In the August 2013 issue of ABA Journal magazine: Mark Walsh has an article headlined “DNA from arrested suspects is like any valid booking process, SCOTUS says.”

David L. Hudson has an article headlined “Courts in a muddle over 4th Amendment’s community caretaking exception.”

And Bryan A. Garner’s “On Words” column is titled “How attention to style improves substance.”

“16-year terms for Wisconsin Supreme Court justices get nod from progressive group”: The Capital Times of Madison, Wisconsin has this report.

“At The Supreme Court, The Number Of Women Advocates Is Increasing; Panelists at talk in D.C. discuss how women attorneys have broken into the exclusive ‘club’ of advocates”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report.

“Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Speaks At Chautauqua Institution”: Today’s edition of The Post-Journal of Jamestown, New York contains this article.

“Supreme Court justices get defensive when losing a vote, BYU study says”: This article appears today in The Deseret News.

Law professor Lance N. Long and statistics professor William F. Christensen have posted online at SSRN their article titled “When Justices (Subconsciously) Attack: The Theory of Argumentative Threat and the Supreme Court.”

“Another Citizens United — but Worse”: Jeffrey Toobin has this blog post online today at The New Yorker.

“Charleston adoption hearing to weigh Veronica’s transition as U.S. Supreme Court ponders stepping in”: The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has this report.

“Ripped to Shreds on the Way to the D.C. Circuit: In the hyperpartisan battle over Obama’s nominees to a key appeals court, the candidates’ qualifications don’t really matter.” James Oliphant will have this essay in the August 2013 issue of The American Lawyer.

“Lawyers and opera: Supreme Court edition.” The Chautauquan Daily has this report.

“Judges Ask Supreme Court to Take On Cell-Phone Searches”: At WSJ.com’s “Law Blog,” Joe Palazzolo has this post reporting on an order denying rehearing en banc, and the two separate statements accompanying that order, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued today.
Update: At “The Volokh Consiracy,” Orin Kerr offers these thoughts.

“Class action activist asks SCOTUS to review charity-only settlements”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

Today, the Pa. Superior Court issued four rulings addressing the impact of federal preemption, in the aftermath of Mensing and Bartlett, on state law personal injury claims brought by plaintiffs injured as the result of ingesting Reglan and/or metoclopramide: You can access today’s rulings at the following links — Hassett appeal (majority opinion; concurring and dissenting opinion); main generics’ appeal (majority opinion; concurring and dissenting opinion); Morton Grove appeal (majority opinion; concurring and dissenting opinion); and Wyeth appeal (majority opinion; dissenting opinion).

As noted in this earlier post, I argued these four appeals on behalf of the plaintiffs/appellees in the Pa. Superior Court on November 28, 2012.

“Teva Plan to Safeguard $4 Billion Drug Endangered by Ruling”: Bloomberg News has this report.

My earlier coverage of Friday’s Federal Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“SCOTUSblog on camera: Geoffrey Stone Part one.” Today at “SCOTUSblog,” you can access at this link part one of a video interview with law professor Geoffrey R. Stone.

“Court to Decide if Lawyers Can Block Gays From Juries”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Police Dog’s Bad Record Upends Murder Conviction”: Pamela A. MacLean has this post today at her “Trial Insider” blog reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Justice Ginsburg to speak on two great passions: law, opera.” The Chautauquan Daily has this report.

“With NSA revelations, Sen. Ron Wyden’s vague warnings about privacy finally become clear”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

And today’s edition of The Washington Post reports that “Momentum Builds Against N.S.A. Surveillance.”

“VCR’s Past Is Guiding Television’s Future”: David Carr has this new installment of his “The Media Equation” column in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“’75 law blocks benefits for gay vets’ spouses”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

“South Carolina court to decide on Baby Veronica transfer to adoptive parents”: This article appears today in The Tulsa World.

“Ron Pauls of the Supreme Court: Libertarianism has won over the conservative justices.” Simon Lazarus has this essay online at The New Republic.

“New justice to assume Melvin’s former Supreme Court seat”: This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

“Circuit Upholds City’s $105 Million Award Against Exxon”: New York Law Journal has this report.

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

“Could the Government Get a Search Warrant for Your Thoughts? Why remain silent if they can just read your mind?” John Villasenor has this essay online at The Atlantic.

What’s new at work: Since returning from an appellate oral argument in Seattle mid-month, I have wrapped-up appellate briefs in two different cases. The more noteworthy of those two cases, in which I finalized the Brief for Plaintiffs/Appellees this past Friday, previously received coverage from ABC News, CBS Philly, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Bloomberg News. It appears that work will remain quite busy in the forthcoming months, with opening briefs due in four entirely unrelated appeals — two in August and two in September.

“With adoption possible next week, Veronica’s birth father asks court to block ruling”: This article appeared yesterday in The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina.

Yesterday’s edition of The Tulsa World reported that “Baby Veronica’s biological father seeks Supreme Court reconsideration.”

The Associated Press reports that “Father asks high court to block SC adoption ruling.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “‘Baby Veronica’ case back at the Court.”

“States seek to nullify Obama efforts”: At Politico.com, Tal Kopan has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan: ‘There Are Always Bumps In The Road.'” You can access at this link an interview that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty recently conducted with Justice Elena Kagan.

“5th Circuit Dismisses ‘Candy Cane’ Religious Expression Case For Failure To Use Certified Mail In Pre-Suit Notice”: Last night at his “Religion Clause” blog, Howard Friedman had this post reporting on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued Friday.

“G.O.P. Senators See an Upside in a Problematic Issue: Abortion.” This front page article appears today in The New York Times.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Awlaki’s killing and the Constitution.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Death sentence avoided as Jason Pleau’s pleads guilty in 2010 killing of gas-station manager”: Today’s edition of The Providence (R.I.) Journal contains an article that begins, “The saga of Jason Wayne Pleau, the accused killer whose case drew a governor and the U.S. attorney general into the national debate on the death penalty, has reached a resolution that could see his life spared, in return for spending the rest of it behind bars.”

“Obamacare contraception: Could religious exemption be headed to Supreme Court? Sharp disagreement between US appeals courts suggests the issue of religious exemptions for the Obamacare contraception requirement could be on a fast track to the Supreme Court.” Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

“Is Ginni Thomas’ Expanding Activism a Problem for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas? Her fierce political advocacy with Groundswell revives conflict of interest questions surrounding her husband.” Stephanie Mencimer has this report online at Mother Jones.