“Secrecy of surveillance programs blunts challenges about legality”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“A ‘Pack’ of Nonsense”: Doug Kendall had this blog entry yesterday at The Huffington Post.

“State laws varied on gun, abortion laws”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court says women in America can terminate a pregnancy and that every citizen has an individual right to own a firearm, but those rulings have done little to settle political arguments over abortion and guns.”

“Administration Says Mining of Data Is Crucial to Fight Terror”: This front page article will appear in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.

In Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin will have an article headlined “Rules on Privacy Could Be Revisited.”

Anita Kumar and Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau have an article headlined “Phone record fury just one sign of how privacy is a thing of the past.”

Online at Slate, Emily Bazelon has a jurisprudence essay titled “I Am Worried. You Should Be Too; We shouldn’t have to wait for an abuse of power to know that the NSA’s snooping has gone too far.”

And online at The New Yorker, Lynn Oberlander has a blog post titled “Can Justice Sotomayor Stop the N.S.A.?”

“Can the Human Blueprint Have Owners?” Online at The New York Times, you can access at this link a “Room for Debate” discussion whose description begins, “The Supreme Court is expected to decide soon whether human genes can be patented.”

“After PRISM: How Much Surveillance Is Too Much? The Supreme Court Has To Decide.” Daniel Fisher has this blog post today at Forbes.com.

“Where’s Fisher?” Will Baude has this post today at “PrawfsBlawg.”

“White House chief of staff, Sens. Feinstein, McCain visiting Guantanamo today”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

“Melvin attorney gives 20 reasons for former state Supreme Court Justice’s appeal”: Adam Brandolph has this article today in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

“Former Mass. Chief Justice On Life, Liberty And Gay Marriage”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“Sotomayor gets another $1.9 million for memoir”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has gotten more than $3 million in advance payments for her best-selling memoir from her publisher.”

Update: In other coverage, at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post titled “Sotomayor Reports $1.9 Million in Income from Royalties.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Sotomayor’s Book Advances From Knopf Surpass $3 Million.”

“Blogger, With Focus on Surveillance, Is at Center of a Debate”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

And Bloomberg News reports that “Obama Surveillance Defies Campaign Civil Liberty Pledge.”

“Senate Republicans Divided On Moving Obama’s D.C. Circuit Nominees”: Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post has this report today.

Today at “The Fact Checker” blog of The Washington Post, Glenn Kessler has a post titled “Obama’s claim that it takes three times longer for his judicial nominees to get confirmed.”

And online at Roll Call, Leslie M. Proll has an essay titled “Court Packing Vs. Court Filling.”

“The best gift I ever got from a convicted killer”: Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf has this post today at his blog, “Hercules and the Umpire.”

“Rose crossed line in messages to prosecutors; Judge’s job is to be a neutral arbiter, not to coach the prosecution or the defense”: This editorial appears today in The Des Moines Register.

“Court Permits Hailing of Taxis Across the City”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains a front page article that begins, “The state’s highest court on Thursday unanimously upheld the Bloomberg administration’s plan to radically expand street-hail taxi service beyond Manhattan, signaling a fundamental shift in New York City’s entrenched taxi culture.”

The New York Daily News reports that “Courts clear way for sweeping overhaul of NYC’s taxi and livery system.”

The New York Law Journal reports that “Council Wasn’t Needed to Pass NYC Taxi Plan, Ruling Concludes.”

And Reuters reports that “Court OKs plan that will double number of cabs in New York City.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the New York State Court of Appeals — that state’s highest court — at this link.

“Obama’s Civil-Liberties Record Questioned; Phone Surveillance Cited as Latest Failure by President to Uphold Rights; Others Say Tactic Is Crucial in Fighting Terrorism”: Peter Nicholas and Jess Bravin will have this article in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Spencer Ackerman of The Guardian (UK) has an article headlined “Fisa chief judge defends integrity of court over Verizon records collection; Reggie Walton tells the Guardian claims Foreign Intelligence Surveillance court ‘is a rubber stamp [are] absolutely false.’”

And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Verizon order casts spotlight on secretive U.S. surveillance court.”

“Same-Sex Marriage Should Be States’ Call, Most in Poll Say”: Friday’s edition of The New York Times will contain this article.

“Prosecutor who got ‘Hulk’ email from federal judge leaves Justice Department; Lawyer suggests message was about discrimination lawsuit”: This article appears today in The Des Moines Register.

Yesterday, I had this related post.

“Show Me the Memo: Obama should share his legal justification for collecting Verizon’s phone records.” Law professor Jeffrey Rosen has this essay online at The New Republic.

“High Stakes Battle Over Judicial Appointments”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of WAMU Radio’s “The Diane Rehm Show.”

“The Secret Law Behind NSA’s Verizon Snooping”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay at Bloomberg View.

“Supreme Court Justice Scalia Delivers An Important Talk On Economics”: Alejandro Chafuen has this blog post at Forbes.com.

I previously linked to the audio of Justice Scalia’s remarks in this post.

“Miami Herald reporter covers Guantanamo Bay for 12 years, with no end in sight”: Al Tompkins of Poynter’s “Al’s Morning Meeting” has this report.

“Oklahoma lawsuit reform measure tossed out; Oklahoma Supreme Court rules Comprehensive Lawsuit Reform Act of 2009 violates the state constitution’s single-subject rule”: This article appeared yesterday in The Oklahoman.

The Tulsa World reported yesterday that “State supreme court invalidates ’09 lawsuit reform law, calls it logrolling.”

And Reuters reports that “Oklahoma’s high court says tort reform law unconstitutional.”

You can access Tuesday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma at this link.

In re Disciplinary Proceeding Against Fredric Sanai: The Supreme Court of Washington State issued this decision today.

“Meet Roger Vinson, the Judge Who Signed the Sweeping NSA Order”: Molly Redden has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Judge recommends Camp Cupcake for ex-Justice Hathaway”: The Detroit Free Press has this report.

“DOJ Asks D.C. Circuit to Uphold Lobbyist Ban”: Andrew Ramonas has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Guantanamo prison getting guard reinforcements”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

“District Not Liable in Student Bullying, Appeals Court Rules”: Mark Walsh has this post today at the “School Law” blog of Education Week.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s en banc Third Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Revealed: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily; Top secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over all call data shows scale of domestic surveillance under Obama.” Columnist Glenn Greenwald has this front page article in Thursday’s edition of The Guardian (UK).

“Sonoma takes unexpected stand on Drakes Bay Oyster Co.” The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa, California has this report.

“Schools not obligated legally to protect students from each other, appeals court rules”: The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update that begins, “Public schools don’t have a ‘special relationship’ with students that would make them legally obligated to protect students from each other, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in a 10-4 decision upholding a ruling in a Beaver County case.”

And The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a news update headlined “Federal appeals court: Schools aren’t liable for bullies.”

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

“Some morning-after over-counter pill sales allowed”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A New York appeals court is allowing some emergency contraception pills to be sold without a prescription or age restrictions while the government argues the issue in court.”

And Bloomberg News reports that “Two-Dose Contraceptive Must Be Made Available to All Ages.”

Michelle Olsen has posted a copy of today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

Update: In other coverage, at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “‘Plan B’ access ordered.”