“John Paul Stevens’s Quest for Four Little Words”: Jess Bravin has this post today at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog.”

“How Supap Kirtsaeng’s Textbooks Idea Led to Supreme Court”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Kentucky Supreme Court upholds convictions of Amish men who refused to put orange triangles on buggies; No extra religious protection seen in state constitution”: This article appears today in The Louisville Courier-Journal.

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Amish lose in court but law grants buggy exemption.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Kentucky at this link.

“A Death Row Struggle Between Advocates and Lawyers”: Maurice Chammah of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“How Mandatory Minimums Forced Me to Send More Than 1,000 Nonviolent Drug Offenders to Federal Prison”: U.S. District Judge Mark W. Bennett (N.D. Iowa) has this essay in the November 12, 2012 issue of The Nation.

“Supreme Court to hear arguments over government spying”: Terry Baynes of Reuters has this report.

Update: And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Can global wiretaps be challenged?”

“Ky. court trims rights of grandparents to visit grandchildren”: The Louisville Courier-Journal has a news update that begins, “The Kentucky Supreme Court has made it harder for grandparents to win visitation with their grandchildren when the child’s parents object. In a 6-1 ruling, the state’s high court ruled Thursday that parents who oppose giving a grandparent visitation must be presumed to be acting in the child’s best interests. The court did not strike down Kentucky’s 1984 grandparent visitation law but said a grandparent must present ‘clear and convincing’ evidence to win the right to visit a grandchild over a parent’s objection.”

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

“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Scalia warns against ‘living’ Constitution”: The Billings Gazette has this news update.

And The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Passing through Laramie after an unsuccessful antelope hunt, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia stopped at the University of Wyoming on Thursday to make an impassioned and humorous case for sticking to the original meaning of the U.S. Constitution.”

“Supreme Court Weighing ‘First Sale’ Copyright Doctrine”: David Kravets has this post at Wired.coms “Threat Level” blog.

“Retired Supreme Court Justice sits on NY court”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court has taken a chair for a day on a panel of the federal appeals court in New York.”

“Suggested Mottos for Other Law Blogs”: Kyle Graham has this post at his blog, “noncuratlex.com.”

“Obama v. the Supreme Court: An interview with Jeffrey Toobin.” June Thomas has this podcast online at Slate.

“Drug-sniffing cases send Supreme Court to the dogs”: Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has this report.

And online at Slate, Emily Bazelon has a jurisprudence essay entitled “Are Police Dogs Invading Our Privacy? Next week the Supreme Court will consider that question.”

“How do you feel about Justice Roberts’ ruling on the Affordable Care Act? Were you surprised?” That’s one of the questions from historian Douglas Brinkley that President Obama answers in an interview Rolling Stone magazine posted online today.

“Rajaratnam Appeal Judges Voice Concern Over U.S. Wiretaps”: Bloomberg News has this report.

Update: In other coverage, Peter Lattman has a post titled “Rajaratnam’s Lawyers Argue to Overturn Conviction” at the “DealBook” blog of The New York Times.

Reuters reports that “Insider trading wiretaps under scrutiny in Rajaratnam appeal.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Insider trader’s lawyers ask NY court to nix case.”

“Court upholds ban on handgun sales to people under 21”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has a report that begins, “The United States may ban federally licensed firearms dealers from selling handguns to people under age 21, an appeals court ruled on Thursday, in a defeat for the National Rifle Association.”

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

“SMART can reject anti-Islam ad, 6th Circuit says”: “The MiLW Blog” has this post reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

In the Fall 2012 issue of Marquette Lawyer magazine: Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton has an article headlined “Barnette, Frankfurter, and Judicial Review.”

And the magazine also contains the remarks of Seventh Circuit Judge Diane S. Sykes at the law school’s May 19, 2012 hooding ceremony, where Judge Sykes spoke about her former boss and colleague, Seventh Circuit Judge Terence T. Evans.

“Calif. Death Penalty Opposition Focuses On Economy”: Today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition” contained this audio segment, along with a related audio segment entitled “In Calif., A Death Penalty Proponent Changes Course.”

“Betty Binns Fletcher Dies at 89; Liberal Stalwart on the Bench”: This obituary appears today in The New York Times.

And in today’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has written an obituary headlined “U.S. appeals Judge Betty Fletcher dies.”

