“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.

“McCaffery ordered to turn in court-issued equipment”: In Wednesday’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Angela Couloumbis and Jeremy Roebuck will have an article that begins, “The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday told Justice Seamus P. McCaffery to turn over computers and other court-issued equipment, and moved swiftly to cancel the Internet service it provides at McCaffery’s Northeast Philadelphia home.”

And in Wednesday’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Brad Bumsted will have an article headlined “Justice blames feud for his ouster; chief of court admits he did seek to remove him.”

“Federal appeals court overturns conviction in D.C. child sex predator case”: The Washington Times has this news update reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

“Foreign Chefs Get Treat in Court’s Visa Ruling; Appeals Judges Find Brazilian Steakhouse’s Cooks Have Specialized Knowledge”: Joe Palazzolo will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

And at the “Federal Eye” blog of The Washington Post, Jerry Markon and Tim Carman have an entry titled “Fogo de Chao wins meaty case in visa fight with Homeland Security.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“Appeals Court Rejects Police Handcuffing of Elementary Student”: Mark Walsh has this post at the “School Law” blog of Education Week.

“Puerto Rico Federal Judge: Only Supreme Court Can Allow Same-Sex Marriage.” Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed has this report.

“Washington Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Backpage Case”: Boise State Public Radio has this report.

KIRO-TV reports that “Backpage.com lawsuit could have major effect on sex trafficking.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Backpage.com ask high court to throw out lawsuit.”

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg gets ready for her close-up”: Politico.com has this report.

“Corbett in Phila. signs ‘Mumia bill'”: Joe Dolinsky of The Philadelphia Inquirer has a news update that begins, “Just a few feet from the site where Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner was gunned down by Mumia Abu-Jamal in 1981, Gov. Corbett on Tuesday signed into law a bill that would censor former offenders from causing victims mental anguish.”

“Pa. Justice McCaffery agrees to drop suit against Inquirer”: The Philadelphia Inquirer has a news update that begins, “State Supreme Court Justice Seamus P. McCaffery agreed Tuesday to withdraw his defamation suit against The Inquirer for articles detailing how his wife collected lucrative referral fees from personal-injury law firms while serving as his judicial aide.”

“McCaffery, Rapaport Drop Defamation Suit”: Gina Passarella of The Legal Intelligencer has this news update. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Seamus McCaffery adviser: No official misconduct charge expected.”