“Pentagon prepares review panels for 71 Guantanamo detainees”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

“In Snowmass, Justice Antonin Scalia says judges should not be policymaker”: The Aspen Times has an article that begins, “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia used the twin terrors of Nazi Germany and radical Islam to warn a Snowmass Village audience Saturday about the dangers of judicial activism.”

Judge Posner on “Patent Trolls”: Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner has this post today at “The Becker-Posner Blog.”

“The Last Days of Big Law: You can’t imagine the terror when the money dries up.” In the issue of The New Republic on newsstands tomorrow, Noam Scheiber will have this cover story.

“Supreme court says Ala Moana death case can proceed”: Hawaii News Now has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Hawaii court rules in case of woman’s duct death.”

Last Thursday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Hawaii consisted of a majority opinion and an opinion concurring and dissenting.

“Utah Supreme Court rules state had a duty to protect boy killed by bear; Utah justices also rule bear is not a ‘natural condition’ as they send the case back to a lower court”: This article appeared yesterday in The Salt Lake Tribune.

And yesterday’s edition of The Deseret News contained an article headlined “Utah Supreme Court rules in favor of family of boy killed by bear.”

You can access yesterday’s 3-to-2 ruling of the Supreme Court of Utah at this link.

“Kansas Supreme Court: Gun stores must use ‘highest standard of care’ to avoid selling firearms to felons.” Mark Morris had this article yesterday in The Kansas City Star.

You can access Friday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Kansas at this link.

“Darisabel Baez’s killer, like others with death warrants, has many appeals possible; And, there have been no executions in Pennsylvania since 1999”: This article appears today in The York Sunday News.

“Supreme Court justices Kennedy, Ginsburg set to speak at western NY’s Chautauqua Institution”: The Associated Press has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s Next Big Abortion Decision: The high court has agreed to review an Oklahoma law restricting medication abortions.” Kate Sheppard has this essay online at Mother Jones.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: The fight over contraception coverage.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“4-year battle over sold car could reach Ohio Supreme Court; City sold man’s car despite judge’s order”: This article appears today in The Cincinnati Enquirer.

“Americans’ Approval of Supreme Court Near All-Time Low; After historic term, less than a third of Republicans approve of the court”: Yesterday, Gallup issued a news release that begins, “After an important term in which the U.S. Supreme Court made landmark decisions on cases involving voting rights, gay rights, and affirmative action, the institution’s approval rating has declined to its lowest level since June 2005.” Access to the complete results of the survey can be accessed toward the bottom of the news release.

“Retiring Colorado Supreme Court justice ‘ready to rock, roll’ as lawyer”: This article appeared yesterday in The Denver Post.

“John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Decision: The former justice offers sharp criticism of the majority opinion.” Andrew Cohen has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Seduction on forest trail or obscene act? Appeals court to decide.” Mike Scarcella had this article earlier this year in The National Law Journal.

Yesterday, a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued this decision reversing the defendant’s conviction.

“How Georgia Just Spared The Life of Man It Desperately Wants To Kill; Warren Lee Hill was scheduled to die this evening”: Andrew Cohen has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Supreme Court’s College Race Ruling Continues to Spur Debate”: Mark Walsh has this post today at the “School Law” blog of Education Week.

A look back at last week’s Ninth Circuit-related trip to Seattle: On Thursday through Saturday of last week, I received a welcome respite from the sweltering east coast when I traveled to Seattle to present an oral argument at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The oral argument audio is available via this link. The opposing parties in the case filed a total of four appellate briefs, which can be accessed (in the order that they were filed in this particular appeal and cross-appeal) here, here, here, and here.

But the purpose of this post is not to inflict the details of the appeal that brought me to Seattle on the readers of my blog. Rather, the goal of this post is to thank all those many readers who shared recommendations and suggestions when I had previously sought reader input on things to do and places to eat in Seattle. By and large, everything my son and I did while visiting Seattle that wasn’t work-related was something that a reader of this blog had suggested. And that’s true even though we avoided one reader’s suggestion that we should drop-in on the law librarians’ convention that was then taking place in Seattle.

Here are some photos from my recent Seattle visit. On day one, we visited the top of the Space Needle, which offers great views of the entire surroundings. Here’s a photo of downtown Seattle that I took from the observation deck. On Friday, it was off to court to present oral argument. Ninth Circuit Judge N. Randy Smith took time to greet everyone in the courtroom when he visited approximately five to ten minutes before the oral argument session got underway. He was a bit less friendly to some of the advocates once court was in session, but it is always better to hear and address the judges’ concerns than to be surprised to learn them only after the opinion has issued. Senior Ninth Circuit Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld, who once participated in this blog’s “20 questions for the appellate judge” feature, struck me as very well-prepared and focused in his questioning. And Circuit Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr. did a great job presiding over the argument session and was kind enough to extend a special welcome at the beginning of my first-ever Ninth Circuit argument. Here is a photo of the Ninth Circuit’s Seattle courthouse that I took on my way in to present oral argument.

On Friday afternoon, we headed back to the vicinity of the Space Needle to visit an art exhibition titled “Chihuly Garden and Glass.” Here’s a photo of one of the really interesting art displays. Before leaving the vicinity, I also took a photo of the Space Needle from the ground up.

