“Court Demands TSA Explain Why It Is Defying Nude Body Scanner Order”: David Kravets has this post at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.

“Arizona’s new abortion law blocked by court”: Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “US appeals court blocks Ariz. 20-week abortion ban.”

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

Update: In other coverage, Reuters reports that “Appeals court blocks Arizona’s new late-term abortion ban.”

“Justice Sotomayor joins Yankees bleacher creatures”: The Associated Press has this report.

Update: In other coverage, The New York Daily News reports that “Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor joins Yankee Stadium Bleacher Creatures during first-inning Wednesday; Bronx native Sotomayor lauds Yankee fans as the ‘greatest.’”

“4th Circuit reinstates law on concealed-carry permits”: The Maryland Daily Record has a news update that begins, “The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday issued a stay that will keep Maryland’s current concealed-carry gun permit process in place while the state attorney general appeals a ruling that the existing statute is unconstitutional.”

“Texas wastes no time in citing Supreme Court health care ruling in Clean Air Act litigation”: Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire has this report.

“Superficial Change on the Federal Bench?” In the August 2012 issue of California Lawyer magazine, Lawrence Hurley has an article that begins, “When the U.S. Senate voted May 7 to confirm Jacqueline Nguyen to a position on the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, she became the first Vietnamese-American federal judge in history.”

“Senate Candidate in Texas Is Known as an Intellectual Force”: Thursday’s edition of The New York Times will contain a “Man in the News” profile that begins, “As a teenager, Ted Cruz was an intense and eloquent parser of free-market economics, dazzling Rotary Clubs here in Houston by reciting the Constitution. At Princeton, he was a national champion debater and an intellectual leader of a band of conservative students. He was a star at Harvard Law School and clerked for the chief justice of the Supreme Court.”

“Iowa GOP chairman calls for ouster of another Supreme Court justice”: The Des Moines Register today has a blog post that begins, “The Republican Party of Iowa’s chairman is pushing for the ouster of one of the authors of a court decision that legalized same-sex marriage in Iowa. Gay marriage instantly became a political hot button in Iowa after the ruling three years ago, but there has been little urgency behind the issue this year.”

“Appeals Court Reverses Wrongful Death Award in Malik Jones Case”: The Hartford Courant has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “New York court rules East Haven not liable in racially charged ’97 police shooting of Malik Jones.”

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

Only 146 shopping days until Christmas: For those who believe it’s never too early for a creche case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit appears to agree, based on this ruling issued today.

“D.C. Circuit Joins Split Over the Preservation of Purely Legal Issues for Appeal”: Nicholas J. Wagoner has this post today at the “Circuit Splits” blog.

“Newspaper Takes A Stand On Anonymous Commenters”: This audio segment appeared on yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Judge dismisses two counts against Joan Orie Melvin”: Today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Paula Reed Ward has an article that begins, “Suspended state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin scored a victory of sorts Tuesday when two of the nine criminal counts against her were dismissed at the conclusion of her preliminary hearing.”