“Audio: Anthony Kennedy, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.” During the 43rd Annual Washington Conference on the Americas of the Council of the Americas, Ray Suarez of The PBS NewsHour interviewed Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. You can access audio from the interview via this link.

“Paul Clement’s Brief for Petitioner in Bond v. United States”: Nick Rosenkranz has this post today at “The Vokokh Conspiracy.” You can access the brief at this link.

“Copyright ‘Vigilante’ Out in the Cold”: At her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post that begins, “They call Righthaven a ‘copyright troll,’ and a ‘copyright vigilante,’ seeking out websites to sue for reposting online newspaper stories. But the one thing Righthaven is not: a copyright owner, according to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday.”

And at his “Technology & Marketing Law Blog,” Eric Goldman has a post titled “Copyright Trolling Is Really Hard to Do Profitably — Righthaven v. Hoehn.”

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

Update: In other coverage, Nate Anderson of Ars Technica reports that “Copyright troll Righthaven finally, completely dead; Never had standing to sue, Ninth Circuit confirms.”

“Appeals court: Michigan law barring collection of school union dues legal.” The Detroit News has this update reporting on the ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

“Role reversal for lawmakers at Tom Perez hearing”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.

“Experts say judge’s ‘shaming’ order for Orie Melvin may not be enforceable; Legal experts raise constitutional issues”: In today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Paula Reed Ward has an article that begins, “The sentence handed down by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Lester Nauhaus on Tuesday to Joan Orie Melvin likely was meant to humiliate the former justice on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.”

And in yesterday’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, columnist Eric Heyl had an op-ed titled “Wow, judge! Show mercy on Melvin.”

“Supreme Court to make crucial rulings on race”: Richard Wolf has this article today in USA Today.

“Constitution Check: Will same-sex marriage momentum influence the Supreme Court?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Former Detainee’s Appeal Cites Long Wait for a Trial”: In Thursday’s edition of The New York Times, Benjamin Weiser will have an article that begins, “A lawyer for the only terrorist detainee to be held at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and then tried in the civilian court system asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to overturn his conviction, on the grounds that his long detention violated his right to a speedy trial.”

“California Supreme Court wrestles with spousal rights case”: Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this update.

“Google Says Authors Can’t Sue Over Digital Books as Group”: Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “Google Inc. asked an appeals court to deny class status to a group of authors who claim in a $3 billion lawsuit that the company’s project to digitally copy millions of books from libraries violates their copyrights.”

And Reuters reports that “U.S. court scrutinizes class suit against Google e-book project.”

“Justice Scalia Once Called Elmhurst Home”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Western Queens Gazette of Long Island City, New York.

“In HLS Classes, Women Fall Behind”: Today’s edition of The Harvard Crimson contains a lengthy article that begins, “Among the top students in their graduating classes, men and women entering Harvard Law School earn similar undergraduate grades and LSAT scores. But as soon as students step into Wasserstein Hall, a dramatic gender disparity emerges.”

“Is the Bahlul case coming apart?” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Sanctions May Be Least Of ‘Copyright Troll’ Worries As Matter Is Referred To Feds, IRS”: Kelly Phillips Erb has this blog post at Forbes.com.

“Goldstein Civil Rights Suit Reinstated”: 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 today.

“GOP seeks more donor freedom”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Should PA judges have to retire at 70?: The Supreme Court hears the arguments.” The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this update.

“Pennsylvania Supreme Court approves revised redistricting maps”: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this news update.

The Philadelphia Inquirer has a news update headlined “Pa. high court OKs revised legislative map.”

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update headlined “State Supreme Court upholds legislative reapportionment plan.”

The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has a news update headlined “Pa. Supreme court upholds new legislative boundaries for House and Senate; Decision comes after justices rejected the first map in January; clears way for Hispanic seat in Allentown.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Pa. high court upholds redrawn legislative maps.”

Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of the opinion of the court and a concurring opinion.

“Judges skeptical of states challenging EPA regulatory authority”: Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire had this report yesterday.

“RNC urges Supreme Court to strike campaign-finance limits”: Sam Baker has this blog post online at The Hill.

Late Monday, the James Madison Center issued a news release titled “Opening Brief Filed in U.S. Supreme Court in Challenge to the Federal Biennial, Individual Aggregate Limits on Contributions to Political Parties and Candidates.” You can access the brief by clicking here.

“Labor nominee under fire for St. Paul pullout from Supreme Court case”: Minnesota Public Radio has this report.

“Appeals court affirms new trial for man convicted of Glenpool double murder”: Today’s edition of The Tulsa World contains this article reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued Monday.

“Obama stands firm in ‘sensitive’ jobs fight”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post.

“Orie Melvin, sister guilty of corruption, put on house arrest; Orie Melvin given order for creative apology”: Paula Reed Ward has this article today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

And in today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Adam Brandolph has articles headlined “Melvin sentenced to 3 years of house arrest, 2 years of probation for using state employees for campaign work” and “Nauhaus says prison costly, taxpayers ‘paid enough.’”

“In California, Push for College Diversity Starts Earlier”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an article that begins, “As the Supreme Court weighs a case that could decide the future of affirmative action in college admissions, California offers one glimpse of a future without it.”

“Episode I — A More Perfect Union”: PBS has posted online at this link the entire first episode of “Constitution USA with Peter Sagal,” which made its television debut last night.

“Prenda lawyer downplays devastating order, promises appeal; Judge Wright is ‘no fan of intellectual property law,’ says John Steele”: Joe Mullin of Ars Technica has this report.

And Nate Anderson has an essay titled “Why weren’t the Prenda porn trolls stopped years ago? Judges have complained about their tactics for years.”

“Death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning gets reprieve”: The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi has this news update. The newspaper has posted the order of the Supreme Court of Mississippi, and the dissent therefrom, at this link.

And in other coverage, The New York Times has a news update headlined “With Hours Left to Go, Execution Is Postponed.”

“Judge in NYC rips opposition to Plan B order”: The Associated Press has this report.

“The Best Little Boy in the World — That’s Me”: Adam D. Chandler, whose blog posts and other writings I have previously linked to (see here, here, and here, for example), has this op-ed today in The New York Times.

“From Sacrifice to Rhetorical Device, the Spirit of Spock Lives On”: Jacob Gershman has this post (free access) today at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog.”

“In D.C. Circuit, Lobbyists Fight Obama Lobbying Ban”: Andrew Ramonas has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Appeals court strikes down union poster rule”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court has struck down a National Labor Relations Board rule that would have required millions of businesses to put up posters informing workers of their right to form a union.”

And David Ingram of Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court strikes down mandate on union rights.”

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

Update: In other coverage, Tom Schoenberg of Bloomberg News reports that “Labor Board Union Poster Rule Rejected by Appeals Court.”

“Melvin sentenced to 3 years of house arrest, 2 years of probation for using state employees for campaign work”: Adam Brandolph of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update that begins, “An Allegheny County Judge on Tuesday sentenced former state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin to serve three years of house arrest and two years of probation for using her state-paid employees to campaign for a seat on the state’s highest court.”

Update: In other coverage, Paula Reed Ward of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a news update headlined “Orie Melvin must write apology letters to Pennsylvania judges on photos of herself.”