“SCOTUS must be last bulwark against NSA snooping”: Bill Binney and J. Kirk Wiebe have this essay at Politico.com.

“Don Franzen interviews Antonin Scalia — Reading the Text: An Interview with Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court.” The Los Angeles Review of Books posted online this interview earlier this month.

“A Supreme Court Case Over Textbooks Could Make Copyright Law Even More Restrictive”: John Villasenor has this blog post online at Slate.

“Supreme Court makeup not a top campaign issue; The chance that Obama or Romney could tilt the court very far in one direction or the other is remote”: Richard Wolf has this article today in USA Today.

In today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Rev. John C. Welch has an op-ed entitled “Beware Romney’s nominees for the Supreme Court.”

And in The Washington Times, Mario Diaz has an op-ed entitled “Obama could achieve stacked Supreme Court in a second term; Voters should keep courts in mind on Election Day.”

“Ninth Circuit Judge Betty Fletcher, 1923-2012”: Scott Graham of The Recorder has written this obituary.

At her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “9th Circuit Liberal Judge Betty Fletcher Dies.”

And the Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a news release headlined “Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Mourns Passing of Judge Betty Binns Fletcher.”

“The record fully supports Judge Conrad’s findings that Peoples’ profane language in Judge Currie’s courtroom constituted intentional misbehavior that obstructed the administration of justice.” So holds a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in a ruling that you can access here.

As I noted in this earlier post, last month Mike Scarcella of The National Law Journal reported on this case in an article headlined “F-bomb’s collateral damage: Obscenity case explores the limits of courtroom expression.”

“Federal court rules in favor of monks, sends casket case to Louisiana Supreme Court”: The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has a news update that begins, “In a sometimes harshly worded ruling, a panel of federal appellate judges Tuesday evening smacked down the Louisiana funeral board’s continued attempts to prevent the St. Joseph Abbey monks from selling their hand-crafted caskets.”

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

“Federal court revives student paper’s lawsuit against OSU officials”: The Associated Press has this report.

And at her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “9th Circuit Expands Liability in Free Speech Dispute.”

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

“Liberal US appeals judge Betty Fletcher dies at 89”: The Associated Press has this report.

“D.C. Circuit Upholds Immunity Shield for Former President of Colombia”: At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has this post reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

Law-related essays in the “Special Election Issue” of The New York Review of Books: The publication’s November 8, 2012 issue contains essays by Cass R. Sunstein, Ronald Dworkin, and David Cole.

“Why it matters: 1 new Justice could change a lot.” Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Court blocks Ind. defunding of Planned Parenthood”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued today.

And in other coverage, Bloomberg News reports that “Indiana Planned Parenthood Wins Ruling on Medicaid Funds.”

Update: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “Court blocks Indiana law cutting Planned Parenthood funds.”

“Pentagon: Alleged 9/11 mastermind dyed his beard with berry juice at Guantanamo.” Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this news update.

“NY top court says lap dance isn’t art, is taxable”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A sharply divided court in New York says lap dances don’t promote culture in a community the way ballet or other artistic endeavors do, and so shouldn’t get a tax break.”

You can access today’s 4-to-3 ruling of the Court of Appeals of New York — that State’s highest court — at this link.

Update: In other coverage, Bloomberg News reports that “Strip-Club Fees Aren’t Tax Exempt, N.Y. Top Court Rules.”

And Reuters reports that “N.Y. court finds pole dancing revenue can be taxed.”

“Did the Dark Money Group that Spurred a Landmark Ruling Mislead the IRS?” Kim Barker of ProPublica and Emma Schwartz of Frontline have this report.

“Sandra Day O’Connor courts S.F. audience”: The San Francisco Chronicle contains this article today.

And Bay City News reports that “Sandra Day O’Connor Talks Civics Games, Working For Free.”

“Iowa Justice Who Ruled for Gay Marriage Faces Test That Peers Failed”: This article will appear Tuesday in The New York Times.

And The Associated Press reports that “Supporters of Iowa Supreme Court justice focus on equality; Observers say result could be much closer than 2010 vote that ousted three justices.”

“Goodwin Liu has blended in easily on California’s Supreme Court; Tarred by conservative Republicans as a liberal activist, the failed nominee for the federal bench has been anything but extreme during his first year on the state’s highest court”: Maura Dolan will have this article Tuesday in Los Angeles Times.

“California’s Prop 34: Battle over fate of state’s death penalty heating up.” Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this update.

“A Portrait of the Supreme Court in the Obama Era”: In Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times, Michiko Kakutani will have this review of Jeffrey Toobin’s new book, “The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court.”

“In the Supreme Court, a Fight Over Sanctions for Government Misconduct”: Mike Scarcella has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“New Chairs for Five Judicial Conference Committees”: Today, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued a news release that begins, “Chief Justice John Roberts Jr, has named five new Judicial Conference committee chairs and extended the terms of three current committee chairs, effective October 1, 2012.”

Of particular note, Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton will move from being chair of the Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules to being chair of the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, which oversees changes to all federal court rules of procedure.

And Judge Sutton’s replacement as chair of the Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules is Eighth Circuit Judge Steven M. Colloton.

“Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Mourns Passing of Judge Otto R. Skopil Jr.” The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this news release Saturday.

“Q & A with Jeffrey Toobin”: Ronald Collins has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Our tortured pick for state Supreme Court: Sanders.” Today’s edition of The Tacoma (Wash.) News Tribune contains an editorial that begins, “We would have preferred a different choice for the state Supreme Court.”

“N.J. Supreme Court to tackle privacy issues in cellphone, GPS case”: This article appears today in The Record of Bergen County, New Jersey.

“Can Copyrighted Works Purchased Abroad Be Resold In the United States?” John Villasenor has this blog post at Forbes.com.

“Chief Justice speaks at Rice”: This article appeared in last Friday’s issue of The Rice Thresher, the student newspaper of Rice University.

Today’s edition of The Yale Daily News contains an article headlined “Ginsburg reflects on career.”

And today’s edition of The Daily Beacon, the student newspaper of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, contains an article headlined “Justice Elena Kagan speaks on life, court.”

“The Romney Court”: Law professor Adam Winkler has this blog entry at The Huffington Post.

“Student prompted Justice Scalia appearance at UW”: This article appears today in The Laramie (Wyo.) Boomerang.

Available online from the California Law Review: In the publication’s October 2012 issue, law professor Justin Driver has an article titled “The Constitutional Conservatism of the Warren Court.”

And yesterday, the publication posted online an article titled “Harlan on My Mind: Chief Justice Roberts and the Affordable Care Act” by law professor Timothy P. O’Neill.

“Yuma dairy takes fight over federal price fixing to Supreme Court”: This article appeared yesterday in The Yuma Sun.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Voter ID fight finally reaches high court.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“The American Debate: High court in absentia.” In yesterday’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, columnist Dick Polman had an essay that begins, “The presidential candidates have debated each other for 180 minutes, yet neither has expended even a second on a crucial campaign issue that has a profound impact on our lives.”

And online at The Atlantic, Andrew Cohen has an essay arguing that “the future of the judiciary is at stake” in this year’s presidential election.