“An Interview of Judge Richard A. Posner on Patent Litigation”: This interview (available in both HTML and PDF) appears in the Fall 2013 issue of The SRR Journal published by Stout Risius Ross.

“State high court to consider two voter ID cases”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this news update.

“Surveillance court chafes at Obama administration secrecy”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post that begins, “The largely-secret court that oversees many federal surveillance programs is chafing at the Obama Administration’s reluctance to declassify one of the court’s rulings.”

“How America’s Model Prison Became the Most Horrific Facility in the Federal System”: Online today at Slate, Justin Peters has this blog post about USP Lewisburg.

The blog post focuses on this recent article (PDF) by professor Karen M. Morin.

“Gay-marriage momentum comes to a sudden halt after Illinois”: Cheryl Wetzstein of The Washington Times has this report.

“NRA sues S.F. to kill law on gun magazines”: In today’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “The National Rifle Association sued San Francisco on Tuesday, claiming the city violated the constitutional right to possess guns for self-defense with a new ordinance banning possession of magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.”

“Gun ban law for domestic violence offenders upheld”: Bob Egelko had this article yesterday in The San Francisco Chronicle.

And at her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “Lifetime Gun Ban Constitutional in Spousal Abuse Cases.”

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

Announcing the “Appellate Advocacy Blog,” a new addition to the Law Professor Blogs Network: Looks like I now have competition for the appellate sex toy beat.

“Harry Reid Leaning Toward Filibuster Reform Vote This Week”: Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post has this report.

Access online the contents of the November 2013 issue of the Harvard Law Review, focusing on the U.S. Supreme Court‘s October 2012 Term: Via this link.

The issue also includes “Essays in Honor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”

“Sotomayor Says Lack of Diversity is ‘Huge Danger’ for Judiciary”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Sobriety Checkpoints Paved Path to NSA Email Spying”: David Kravets has this post at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.

“The Supreme Court Loves Juries, Except When It Doesn’t; In Alabama, an elected official imposed the death penalty after a jury asked for life in prison; Why did the highest court in the land refuse to hear this case — and address an insidious problem in the justice system?” Andrew Cohen has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Senate paralyzed on what to do about Guantanamo”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Current List of TTAB Ex Parte Decisions on Appeal to the CAFC”: John L. Welch has this post today at “The TTABlog.”

“Broader meaning of the Supreme Court’s abortion order”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Lets Texas Abortion Law Take Effect; Justices Vote to Not Block Measure While State Appeals.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Marcia Coyle has a post titled “Justices, Voting 5-4, Refuse to Block Texas Abortion Law.”

“Noel Canning Urges High Court To Limit Recess Appointments”: Law360.com has a report (subscription required for full access) that begins, “Soda bottler Noel Canning told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that in seeking to overturn the D.C. Circuit’s ruling invalidating the president’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board, the executive branch is asking for ‘a virtually unlimited unilateral appointments power.'”

I have posted a copy of Noel Canning’s merits Brief for Respondent, filed yesterday in the U.S. Supreme Court, at this link.

“Sentence upheld against only woman on Georgia’s death row”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this news update reporting on a ruling, written by Chief Judge Ed Carnes, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.

“Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Block Texas Abortion Law”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court declines to stop Texas abortion clinic restrictions.”

Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has a news update headlined “High court declines to block Texas abortion law.”

The San Antonio Express-News reports that “U.S. Supreme Court allows abortion restriction to stay in effect.”

Todd J. Gillman of The Dallas Morning News has a blog post titled “Supreme Court won’t block Texas abortion restrictions.”

Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court declines to block Texas abortion law.”

Politico.com reports that “SCOTUS refuses to block Texas abortion law.”

And The Texas Tribune reports that “SCOTUS Won’t Intervene in Texas Abortion Case.”

“Reid Preparing to Move for Limits on Filibuster”: Jeremy W. Peters will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Supreme Court refuses to block Texas abortion law”: The Associated Press has this report.

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Texas Abortion Restrictions Allowed by U.S. Supreme Court.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Texas abortion law left in effect.”

You can access today’s 5-to-4 order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the concurrence in and dissent therefrom, at this link.

Saying thanks and hello to all of this blog’s new Twitter followers: You can receive notice via Twitter of new blog posts shortly after they appear here, and sometimes if I am away from my computer I will retweet things that I hope will be of interest to this blog’s Twitter followers. You can access and subscribe to follow this blog’s Twitter feed via this link.

“Key Senate Democrats Flip, Now Ready For Filibuster Reform Via ‘Nuclear Option'”: Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post has this report.

Alexander Bolton of The Hill reports that “Reid threatens to go nuclear.”

Politico.com has a report headlined “Harry Reid: Actively weighing ‘nuclear option.’”

And at “The Plum Line” blog of The Washington Post, Greg Sargent has an entry titled “Harry Reid is set to go nuclear.”

“Punishment that Fits”: Law professor Robert Blecker — whose law school bio describes him as “a nationally known retributivist advocate of the death penalty” — appeared on today’s broadcast of WNYC Radio’s “The Brian Lehrer Show.” You can access the audio via this link. Blecker was promoting his new book, titled “The Death of Punishment: Searching for Justice among the Worst of the Worst.”

“Doctrinal Conversation: Justice Kagan’s Supreme Court Opinions.” Law professor Laura K. Ray has posted this essay online at SSRN (via WSJ.com’s “Law Blog“).

“Supreme Court upholds firing of Freshwater in religious-symbols case; Mount Vernon teacher was insubordinate, justices rule 4-3”: The Columbus Dispatch has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Ohio court upholds firing in school Bible case.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Ohio at this link. And the court’s Office of Public Information issued a news release about the ruling headlined “Science Teacher Cannot Display Religious Material in Classroom; School District’s Termination of Mt. Vernon Teacher for Insubordination is Legal.”

“D.C. Circuit Denies Terror Victims Access to Frozen Funds”: Zoe Tillman has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times” reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

Access online the contents of the November 2013 issue of The Yale Law Journal: Via this link.

Of particular note, law professor Michael W. McConnell has an essay titled “Reconsidering Citizens United as a Press Clause Case.”

And Connor Sullivan has a comment titled “A First Amendment Approach to Generic Drug Manufacturer Tort Liability.”

“Nuclear Reactor Waste Fees Ordered to Zero by Appeals Court”: Bloomberg News has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

Update: In other coverage, Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. court orders government to stop collecting nuclear waste fees.”

The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court suspends DOE collection of nuke fees.”

Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire reports that “Judges toss DOE’s ‘unfair’ fees for nuclear waste disposal.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Marcia Coyle has a post titled “D.C. Circuit Says: No Nuclear Waste Site, No Fees On Utilities.”

“Death Meted Out by Politicians in Robes”: This editorial appears today in The New York Times.

Bloomberg News reports on two denials of rehearing en banc yesterday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit: You can access online articles headlined “Argentina Loses Bid for Full Rehearing of Bonds Appeal” and “Rajaratnam Loses Bid for Full-Court Review of Conviction.”

“Harry Reid: GOP playing with fire on judges.” Politico.com has this report.

“How Conservatives Abandoned Judicial Restraint, Took Over The Courts And Radically Transformed America”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online today at ThinkProgress.

“U.S. Court Allowed Internet Data Mining After Violations”: Bloomberg News has this report.

And Spencer Ackerman of The Guardian (UK) has an article headlined “Court order that allowed NSA surveillance is revealed for first time; Fisa court judge who authorised massive tapping of metadata was hesitant but felt she could not stand in the way.”

“U.S. Supreme Court is last option in New Jersey sports betting case”: The Las Vegas Review-Journal has this report.