“Edward Snowden, after months of NSA revelations, says his mission’s accomplished”: Barton Gellman will have this lengthy article in Tuesday’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Same-Sex-Marriage Supporters Applaud Ohio and Utah Rulings”: This article will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Federal Court Alters Rules on Judge Assignments”: In Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times, Benjamin Weiser and Joseph Goldstein will have an article that begins, “Following public debate over how a federal judge in Manhattan came to oversee a 2008 lawsuit challenging the city’s stop-and-frisk policy, the Federal District Court in Manhattan announced on Monday new rules to make the assignment of cases more random and transparent, and to offer a means for parties to object to assignments.”

“Obama’s Ga. supporters protesting his court nominees; Obama’s African American supporters in Georgia are protesting his nominees to federal courts in the state; They say the list of nominees lacks diversity, ask that the process be re-started”: USA Today has this report.

And this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered” contained an audio segment titled “An Unusual Call To Quash Ga. Judicial Nominees.”

Remarks by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg honoring Justice Elena Kagan on the occasion of the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists Pursuit of Justice Award, December 16, 2013: Available online at this link.

“Judge Richard Arnold’s conversations with a ‘regular’ lawyer about citation to ‘unpublished’ opinions”: Attorney Elaine Mittleman had this guest post yesterday at Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf‘s blog, “Hercules and the Umpire.”

“Supreme Court Cuts Down Tax Book; List of once-respected sources grows”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report (registration required).

“How Sotomayor undermined Obama’s NSA”: Adam Serwer has this report online at MSNBC.

“Narrow ruling rejects Ohio gay marriage ban”: The Cincinnati Enquirer has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Ohio gay marriage ban is rejected in narrow ruling.”

I have posted online at this link today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

“Judge denies Utah AG’s request to halt same-sex marriages; Utah AG’s Office files third request for a stay”: Marissa Lang and Brooke Adams of The Salt Lake Tribune have this report.

The Deseret News reports that “Judge declines to issue stay in same-sex marriage ruling; Hundreds obtain marriage licenses; attorney says decision leaves Utah in ‘chaos.’”

And The New York Times reports that “Judge Allows Same-Sex Weddings to Continue in Utah.”

“Another GSK Venue Question Sent to Third Circuit”: Saranac Hale Spencer has this front page article in today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers.

According to the article, “The plaintiffs in [the first of two cases certified to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit for interlocutory appeal by permission] plan to submit their petition for permission to appeal to the Third Circuit today, according to Howard Bashman, who is representing them for the appeal.”

My clients’ petition for permission to appeal filed today has now been docketed by the Third Circuit in that case, and you can access a copy at this link.

“Supreme Court preview: Recess appointments and Anna Nicole Smith’s legacy.” Scott Bomboy has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“After nearly a year, state Supreme Court Justice Loughry loves everything about job”: The Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail has this report.