reporting: He has articles headlined “Supreme Court rules for pipeline operator on penalty” and “Supreme Court extends more lenient penalties in crack cocaine case.”

Dissenting Ninth Circuit Judge channels “The Twilight Zone”: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Supreme Court Rejects F.C.C. Fines for Indecency”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court overturns FCC sanctions on networks, sidesteps larger issue.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court opts for narrow ruling on TV decency, rejects fines.”

And James Vicini of Reuters reports that “Court rules against FCC in TV profanity, nudity cases.”

“In a fact pattern befitting a John Grisham novel, FBI agents found a cooler filled with more than $250,000 in cash buried at a private golf course outside Cincinnati.” So begins an interesting opinion that Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton issued today on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

“Supreme Court lets networks off the hook for ‘fleeting expletives'”: Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has this report.

And Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post reports that “Supreme Court Overturns Fleeting Expletives Ruling, Ducks Larger Issues.”