“Attorney General Pam Bondi: Let the U.S. Supreme Court decide gay marriage, not Florida courts; Wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule nationally on gay marriage, Attorney General Pam Bondi asks a Florida appeals court.” The Miami Herald has this report.

“Ron Ramsey fails to topple Supreme Court justices”: Brian Haas of The Tennessean has this news update.

“Five Years With Sonia Sotomayor On The Supreme Court”: Fox News Latino has a report that begins, “Sonia Sotomayor became the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice on Aug. 8, 2009.”

“Police Probe Dan Markel Link to ‘Get’ Extortion Rabbis; Few Knew of Slain Law Prof’s Consulting Gig”: The Jewish Daily Forward has this report today.

D.C. Circuit reinstates lawsuit brought by South Dakota state prisoner who seeks to renounce his U.S. citizenship: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“Madoff trustee cannot void Merkin, Fairfield settlements — court”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“The 6th Circuit Looks Poised to Uphold Gay Marriage Bans — for ‘Democracy'”: Mark Joseph Stern has this essay online at Slate.

“U.S. Judge Donald Alsop owes career to Richard Nixon; In one of his last acts, president nominated Donald Alsop to bench”: Today’s edition of The Minneapolis Star Tribune contains a front page article that begins, “Facing impeachment and a possible criminal indictment, Richard M. Nixon knew on Aug. 8, 1974, that the following day he would resign the presidency. But in those waning hours before his political power vanished, Nixon made three final court nominations. Among them was Donald Alsop, a New Ulm attorney who would be elevated to Minnesota’s U.S. District Court.”

“Unity rules on state’s Supreme Court”: Chief Justice Robert P. Young Jr. and Justice Bridget McCormack of the Supreme Court of Michigan have this op-ed in today’s edition of The Detroit News.

“GOP Supreme Court candidate Michelle MacDonald ticketed again; MacDonald violated limits put on her license in connection with drunk-driving allegation”: The Minneapolis Star Tribune has this report.

“After 20 years, Breyer is high court’s raging pragmatist”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.