“Legitimate judicial philosophy, poor rhetoric”: This editorial appears in The Daily Princetonian today.

The newspaper also contains an article headlined “Media coverage of Hosie ’16-Scalia interaction was unfair, campus conservative leaders say.”

“Kagan praises Scalia for work on Supreme Court”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Filling the federal bench: Obama needs to fight harder, and the Senate needs to give his nominees up-or-down votes.” Robert C. Post and Daniel Schuker will have this op-ed Friday in The Los Angeles Times.

“The Arguments for Gay Marriage Undermine Affirmative Action: Here’s how Justice Kennedy could vote to recognize same-sex unions and scrap racial preferences.” Richard D. Kahlenberg has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Federal courts facing fiscal cliff braced for layoffs”: Reuters has this report.

“It’s OK to crank up the music, Florida Supreme Court rules”: Reuters has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Florida issued today.

“House GOP Boosts Funds for DOMA Legal Defense”: Roll Call has this report.

“New crosses in place near Lindon for fallen UHP troopers”: Today’s edition of The Deseret News contains an article that begins, “New crosses honoring 15 fallen Utah Highway Patrol troopers now overlook I-15 just north of exit 273, taking the place of memorials that were removed from public land following a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year.”

“Judicial Nominations and Confirmations in Obama’s First Term”: Russell Wheeler of The Brookings Institution has posted online this paper. You can access a summary by clicking here.

“Man who killed himself at Birmingham Hugo L. Black courthouse identified as director of building services”: The Birmingham News has this update.

And Kyle Whitmire of The Birmingham News has an essay entitled “Inside Hugo Black Federal Courthouse, justice rolls on.”

“Eighth Circuit Creates Intra-Circuit Conflict-In One Day”: Ryan Koopmans has this post today at “On Brief: Iowa’s Appellate Blog.”

“Gays May Diverge From Blacks as Top Court Reshapes Rights”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“New Senator says ‘Aloha’ to Senate Judiciary Committee”: Todd Ruger has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Concealed Gavel Law”: The Onion has this report.

“Will Churches Be Forced To Conduct Gay Weddings? Not a chance; That’s just the scare tactic conservative groups use to frighten voters.” Emily Bazelon has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Constitution Check: Should gay Americans be afraid of the Supreme Court?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Judges Needed for Federal Courts”: This editorial will appear Thursday in The New York Times.

“Police whistleblower lawsuit gets new hearing”: This post appears today at the “Crime Blotter” blog of The Press-Enterprise of Riverside, California.

At her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “Circuit Revives Officer Suit Over Burbank Police Abuse.”

And Courthouse News Service reports that “Full Circuit Reopens Case of Whistle-Blowing Cop.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link. The original three-judge panel’s ruling can be accessed here.

“Cattle on a Thousand Hills: Reflections on the Beef Checkoff Litigation.” Ronald A. Parsons Jr. has this article in the South Dakota Law Review.

“The Data Plan: What will replace affirmative action if the Supreme Court kills it?” Law professor Jeffrey Rosen has this essay online in The New Republic.

“Delaware’s business court presses for secret arbitration”: Tom Hals has this report today at Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight.

“No Harm, No Standing: In the California gay-marriage case, no one has a legal interest in denying someone else’s happiness.” Walter Dellinger has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Emanuel calls federal appeals ruling on concealed weapons ‘wrong-headed'”: The Chicago Sun-Times has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Court ruling on Ill. gun ban sets stage for fight.”

“Reveling in Her Supreme Court Moment”: This profile of Edith Windsor appeared in yesterday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Should Scalia step aside in gay marriage cases?” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

“For Lesser Crimes, Rethinking Life Behind Bars”: This front page article appears today in The New York Times.

“The Animus of Antonin Scalia”: Amy Davidson has this blog post online today at The New Yorker.

Today’s edition of The Daily Princetonian contains an article headlined “Challenging Justice Antonin Scalia, Hosie ’16 brings international attention to Princeton” that begins, “In the span of less than a day, Duncan Hosie ’16 — a San Francisco native interested in constitutional law — has attained international recognition for questioning Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia about his comparison of laws banning homosexuality to laws banning bestiality and murder.”

In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage has an article headlined “Justice Antonin Scalia defends writings on anti-gay laws; Confronted by a gay student at Princeton University, the high court justice says his comparison of laws did not equate homosexuality with bestiality or murder.”

And Dana Milbank of The Washington Post has an op-ed headlined “Scalia blocks the aisle against gay marriage.”

“Sept. 11 judge OKs war court audio delays, censor at Guantanamo”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

This is why I never demand more than $100 million for my blogging: Reuters has an article headlined “Unpaid bloggers lose bid to revive Huffington Post case.” According to the article, “A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on Wednesday rejected claims that the bloggers deserved $105 million of the deal’s purchase price.”

You can access today’s non-precedential Summary Order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

“Standing and Delivering”: At the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times, Linda Greenhouse has a post that begins, “Is it heretical of me, or merely quirky, to find myself nearly as fascinated by the procedural game the Supreme Court is playing in the same-sex marriage cases as I am by the underlying merits of the two appeals the court has agreed to decide?”

Programming note: On Wednesday morning, I will be presenting oral argument to an en banc panel of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg at the lovely new Pennsylvania Judicial Center.

Late last year, The Citizens’ Voice of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania reported on the trial court’s ruling in an article headlined “Judge awards millions to Dallas, Pittston Area from health trust.” You can access the appellate briefs that I filed on my client’s behalf in this case at the following links: Brief for Appellant; Reply Brief for Appellant.

Eventually, the video of the oral argument should be available online via the web site of the Pennsylvania Cable Network. I will link to the video when it becomes available.

My next post here is likely to appear sometime in the afternoon on 12/12/12.

Update: The oral argument seemed to go quite well. Now we await the court’s ruling.

“Abortion Clinic Presses to Stay Open”: Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an article that begins, “Mississippi’s only abortion clinic says it won’t be able to meet a requirement of a new state law that tightens regulations for abortion providers, and has asked a federal judge to prevent state officials from revoking its license.”

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

“In prior visits, Scalia’s presence on campus ignited controversy”: The Daily Princetonian has this report.

“Have Gay Marriage Advocates Been Too Successful? Why their recent victories at the ballot box may hurt the chances for marriage equality before the Supreme Court.” Law professor John Culhane has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“In a first, the Bill of Rights is set in stone; Comedian convinces Arizona to place monument near state capitol”: Tony Mauro has this article in the current issue of The National Law Journal.