“Send Judges to Guantanamo, Then Shut It”: Law professor Bruce Ackerman and Eugene R. Fidell have this op-ed today in The New York Times.

“Read Dahlia Lithwick’s Award-Winning Supreme Court Coverage; Slate brings home a National Magazine Award for columns and commentary”: Slate has posted online this item.

“Pivotal medical marijuana Supreme Court ruling coming Monday”: “The Watchdog Blog” of The Press-Enterprise of Riverside, California has a post that begins, “The California Supreme Court will rule Monday, May 6 on a Riverside case that will decide whether local governments can ban storefront medical marijuana dispensaries.”

“Former justice alleges Mich. Supreme Court misconduct in forthcoming book”: This article appears today in The Detroit News.

This blog’s previous coverage of the book appeared in this post from Thursday.

“Inside the Roberts Court”: Monday’s edition of The National Law Journal will contain this lengthy excerpt from Marcia Coyle’s new book, “The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution.”

“A Place to Chill in Cold War: Justices Planned to Hold Court at Mountain Resort After Nuclear Attack, Memos Show.” Jess Bravin has this article today in The Wall Street Journal.

Yesterday, Mike Sacks interviewed Bravin on HuffPost Live about Bravin’s new book, “The Terror Courts: Rough Justice At Guantanamo Bay.”

“Guantanamo camp burns through $900,000 a year per inmate”: Reuters has this report.

And at Politico.com, Josh Gerstein has a blog post titled “Could Obama just release Guantanamo prisoners?”

“Boston Marathon Bombing Prosecutor Carmen Ortiz, Once Excoriated, Now Hailed for Toughness”: David Stout has this article online today at Main Justice.

“Justice pay cut pulled before vote; The House passes the court system bill 90-3 without it”: The Des Moines Register has an article that begins, “For a few minutes Thursday on the Iowa House floor, it looked as though a noncontroversial budget bill funding the state’s court system would become the latest flashpoint in the debate over same-sex marriage.”

“Rail Companies Push to Decertify Class in Antitrust Case”: Zoe Tillman has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“President Obama’s First-Term U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations: An Analysis and Comparison with Presidents Since Reagan.” The Congressional Research Service issued this report yesterday.

“Clarence Thomas Suggests ‘Elites’ Like Obama Because He’s What ‘They Expect From a Black Person'”: Adam Serwer has this blog post today at Mother Jones.

And at TPM DC, Sahil Kapur has a report headlined “Clarence Thomas: Obama Is First Black President Thanks To Approval From ‘Elites And Media.'”

The earliest coverage of these specific remarks appears to be a post yesterday at Fox Nation titled “Clarence Thomas: Obama ‘Approved By The Elites’ Because He Says What They ‘Expect From A Black Person.’”

“Florida court clamps down on cops searching through cellphones”: This article appears today in The Miami Herald.

I previously mentioned yesterday’s Florida Supreme Court ruling in this post from yesterday.

“Death penalty supporters launch petition drive; Group seeks to overturn law repealing capital punishment”: The Baltimore Sun has this news update.

“Edith Windsor Takes Back What She Said About Topless Gay Activists”: This interview will appear in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times Magazine.

“Law office says defense lawyer’s death not linked to Guantanamo”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

“Federal courts feeling the pinch from sequestration”: The Austin American-Statesman contains this article today.

“States try to tackle ‘secret money’ in politics; With campaign donations up and a lack of federal action, a joint effort aims to lift the shadows on tax-exempt political advocacy groups and trade associations”: This front page article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Gov. Jerry Brown proposes plan for California prison crisis ‘under protest'”: Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has an article that begins, “With the threat of contempt proceedings handing over his administration, Gov. Jerry Brown late Thursday night reluctantly offered a plan to meet a court-ordered deadline for ending California’s prison overcrowding crisis while at the same vowing to appeal the court orders to the U.S. Supreme Court.”

In today’s edition of The Sacramento Bee, Denny Walsh has a front page article headlined “Brown says more prison releases require Legislature to act.”

The Los Angeles Times reports that “Jerry Brown offers early releases, private prisons to ease crowding.”

And The Associated Press reports that “California details plans to reduce prison crowding.”

“Iowa Supreme Court: Birth certificate should name both lesbian parents.” The Des Moines Register has this news update.

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Iowa must recognize both lesbian parents.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Iowa at this link.

“A slur against Scalia: An innocent remark is twisted into a bizarre absurdity.” Michael P. Tremoglie has this op-ed today in The Washington Times.

“The D.C. Circuit ‘Clarifies’ Scope of Bahlul En Banc Rehearing”: Steve Vladeck has this post at “Lawfare.”

“Justice Sotomayor: new justice center a ‘magnificent tribute.'” The Denver Post has this news update.

“Governor has 90 days to fill Supreme Court seat left vacant by Orie Melvin”: This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

“Force-feeding order did not violate inmate’s rights: Court of Appeals.” Reuters has this report on a ruling that the New York State Court of Appeals — that state’s highest court — issued today.

“President Obama Can Shut Guantanamo Whenever He Wants: Congress isn’t actually stopping him.” Law professor Eric Posner has this essay online at Slate.

“Family of American killed in Pakistan Marriott bombing can sue hotel in U.S.” Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has this report.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Fourth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Sotomayor cites Boston on perils of profiling”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Court mulls liability standard in cases of cow and horse”: Reuters has this report on two separate rulings (access here and here) that the New York State Court of Appeals — that state’s highest court — issued today.

“U.S. attorney general tells Gov. Brownback new state gun law is unconstitutional”: The Wichita Eagle has a news update that begins, “One day after Gov. Sam Brownback signed new gun legislation into law, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder sent him a letter saying the law criminalizes the enforcement of federal gun controls in the state, is unconstitutional and that he’s willing to go to court to fight for that claim.” You can view Attorney General Holder’s letter at this link.

Also today, Lois Beckett of ProPublica has an article headlined “Nullification: How States Are Making It a Felony to Enforce Federal Gun Laws.”

Update: In other coverage, John Celock of The Huffington Post reports that “Eric Holder Tells Sam Brownback That Kansas’ New Gun Law Is Unconstitutional.”

“Sandra Day O’Connor’s Doubts on Bush v. Gore”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times appeared on today’s broadcast of WNYC Radio’s “The Brian Lehrer Show.” You can access the audio via this link.

The Colorado Judicial Branch’s live video stream of today’s “Justice Sotomayor Event” has just begun: You can access the live video by clicking here.

“Florida Supreme Court Deepens Lower Court Split on Searching a Cell Phone Incident to Arrest”: Orin Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy” about a ruling that the Supreme Court of Florida issued today.

“Guantanamo and Torture: It’s Up to Obama.” Law professor David Cole has this post today at the blog of The New York Review of Books.

And The New York Times has posted online a Room for Debate discussion titled “The Ethics of Force-Feeding Inmates.”

“Death penalty changes rejected”: In today’s edition of The San Francisco Chonicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “Prosecutor-backed legislation to shorten death penalty appeals in California, and bring back the gas chamber, has been rejected by a state Senate committee.”