“To Stop Overreaches Like the AP Debacle, Congress Must Step Up; The judiciary can’t fix this: The Supreme Court has a poor track record protecting journalists from the government.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

And online at Slate, Emily Bazelon has a jurisprudence essay titled “Obama’s War on Journalists: His administration’s leak investigations are outrageous and unprecedented.”

“Dotcom: Supreme Court grants leave to appeal.” The New Zealand Herald has this news update.

Reuters reports that “NZ Supreme Court to hear Megaupload evidence appeal.”

And Joe Mullin of Ars Technica reports that “NZ Supreme Court to hear appeal on whether Dotcom can see US evidence; Government lawyers say Megaupload founder has no need to see documents.”

Update: In other coverage, at the “Hollywood, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “Kim Dotcom Case to Be Reviewed By New Zealand’s Supreme Court; The Megaupload founder has gotten the country’s highest court to review a March decision over access to U.S. government documents.”

“Senate Panel Unanimously Approves Sri Srinivasan For D.C. Circuit Judge”: Sahil Kapur has this post at TPM Livewire.

And the “Post Poiitics” blog of The Washington Post has an entry titled “Sri Srinivasan approved by Senate Judiciary Committee.”

Update: In other coverage, at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Matthew Huisman has a post titled “Senate Judiciary Approves Sri Srinivasan for D.C. Circuit.”

“Cool Music Soothes Supreme Court”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Senate panel considers labor board nominees”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Ninth Circuit Pooh-Poohs Coupons in HP Printer Case”: Scott Graham of The Recorder has this report.

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

“We hold that the Recess of the Senate in the Recess Appointments Clause refers to only intersession breaks.” So holds the majority on a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in an NLRB recess appointment challenge decided today. The majority opinion totals 102 pages, while the dissent clocks in at 55 pages.

And in related news, Carlyn Kolker of Reuters reports that “NLRB pursuing settlements, despite Noel Canning decision.”

“Liberty still pushing its challenge to Obamacare”: Politico.com has this report on a case scheduled for oral argument today at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

“Prison Inmate’s Complaint Gets High Court Review; Sixth Circuit ruling in indigent’s civil rights case targeted”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report (free access).

“Facebook’s ‘Like’ Faces Free-Speech Test in U.S. Court”: Tom Schoenberg of Bloomberg News has this report on a case scheduled for oral argument today at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

“Constitution Check: Who has First Amendment rights in the workplace?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Open Season: Do Laws Against Animal Crushing Videos Violate Free Speech? Ashley Nicole Richards, who filmed herself torturing and killing kittens, puppies, cats and dogs, was the first person brought up on revised federal crush-video charges — which backfired magnificently.” This lengthy cover story appears in the current issue of Houston Press.

“Obama climate agenda faces Supreme Court reckoning”: Lawrence Hurley and Valerie Volcovici of Reuters have this news analysis.

“Obama needs a fresh approach to naming judges”: Law professor David Fontana has this essay at Politico.com.

“Driver’s Seat”: Linda Greenhouse has this post tonight at the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times.

“Lawsuit filed against deputy ‘Taser Joe’; Ramirez alleges deputies used excessive force against him”: In early September 2009, this article appeared in The Alice (Tex.) Echo-News Journal.

Today, a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued this ruling on the case.

“Appeals Court Says Judge Went Too Far in Forcing Fire Dept. to Revamp Its Hiring”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains this article.

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

“Roll-Call Reminder: Women May Go Topless.” This article will appear Thursday in The New York Times.

“Diversity Without Affirmative Action?” The New York Times has posted this “Room for Debate” discussion online.

“White House Pushes for Media Shield Law”: Charlie Savage will have this article in Thursday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Only abortion clinic in Miss. fights to stay open”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Strongbox and Aaron Swartz”: The New Yorker has this blog post today.

“Drakes Bay Oyster states case in court”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Ninth Circuit oral argument can be accessed here and here.

The Denver Post will report on newly issued Tenth Circuit rulings when it is good and ready: Yesterday, The Denver Post had this article reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit had issued one week earlier, on May 7, 2013.

“New Questions in Gay Conversion Therapy Appeal”: At her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has this post reporting on two related orders (here and here) that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Case to Watch: Supreme Court may take up question of inequitable conduct.” Erin Geiger Smith of Reuters has this report.

“Court voids HP printer settlement, cites legal fees”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on another Ted Frank victory — this time not only as counsel but also as a named party.

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Legal challenges begin against ND abortion laws”: The Associated Press has this report.

“The Court Case Looming Behind Angelina Jolie’s Breast Cancer Column: The actress’s candid op-ed about her mastectomy comes on the eve of a vital ruling over patents for breast cancer genes like hers.” Andrew Cohen has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

“‘Company Doe’ Asks Fourth Circuit to Keep Records Sealed”: Mike Scarcella of The National Law Journal has this report (free access).

“Is the Patent System Working or Broken? A Discussion with Four Distinguished Federal Judges.” The Federalist Society has posted at this link the video of its event from yesterday.

“Boston Bombing Judge Emerges as Target for Republicans”: Bloomberg News has this report.

“From breast cancer to gay marriage, can court be moved? Angelina Jolie’s decision to get tested for a breast cancer gene mutation, undergo a double mastectomy and then write about it is the latest example of news that could affect Supreme Court justices’ views.” Richard Wolf will have this article Wednesday in USA Today.

“Court reinstates Fla. inmate kosher meals lawsuit”: The Associated Press has this report.

The News Service of Florida reports that “Appeals court revives lawsuit of inmate demanding kosher meals.”

And The Jewish Daily Forward reports that “Parent-Killing Jewish Inmate Wins Round in Kosher Meals Fight; Appeals Court Keeps Bruce Rich’s Florida Suit Alive.”

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

“Fate of oyster farm in appeals court hands”: The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa, California has this news update.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted online both the audio and the video (via YouTube) of today’s oral argument.

Update: In other coverage, Scott Graham of The Recorder reports that “Ninth Circuit Hears Oyster Farm Case.”