“Fears About Shariah Law Take Hold In Tennessee”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“Reprieve May Be Last-Minute, but Justices’ Preparation Never Is”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

And on August 21, 2012, while I was away on vacation, Liptak had an installment of his “Sidebar” column headlined “In Congress’s Paralysis, a Mightier Supreme Court.”

“Richard A. Posner’s Badly Confused Attack on Scalia/Garner–Part 3”: Ed Whelan has this post today at National Review Online’s “Bench Memos” blog.

“Public outrage may trump judicial independence in referendum on judges’ salaries”: Columnist Bob Braun has this op-ed today in The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger.

“Bill Gates Sends Ex-Con To Law School After Supreme Court Win”: Craig Seligman of Bloomberg News has an article that begins, “Shon Hopwood robbed five banks, went to jail, learned law, wrote a petition that made it to the Supreme Court, served his time, got out, got married, had kids and is now in law school at the University of Washington on a scholarship from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.”

“Norfolk native blazes trails to Minn. Supreme Court”: This article appeared yesterday in The Virginian-Pilot.