“Too Much Work?” Linda Greenhouse has this post at the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times.

“U.S. backs government prayer”: Lyle Denniston, who refuses to comply with the supposed hiatus at “SCOTUSblog” this week, has this post today.

“Ken Cuccinelli’s Sodomy Obsession: The frightening legal implications of the Virginia politician’s crusade against oral and anal sex.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.

“Van Hollen asks federal court to reinstate state abortion law”: In today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Patrick Marley has an article that begins, “Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen on Tuesday appealed a federal court ruling blocking until a November trial a Wisconsin law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have hospital admitting privileges.”

“Unusual Law Clerk Hire for D.C. Circuit Judge Janice Rogers Brown”: Today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post that begins, “Shon Hopwood’s unique career in the law has taken a dramatic new turn.”

Sadly, Shon did not realize that I would be in Seattle last month until after I had already returned back home. Perhaps now I will have a chance to catch up with him in Washington, DC during his upcoming D.C. Circuit clerkship.