“Lawyers, Judges Modify the View That Adverbs Are Mostly Bad; The Maligned Part of Speech Has Friends In High Court; Don’t Tell Stephen King”: Jacob Gershman will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Utah abandons fight to bar same-sex couples from spousal benefits; State A.G.’s office asks federal courts to drop challenges to benefits for gay couples and pending adoptions”: Marissa Lang of The Salt Lake Tribune has this news update.

“State Supreme Court puts Orie Melvin sentence on hold”: Paula Reed Ward of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this news update.

And Adam Brandolph of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update headlined “Joan Orie Melvin won’t serve sentence while appealing conviction.”

“Gay marriage and the Supreme Court: Why did they take a pass?” Steven Mazie has this post today at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

“Supreme Court debate over inmates’ religious rights gets a little hairy”: Robert Barnes will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Removing Fuller would be long, arduous process”: Mary Troyan of The Montgomery Advertiser recently had an article that begins, “Impeaching a federal judge is an arduous, time-consuming process that Congress has used sparingly, which may explain why no lawmaker has asked the U.S. House to impeach U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller.”

Last Thursday, Troyan had an article headlined “Judge Fuller’s attorney: Incident has been overblown.”

And last Friday, AL.com had an article headlined “Attorney says no ‘beating, kicking or slapping’ involved in Judge Mark Fuller domestic violence incident.”

“Castille, Kane working to get Pa. chief justice copies of judges’ emails”: Brad Bumsted and Adam Brandolph of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review have a news update that begins, “Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald Castille and Attorney General Kathleen Kane are ‘working out the details’ of having her turn over judges’ sexually-explicit emails to Castille, a court spokesman said.”

“Let’s lift the Supreme Court’s veil of secrecy”: Law professor Eric J. Segall has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“The Gay Marriage Cases and Federal Jurisdiction”: Law professor Steven G. Calabresi has posted this paper online at SSRN (via “Legal Theory Blog“).

“Inside The Gitmo Force-Feeding Hearing The Government Didn’i Want You To See”: Ryan J. Reilly of The Huffington Post has this report.

And Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has a report headlined “Doctor: Guantanamo erred by lubing forced-feeding tubes with olive oil.”

“Gay marriage opponents pick new battleground of religious freedom”: Reuters has this report.

“Judge Pryor on the executive obligation to defend the law”: At “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Jonathan H. Adler has a post that begins, “Last Thursday, Judge William H. Pryor, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit delivered the annual Sumner Canary Lecture at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law.”

You can view the video of Judge Pryor’s on YouTube via this link.

“Gay marriage bans struck down in Western states”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal has a news update headlined “Nevada gay marriage ban struck down.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Two more bans fall.”

“Judge Sutton’s trilemma”: Law professor Dale Carpenter has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Gay Rights Advocates, Dealt a Supreme Court Victory, Focus on Tough Terrain”: Sheryl Gay Stolberg will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Ballot Rulings With a Partisan Edge Sow Confusion in States”: Trip Gabriel will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“The Roberts Court’s Brief Progressive Moment”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker.

“As Test of Religious Liberty, Justices Say, Case of Inmate’s Beard May Come Up Short”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Can a prison inmate hide a gun in a beard? Supreme Court justices wonder.”

Peter Urban of Stephens Washington Bureau reports that “Supreme Court hears arguments in Arkansas prison beard case.”

Lauren Markoe of Religion News Service reports that “Justice Roberts asks if the case of the Muslim prisoner’s beard is too easy.”

And on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Justices Skeptical Of Beard Rule In Inmate Religious Rights Case.”

“Supreme Court May Clarify Procedures For Removal Under CAFA — If It Decides To Answer The Question Presented in Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co. v. Owens”: Archis A. Parasharami has this post at the “Class Defense” blog.

And at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Class Action Case Could Bend the Law.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co. v. Owens, No. 13-719.

“First Amendment issues at U.S. Supreme Court in new ways”: Tony Mauro has this news analysis online at the Newseum Institute.

“Gay marriage bans in Idaho, Nevada struck down”: The Associated Press has this report.

Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote the opinion of the Court. In addition, Judge Reinhardt and Circuit Judge Marsha S. Berzon issued concurring opinions.

“Prisoner’s beard offers Supreme Court a game of inches”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau has an article headlined “In prison grooming case, justices become the ‘Barbers of Capitol Hill.’”

The Guardian (UK) has a report headlined “Beard rules draw supreme court justices’ mockery in religious rights case; Jokes and banter about security combs and arbitrary rules fill surreal hearing about prisoners’ religious rights to grow beards.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. justices scratch chins over prison beard lengths.”

And at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Sam Alito, Beard Guy.”

“Indiana judge objects to smoky smell of court documents”: Kristine Guerra of The Indianapolis Star has an article that begins, “Documents in an Indiana Court of Appeals case reek of an ‘unpleasant odor.’ So says a footnote in an opinion written last week by Judge Edward Najam Jr.”

Unfortunately for the appellant, the record apparently did not reek of injustice, as the judgment appealed from was affirmed.

“Supreme Court Seeks U.S. Views in Special Education Case”: Mark Walsh has this post at the “School Law” blog of Education Week.

“Request for release of info in ’96 TWA crash denied”: The Boston Globe has this article reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued yesterday.

“Declarations: The Coverage Opinions Interview With Laurence Tribe.” Yesterday’s edition of Coverage Opinions contained this interview.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh has a related blog post titled “William Howard Obama?”

“Victory for Gay Marriage & The Rise of Amicus Briefs — Allison Orr Larsen”: This interview with law professor Allison Orr Larsen appeared on yesterday’s broadcast of The Colbert Report.

“New York court to weigh legal rights of chimps”: Reuters has this report.

“Cruz rips SCOTUS on gay marriage”: Politico.com has this report.

And at The Huffington Post, law professor Geoffrey R. Stone has a blog entry titled “Same-Sex Marriage and the Dangers of Dawdling.”

“Supreme Court declines to hear Zedillo suit”: The Yale Daily News has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court weighs employee pay for security checks”: Reuters has this report.

“Can Judicial Candidates Solicit Money?” Andrew Cohen has this essay online at the Brennan Center for Justice.

“Constitution Check: The legal battle over same-sex marriage is over — or is it?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“High court likely to allow Muslim inmate’s beard”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Prison’s No-Beard Rule Doubted in Top Court Religion Case.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Argument report: Trouble at the lectern.”

Update: You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Holt v. Hobbs, No. 13-6827.

“A question for civil litigators in diversity cases — should federal district judges construe state law broadly or narrowly?” Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf has this post today at his “Hercules and the Umpire” blog.