“Judge’s One Wrong Word Overturns 50-Year Sentence”: Pamela A. MacLean has this post at her “Trial Insider” blog reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

And in other coverage, Courthouse News Service reports that “Judge’s Error Leads 9th Circuit to Grant Habeas.”

“Free bird”: Benjamin Gould has this post today at his blog, “Appellate Briefs,” discussing a ruling that the U.S .Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

“The Supreme Court’s devotees go DIY”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“2014 Supreme Court Roundup: An explanation of the Court’s affirmations of our right not to go along.” Michael Stokes Paulsen has this article in the November 2014 issue of First Things.

“The Political Scene: President Obama’s Judicial Legacy.” The New Yorker has posted online this podcast featuring Jeffrey Toobin.

“Driver smashes Oklahoma Ten Commandments statue”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Authorities say someone drove across the Oklahoma Capitol lawn and knocked over a Ten Commandments monument that a group has been suing to have removed, smashing it to pieces.”

And The Oklahoman has a news update headlined “Car smashes Ten Commandments monument outside Capitol building; A car smashed into the Ten Commandments statue outside the Oklahoma State Capitol building Thursday night.”

“Saab * * * sued General Motors Company for tortious interference with economic expectancy under Michigan law, claiming that GM made public statements that caused a transaction between Saab and a Chinese investor to fall through, thereby driving Saab into bankruptcy.” Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a ruling that affirmed a district court’s order dismissing Saab’s lawsuit.

“Supreme Court Becomes Night Court in October of Oddities”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Why I am also #waitingforSutton”: Kevin C. Walsh has this post today at the “Mirror of Justice” blog.

“Tort Blowout Preventer: An opportunity for the Supreme Court to clarify class-action law.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

You can freely access the full text of the editorial via Google.

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

“Brownback doubles down on statements that justice hosted Davis event; Kansas State Troopers PAC endorses Davis”: The Topeka Capital-Journal has an article that begins, “Republican Gov. Sam Brownback doubled down Thursday on a TV ad and statement he made during a debate earlier this week charging a Kansas Supreme Court justice had hosted a fundraiser for his Democratic challenger.”

“If GOP takes back Senate, will parties flip views on filibuster, again?” Jack Pitney has this blog post online today at The Christian Science Monitor.

“Michigan Supreme Court rejects motion to reconsider ‘juvenile lifers’ ruling”: MLive.com has this report.

“Omar Khadr wins right to expand lawsuit against Ottawa; A Federal Court ruling means Omar Khadr can significantly expand his $20-million civil lawsuit in which he accuses Ottawa of complicity in what he claims was his torture at the hands of the Americans”: The Canadian Press has this report.

“Suspended Pa. Supreme Court Justice McCaffery won’t be charged over wife’s referral fees”: The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has this report.

And in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Daily News, columnist Christine M. Flowers has an essay titled “Judging judges who shouldn’t be judging.”

“Sixth Circuit agrees to rehear ‘heckler’s veto’ decision”: Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

You can view yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link. My earlier coverage of the divided three-judge panel’s now-vacated ruling in the case can be accessed here.

“On Race and Voter ID, John Roberts Wants It Both Ways; Once, the chief justice said the only way to stop discriminating on race was to stop discrimination on race; Now his tune isn’t so clear”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.