“Obama Lags on Judicial Picks, Limiting His Mark on Courts”: Charlie Savage will have this article Saturday in The New York Times.

That’s a clown iPad, bro: The San Jose Mercury News has an update headlined “Steve Jobs’ stolen iPad unwittingly used by ‘Kenny the Clown’ after burglary.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Clown had iPad stolen from Steve Jobs’ home.”

“Fresh off Supreme Court win, legal group girds for more battles with EPA”: Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire has this report.

“Gene patent ruling highlights tension between SCOTUS, Fed Circuit”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

“Appeals court overturns W.Va. flying squirrel decision”: The Charleston Gazette has this news update reporting on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

“On Visits to Wounded Warriors, The Supreme Court Answers Back; A simple question about the justices and military hospitals provokes a worthy and fruitful conversation”: Andrew Cohen has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

“U.S. automakers, refiners lose challenge to ethanol mix”: Reuters has this report.

And Bloomberg News reports that “EPA Defeats Challenge To Higher Ethanol Levels In Fuel.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“Ruling on juvenile killers reopens wounds for victims’ families; A Supreme Court decision that juvenile murderers with life sentences should have a chance at parole stirs old memories for relatives of victims; Some are preparing to fight back”: The Los Angeles Times contains this article today.

“Easton Area School District’s ‘I Heart Boobies’ appeal to be heard before full circuit”: This article appears today in The Express-Times of Easton, Pennsylvania.

And at the “School Law” blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has a post titled “Full Appeals Court to Rule on Students’ ‘Boobies’ Bracelets.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Third Circuit order appears at this link.

“Utah’s Myriad wins another round in gene-patent case; Appeals court backs the Utah company in high-profile dispute”: The Salt Lake Tribune contains this article today.

At Forbes.com, Daniel Fisher has a blog post titled “D.C. Court Upholds Myriad Breast-Cancer Patents, Snubbing Supreme Court.”

And The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that “Appeals Court Upholds U. of Utah’s Controversial Breast-Cancer Gene Patents.”

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

“Experts debate legality of plan to apply eminent domain to mortgages”: This front page article appears today in The Sacramento Bee.

“Safeco Field hosts first ever Supreme Court in honor of Felix’s perfect game”: The Seattle Mariners issued this news release yesterday.

“Louisiana Supreme Court chief justice controversy argued before federal judge”: The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.

And Reuters reports that “Louisiana debates whether black justice should head high court.”

“25-year sentence reversed in drug case”: The Pacific Daily News of Guam has a news update that begins, “The conviction of a suspected drug dealer has been overturned because a panel of federal judges said it was improper for a Guam court to accept written testimony from a police officer who died before trial.”

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