“Does defendant’s sentence of 25 years to life under the three strikes law for failing to update his sex offender registration within five days of his birthday constitute cruel and unusual punishment?” The Supreme Court of California answered “no” in a decision issued today.

“Federal court strikes down Texas voter identification law”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

Charlie Savage and Manny Fernandez of The New York Times have a news update headlined “Court Blocks Texas Voter ID Law, Citing Racial Impact.”

The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Texas voter ID law is blocked.”

Chuck Lindell and Mike Ward of The Austin American-Statesman have a blog post titled “Federal court rejects Texas voter ID law.”

The San Antonio Express-News has an update headlined “Judges block Texas voter ID law.”

The Associated Press reports that “Federal court rejects new Texas voter photo ID law.”

Reuters reports that “U.S. federal court blocks Texas voter ID law.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Texas Voter Photo-ID Law Thrown Out By U.S. Judges’ Panel.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has a post titled “D.C. Federal Court Unanimously Rules Against Texas Voter ID Law.”

You can access yesterday’s opinion of a three-judge court of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia at this link.

“Photo library can license Marilyn Monroe images, court rules”: Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Judicial vacancies adversely affect Midlanders”: Carol Bloch and Jan Schneiderman have this op-ed today in The Omaha World-Herald.

“Sixth Circuit Affirms Conviction for Threat Posted to YouTube — US v. Jeffries”: Venkat Balasubramani had this post yesterday at the “Technology & Marketing Law Blog” about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued on Monday.

The decision is also noteworthy because the judge who wrote the opinion on behalf of the unanimous three-judge panel also issued a separate dubitante opinion.

“Circuit Split Watch: When Sanctioned Attorneys Can’t Pay.” Michelle Olsen has this post today at her “Appellate Daily” blog.

“Full-Court Press: State’s highest court can’t afford 3-3 deadlock.” This editorial appears today in The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

And in potentially related news, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a news update headlined “ACLU: Court applied wrong standard in approving voter ID law.”

Programming note: Additional posts will appear here this evening.

“For his troubles, Embody has done something rare: He has taken a position on the Second and Fourth Amendment that unites the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and the Second Amendment Foundation.” So writes Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton in an opinion that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

The Sixth Circuit speaks about raising too many issues on appeal: A decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today begins, “When a party comes to us with nine grounds for reversing the district court, that usually means there are none.”

“Judge Urges 9th Circuit to Reconsider its Position in ‘Severe’ Split Over Laches Defense in Copyright Cases”: Nicholas J. Wagoner has this post today at the “Circuit Splits” blog.