Adam Liptak of The New York Times, on the radio: Today’s broadcast of “Here & Now” from WBUR, Boston’s NPR station, contained an audio segment titled “4 Weeks And 5 Rulings That May Change The U.S.”

And today’s broadcast of WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show” contained an audio segment titled “Previewing Big Decisions at the Supreme Court.”

“Theories Abound With Race-in-Admissions Ruling Still to Come”: Mark Walsh has this post today at the “School Law” blog of Education Week.

“Holder Weighs Tighter Rules on Prosecutors in Leak Cases”: Charlie Savage will have this article Friday in The New York Times.

The Washington Post reports that “Attorney General Holder says he’ll protect journalists’ rights.”

And Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau has an article headlined “Why Attorney General Eric Holder is in the hot seat.”

“Telecom company joins recess appointments court battle”: Tal Kopan of Politico.com has this report.

“Oyster Farm Fires Its Pro Bono Counsel”: Vanessa Blum of The Recorder has an article that begins, “Since the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit weighed the fate of Drakes Bay Oyster Co. and its controversial lease in Point Reyes National Seashore earlier this month, drama surrounding the family-owned oyster farm has shown no sign of ebbing.”

“California’s death penalty on hold again”: Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this update.

You can access today’s ruling of the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District, Division Two, at this link.

Update: In other coverage, at her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “Executions on Hold Over Bungled Rulemaking.”

“Columbus attorney wins U.S. Supreme Court victory that may open ‘innocence’ door in murder cases”: This post appears today at “The Daily Briefing” blog of The Columbus Dispatch.

Access online the audio of Justice Antonin Scalia’s recent remarks in Italy: When speaking to groups in the United States, Justice Scalia only rarely allows the audio of his remarks to be recorded and posted online. But in Italy, apparently all bets are off.

On Tuesday, Michelle Olsen at her fine Appellate Daily Twitter feed furnished a link to a web page that was then providing access to download the mp3 audio of Justice Scalia’s remarks. Yesterday, however, Michelle noted that the link to the audio of Justice Scalia’s remarks at that web page had disappeared. Nevertheless, the audio file itself remained available for download from the server for those who possessed the original download link.

Today, Michelle has not only posted the audio of Justice Scalia’s remarks to SoundCloud, but she has also located online another place where the audio of Justice Scalia’s remarks remains available for download (70.7 MB mp3 audio file).

“The G.O.P.’s Court-Shrinking Plan”: David Firestone has this post today at the “Taking Note” blog of The New York Times.

And today’s edition of The Portland (Me.) Press Herald contains an editorial titled “Sen. Collins, GOP colleagues trying to slow government; The D.C. Circuit court should be allowed to regain full strength without political maneuvering.”

“Illinois Supreme Court declines review of SIUE student threat case”: Jennifer Mann of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Ill. SupCo takes pass, ends student threat case.”

“EPA asks high court to ignore entreaties to review E15 ruling”: Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report.

“Justices Weigh Police Shooting Standards”: Today at her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post that begins, “Just how much care police owe to citizens before the pull their weapons and open fire, proved to be a touchy topic for the California Supreme Court Wednesday.”

The case is before California’s highest court on certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

“Letter regarding incorrect statement made during oral argument”: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted online this filing made Tuesday in the case captioned Drakes Bay Oyster Co. v. Salazar, No. 13-15227.

One could say this about many a Posner opinion: Concurring in an opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit that Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner issued today, Senior Circuit Judge William J. Bauer writes, “I have to admit that this opinion had me in suspense until the last minute.”

Judge Bauer also observes that “I’m not sure [the opinion of the court] provides a clear trail for [the] future,” which is surely another thing that many have remarked about prior Judge Posner opinions. Nevertheless, they usually make for a very interesting read.

“Breaking Court News: President does job; Republicans set hair on fire.” Nan Aron has this blog entry today at The Huffington Post.

“This Is Kennedy’s Court — the Rest of the Justices Just Sit on It: Two cautious 5-4 rulings on criminal procedure show just how much influence the Supreme Court’s swing vote has in shaping jurisprudence.” Andrew Cohen has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Suit aims to kill law banning race, gender abortion”: Howard Fischer has this article today in The Arizona Daily Star.

“Vote for nuclear option in Senate would be extremely close”: Alexander Bolton of The Hill has this report.

“At age 22, a Harvard Law graduate”: In today’s edition of The Boston Globe, Akilah Johnson has this article reporting on “one of the youngest African-Americans ever to graduate from Harvard Law School.”

“‘Foreign Law’ Apparently Not a Problem When It Comes to Corporations; So-called ‘foreign law bans’ are supposed to protect American law from overseas influences; So why exactly are corporations lobbying so hard for exemptions?” Andrew Cohen has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

“Some justices question requiring nurses to give shots in schools; California Supreme Court hears nurses’ association argue state law requires licensed nurses to provide insulin and other injections; Foes say that is unnecessary”: Maura Dolan has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

In today’s edition of The San Jose Mercury News, Howard Mintz has an article headlined “Insulin in California schools: State’s high court appears likely to let unlicensed employees handle shots.”

And Scott Graham of The Recorder reports that “Justices Poised to Allow School Workers to Handle Insulin Shots.”

Update: In other coverage, at her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “School Insulin Shots, Not Just by Nurses.”

“Governor Retains Parole Veto Power”: Pamela A. MacLean has this post at her “Trial Insider” blog reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“The Biggest Supreme Court Ruling You Haven’t Heard Of”: Law professor Cass R. Sunstein has this essay at Bloomberg View.

“The Supreme Court Takes the Case of Town of Greece v. Galloway, Which Raises the Questions Whether — And If So, How — a Town Board May Open Its Meetings With Prayer”: Law professor Marci A. Hamilton has this essay at Justia.com’s Verdict.

“California Gay Marriage Support Rises to Record in Poll”: Bloomberg News has this report.

“Texas court limits lawyers in pet-related suits”: Columnist George F. Will has this op-ed in The Washington Post.