“Blogger Giving Advice Resists State’s: Get a License.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Ira Isaacs’ Sentencing Postponed”: XBIZ Newswire has this report.

“Low IQ score focus of Texas death row appeal”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Posner: Sharing links isn’t copyright infringement.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

“Tipping the Scales: He doesn’t look the part of a revolutionary, and he may be anathema to conservatives at the moment, but Chief Justice John Roberts is on course to fundamentally alter the legal firmament.” James Oliphant has this cover story in the current issue of National Journal magazine.

“Court denies Ryan’s latest bid for early release”: The Chicago Tribune has a news update that begins, “A federal appeals court in Chicago today denied former Gov. George Ryan’s latest bid to get out of prison early.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Federal court denies ex-Illinois governor’s appeal.”

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

“Circuit Provides Additional Response on Conference”: The Ninth Circuit has posted online this letter, dated Friday, August 3, 2012, from Chief Judge Alex Kozinski.

En banc Seventh Circuit reinstates lawsuit alleging that parking ticket issued by Village of Palatine, Illinois contained too much information and thus violated the federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act: You can access today’s en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner issued a dissenting opinion, in which he writes, “I am not a fan of literal interpretation. But it is the proper default rule when it has reasonable consequences and there is no indication that the legislature stumbled in trying to translate legislative purpose into words.”

Eighth Circuit declares unconstitutional a St. Louis ordinance that prohibits conduct, including speech, which has the consequence of impeding pedestrians or vehicular traffic: You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.

“N.J. Supreme Court upholds decal law for young drivers”: MaryAnn Spoto of The Newark Star-Ledger has a news update that begins, “Requiring young drivers to affix a red decal to their car’s license plate is not an invasion of their privacy and does not make them more vulnerable to predators, the state Supreme Court ruled this morning.”

And The Associated Press reports that “NJ court upholds decal law for young drivers.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of New Jersey at this link.

Update: In other coverage, Jef Feeley of Bloomberg News reports that “New Jersey’s Young-Driver Law Not Flawed, Court Concludes.”

“Sen. Lindsey Graham: Qualifications of Judicial Nominees Should Count More Than Politics.” James Podgers has this post at ABA Journal’s “Law News Now” blog.

“DNA and the Fourth Amendment”: This editorial appears today in The New York Times.

“Supreme court case puts spotlight on UT admissions policy”: The Daily Texan has this report.

“Why Do Federal Judges Retire? More Income Is Top Answer.” Debra Cassens Weiss has this post today at ABA Journal’s “Law News Now” blog.

And online at SSRN, you can access a related paper titled “Leaving the Bench, 1970-2009: The Choices Federal Judges Make, What Influences Those Choices, and Their Consequences.”

“Mentally Retarded and on Death Row”: This editorial appeared yesterday in The New York Times.

“Obama embraces health care law after court ruling”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Sandra Day O’Connor defends Roberts on health care ruling”: CBS News has this report.

And The Huffington Post has a report headlined “Sandra Day O’Connor Says Public Disapproval Of Roberts Court ‘A Great Disappointment.’”

Update: In other coverage, Politico.com has blog posts titled “Sandra Day O’Connor not surprised by Roberts’s health care vote” and “Sandra Day O’Connor: Bush-Gore decision may have sparked declining approval of SCOTUS.”

“Justice Ginsburg Talks About Arias, the Law and the Most Famous Plea Bargain in Opera”: Stephanie Francis Ward has this post (featuring video of an interview with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg) today at ABA Journal’s “Law News Now” blog.

And yesterday, ABA Now had a report headlined “Lawyers Enjoy a Morning at the Opera With Justice Ginsburg and Solicitor General Verrilli.”

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: The arithmetic of gay marriage.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Jared Loughner to plead guilty in Tucson shooting, sources say; Mental health officials reportedly believe he is now competent to understand the charges in the killing of six people and wounding of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others in Tucson last year”: Richard A. Serrano of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “AP Source: Loughner would get life in shooting.”

Update: In other coverage, Reuters reports that “Loughner to plead guilty in Arizona shooting spree.”

“Appeals court rules for Inquirer in defamation case”: In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Chris Mondics has an article that begins, “In a ruling in a defamation lawsuit against The Inquirer, a federal appeals court in Philadelphia found that linking to an allegedly defamatory article on the Internet does not by itself expose a publisher to charges of libel.”

You can access the recent ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

“Words Mean Things: Antonin Scalia teams up with David Foster Wallace’s favorite lexicographer for a revealing look at how judges read laws.” Scott Korb has this book review online at Slate.

“Powerful Shaper of U.S. Rules Quits, With Critics in Wake”: Saturday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article that begins, “Cass R. Sunstein, who wielded enormous power as the White House overseer of federal regulation, came to Washington to test his theories of human behavior and economic efficiency in the laboratory of the federal government. Now he is departing with a record that left many business interests disappointed and environmental, health and consumer advocates even more unhappy.”

“Complex, Fractured Michigan Supreme Court Decision Includes Fight Over Font Size and Substantial Compliance”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog” about a ruling that the Supreme Court of Michigan issued today.

The fight involved not just any font size, but rather the meaning of 14-point font, a size well known to lawyers who file appellate briefs in the U.S. Courts of Appeals.

“Justice Ginsburg weighs legal lessons of opera”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Senate GOP, Again, Blocks D.C. Circuit Nominee”: Todd Ruger has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Former Gov. Don Siegelman sentenced to 78 months in prison”: The Birmingham News has this update.

“2nd Circuit upholds RNC arrests of two anti-abortion protesters”: Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued yesterday.

“Appeals court reinstates Vermont prison forced labor case”: Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

PBS to air “The Barnes Collection” documentary this evening: You can access the documentary’s home page at this link.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently published a review headlined “Fine PBS film on Barnes collection avoids controversy.”

“Shots Fired: D.C. Circuit Sharply Divides in Machine Gun Dispute.” At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has this post about an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

Among the interesting aspects of today’s decision, Circuit Judge Janice Rogers Brown wrote the majority opinion, while Circuit Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh wrote a lengthy dissent. In addition, two other judges wrote separate opinions questioning why the case had been accepted for en banc review.

“Obama’s Judicial Confirmations at the Election Year Summer Recess, and Prospects for the Fall”: Russell Wheeler of the Brookings Institution has posted this paper online today.

“Appeals court puts off ruling on Yucca Mountain”: The Associated Press has this report on an order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

Update: In other coverage, Lawrence Hurley and Hannah Northey of Greenwire report that “Court waits on Congress before ruling on license application.”

“Feds seek 4-to-7 years in last Bush-era adult porn case”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post.

“U.S. Justice Department opposes undocumented immigrant’s right to get California law license”: Howard Mintz has this article today in The San Jose Mercury News.

Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “Illegal immigrants are ineligible to practice law in California, President Obama’s Justice Department told the state’s high court in a rebuff to a man who was brought to the United States as a toddler and worked his way through college and law school.”

And Reuters has a report headlined “Justice Department: California should not let illegal immigrant practice law.”