“The much-discussed Ryan v. Hurles returns, expanded”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“State Supreme Court declares fine against casino employee unconstitutional”: Adam Brandolph of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update that begins, “The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday called a $75,000 fine that an Allegheny County judge dealt to a former Rivers Casino poker dealer ‘unconstitutionally excessive,’ considering he stole $200 in poker chips, and sent the case back for an ‘appropriate fine.'”

You can access today’s unanimous ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

“Louisiana Supreme Court settles Justice Department inquiry into attorney admissions”: The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.

“McCrory appoints Mark Martin chief justice of NC Supreme Court”: The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report.

“Utah poll: Most oppose gay marriage, think Supreme Court will legalize it; Most Utahns oppose it but believe Supreme Court will reject the state’s arguments.” Matt Canham of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

“Federal appeals court adds Wisconsin voter ID hearing”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this news update.

“U.S. court sides with Philly cops fighting ban on political contributions”: NewsWorks has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.

“Utah asks for more time to file in same-sex marriage benefits case”: Jessica Miller has this article today in The Salt Lake Tribune.

And in today’s edition of The Deseret News, Emiley Morgan has an article headlined “State asks for more time to file appeal in gay marriage recognition case.”

“The Politics of Judging and the Judging of Politics”: Certain content available online from law.com now appears to be freely accessible via Google News. Last Tuesday, The Legal Intelligencer published this new installment of my monthly “Upon Further Review” column. You can freely access the essay via Google News.

“Breyer’s Two Decades as the ‘Cold-Fish’ Justice”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost On Justice.”

“To Kill or Not to Kill All the Lawyers? That Is the Question; Attorneys Object to Interpretation of Shakespeare’s Line; ‘Not a Slur.'” Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“A plea to leave fate of health care subsidies to the Court”: Lyle Denniston had this post yesterday at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Josh Blackman’s Blog” has a post titled “Opposition to En Banc Review in Halbig.”

On Sunday at the “Balkinization” blog, Rob Weiner had a guest post titled “Politics By Other Means.”

And yesterday at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Jonathan H. Adler had a post titled “Law by other means — a response to Rob Weiner on Halbig.”

Become the 3,000th follower of “How Appealing” on Twitter: Or don’t. In the whole grand scheme of things, it probably doesn’t make much difference either way.

Ninth Circuit rules that Barnes & Noble’s “browsewrap” arbitration agreement isn’t worth the pixels it’s written on: The Recorder reports that “Ninth Circuit Spurns Web ‘Browsewrap’ Agreement.” You can freely access the full text of this article via Google News.

Courthouse News Service reports that “Barnes & Noble Loses Bid for Arbitration on Appeal.”

Central Valley Business Times reports that “Terms of use buttons are not enough, says court.”

And at her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “Barnes & Noble ‘Browsewrap’ Terms of Use Bites the Dust.”

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

“Arizona Loose With Its Rules in Executions, Records Show”: Fernanda Santos and John Schwartz had this article in yesterday’s edition of The New York Times.

“One month later, Markel investigation continues”: Sean Rossman has this article in today’s edition of The Tallahassee Democrat.

“Supreme Court: Was gay marriage settled in 1972 case?” Robert Barnes has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Black groups tell Supreme Court Ala. districts biased”: Mary Troyan has this article in The Montgomery Advertiser.

“Where’s the Justice at Justice?” Columnist Maureen Down has this op-ed in the Sunday Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times.

“GOP moves to restrict court challenges of N.C. laws”: The Charlotte Observer has an article that begins, “After passing laws imposing new conditions on abortions and elections, taking away teacher tenure and providing vouchers for private school tuition, Republican state legislators have seen those policies stymied in state and federal courtrooms.”

“SCOTUS ruling might handcuff school safety”: Today’s edition of The Cincinnati Enquirer contains a front page article that begins, “It’s been a longtime, informal practice in many schools: Principals — on occasion and when warranted — confiscate and search cellphones if students are suspected of wrongdoing.”

“Nevada Supreme justices suffer ‘personal toll'”: The Reno Gazette-Journal has an article that begins, “Nevada Supreme Court Justice James Hardesty is the main spokesman for Question One on the November general-election ballot. If passed by voters, it would establish an appeals court in Nevada. It would ease the overwhelming pressure on the state Supreme Court, which now is the only appeals court in the state.”

“Supreme Court ace challenges America’s highest minimum wage”: Claire Zillman of Fortune has this report.

“Alabama Supreme Court rules brand name drug makers liable for harm caused by generic versions”: AL.com has this report.

The Associated Press has a report headlined “Alabama high court upholds generic drug decision” that begins, “Brand-name drug makers can be held liable for warnings on a generic medication even if it was produced by another company, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday, standing by an earlier decision that business leaders viewed as a defeat.”

And WSJ.com’s “Pharmalot” blog has a post titled “Pfizer is Liable for Harm Caused by a Generic Version of its Drug: Court.”

You can access yesterday’s 6-to-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of Alabama on rehearing at this link.

“Arrested federal judge keeps getting $199K salary”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “An Alabama federal judge stripped of his caseload following his arrest on domestic violence charges in Atlanta will continue receiving his annual salary of nearly $200,000.”

“National news media picture West Ottawa High School teacher on Supreme Court cell phone ruling”: The Grand Rapids Press has this report.

“Suspect’s silence allowed as evidence at trial, court rules”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News reports that “Redwood City man’s conviction in fatal crash to remain in doubt.”

The San Mateo Daily Journal reports that “Supreme Court restores fatal crash conviction: Redwood City man’s post-incident silence, and Fifth Amendment rights, at issue.”

Metropolitan News-Enterprise reports that “S.C. Orders New Look at Conviction in Traffic Fatality of Child; Divided Court Says Evidence of Defendant’s Lack of Concern for Victims May Have Been Admissible.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Silence can be used against suspects.”

You can access Thursday’s 4-to-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.

“Justice tells women: ‘Rooting out unconscious bias is much harder.'” Today’s edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican contains a front page article that begins, “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told a Santa Fe audience Friday that discrimination against women is more subtle than it used to be and can be more difficult to combat than the overt discrimination she encountered when she began her legal career more than 50 years ago.”

And today’s edition of The Albuquerque Journal contains an article headlined “Justice Ginsburg: Women must keep up the fight for equality.”

“First Justice Department Memo on Killing Anwar Al-Awlaki”: Charlie Savage has this newsbrief in today’s edition of The New York Times.

You can view the heavily redacted memo at this link.

“Porsche prevails at U.S. appeals court over VW squeeze”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“An Empirical Study of Political Bias in Legal Scholarship”: Law professors Adam S. Chilton and Eric A. Posner have posted this paper online at SSRN.

“U.S. court revives challenge to New York City circumcision law”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

Effective today, R. Guy Cole is the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: Opinions issued today (see here and here) confirm the change, as do that court’s own listing of judges and Wikipedia.

At present, the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical database still lists Alice M. Batchelder as the Sixth Circuit’s chief judge. According to her Wikipedia entry, former Chief Judge Batchelder turned 70 today, and thus became statutorily ineligible to continue serving as that circuit’s chief judge.

“A Victory for Confidentiality in Prisoner Legal Correspondence With Lawyers: University of St. Thomas Appellate Clinic.” Greg Sisk has this post at the “Mirror of Justice” blog.

My earlier coverage of Monday’s Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Official asks U.S. chief justice to block Virginia gay marriages”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report. You can view the stay request at this link.