“What’s Next For Guantanamo?” This audio segment featuring Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald and Ben Wittes of the “Lawfare” blog appeared on yesterday’s broadcast of NPR’s “On Point” with Tom Ashbrook.

“High court sides with cities wishing to ban pot shops”: Denny Walsh has this article today in The Sacramento Bee.

Today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times contains a front page article headlined “California Supreme Court upholds pot dispensary bans; In a unanimous decision, the court rules that local governments have the power to rezone dispensaries out of existence; The decision upholds bans in about 200 cities.”

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Pot dispensary ban OKd by Calif. top court.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s California Supreme Court ruling can be accessed here.

“Former Pennsylvania Justice Orie Melvin, sister face sentencing today”: This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

“Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan thanks Lugar, cites ‘courage’ in vote”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Judge fines firm for improperly enforcing porn copyrights”: The Los Angeles Times has an article that begins, “A company that made millions of dollars by suing people for improperly viewing pornographic movies on the Internet repeatedly deceived courts while ‘seeking easy money’ from people too embarrassed to defend themselves, a federal judge ruled Monday.”

And at “Popehat,” Ken White has a post titled “Does Prenda Believe In No-Win Scenarios? Because Judge Wright Just Gave Them One.”

This blog’s earlier coverage of yesterday’s ruling can be accessed here.

“Constitution Check: What is the government’s role on teen sex?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Justice O’Connor Regrets”: Jeffrey Toobin has this blog post online at The New Yorker.

“Florida’s Cuba Contract Ban Blocked by U.S. Appeals Court”: Bloomberg News has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.

“Prenda hammered: Judge sends porn-trolling lawyers to criminal investigators; Lawyers who lied and obfuscated for years face disbarment and a $82,000 fine.” Joe Mullin of Ars Technica has this report.

And at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has a post titled “Judge Asks IRS, Feds to Investigate Copyright-Trolling Attorneys.”

“It’s Her Beloved World, And We’re Just Living In It: Justice Sotomayor Speaks on Free Speech.” David Lat has this post today at “Above the Law.”

“Meet the Most Important Ted Cruz Birther: Ted Cruz; Ted Cruz is eligible to be president under almost any reading of the Constitution — except his own.” Noam Scheiber has this essay online today at The New Republic.

And online at The Hill, Alexander Bolton reports that “Republicans ride on Cruz control.”

ABC has posted online the video of Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s appearance today on “The View”: You can access two video clips from the interview — clip one and clip two. In addition, you can access the complete episode, containing the entire interview, by clicking here. According to Barbara Walters, Justice Sotomayor is the first U.S. Supreme Court justice to appear on that program.

“EPA to defend its greenhouse gas emission rules tomorrow”: Jeremy P. Jacobs and Jean Chemnick of Greenwire have this report.

“The ‘Plan B’ pill dispute explained”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Court: California cities can ban pot shops.” The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of California issued today.

And Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has an update headlined “Medical pot: California Supreme Court allows cities to ban weed dispensaries.”

“Jeffrey Rosen Named President & CEO of the National Constitution Center”: The National Constitution Center issued this news release today.

Additional information can be accessed here (print) and here (YouTube video).

“Once Home to Kagan and Warren, HLS Faculty Still Only 20 Percent Female”: This article — the first in a three-part series — appears today in The Harvard Crimson.

“Truth and Consequences: When should the state be allowed to take your DNA? The Supreme Court’s answer to that question could determine whether a Maryland rapist goes free.” Harry Jaffe has this lengthy article in the May 2013 issue of Washingtonian magazine.

“California Supreme Court case: When ‘I do’ may not be enough.” Howard Mintz has this article today in The San Jose Mercury News.

“California’s high court to rule on city bans of pot stores”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

The Supreme Court of California is scheduled to issue the ruling at 1 p.m. eastern time today.

“A Court Rule Directs Cases Over Friskings to One Judge”: Joseph Goldstein has this article today in The New York Times.

“The Rule of Lawyers: Law-school applications today have dropped to 54,000 annually, from 100,000 in 2004; But the profession will continue to thrive.” In Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, law professor Richard A. Epstein will have this review of Steven J. Harper’s newest book, “The Lawyer Bubble: A Profession in Crisis.”

“Death penalty needs real reform, not speed-up”: Raoul Cantero and Mark Schlakman have this op-ed in The Miami Herald.

“‘The Price of Justice’: West Virginia legal gothic; When a coal baron bullied and bankrupted a small operator, two Pittsburgh lawyers took on the case — all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court; Laurence Leamer’s ‘straightforward and elegant’ account brings the facts to life.” In today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Len Boselovic has this review of Laurence Leamer’s new book, “The Price of Justice: A True Story of Greed and Corruption.”

Justice Sonia Sotomayor is scheduled to appear on tomorrow’s broadcast of ABC’s “The View”: Details at this link.

And The Associated Press reports that “Sotomayor speaks at NYC literature festival.”

“A judicial salary case? No, thanks.” In Monday’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes will have an article that begins, “Early on in his tenure, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. banged the drum so loudly for better pay for federal judges that he got accused of hyperbole for calling the issue a ‘constitutional crisis.'”

“The Case for Full Restitution for Child Pornography Victims”: Law professor Paul G. Cassell, attorney James Marsh, and law student Jeremy M. Christiansen have this article online at SSRN.

“A clear case of self-defense rallies supporters of gun rights”: This lengthy article appears today in The Washington Post.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Justices ready to change America.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Texas leaders, educators and courts grapple with segregated schools”: This article will appear in Sunday’s edition of The Dallas Morning News.

“Alaska Supreme Court upholds state rejection of anti-abortion initiative”: Today’s edition of The Anchorage Daily News contains an article that begins, “The Alaska Supreme Court Friday unanimously upheld a lower court decision that a voter initiative banning all abortions could not appear on the Alaska ballot because it was unconstitutional.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Alaska at this link.

“In this episode, Judge Correale Stevens explains the five different courts of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania, the role of a Judge in and out of a courtroom and how he came to be the President Judge of the PA Superior Court.” You can access via this link the video of a program that aired earlier this week on the Pennsylvania Cable Network.

The Superior Court is one of Pennsylvania’s two intermediate appellate courts and is also one of the busiest appellate courts in the nation.

“Toys R Us appeals $20M award in Mass. slide death”: The Associated Press has this report.

“NRA’s next president to lead its court fights against gun control”: Reuters has an article that begins, “Alabama lawyer Jim Porter, in line to become the next president of the National Rifle Association, is expected to spearhead the group’s court challenges of gun-control laws enacted in several states since the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting massacre.”

“Corporations Find a Friend in the Supreme Court”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.