“An Interview with Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia”: Vincent Chiarello has this article online at The Remnant.

“Gay Marriage Turns Tide as Governors Drop Defense of Bans”: Bloomberg News has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Pennsylvania won’t appeal same-sex marriage case.”

“Supreme Court halts Missouri execution”: The Associated Press has this report.

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court stays Missouri death row inmate’s execution.”

And Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court halts execution by lethal injection.”

You can access at this link today’s stay order of the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Senate backs judge pick who wrote drone memos”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A former Justice Department official who helped craft the Obama administration’s legal rationale for using drones to kill suspected American terrorists abroad won preliminary Senate approval Wednesday to become a federal appeals court judge.”

“BP to appeal Gulf oil spill payment ruling to U.S. Supreme Court”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.

“Liberals Just Need to Stay Away From the Supreme Court: If you’re a liberal, and thinking of bringing a case to the Supreme Court, don’t.” Ian Millhiser has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.

“Judges turn same-sex marriage rulings into writing competition”: Adam Serwer has this essay online today at msnbc.

“Waiting for Ruth Bader Ginsburg to retire? Keep waiting.” L.J. Zigerell had this guest post Monday at “The Monkey Cage” blog of The Washington Post.

“Law Schools Push Back Against Scalia’s Criticism of Legal Education”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Aereo case may not be a Supreme Court slam dunk for broadcasters”: Scott Bomboy has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Detroit judge Keith urges a commitment to justice, courage”: This article appeared in yesterday’s edition of The Detroit News.

“Supreme Court and religion: You’re not hearing me.” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

“Republicans Tried to Sneak a Confederate Sympathizer onto the Federal Bench: Here’s How Democrats Should Respond.” Brian Beutler has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Barron likely to be confirmed to appeals court”: This article appears today in The Boston Globe.

The Associated Press has a report headlined “Reid: Senate will OK judge who wrote drone memos.”

And in today’s edition of The New York Times, Charlie Savage has an article headlined “Memo Approving Targeted Killing of U.S. Citizen to Be Released.”

“Missouri inmate’s hopes rest with Supreme Court”: The Associated Press has this report.