“Ecuadoreans try to block Patton Boggs settlement with Chevron”: Reuters has this report.

“Scalia v. Scalia: Does his faith influence his judicial decision making?” Dahlia Lithwick has this book review in the June 2014 issue of The Atlantic.

“Death by Nitrogen — If lethal injection falls out of favor, death penalty states could turn to a new method: nitrogen gas.” Tom McNichol has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Senate OKs drone memo author to be federal judge”: The Associated Press has this report.

You can view the U.S. Senate‘s official roll call vote tally at this link.

“Court: Sea-Tac workers can sue over lunch menus.” The Seattle Times has this report on a 5-to-4 ruling that the Supreme Court of Washington State issued today.

“Do We Need the Supreme Court?” Law professor Geoffrey R. Stone has this blog entry today at The Huffington Post.

“Constitution Check: Has the Supreme Court already tipped its hand on same-sex marriage?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Supreme Court Ruling Not Enough To Prevent Debtors Prisons”: This audio segment appeared on yesterday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“Why the Supreme Court Needs Term Limits: The best solution to the increasingly politicized and unseasoned Court is to limit justices to 18-year terms.” Norm Ornstein has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

“Christie brushes off criticism for re-nominating Rabner as NJ Supreme Court chief justice”: The Newark Star-Ledger has this report.

Today’s edition of The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey contains a front page article headlined “Christie strikes deal to retain Stuart Rabner as N.J. chief justice.”

Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an article headlined “Christie Renominates New Jersey’s Chief Justice in Deal With Democrats.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “In deal, Christie renominates Chief Justice Rabner and names Lee Solomon to court.”

And The Courier-Post of Cherry Hill, New Jersey reports that “Deal sends Haddonfield’s Solomon to high court.”

“BP turns to U.S. Supreme Court in fight over oil spill settlement”: The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.

McClatchy Washington Bureau reports that “BP wants Supreme Court to throw out Deepwater Horizon settlement.”

CNN.com reports that “BP will ask Supreme Court to review Deepwater Horizon settlement ruling.”

In commentary, Paul M. Barrett of Bloomberg Businessweek has an essay titled “Judge in BP Spill Case Sends Distress Signal to Supreme Court.”

And Michael Hiltzik, business columnist for The Los Angeles Times, has an essay titled “On the gulf oil spill, BP moves to prolong the courtroom agony.”

“Does a Supreme Court Ruling Mean Disney Will Lose ‘Spider-Man’ Rights? Once rejected for not suing soon enough, the company challenging Disney’s hold on the character thinks it’s no longer precluded from moving forward in court.” Eriq Gardner has this post at the “Hollywood, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.

“State campaign finance laws are on borrowed time”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Getting to Fifty on Marriage Equality”: Amy Davidson has this blog post online at The New Yorker.

Therein she writes, “Judge Michael McShane, in Oregon, and Judge John E. Jones, in Pennsylvania, sounded like they were having one of those days when you remember why your job is fun, and even maybe important, and also why the Constitution is a powerful document.”

“Supreme Court Justices Just ‘Junior Varsity Politicians’? Breyer Talks State of Legal Profession at ALI Dinner.” Tom P. Taylor of Bloomberg BNA has this blog post.

“Supreme Court puts execution of Missouri man on hold”: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch contains this article today.

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Execution delayed in unusual case.”

“With New Bill, Abortion Limits Spread in South”: This front page article appears today in The New York Times.

“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.

“A ‘message’ from the Court on same-sex marriage?” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“5th Circuit’s last word to BP leaves constitutional question-mark”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

And online at The Los Angeles Times, business columnist Michael Hiltzik has an essay titled “On the gulf oil spill, BP has an 0-for-2 day in court.”

Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a series of orders in these cases, which you can access here (denial of panel rehearing, with opinion), here (order denying rehearing en banc, with dissent therefrom), here (order denying panel rehearing, with dissent noted), and here (order denying rehearing en banc, with dissent therefrom).

“Senate Sets David Barron Confirmation Vote”: Todd Ruger has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

And online at The Hill, Alexander Bolton has a report headlined “Reid: Drone-memo author is a go.”