“Lawyers Discuss Supreme Court Cases on Sniffer Dog Use”: C-SPAN provides access to the video of Tuesday’s discussion sponsored by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times served as moderator.

“Diversity as a commodity: Affirmative Action warrants extensive reform, for this policy serves as an excuse for colleges to sacrifice equitable admissions policies in favor of a fetishized form of diversity.” Columnist James Yoon has this op-ed today in The Columbia Spectator.

“Critical online reviews can carry legal risks”: The Associated Press has this report on a case pending for decision before the Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Last month, The Duluth News Tribune reported on the oral argument in an article headlined “Minnesota Supreme Court hears Duluth neurologist’s defamation lawsuit against patient’s son; The Minnesota Supreme Court heard the case of a Duluth neurologist Tuesday who sued a patient’s son after being criticized on rate-your-doctor websites for his bedside manner.”

You can view the oral argument video by clicking here.

“Court: A woman with no genetic connection to baby is not the mother unless she adopts.” MaryAnn Spoto of The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger has an article that begins, “A woman who arranges for a surrogate to give birth by using someone else’s eggs cannot be considered the mother unless she adopts the child, a sharply divided state Supreme Court ruled today.”

Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an article headlined “Court’s Split Decision Provides Little Clarity on Surrogacy.”

The Record of Bergen County, New Jersey reports today that “Court upholds N.J. surrogate parent law.”

The Courier-Post of Cherry Hill, New Jersey reports that “Supreme Court rules in New Jersey fertility case.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “NJ court: Infertile men, women not treated same.”

Yesterday, the Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the judgment under review by an equally divided court. You can access at this link the court’s per curiam opinion and the opinions concurring in and dissenting from the result.

“The Court Crasher: Tom Goldstein changed how lawyers get to the Supreme Court–and how news gets out of it.” Stephanie Mencimer has this article in the November 2012 issue of The Atlantic magazine.

“Partisanship issues chafe Michigan Supreme Court candidates”: This article appears today in The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus.

And MLive.com reports that “Republican candidates for Michigan Supreme Court argue their case in Muskegon.”

“9th Circuit: Casinos can be liable for seizing card counters.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

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

“Scores of women win equal pay compensation fight against Birmingham council”: The Independent (UK) has this news update.

The Guardian (UK) has a news update headlined “Birmingham equal pay victory for women may impact City of London; Lawyers say court ruling on equal pay claim for female council workers will have ‘serious ramifications’ for employers elsewhere.”

And BBC News reports that “Birmingham City Council loses equal pay appeal bid.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom at this link. A related court press release can be accessed here.

“Judicial elections threaten justice: Do you want judges to answer to the law, or to campaign contributors and ideological groups?” This editorial appears today in USA Today.

And, in response, Slade O’Brien has an op-ed entitled “If courts overstep, citizens must act: Are we supposed to do nothing when judges rewrite the law?”

“Judge’s death brings new twist in high-stakes climate case”: Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire has an article that begins, “The outcome of a prominent climate case has become even more shrouded in mystery after one of the three judges considering the matter died this week.”

“Justice Kennedy to Deliver Joseph Story Distinguished Lecture”: Robert Alt recently had this post at “The Foundry” blog of The Heritage Foundation.

The lecture is scheduled to take place today, beginning at 5:30 p.m. eastern time, and you can view it live, online via this link.

Update: You can also view Justice Kennedy’s remarks live, online via C-SPAN by clicking here.

“Flu Season Health Precautions”: Teddy Wayne recently had this post at the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times.

“Appeals court orders political committees to return Stanford donations”: Loren Steffy has this article today in The Houston Chronicle.

Bloomberg News reports that “Stanford’s Political Donations Must Be Returned, Court Says.”

The Houston Business Journal reports that “National political campaigns must return money to Stanford receiver, court rules.”

And at the “Tex Parte” blog of Texas Lawyer, John Council has a post titled “5th Circuit rules on whether Republican, Democrat groups can keep political contributions from R. Allen Stanford and his companies.”

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

“Does the Supreme Court Have a Free Policy Choice in Wiley v. Kirtsaeng?” Marketa Trimble has this post today at the “Technology & Marketing Law Blog.”

“Ruling raises questions about laws concerning advantage gamblers”: This article appears today in The Las Vegas Review-Journal.

And at her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “Banned Card-Counter Loses Casino Suit.”

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