“A fight over Lee Harvey Oswald’s grave marker heads to an appellate court”: John Council has this post today at the “Tex Parte Blog” of Texas Lawyer.

“New judge Sri Srinivasan joins U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C.” Friday’s edition of The Washington Post will contain an article that begins, “Former Justice Department official Sri Srinivasan was formally sworn in Thursday as the newest member of the influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.”

“Perry names Houston justice to Supreme Court”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has this news update. You can view the appointment announcement at this link.

“Appeals court reverses light sentence given to Queens child porn perv and admitted molester; Judge Jack Weinstein handed Corey Reingold a scant 30-month sentence in June 2011 even though the mandatory minimum under the law was five years”: The New York Daily News has this update reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“A Newly Released Secret Opinion Shows Surveillance Courts Are Even Worse Than You Knew”: Law professor Jeffrey Rosen has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Supreme Court Preview Provides Insight on New Court Cases”: Georgetown Law has posted online this report.

And by clicking here, you can access the video of the “Supreme Court Term Preview Press Briefing” that Georgetown Law recently hosted.

“Back at Harvard Law, Justice Kagan reflects”: Harvard Law School has posted online this report (with video).

“Republicans Tap New Talent to Argue Key Campaign Case”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

In Bashman news from Australia: The Gold Coast Bulletin of Queensland, Australia reports today that “Bandits bash man, steal wallet and phone.”

“Obama climate agenda faces Supreme Court reckoning”: Lawrence Hurley and Valerie Volcovici of Reuters have this news analysis.

Programming note: Due to a meeting out of the office this morning with co-counsel on a pending appeal, additional posts will not appear here until this afternoon.

“Court Sends Darvocet Class Cases Back to State Court”: At her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has this post on the ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued Tuesday.