“Supreme Error: North Carolina’s new voter suppression law shows why the Voting Rights Act is still necessary.” Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“New Twist on Same-Sex Marriage Front: A gay man in an inheritance dispute asks a court to declare him the common-law husband of his late companion.” Jess Bravin will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Death Row Improvises, Lacking Lethal Mix”: This article will appear in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Some of Guantanamo’s hardest cases to get new look”: The Associated Press has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court justice, in Newport, lauds George Washington letter”: The Providence (R.I.) Journal has a news update that begins, “Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on Sunday recalled her Polish-Russian Jewish roots in praising President George Washington’s vision of religious inclusion, as Washington’s letter to the congregation of Touro Synagogue was read aloud for the 66th year.”

“Supreme Court asked to revive Virginia’s anti-sodomy law”: Robert Barnes will have this new installment of his “The High Court” column in Monday’s edition of The Washington Post.

“States revisit mandatory sentences for juveniles”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Stanford Ponzi scheme case headed soon to U.S. Supreme Court”: The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.

“To Oklahoma’s American Indian tribes, Veronica is a battle cry for cultures”: This article appears today in The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina.

And today’s edition of The Tulsa World contains an article headlined “Baby Veronica case: Victory unlikely for either side as mediation begins.”

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Future of ‘stop-and-frisk’ may be dim.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Justice at the Opera”: Jesse Wegman will have this “Editorial Notebook” essay in the Sunday Review section of tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times.

“Hundreds sentenced as juveniles could appeal after Iowa Supreme Court ruling; Iowa justices say mandatory life prison terms — or the functional equivalent — for juveniles are unconstitutional”: Today’s edition of The Des Moines Register contains an article that begins, “Hundreds of Iowa inmates sentenced as juveniles to lengthy prison terms could apply to have their sentences reviewed under three decisions handed down Friday by a divided Iowa Supreme Court.”

Yesterday’s three rulings of the Supreme Court of Iowa can be accessed here, here, and here.

“Ethics Law Necessary to Keep High Court Justices in Line; Public deserves bill requiring Supreme Court justices to follow Code of Conduct”: Law professor William Yeomans will have this essay in Monday’s issue of The National Law Journal.

“Porn industry suffers setback with judge’s ruling on condom law”: The Los Angeles Times has a news update that begins, “The porn industry suffered a defeat Friday when a federal judge rejected its contention that requiring adult film performers to wear condoms is unconstitutional.”

XBIZ Newswire reports that “Judge Issues Key Rulings in Measure B Case.”

And AVN News reports that “Judge Pregerson Issues Split Decision on Measure B; Judge upholds constitutionality of the mandatory condom law while restricting the County’s ability to enforce it.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California at this link.

“‘Fuzzy’ Cuban-American judge gets Christie’s nomination for N.J. Supreme Court”: The Star-Ledger of Newark, New Jersey has this report.

“Tobacco Companies Seek Supreme Court Cert in Engle Case”: Ross Todd of The Am Law Litigation Daily has this report.

You can view the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“The Regulatory Court: The D.C. Circuit takes center stage, one more time.” Adam J. White has this article in the August 26, 2013 issue of The Weekly Standard.

“The Influence of Amicus Curiae Briefs on U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Content”: Pamela Corley, Paul M. Collins Jr., and Jesse Hamner have posted this article online at SSRN (via “Legal Theory Blog“).

According to the article’s abstract, the authors used “plagiarism detection software to assess the ability of amicus briefs to shape the content of judicial opinions.”

“New Balance at the California Supreme Court: The second year of the Cantil-Sakauye Court shows emerging trends among the justices.” Law professor Gerald F. Uelmen has this article in the August 2013 issue of California Lawyer.

“U.S. appeals on cellphone privacy”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog,” which has posted the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“Second Circuit Affirms Conviction Despite ‘Insufficient’ Evidence at Trial”: Will Baude has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy” about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued Wednesday.

“Baby Veronica case: Court hearings end, mediation agreement filed.” The Tulsa World has this news update.

The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has a news update headlined “Oklahoma hearings in Veronica custody dispute come to close after five hours of deliberations, but results remain mystery.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Mediation papers filed in Cherokee custody battle.”

“NYC begins appeal of police stop-and-frisk ruling”: The Associated Press has this report.

Update: In other coverage, Bloomberg News reports that “New York City Appeals Rulings Attacking Stop-And-Frisk.”

“Court Favors Yale in Suit Involving Fake Degree”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

And Mark Hamblett of New York Law Journal reports that “Circuit Rejects Korean University’s Defamation Suit Against Yale.”

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

“DOMA Ruling Looms Large in Court Fight Over Striking Gay Jurors”: Scott Graham of The Recorder has this report.

Access online today’s nude dancing decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit: At this link.

The religion of atheism, part two: Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision that begins, “This is our second encounter with Wisconsin inmate James Kaufman’s effort to compel the prison system to treat atheism, which he follows, on the same footing as other religious beliefs.”

The Seventh Circuit’s first encounter with the case resulted in a 2005 ruling that I previously covered in a post that you can access here.

“Circuit court sent clear message in ‘Boobies’ case”: Law professor Jeffrey Shulman has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Brown ordered to appear with Veronica during Oklahoma court hearing”: The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina contains this article today.

And The Tulsa World reports that “Baby Veronica adoptive parents file motion to bring her to court.”

“Oklahoma’s ban on Sharia law thrown out by federal judge”: This article appears today in The Tulsa World.

And The Associated Press reports that “U.S. judge permanently bans Oklahoma Islamic law vote.”

Update: In other coverage, Bloomberg News reports that “Oklahoma Ban on Applying Islamic Law Halted by U.S. Court.”

“Oregon Supreme Court finds Portland law prohibiting loaded guns in public places constitutional”: The Oregonian has this news update reporting on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Oregon issued today.

“Supreme Court Justice Mark Massa denies request to step aside on Rockport case”: The Indianapolis Star has this report.

Yesterday, “The Indiana Law Blog” had this post linking to the order.

“D.C. Circuit Issues Stay in Hatim v. Obama”: The “Lawfare” blog has this post tonight.

“Court: Ability to police U.S. spying program limited.” Friday’s edition of The Washington Post will contain an article that begins, “The leader of the secret court that is supposed to provide critical oversight of the government’s vast spying programs said that its ability do so is limited and that it must trust the government to report when it improperly spies on Americans.”

The newspaper will also contain a related article headlined “NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds.”

“Government appeals ruling striking SCOTUS protest ban”: At Politico.com, Tal Kopan has a blog post that begins, “The U.S. government has appealed a district court ruling that struck down the Supreme Court’s ban on protests on court grounds.”