“Supreme Court justice holds court at the Academy”: The Academy Spirit, the official base newspaper for the Air Force Academy, had this report yesterday.

“Legal experts weigh in on Supreme Court case concerning Chemical Weapons Convention”: Earlier this week, Indiana University Media Relations issued this news release.

“Ninth Circuit Nominees Face Uncertain Prospects”: Scott Graham of The Recorder has this report (registration required).

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the offensive”: Columnist Ruth Marcus had this op-ed earlier this week in The Washington Post.

“Atheist Pledge Of Allegiance Case Goes To Massachusetts’ Supreme Court”: Religion News Service has an article that begins, “Massachusetts’ highest court on Wednesday (Sept. 4) will consider whether the daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance is a violation of students’ rights.”

“Biological father of Baby Veronica files appeal with Oklahoma Supreme Court”: The Tulsa World has this report.

“Supreme Court’s campaign finance case gets new firepower; Nation’s leading opponent of campaign finance restrictions also fought McCain-Feingold a decade ago and won Citizens United case for unlimited corporate spending”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“Supreme Court is urged to reject Michigan affirmative action ban; California’s attorney general calls on justices to overturn a voter initiative banning race-based ‘preferential treatment’; A similar California ban may be affected”: David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Ginsburg will be first justice to officiate same-sex wedding”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this news update.

Ninth Circuit affirms the denial of a preliminary injunction against a California law banning the production and sale of foie gras: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

In earlier coverage of the law, in July 2012 The Huffington Post reported that “California Foie Gras Ban Kicks In.”

Update: In coverage of today’s ruling, Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times reports that “California ban on foie gras upheld by federal appeals court.”

Bloomberg News reports that “California Ban on Sale of Foie Gras Upheld by Court.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court upholds California’s foie gras ban.”

“Money manager Vilar’s conviction upheld, new sentence ordered”: Reuters has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “NY federal appeals court upholds conviction of philanthropist Vilar on fraud charges.”

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

Update: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has a post titled “U.S. criminal laws don’t apply to conduct abroad: 2nd Circuit.”

“Secret Service Must Produce White House Visitor Records”: Bloomberg News has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania agrees to hear a major false light/invasion of privacy case on the very same day that the lone plaintiff in the case passes away: Yesterday, Pennsylvania’s highest court granted allowance of appeal in a case raising, among other things, the following two issues:

Does Pennsylvania recognize a cause of action for false light invasion of privacy by an elected official for publications discussing her public, not private, actions?

If Pennsylvania recognizes a false light invasion of privacy claim in such circumstances, may the claim proceed where the court has found that the First Amendment bars a defamation action based on the same publications?

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports today that yesterday also happened to be when the lone plaintiff in the case passed away.The newspaper’s obituary for the plaintiff is headlined “Phila. political fixture Joan Krajewski dies at 79.”

Now the lawyers for the opposing parties and the court will need to decide whether this type of lawsuit can and should continue to proceed under Pennsylvania law following the plaintiff’s death.

“No circuit split on charity-only settlements: Facebook, Public Citizen.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

“Appeals Court Upholds School Discipline for Off-Campus Threats”: At the “School Law” blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has this post reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Court withdraws ruling in BP insurance dispute”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court reversed course Thursday on its earlier ruling favoring BP in a multimillion-dollar insurance dispute, handing at least a temporary setback to the energy giant as it seeks to defray some of the enormous costs associated with the huge 2010 Gulf oil spill.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit — vacating the earlier decision and certifying questions to the Supreme Court of Texas — at this link.

“The majority’s holding that use of a thermal lance, when ignited to burn through and melt metal automated teller machine vaults during a bank robbery, does not involve the use of fire under 18 U.S.C. sec. 844(h)(1) is counter to the ordinary and common definition of fire.” So writes Circuit Judge Mary H. Murguia, dissenting from a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

Update: At her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “Too Hot to Handle, but Not Fire.”

“I write individually to acknowledge ‘the elephant in the room’: to whom does one go for review when an application for an exemption from PACER fees has been denied?” So begins a concurring opinion that Circuit Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain issued today. Judge O’Scannlain also wrote the opinion of the court (but sadly no dissenting opinion, thereby missing the appellate judging trifecta by that much) that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today dismissing for lack of appellate jurisdiction an appeal filed by two journalists with the Center for Investigative Reporting.

Update: At her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “Reporters Must Pay for Court Documents.”

“New York’s Highest Court to Hear Appeals in Fracking Case”: Bloomberg News has this report.

“California gay conversion therapy ban upheld”: Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this update.

Bloomberg News reports that “California Gay Conversion Therapy Ban Upheld in Appeal.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court upholds 1st ban on gay-to-straight therapy.”

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

Update:Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Court upholds law banning therapy to change sexual orientation.”

And at her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “Gay Conversion Therapy Ban Upheld.”

“Prison rift deepens among California Democrats”: Today’s edition of The Sacramento Bee contains a front page article that begins, “Senate leader Darrell Steinberg has rejected Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to spend $315 million on more prison beds and is instead urging him to settle the lawsuit brought by inmate advocates who have convinced the courts that California’s prisons are inhumanely overcrowded.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Dems spar over plan to reduce Calif inmate count.”

“California juice maker waging court battles on two fronts”: Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau has this report.

“Amazon asks Supreme Court to hear N.Y. state sales-tax case; The online retailer has hired former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson to convince the nation’s highest court to review the constitutionality of a New York tax law”: This article appears today in The Seattle Times.

And WSJ.com’s “Digits” blog has a post titled “Amazon Asks Supreme Court to Decide Sales Tax Fight.”

“Township files brief to Supreme Court in Mt. Holly Gardens case”: The Burlington County (N.J.) Times has this report.

“First year reader: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to speak at UD Sept. 19.” The University of Delaware issued this news release yesterday.

“How a contrarian appellate judge helped brokers in Merrill race case”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

“Owner of America’s ‘dirtiest’ hotel loses TripAdvisor lawsuit”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Court tosses out hotel’s lawsuit over TripAdvisor review; ‘Dirtiest hotels’ list wasn’t defamatory, says judge in rejecting Tennessee resort’s appeal, since it was based on opinions.”

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

“Renee Gill Pratt’s conviction upheld, but not her 7-year prison sentence”: The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this news update reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

“Time for Justice Ginsburg to Step Aside to Save Her Legacy: In a blunt interview, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg admitted past mistakes and said she was staying on the Supreme Court; But if she really cared about her legacy, she would step aside.” Law professor Adam Winkler has this essay online at The Daily Beast. (Update: Link corrected.)

In today’s mail: I received a copy of the book “Unprecedented: The Constitutional Challenge to Obamacare,” by law professor Josh Blackman. The book’s official publication date is September 10, 2013, but it is available for purchase now.

And I also received a copy of the book “The Great Dissent: How Oliver Wendell Holmes Changed His Mind — and Changed the History of Free Speech in America,” by law professor Thomas Healy. In this most recent issue of Sunday Book Review section of The New York Times, law professor Alan M. Dershowitz had this review of the book.

“Why First Amendment still matters to students: Kids have rights, too; Just ask one person who took her case to court, and won.” Tony Mauro has this op-ed today in USA Today.

“Judge Ervin will run again for Supreme Court”: The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this blog post.

“Supreme Court Asked to Decide Scope of Privacy Law”: Main Justice has this report.

“Dismissing an appeal as equitably moot should be rare, occurring only where there is sufficient justification to override the statutory appellate rights of the party seeking review.” So ruled a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in a bankruptcy-related decision issued today.

“Appellate court strikes down conviction, says body cavity search shocked conscience”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued yesterday.