Friday night, it was time to be welcomed to Safeco Field, home of the Seattle Mariners. The cool weather meant it was necessary to bring jackets or sweatshirts to the ballpark. We had great seats — 11th row by first base. Due to Seattle’s location, it stays quite light outside until late into the evening. By 9:05 p.m. local time, the sun was certainly beginning to set, but it was still very bright out. The Mariners trounced the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim by a score of 8-to-3. Former Phillie Raul Ibanez hit two home runs for the Mariners and drove in three.

Our final non-airport meal in Seattle was dinner on Saturday night at a restaurant on the outskirts of Seattle that offered a fine view both of downtown and of Mount Ranier off in the distance (which can be seen just to the right of the middle of this photo if you look very carefully).

Again, this was my very first visit to Seattle, and I remain especially thankful for all of the excellent Seattle-related recommendations that so many readers of this blog sent along before my trip. July is certainly the prime season for tourism in Seattle. You can spend at least two or three days visiting Seattle and still not see everything. I definitely recommend a visit, whether or not in conjunction with a Ninth Circuit oral argument.

“In Major Ruling, Court Orders Times Reporter to Testify”: Charlie Savage will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. court says reporter must testify in leak case.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has a post titled “Fourth Circuit Voids Protection of Reporter in Leak Case.”

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

A conversation on judicial efficiency at the appellate level: Last month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column published in The Legal Intelligencer — Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers — was titled “Adding Judicial Efficiency to the Appellate Conversation.”

In today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Pennsylvania’s Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille — for whom I have great admiration and respect — had a response to my column titled “Explaining the High Court’s Work Product and Efficiency.”

“Hobby Lobby wins stay against federal health care mandate; U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton grants company’s request for injunction against the Affordable Care Act”: The Oklahoman has a news update that begins, “Ruling from the bench Friday morning, U.S. District Court Judge Joe Heaton granted Hobby Lobby’s request for a preliminary injunction against part of the Affordable Care Act.”

“New Jersey Supreme Court Restricts Police Searches of Phone Data”: This front page article appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

The Star-Ledger of Newark, New Jersey has articles headlined “Police need warrants to track cell-phone data, N.J. Supreme Court rules” and “Privacy rights a key issue for N.J. Supreme Court.”

The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey reports that “N.J. Supreme Court says police need warrants to track suspects’ cellphones.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “NJ court: Warrants needed for cellphone tracking.”

You can access yesterday’s unanimous ruling of the Supreme Court of New Jersey at this link.

Tough address for an appellate attorney: Just heard from an appellate attorney reader of the blog whose office address is One Page Avenue. It may be time to relocate to 14000 Word Boulevard.

Update: If Google Maps is any indication, 14000 Word Road exists in Dillwyn, Virginia; 14000 Word Terrace exists in Suffolk, Virginia; and 14000 Word Street can be found in Dallas, Texas.

“Louisiana funeral directors want ruling that allows St. Joseph Abbey monks to sell caskets overturned”: The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.

Update: The petition for writ of certiorari can be accessed here.

“N.Y. Times Reporter Must Testify on Source, Court Says”: Tom Schoenberg of Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “New York Times reporter James Risen must say at a trial whether former CIA official Jeffrey Sterling, accused of leaking classified information, was a source for his book, a federal appeals court ruled.”

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

Update: In other coverage, Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “Court reignites reporters’ privilege controversy.”

“Judicial Picks Loom as Next Battle”: In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Brent Kendall and Rebecca Ballhaus of The Wall Street Journal have an article that begins, “This week’s bipartisan Senate deal ended a dispute over some of President Barack Obama’s stalled executive-branch nominees, but a coming fight over judicial nominees may prove even trickier to resolve.”

You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.

“No decision in round two of ‘Docs vs. Glocks’ in Miami federal appeals court”: Jay Weaver of The Miami Herald has this updated report.

“Judge upholds stay of Hill’s execution”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a news update that begins, “A Fulton County judge on Thursday kept in place a stay of execution for condemned killer Warren Hill, expressing concern that a new state law that shields from public view the identities of those who make and supply Georgia’s lethal injection drugs is unconstitutional.”

“The Court & the Right to Vote: A Dissent.” Retired Justice John Paul Stevens will have this review of Gary May’s book “Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy” in the August 15, 2013 issue of The New York Review of Books.

“NLRB deal unlikely to affect U.S. Supreme Court case”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“No Expert Needed, Disabled Access Suit Reinstated”: At her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has this post about a decision that Chief Judge Alex Kozinski issued today on behalf of the majority on a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

“Federal Circuit Nominee Gets Senate Judiciary Approval”: Todd Ruger has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Court hears Fla. appeal in ‘Docs vs. Glocks’ case”: Curt Anderson of The Associated Press has this report.

Majority on divided three-judge Sixth Circuit panel affirms entry of $65 million summary judgment against the former operators of ClassicStar’s now-defunct mare lease program: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

Daily Racing Form covered the district court’s summary judgment ruling in an article headlined “Judge awards $65 million to plaintiffs in ClassicStar mare-lease program fraud.”

And in other coverage of the district court’s ruling, BloodHorse.com reported that “$65 Million Awarded to ClassicStar Investors.”

Update: In early news coverage of today’s ruling, The Associated Press reports that “Court upholds $66 million judgment in fraud case.”