“The Incredible Case Of The Bank Robber Who’s Now A [D.C. Circuit] Law Clerk”: This audio segment appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Govt. to declassify some secret court opinions”: The Associated Press has this report.

“’22 Lewd Chinese Women’ and Other Courtroom Dramas: A U.S. circuit judge brings historic Asian-American trials back to life.” Elizabeth Yuan has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Baby Veronica case: Dusten Brown released from custody.” The Tulsa World has a news update that begins, “Baby Veronica’s biological father was released from custody and ordered to return to court despite a governor’s warrant for him to be extradited to South Carolina.”

And The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has a news update headlined “Dusten Brown released from Oklahoma jail despite protests from Sooner State sheriff.”

“Appeals court: NY state gets 19th century schooner.” The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“Our oft-stated rule against judicial revision of statutes finds plenty of anchor weight in the bedrock principle that we are a country of laws, not one ruled by the musings, whether pragmatic or otherwise, of the black-robed class.” So writes Chief Judge Ed Carnes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in a ruling issued today addressing the “in writing” requirement that Congress imposed in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 on a local government’s denial of a request to build a cell phone tower.

Today’s ruling appears to perpetuate a circuit split on the issue, so perhaps U.S. Supreme Court review (and many more cell phone towers) may be on the horizon.

“Christie says Supreme Court justice Helen Hoens would not get a fair hearing”: MaryAnn Spoto of The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger has this report.

“SCOTUS’s next big privacy issue: Can police seize smartphones?” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

“The Enduring Legacy of Charles Hamilton Houston: The Winding Road of the 2013 Supreme Court Decisions.” Harvard Law School hosts this event today.

And in related coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Clemson, Harvard participating in symposium on implications of US Supreme Court decisions.”

“Louisiana Supreme Court hears argument on parole for juvenile killers”: The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.

“Jim Thorpe, Pa., fights to keep body of namesake”: The Associated Press has this report on an appeal now pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

“The Next Abortion Case Is Here”: Linda Greenhouse has this post at the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times.

“Albuquerque Becomes Latest Focal Point in Abortion Wars”: Erik Eckholm has this article today in The New York Times.