“SCOTUSblog on camera: Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. — Part four.” You can access the video, the fourth of five parts, via this link.

“Court Lifts Limit on Contributing to Pro-Lhota PAC”: This front page article appears today in The New York Times.

The New York Daily News reports today that “Court rules Joe Lhota-supporting political committee can accept unlimited contributions.”

The New York Post reports that “Court allows PAC to spend for Joe Lhota.”

Bloomberg News reports that “N.Y. Campaign Donation Cap Barred, Win for Lhota Backers.”

And Reuters reports that “Court frees PAC to collect unlimited contributions in NY mayoral race.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

“Can states ban abortions at earlier stages?” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

In news from New York University School of Law: That law school has recently issued news releases titled “Judge Jeffrey Sutton considers jurisprudence of new technology in Hayek Lecture” and “Judge William Fletcher of the Ninth Circuit argues against death penalty in Madison Lecture.”

You can view the video of Ninth Circuit Judge William A. Fletcher‘s remarks via YouTube by clicking here. The video of Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton‘s remarks does not yet appear to be available online.

“Court Drops Restriction That Limited Cellphone Wiretaps”: Joe Palazzolo has this article, in which I am quoted, in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link. And the three-judge panel’s original ruling on the case can be accessed here.

Programming note: This morning, I will be attending an appellate-related mediation that could last all day. Then I will be heading to Atlanta to attend parents’ weekend at my son’s college. As a result, additional posts may not appear here until later tonight or early tomorrow.

“Why Judge Posner Changed His Mind On Voter ID Laws”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this essay online today at The Daily Beast.

And yesterday at the “Taking Note” blog of The New York Times, Jesse Wegman had a post titled “The Debate Over Judge Posner’s Unforced Error.”

“Minnesota Supreme Court: Samples under DWI implied-consent law aren’t coerced; The decision said a warrant is required to get a blood sample, but not in the case it was addressing.” The Minneapolis Star Tribune has this news update reporting on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Minnesota issued today.

“State Supreme Court hints it may strike down part of domestic partnership law”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this news update.

And Bloomberg News reports that “Wisconsin Partnership Law Fought as Too Like Marriage.”

“Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor talks challenges, career goals with Arcadia students”: The Times Herald of Norristown, Pennsylvania has this report.

“Former Michigan Supreme Court justice speaks on new book”: Central Michigan Life has this report.

“Thigh Court: How a theater company turned a SCOTUS case about nude dancing into a rollicking new play.” Emily Bazelon has this essay online at Slate.

“Supreme Court seeks answers from ‘wild hypotheticals’; Sometimes the most imaginative questions help the justices separate facts from fiction”: Richard Wolf will have this article in Thursday’s edition of USA Today.

“Abortion providers ask judge to halt Texas law”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal court challenge to new limits on abortions in Texas may hinge on complicated legal questions created by a myriad of U.S. Supreme Court rulings over the past decade on when a state may ignore medical considerations and limit the procedure, attorneys in the case argued Wednesday.”

And Bloomberg News reports that “Texas Abortion Trial Ends With Judge to Rule by Oct. 29.”

“Ecuador Judge Testifies to Taking Bribes in Chevron Suit”: Bloomberg News has this report.

“Texas inmate denied locks of dead parents’ hair”: The Associated Press has this report today on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued in August.

“New Mexico court considers legalizing gay marriage”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Does Va. restrict competition for new medical buildings? Appeals court wants to know.” The Washington Post has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Suit challenging Va. health facility law revived.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

“Newspaper presses FOIA fight for food stamp payment data”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post.

“Parties Agree to Trim Briefing in Greenhouse Gas Cases”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“FBI Can Keep Race Data From ACLU, U.S. Appeals Court Says”: Bloomberg News has this report on the ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.

“Today our court gives our approval to the government tempting persons in the population at large currently engaged in innocent activity and leading them into the commission of a serious crime, which the government will then prosecute.” So writes Senior Circuit Judge John T. Noonan, Jr., dissenting from the ruling that the majority on a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“SCOTUSblog on camera: Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. — Part three.” You can access the video, the third of five parts, via this link.

“Same-sex couples gear up for New Mexico high court battle over marriage”: Reuters has this report.

And in related news from Oklahoma, Reuters reports that “Native American gay couple to take advantage of tribal law to marry.”

“US 3rd affirms Del. Chancery Court ‘secret’ arbitration is unconstitutional”: The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware has this early report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today. All three judges on the panel wrote opinions setting forth their views.

Update: In other coverage, Tom Hals of Reuters has a report headlined “Delaware’s ‘secret trials’ violate First Amendment: court.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Delaware Judges Can’t Do Secret Arbitrations, Court Rules.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court rejects secret Delaware arbitration.”

“Too Much Frivolity, Not Enough Femininity: A Study of Gender and Humor at the U.S. Supreme Court.” Ryan A. Malphurs, Jaime Bochantin, L. Hailey Drescher, and Melissa Wallace Framer posted this study online at SSRN earlier this month (via “Gender and the Law Prof Blog“).

“Government Changes Policy On Warrantless Wiretap Defendants”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“Sotomayor to Arcadia students: Take it one step at a time.” This article appears today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“Guantanamo defense attorneys want to accuse U.S. of torture — but can’t”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

Update: In other coverage, Reuters reports that “Guantanamo judge urged to lift ban on claims of abuse.”

Sean Fine of The Toronto Globe and Mail is reporting: He has news updates headlined “MacKay rewording Supreme Court Act while seeking court’s advice on legality of Nadon’s appointment” and “Sikh student who won kirpan case now considers leaving Quebec.”

“Supreme Court to get reporter’s privilege plea”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post.

“Appeals court limits GPS tracking”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

My earlier coverage of today’s Third Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“BP oil spill class deal faces constitutional challenge — from BP”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has a report that begins, “Everyone with an interest in the future of class action settlements ought to be paying close attention to arguments slated to take place at the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Nov. 4.”

In the November/December 2013 issue of Washington Monthly magazine: Stephanie Mencimer has a lengthy article headlined “The War of Rape: What happened to Jamie Leigh Jones in Iraq?” In September 2009, I had this post on the Fifth Circuit’s ruling in related litigation.

And James M. Glaser and Timothy J. Ryan have an article headlined “How ‘Race Neutrality’ Can Save Affirmative Action: Americans’ surprising commitment to fairness.”

“Truck makers argue EPA violated its own regs in granting rival’s certificates”: Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report.