“NOPD cop convicted in Henry Glover case getting new trial, appeals court decides”: The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has a news update that begins, “A federal appeals court Monday overturned the conviction of former New Orleans Police Officer David Warren in the fatal shooting of Henry Glover, whose shot and burned body turned up in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath.”

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

“Messing With Chief Judge Kozinski”: At “Above the Law,” David Lat has this post linking to the videos of two lengthy interviews (here and here) with the Ninth Circuit‘s chief judge.

“Video of GW Law Event on Henry Friendly”: Orin Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“He is now the longest-serving [federal district] judge in the history of the 3rd U.S. Judicial Circuit, a jurisdiction that includes district courts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and the Virgin Islands.” On Saturday, The Scranton Times Tribune published an article headlined “Senior U.S. District Judge William J. Nealon reaches a golden milestone.”

“Newtown gun group challenging ATF authority to seek data on gun sales”: Lawrence Hurley has this post today at his “Washington Briefs” blog.

Sixth Circuit upholds entry of summary judgment against former University of Toledo official who claims she was fired in violation of her First Amendment rights for rebuking comparisons drawn between the civil-rights and gay-rights movements in a published op-ed: You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

In February 2012, The Toledo Blade reported on the federal district court’s dismissal of the lawsuit in an article headlined “Suit filed by ex-UT official dismissed; Firing followed column on gay rights.”

“8 Lawyers Obama May Pick for Supreme Court”: Bloomberg Law has posted this video online today at YouTube.

“Bill Renews Debate on Merging Highest Two Courts”: The Texas Tribune has this report.

“Are Odd Electives a Waste? Third-Year Law-School Classes Often Delve Into Quirky Territory, Draw Criticism.” Susannah Moran and Joe Palazzolo have this article today in The Wall Street Journal.

You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.

“How Bancroft Became Conservatives’ Law Firm of Choice for Hot-Button Cases; Paul Clement and the tiny firm he joined in 2011 have have already taken on gay marriage, immigration, health care, voting rights, and redistricting; What’s next?” Susan Beck has this cover story in the December 2012 issue of The American Lawyer.

“Decision on gay ‘conversion therapy’ ban depends on other rulings; The dispute is before the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is expected to decide within the next several days whether to put the law on hold before it takes effect Jan. 1”: Maura Dolan has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Judges take on ministers over supreme court; Chris Grayling told by judiciary to give up power to appoint chief executive”: The Guardian (UK) has this news update.

“New state Supreme Court justice clearly has his mind made up”: Columnist James Gill of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this essay today.

“Florida’s Property Rights Abuse Lands at the Supreme Court; The justices prepare to hear a major 5th Amendment case”: Damon W. Root has this essay online at Reason.

“Remove a Stain on the Supreme Court by Impeaching Justice Scalia; He’s been off the rails for years, but the justice’s latest outburst regarding homosexuality should be the last straw: it’s time for Congress to kick him out.” Law professor David R. Dow had this essay online Friday at The Daily Beast.

Friday at The Huffington Post, Michael Russnow had an essay titled “Scalia’s Gay Stance Is Unacceptable: Recusal From Supreme Court Deliberations on DOMA and California Proposition 8 Is Called For.”

And in Friday’s edition of The Chicago Tribune, Bill Press had an op-ed titled “Scalia has no right to rule on same-sex marriage.”

“Same-Sex Marriage and the Supreme Court”: This segment appeared on Friday’s broadcast of the PBS program “Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.”

“Common ground on affirmative action: Asian-Americans, like students of other races, benefit from the kind of diversity that enriches their education and prepares them for careers in the global workplace.” Khin Mai Aung and Robert Toone will have this op-ed in tomorrow’s edition of The National Law Journal.

“Obama administration drops appeal over Guantanamo rules”: Josh Gerstein had this post yesterday at Politico.com.

“To Judge Richard Posner, Gun Control Is a Joke; Days before Newtown, the Seventh Circuit extended the Second Amendment beyond even the Supreme Court’s decisions”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

And Andrew Cohen has an essay entitled “Guns, Parents and Sandy Hook: Time to Take The Bullet; The National Rifle Association is a mighty thing; But it is still no match for the political power of parents in America.”

“High court fight looms over right to carry a gun”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Woman, 83, unlikely same-sex marriage warrior.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“The Last Shot: If Newtown doesn’t change how Americans treat guns, can anything?” Emily Bazelon has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

And Katie Mesner-Hage has a jurisprudence essay titled “The Last Outright Ban on Concealed Weapons Goes Down: Illinois’ law falls to the Second Amendment right to bear arms.”

“Obama’s health care law still facing court challenges; None of the lawsuits pose as great a threat to the law as those decided in June, but their legion indicates the legal battles are far from over”: Richard Wolf had this article yesterday in USA Today.

“[W]e conclude that the scope of the Second Amendment does not extend to provide protection to illegal aliens, because illegal aliens are not law-abiding members of the political community”: So ruled a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in a decision issued today.

“Court lets slaves’ descendants sue Cherokee chief”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

“Gay Marriage Supporters Optimistic About Winning Anthony Kennedy’s Vote”: Sahil Kapur has this post today at TPM DC.

“Court to decide whether religious challenge to health care law may proceed”: Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has this report.

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Pressure on contraceptives mandate.”

“The Courts: How Obama Dropped the Ball; The president’s slow pace and anemic support for judicial appointments has kept the courts in conservative hands.” Robert Kuttner has this essay online at The American Prospect.

“Lawyer cited for blasting Justin Timberlake wins case with Florida Supreme Court”: This article appears today in The Tampa Bay Times.

And today’s edition of The Miami Herald contains an article headlined “Florida court strikes down law that banned loud music from cars; The Florida Supreme Court has struck down a law that made it illegal for music coming from a car to be ‘plainly audible’ from 25 feet or more.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Florida Supreme Court ruling appears at this link.

“AstraZeneca Wins U.S. Ruling to Block Generic Crestor”: Bloomberg News has this report on a ruling that a divided three-juge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued today.

“[W]e will not alter the standard for measuring mental retardation for Atkins purposes in Pennsylvania, nor will we alter the burden of proof, nor will we establish special legal presumptions, or cautionary approaches, to govern all retrospective assessments of mental retardation”: A unanimous Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (with one Justice not participating due to suspension) has issued this ruling in a death penalty case today.

“Elena Kagan talks diversity and (dis)agreement on the Supreme Court”: Tal Kopan has this blog post at Politico.com.

“Supreme Court upholds anti-terrorism laws”: Kirk Makin of The Toronto Globe and Mail has a news update that begins, “Canada’s anti-terrorism laws do not violate the constitutional rights of those suspected of furthering terrorist acts, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Canada’s high court upholds anti-terror law.”

You can access here and here today’s rulings of the Supreme Court of Canada.

“This case arises mainly from an employer’s belief that exclaiming ‘WOW’ to celebrate workers’ special achievements would hearten the workers and quicken their zeal. As so often in human relationships, things proved more complicated.” So begins an opinion that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

“Federal judges sue to win promised pay increases”: Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press has this report.