“Kentucky can continue crediting God for homeland security”: Today’s edition of The Louisville Courier-Journal contains an article that begins, “The Kentucky Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to a state law mandating that the commonwealth give credit to Almighty God for its homeland security.”

“How the Supreme Court Came to Embrace Strip Searches for Trivial Offenses”: Law professor Herman Schwartz has this article online at The Nation.

“Many question life sentences for juveniles”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Getting fired for a Facebook ‘like.'” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Working 9 to 12: ‘How Much Is Enough?’ by Robert Skidelsky and Edward Skidelsky.” Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner has this review in tomorrow’s Sunday Book Review section of The New York Times.

“I made Clarence Thomas laugh: It’s not easy being a Supreme Court clerk; We ate pizza with Scalia and battled to sneak funny words into rulings.” Law professor Jay Wexler has this essay online today at Salon.

“Federal appeals court upholds law allowing Louisiana to shut down abortion clinics”: The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court upholds La. abortion law.”

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

“Lawyers of Big Tobacco Lawsuits Take Aim at Food Industry”: This article will appear Sunday in The New York Times.

“Judicial pay fight may reach high court again; Federal Circuit to hear case claiming Congress unconstitutionally withholds judges’ cost-of-living pay adjustments”: Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has this report.

“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.

“Hazleton seeks to resurrect its crackdown on illegal immigrants”: Joseph A. Slobodzian has this article today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The Standard Speaker of Hazleton, Pennsylvania reports today that “Federal judge rehears case against Hazleton’s immigration law.”

And The Times Leader of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania has an article headlined “Hazleton law: Where to draw line?”

You can access the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit via this link (36.7 MB Windows Media Audio file).

“Bonds’ lawyers file reply brief in appeal”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Barry Bonds’ lawyers filed their reply brief Thursday in their appeal of his obstruction of justice conviction, arguing it should be overturned.”

You can access the reply brief at this link.

“The Price Of Child Porn: Making Collectors Pay For Victims’ Therapy.” City Weekly — a publication that describes itself as Salt Lake City’s only free alternative newsweekly — has an article that begins, “The gavel has always come down hard on child pornographers, giving lengthy jail sentences to those who produce and profit from the exploitation of children. But for former Utah federal Judge Paul Cassell, the justice system has failed victims by focusing mainly on jail sentences.”

Recently, I had this post linking to a related law review article calling into question this use of restitution.

“Police must honor ambiguous requests for a lawyer: 9th Circuit.” Terry Baynes has this report on an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Hustler loses appeal over news-anchor photo”: Terry Baynes of Reuters has a report that begins, “Hustler Inc had no right to publish the photograph of an Ohio TV news anchor dancing in a wet T-shirt contest without her permission, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday.”

And The Cleveland Plain Dealer has a news update headlined “Hustler shouldn’t have used wet T-shirt contest photos of TV newswoman Catherine Bosley, court says.”

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

“Pregnancy Center Case To Go Before Full Appeals Court”: Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “The full U.S. Appeals Court in Richmond, Virginia, agreed to rehear a case involving a law that requires anti-abortion pregnancy centers to post an advisory encouraging their clients to consult with medical professionals.”

“Court partially rejects Myriad gene patent claims”: Reuters has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court on Thursday partially ruled against Myriad Genetics Inc over the biotechnology company’s effort to patent two genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer.”

And at the “Patently-O” blog, Dennis Crouch has a post titled “Gene Patent Debate Continues: Federal Circuit Finds Isolated Human Genes Patentable.”

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

The case was back at the Federal Circuit on GVR from the U.S. Supreme Court for reconsideration in light of the high court’s ruling in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.

Update: In other coverage, Reuters reports that “Myriad wins gene patent ruling from US appeals court.”

“Easton ‘Boobies’ case to be heard before entire Third Circuit Court of Appeals; School district’s appeal of lower court ruling goes before full, 14-judge panel”: The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has a news update that begins, “The Easton Area School District’s appeal of a federal court ruling to allow ‘I (heart) Boobies’ bracelets to be worn by students at school will heard by the entire Third Circuit Court of Appeals.”

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

The case was argued before a three-judge Third Circuit panel in April 2012, but no ruling has yet issued. You can access the audio of that oral argument via this link (54.6 MB Windows Media Audio file).

“Ruling could compromise U.S. administrative judges’ autonomy”: Reuters has a report that begins, “Administrative judges, the adjudicators of regulatory law at U.S. government agencies, may face a threat to their independence from political influence under a recent court ruling. A federal appeals court ruled in July that the Copyright Royalty Board, a panel of administrative judges who set the rate broadcasters pay for copyright licenses, was unconstitutional because of the way its panelists are appointed and the job protections they are given.”

“In March 2003, Bosley was a 37-year-old news anchor for a CBS television affiliate in Ohio. While on vacation in Florida, Bosley entered a ‘wet t-shirt’ contest at a bar and ultimately danced nude.” Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued its ruling in Balsley v. LFP. LFP stands for Larry Flynt Publications, the publisher of Hustler magazine.

In earlier news coverage, The Associated Press reported that “Hustler fights lawsuit over news-anchor photo.”

“Does a sentence of 110 years to life for a juvenile convicted of committing non-homicide offenses constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment on the ground it is the functional equivalent of a life sentence without the possibility of parole?” The Supreme Court of California answered “yes” in a ruling issued today.

“Experts Discuss Privacy Protection in the Internet Age”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit yesterday posted online a news release that begins, “Privacy experts addressing the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference Tuesday said neither Congress nor the federal courts may be able to control commercial use of the wealth of personal data now found on the Internet.”