“Former clerks testify at Orie Melvin preliminary hearing”: Paula Reed Ward of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this news update.

And The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update headlined “2 former employees say they did 2003 campaign work for Melvin.”

“Appeals Court Rules Heat Can Violate Prisoner Rights”: The Texas Tribune has this report on a non-precedential ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

“Roberts: Supreme Court may strike down Md. DNA ruling; Chief Justice extends stay to allow collection in Maryland.” The Baltimore Sun has this news update.

My earlier coverage of today’s in chambers opinion appears at this link.

“Oklahoma senators sideline themselves on judicial nomination vote; Sens. Tom Coburn and Jim Inhofe supported the nomination of U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert E. Bacharach, but voted ‘present,’ a move that allows them to vote without registering support or opposition”: The Oklahoman has a news update that begins, “With Oklahoma’s senators effectively sidelining themselves, the Senate failed Monday to advance an Oklahoma City magistrate past a Republican blockade and toward confirmation to a federal appeals court.”

Roll Call reports that “Senate Filibusters Oklahoma Judicial Nominee.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Todd Ruger has a post titled “Senate Blocks Tenth Circuit Nominee; Could Be Last Such Vote Until After Election.”

You can access the roll call vote tally of today’s failed cloture vote of the U.S. Senate at this link.

“Benchslap of the Day: Justice Scalia Pulls Rank on Judge Posner.” David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”

“2nd Circuit rebuffs challenge to Buffalo firefighter test”: Reuters has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“1st Circuit slashes $30 million fee award in Audi class action”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued last Friday.

“5th Circuit says world-class trash talking not enough to prove sex discrimination”: John Council has this post today at the “Tex Parte Blog” of Texas Lawyer about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued last Friday.

“Judge says Arizona’s abortion ban can take effect”: The Associated Press has this report.

And in earlier coverage, today’s edition of The Arizona Republic contains a front page article headlined “Abortion law complicates fetal-defect cases; New limits put on abortions.”

“N.J. Legislature approves bill to let voters decide whether judges should pay more for benefits”: MaryAnn Spoto of The Newark Star-Ledger has a news update that begins, “In a stern rebuke of a state Supreme Court decision protecting Superior Court judges and Supreme Court justices from paying more into their pension and health benefits plans, the Senate and Assembly this morning passed a resolution that would allow lawmakers to bypass the ruling.”

And Reuters reports that “New Jersey lawmakers approve judicial pension measure.”

“High court lets controversial criminal DNA collection law stay in place for now”: Bill Mears of CNN.com has this report.

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “DNA testing may go on.”

You can access today’s in chambers opinion written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. at this link.

Update: In other coverage, The Associated Press has a report headlined “Roberts: Supreme Court likely to take Md. DNA case.”

And Terry Baynes and Jonathan Stempel of Reuters report that “Supreme Court may review case over DNA samples.”

“A Poor Excuse to Block Judges”: This editorial appears today in The New York Times.

“Pennsylvania Supreme Court sees first 3-3 split since Melvin’s suspension”: Ben Present of The Legal Intelligencer has this article, in which I am mentioned, in today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

And The Associated Press reports that “Preliminary hearing set for Pa. Justice Melvin.”

“Health insurance mandate faces huge resistance in Oklahoma”: Today’s edition of The Washington Post contains an article that begins, “The Supreme Court may have declared that the government can order Americans to get health insurance, but that doesn’t mean they’re going to sign up. Nowhere is that more evident than Oklahoma, a conservative state with an independent streak and a disdain for the strong arm of government. The state cannot even get residents to comply with car insurance laws; roughly a quarter of the drivers here lack it, one of the highest rates in the country.”

“Justice Scalia steps up criticism of healthcare ruling”: Reuters has this report.

And Bloomberg News reports that “Scalia Rebuffs Criticism Of Dissent In Immigration Case.”

C-SPAN has posted online the video and transcript of Justice Antonin Scalia’s appearance on yesterday’s broadcast of “Q&A.”

“N.J. lawmakers look to bypass court’s judge pension ruling in special session”: MaryAnn Spoto of The Newark Star-Ledger has this news update.

“Endorsements point to sharp differences in state Supreme Court hopefuls; Medina has established political connections; Devine has support of religious, conservatives”: Today in The Austin American-Statesman, Chuck Lindell has an article that begins, “In Tuesday’s GOP runoff for a seat on the Texas Supreme Court, each candidate’s list of endorsements highlights the differences between them.”

“Teen killers such as Nicholas Lindsey now have a chance to get sentences reduced”: This article appeared yesterday in The Tampa Bay Times.

“Personhood group plans to appeal Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling”: Saturday’s edition of The Oklahoman contained an article that begins, “A national group plans to go to the U.S. Supreme Court to appeal an Oklahoma ruling that its proposed ballot issue to define a fertilized human egg as a person is unconstitutional.”

“Senate could vote on judicial nominee Monday; A Cape Elizabeth lawyer and other choices for federal court have been in a holding pattern”: This article appeared yesterday in The Maine Sunday Telegram.

“Controversial measure is in hands of judge with Valley ties; The ruling Robert Simpson makes would stand if Supreme Court deadlocks”: Peter Hall and Scott Kraus of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania recently had an article that begins, “Pennsylvania’s new voter identification law has sparked controversy, protests and a legal challenge. Now the law’s fate falls to Commonwealth Court Judge Robert ‘Robin’ Simpson of Nazareth.”

“Critics assail 1980s-era hacking law as out of step”: Reuters has a report that begins, “A 1984 U.S. anti-hacking law passed when computer crime was in its infancy is under fire for potentially going too far in criminalizing the actions of employees who violate workplace policies. Judges across the country are divided on how the 28-year-old law, the U.S. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, can be applied. At the same time, the Justice Department has signaled it wants to ramp up prosecutions under the law, even as it has lost some cases.”