“Denied Survivor’s Benefits After Wife’s Death, Texas Widow Files a Federal Suit”: Erik Eckholm will have this article in Thursday’s edition of The New York Times.

“‘It makes me sick.’ Judges, lawyers weigh Pa. court’s latest scandal”: In Thursday’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Joseph A. Slobodzian will have an article that begins, “For a profession that burnishes an image of dispassion and decorum, what’s happening with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is like a food fight at a very public banquet.”

And in Thursday’s edition of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Steve Esack will have an article headlined “McCaffery suspension may pit king’s power against will of the people.”

“Gay Pride Charade: U.S. Progress On Gay Rights Is More Modest Than It Appears.” Omar G. Encarnacion has this essay online at Foreign Affairs.

“Shame on Texas and the U.S. Supreme Court”: Andrew Cohen has this op-ed online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Supreme Court to hear 1985 murder case; Three men were shot execution-style in a San Diego auto repair shop”: The San Diego Union-Tribune has this report.

“State appeals to 9th U.S. Circuit Court to restore Alaska’s same-sex marriage ban”: Alaska Dispatch News has this report on a petition for initial en banc review that the State of Alaska filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

“McCaffery is new poster boy for merit selection”: Bill White has this essay online at The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

“Judge Mark Fuller’s 2012 divorce files unsealed”: Brian Lyman of The Montgomery Advertiser has this report.

And AL.com reports that “Judge Fuller divorce records reveal little, show parties struggled over keeping proceedings secret.”

“Business groups swarm against federal agency rulemaking in SCOTUS case”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

“U.S. court tosses Argentina appeal over funds held by BNY Mellon”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Supreme Court’s next move will reveal its true intent toward voting rights”: Carl P. Leubsdorf has this essay online at The Dallas Morning News.

“Silent treatment: The Supreme Court and voting rights.” Steven Mazie has this post today at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

“Big Tech winning battle with ‘patent trolls'”: Andrew Chung and Dan Levine of Reuters have this report.

“Appeal sought in Puerto Rico gay marriage case”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Chimpanzees are people, too: The moral case for protecting their basic rights.” Professor Peter Singer has this essay online at The New York Daily News.

“Appeals court ponders future of war crimes trials”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

Update: You can access via this link (31.6 MB mp3 audio file) the audio of today’s D.C. Circuit oral argument in Ali Hamza Ahmad al Bahlul v. United States, No. 11-1324.

“A Holder Legacy: Shifting Terror Cases to the Civilian Courts, and Winning.” Matt Apuzzo has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer with Thane Rosenbaum”: You can view at this link the video of last night’s event at the 92nd Street Y in New York City.

“Court of Appeals considers neo-Pagan tax exemption case; Jurists weigh denial of religious tax break”: Robert Gavin has this article in today’s edition of The Times Union of Albany, New York (via “Religion Clause“).

“Proving Non-Obviousness with Ex-Post Experimental Evidence?” At the “Patently-O” blog, Dennis Crouch has a post that begins, “The Federal Circuit has rejected BMS’s petition for en banc rehearing in its chemical compound obviousness case. However, four additional opinions either concurring or dissenting show that the court does not speak with one-mind on the issue.”

“Academic Hubris and the Puzzling Case of Judge Posner”: Neil H. Buchanan had this interesting blog post yesterday at “Dorf on Law.”

“SCOTUSblog on camera: Laurence H. Tribe (Part one).” “SCOTUSblog” has this post today.

“Undocumented immigrant Jose Godinez-Samperio tells of becoming lawyer”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Tampa Bay Times.

“PA Supreme Court Scandal Leads To Calls For Statewide Court Reform”: Cherri Gregg of KYW Newsradio has this report.

Today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette contains an editorial titled “Justice sidelined: Pa. would be better off if McCaffery resigned.”

And in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Phil Goldsmith has an op-ed titled “Court saga is disgraceful and ongoing.”

“Constitution Check: When the Supreme Court acts silently, what does it mean to say?” Lyle Denniston had this post yesterday at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Supreme Retirements and the Habit of Politics”: Richard M. Re had this post yesterday at “PrawfsBlawg.”

“Retired U.S. Supreme Court justice in Grand Rapids: John Paul Stevens thinks Constitution will be amended.” MLive.com has this report.

“Otter requests review of gay marriage ruling”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Gov. C. L. ‘Butch’ Otter is asking the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for an 11-judge panel to review the three-judge ruling that overturned Idaho’s gay marriage ban last week.”

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed reports that “Idaho Governor Asks Appeals Court To Reconsider Same-Sex Marriage Ruling.”

“Pill mill doctor’s life sentence to be reconsidered, U.S. Supreme Court orders”: The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch has this report.

“Rare U.S. Supreme Court ruling keeps wife killer behind bars for life; Cypress businessman Marvin Vernis Smith could have walked free if the Supreme Court had not ruled the way it did”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Orange County Register.