“Supreme Court decides not to weigh in on decision to force Star to name anonymous commenter”: The Indianapolis Star has a news update that begins, “The Indiana Supreme Court has changed its mind and decided not to get involved in a long-running fight over whether The Indianapolis Star must reveal the identity of an anonymous commenter on the newspaper’s website.”

Additional coverage is available from “The Indiana Law Blog.”

“If You Thought Citizens United Was Bad, Wait for This Supreme Court Case; A Supreme Court ruling in favor of Shaun McCutcheon would set the stage for totally eliminating remaining campaign-finance laws”: Norm Ornstein has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Supreme Court asked to revisit Arizona abortion ruling”: Michael Kiefer of The Arizona Republic has this news update.

“Education, Justice Depts. Issue Race Guidance After Fisher“: Mark Walsh has this post today at the “School Law” blog of Education Week.

“Justices to consider review of EPA greenhouse gas rules”: Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report.

Ninth Circuit orders State of California to file responses to petitions for rehearing en banc seeking further review of lawsuits challenging California law banning gay conversion therapy: You can access yesterday’s Ninth Circuit orders here and here. And you can view the rehearing petitions here and here.

My earlier coverage of last month’s Ninth Circuit’s ruling in these cases can be accessed here.

“Lawsuit filed to block Texas abortion law”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has this news update.

And Bloomberg News reports that “Texas Sued by Planned Parenthood Over Abortion Law.”

“Administration: Colleges should seek diversity.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Obama administration told colleges and universities Friday they can continue to use admissions to increase diversity among their students, even in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that could potentially open the door to more challenges.”

“Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout’s U.S. conviction upheld”: Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“Srinivasan Welcomed in his ‘Third Home in the Law'”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

And in related news, The Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World reports that “Lawrence High School alumni inducting four into Hall of Honor.”

Hours after Second Circuit’s reversal of criminal sentence imposed in a child pornography case, Senior U.S. District Judge Jack B. Weinstein fires back: Yesterday I had this post reporting on yesterday’s Second Circuit ruling.

Hours after the ruling, Senior U.S. District Judge Jack B. Weinstein — the sentencing judge in the case — issued this remarkable opinion bemoaning the Second Circuit’s decision.

Today’s edition of The New York Daily News contains an article reporting on yesterday’s developments that begins, “Spare this perv, the Bible commands it. That was the bizarre argument made Thursday by a Brooklyn Federal Court judge scolded for giving a convicted child porn distributor and admitted molester a slap on the wrist.”

“Utah judge recounts his time on secret surveillance court; Dee Benson, who served on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for 7 years, says warrants weren’t just rubber-stamped”: This article appears today in The Salt Lake Tribune.

“The Supreme Court’s Hands Aren’t Clean in Our National Nightmare; The judicial branch may look like the only functional one, but it has played a crucial role in bringing the nation to its present polarized state”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Marco Rubio Blocks Gay Black Judge’s Nomination To Federal Bench, Puzzling Everyone”: Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post has this report.

“Chevron Argues Against Judge Switch in Case Over Ecuador”: Bloomberg News has this report.

“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.

“HLS Professor Chairing Email Privacy Policy Task Force Nominated to U.S. Appeals Court”: This article appears today in The Harvard Crimson.

“Baby Veronica case: Compensation reportedly sought from Dusten Brown and Cherokee Nation.” The Tulsa World has this news update.

And The Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier has a news update headlined “Financial sanctions against Veronica’s birth father, tribe considered as attorney calls for truce.”

“Judicial opinions can be fun!” Today at his “In the Loop” blog, Al Kamen of The Washington Post has this entry in which the “How Appealing” blog is mentioned.

“Chiquita fighting suit over Colombian killings”: The Charlotte Observer has this news update reporting on an appeal pending at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

In earlier related coverage, The Associated Press reported recently that “Chiquita seeks dismissal in Colombian case.”

“Gender balance at issue with Supreme Court vacancy”: Sean Fine of The Toronto Globe and Mail has this report.

“Landmark U.S. Supreme Court case on police force came out of Charlotte”: The Charlotte Observer has a news update that begins, “As the manslaughter prosecution against a Charlotte police officer takes shape, a key standard that may be used to judge him dates back to a 1989 landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court involving Charlotte police.”

“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to deliver Albritton Lecture at Alabama law school”: AL.com has this report. And the law school’s web site contains this announcement.

“Fourth Circuit holds Virginia’s college newspaper alcohol advertising ban unconstitutional under the First Amendment as applied to Collegiate Times and Cavalier Daily”: Law professor Kevin C. Walsh has this post at his “walshslaw” blog discussing a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.