“Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at Constitution Center”: Chris Mondics has this article today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Ginsburg: Gay marriage shows Constitution’s genius.”

“EPA air cases on deck as Obama appointee joins D.C. Circuit bench”: Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report.

“Biden says Napolitano deserves high court seat”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Surprise! The Law of Subject Matter Eligibility Remains Unsettled.” Jason Rantanen has this post at “Patently-O” about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued yesterday.

“BP Spill Accord Appeal Fast-Tracked by New Orleans Court”: Bloomberg News has this report.

Access online today’s adult entertainment ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: The ruling, which you can access here, involves millionaire parties conducted at a topless bar.

“Federal appeals court upholds Michigan law restricting use of project labor agreements”: The Detroit Free Press has this news update reporting on the ruling a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

Applying the Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage (“SPEECH”) Act designed to thwart libel tourism, the Fifth Circuit yesterday affirmed a federal district court’s refusal to enforce a Canadian defamation judgment: You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“Alabama Supreme Court ruling isolates grandparents, deals blow to children’s rights “: At AL.com, Jimmy Sandlin has an essay that begins, “The Alabama Supreme Court recently decided that children have very few individual rights relating to their associations.”

“Former Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice will help defend marriage law in federal lawsuit”: The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.

And today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “Corbett hires Chesco lawyer for same-sex marriage case.”

“Expert on U.S. Supreme Court to lecture Sept. 25 at MSU”: Montana State University has issued this news release.

“Fumo appeals to U.S. Supreme Court”: This article appears today in The Philadelphia Daily News.

“Justice Ginsburg visits Constitution Center Friday”: The Associated Press has this report.

Additional information on this evening’s event, including a link to the live video feed, can be accessed here.

“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.

“Baby Veronica case: Fallin signs extradition order for Dusten Brown.” The Tulsa World has a news update that begins, “Saying the biological father of Baby Veronica is ‘not acting in good faith,’ Gov. Mary Fallin has signed an extradition order to South Carolina for Dusten Brown, her office announced Wednesday.”

The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has a news update headlined “Oklahoma governor orders extradition of Veronica’s birth father.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Okla. gov. signs order for Cherokee girl’s dad.”

“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to speak at Mark Lanier’s theological library”: Brenda Sapino Jeffreys has this post at the “Tex Parte Blog” of Texas Lawyer.

“Cebull misconduct review headed to national committee; 9th Circuit’s July 2 order remains under seal”: The Great Falls Tribune has a news update that begins, “The results of a long-running investigation into misconduct allegations against former chief U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull remain under seal as the matter heads to a national panel for review.”

“California immigrant’s law license bid appears in doubt”: Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has an update that begins, “Boxed in by federal law, the California Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared unlikely to allow immigrants to be licensed to practice law unless they’ve secured legal immigration status first.”

And Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “State top court may deny law license to immigrant without green card.”

The Supreme Court of California has posted the video of today’s oral argument online at YouTube, and you can access that video by clicking here.

En banc Seventh Circuit orders new trial on criminal convictions obtained on “stated income” mortgage loans: I had this post about the case on the day the Seventh Circuit granted rehearing en banc, noting that Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook had written the majority opinion, while Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner had issued a dissent.

In an en banc ruling issued today, the tables have turned.

“Gay marriage debate enters court as sides debate who has authority to stop court clerk from issuing marriage licenses to gay couples”: The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this news update, together with a news update headlined “Marriage license hearing draws proponents on both sides of issue.”

The Associated Press reports that “Judge vows quick Pa. same-sex marriage case ruling.”

And Bloomberg News reports that “Pennsylvania Court Hears Same-Sex Marriage Ban Challenge.”

“Time Warner Cable Wins Ruling on Independent Programming”: Bloomberg News has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

And at the “Hollywood, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “Appeals Court Vacates FCC’s Program Carriage Standstill Rule; Cable companies get a small victory in the ongoing scuffle with programmers just days after the CBS and Time Warner Cable standoff came to a close.”

“Court asked to uphold BP settlement approval”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Mass. court hears Pledge of Allegiance challenge”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A family asked Massachusetts’ highest court Wednesday to ban the daily practice of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools, arguing that the words ‘under God’ in the pledge discriminate against atheists.”