“U.S. Senate Democrats try to force vote on Oklahoma judicial nominee; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid seeks to break a Republican blockade and get a vote on Robert E. Bacharach, a federal magistrate judge in Oklahoma City, for a federal appeals court”: The Oklahoman has this news update.

And Politico.com has a news update headlined “Senate Dems step up judicial wars.”

“Appeals court sides with women who took Prempro”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.

“Scalia: Supreme Court disagreements not personal.” Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Alabama solicitor general details philosophies behind U.S. Supreme Court healthcare act ruling”: The Birmingham News has this update.

“No-fly list lawsuit should proceed in federal court in Portland, appeals panel rules”: The Oregonian has this news update.

Terry Baynes of Reuters reports that “Appeals court revives challenge against US ‘no fly’ list.”

The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court allows no-fly challenge to proceed.”

And the ACLU has issued a news release headlined “Federal Appeals Court Allows ‘No Fly List’ Challenge to Proceed; ACLU Represents 15 People Government Put on Secret List and Banned From Flying Without Explanation.”

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

“Defendants can benefit from clarifications in the law: 5th Circuit.” Terry Baynes of Reuters has this report on an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Deals to Keep Generic Drugs Off Market Get a Court Rebuff”: This article will appear Friday in The New York Times.

“Scalia Defends Citizens United, Arizona Immigration Decision”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Ninth Circuit reinstates lawsuit challenging list of known and suspected terrorists who are not permitted to fly in United States airspace: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

My earlier coverage of the oral argument of this appeal can be accessed here.

“C-SPAN Q&A with Justice Antonin Scalia”: C-SPAN has posted online these video clips from an interview scheduled for broadcast this weekend.

“Filling the Eleventh Circuit vacancies”: Law professor Carl Tobias has this blog post online at The Hill.

“Scalia Discusses Views on Textualism and the Process of Co-Writing His New Book”: ABA Journal’s “Law News Now” blog has posted online a lengthy audio clip that you can access via this link.

“Arizona’s Ban At 20 Weeks Shows Country’s Shift On Abortion Law”: Bloomberg News has this report.

“Appeals Court: Arizona man can’t sue Medtronic.” On April 17, 2012, Cronkite News Service had this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued the previous day.

And a few days later, the “Constitutional Law Prof Blog” had a post titled “Ninth Circuit: Failure to Warn Claim Against Med Device Maker Preempted.”

Yesterday. the Ninth Circuit issued this order granting rehearing en banc in the case.

“Federal appeals court to reconsider California DNA-collection law; A three-judge panel had upheld California’s law that requires police to collect DNA from felony arrestees, but a panel of 11 federal judges will review the case”: Maura Dolan has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

In today’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko reports that “Court gives DNA sampling law new hearing.”

And at her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “Circuit to Reconsider Mandatory Arrestee DNA Collection.”

You can access at this link yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granting rehearing en banc.

My earlier coverage of the original divided three-judge panel’s ruling in the case can be accessed here.