“Obama Could Reaffirm a Bush-Era Reading of a Treaty on Torture”: Charlie Savage will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Judge Edith Jones and the dismissal of the ethics complaint”: Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf has this post today at his “Hercules and the Umpire” blog.

“First porn, now threats?” In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Daily News, David Gambacorta has an article that begins, “Hey, how do you like your judicial porn scandals? If you answered ‘ever-worsening and increasingly juvenile,’ you’re in luck!”

“Supreme Court’s 2014 term off to a stealthy start”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“Supreme Court Allows Texas to Use Voter ID Law”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court allows Texas to use voter ID law.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court allows Texas to enforce strict voter ID law.”

The Washington Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court clears the way for Texas voter ID law.”

Sam Hananel of The Associated Press reports that “Justices allow Texas use of new voter ID law.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Texas Voter-ID Law Allowed by U.S. Supreme Court.”

Reuters reports that “Supreme Court denies request to block Texas voter ID law.”

The Texas Tribune has a report headlined “U.S. Supreme Court: Texas Can Enforce Voter ID Law.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “The Court won’t interrupt Texas voter ID law.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the dissent therefrom, at this link.

“VeriFone has $15.4 mln verdict tossed by federal appeals court”: Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued today.

“Appeals Court Overturns Important Fair Use Win Concerning University ‘E-Reserves’ — But Potentially For Good Reasons”: Mike Masnick has this post at Techdirt.

“Supreme Court denies emergency stay; state holiday delays Alaska same-sex marriages”: Alaska Dispatch News has this report.

Massive Eleventh Circuit educational fair use copyright decision issued on a Friday produces a dearth of initial online coverage and analysis: Today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a 129-page ruling in Cambridge Univ. Press v. Patton.

At the blog “Scholarly Communications @ Duke,” Kevin Smith has a post titled “A reversal for Georgia State.”

The district court ruling that today’s Eleventh Circuit decision reverses weighed-in at 347 pages. James Grimmelmann had this post about the district court’s ruling two days after the decision issued. Perhaps not surprisingly, the case also has its own Wikipedia page.

“Florida Supreme Court rules in favor of Debra Lafave”: The Tampa Bay Times has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Florida issued yesterday.

“Sewell sets deadline for Fuller’s resignation”: Mary Troyan of The Montgomery Advertiser has this news update reporting on an op-ed titled “No Tolerance for Domestic Violence” that U.S. Representative Terri Sewell (D-AL) published today in that newspaper.

And in related news, AL.com reports that “Federal Judge Mark Fuller’s divorce records to be unsealed.”

In news from the Third Circuit: I am pleased to report that today the majority on a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in my client’s favor in the appeal that I argued on September 9, 2014. You can access the decision at this link.

Last month, Matt Fair of Law360.com reported on the oral argument in an article headlined “3rd Circ. Asked To Revive Genaera ‘Fire Sale’ Investor Row” (subscription required for full access).

“Another Justice says McCaffery threatened to link him to e-mails”: Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this news update.

In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Daily News, Chris Brennan has an article headlined “The political porn circus adds a 3rd ring.”

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a news update headlined “Pennsylvania Justice Eakin dragged into lewd email scandal; accuses McCaffery of blackmail.”

The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has a news update headlined “Colleague says Pa. Supreme Court justice in porn email case threatened he was: ‘not going down alone.’”

And Philadelphia Magazine has a blog post titled “Pa. Supreme Court Justice: McCaffery Threatened to Release Emails; Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin received explicit email forwards at a Yahoo! email account; He says Justice Seamus McCaffery had threatened to release them earlier.”

Programming note: On Friday morning, I will be attending an oral argument on post-trial motions in a case on which I am working. Additional posts will appear here on Friday afternoon.

“Will the Supremes Finally Rule? Another housing discrimination case is ripe.” Terry Eastland has this article in the October 27, 2014 issue of The Weekly Standard.

“Government’s stance on assisted-suicide runs into skepticism from Supreme Court”: In today’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail, Sean Fine has an article that begins, “The federal government defended the criminalizing of assisted suicide and said it sought to protect disabled people from a ‘prevalent bias’ that their lives have less value than those of other people, as it urged the Supreme Court to reject doctor-assisted death for the second time in 20 years.”

“11th Circ. Tosses $6M Engle Verdict Over Alcohol Evidence”: Law360.com has a report (subscription required for full access) that begins, “The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday overturned a nearly $6 million verdict against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in a case that was once part of the historic Engle class action, finding a trial judge improperly excluded key evidence about a deceased smoker’s alcohol use.”

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

“Fate Of Obama’s Judicial Nominees Unclear Under GOP-Controlled Senate”: Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post has this report today.

And at Bloomberg View, Jonathan Bernstein has an essay titled “Question Day: Would Republicans Block Court Picks?”

“Marshall Islands nuke suit against U.S. gets Nobel winners’ support”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this blog post today.

In jurisprudence essays recently posted online at Slate: Today, Dahlia Lithwick has an essay titled “Injunction Junction: What is the Supreme Court thinking behind its unfathomable silence?”

Yesterday, Mark Joseph Stern had an essay titled “Justice for Sale: The Supreme Court is poised to make judicial elections even more corrupt.”

And on Tuesday, Dahlia Lithwick had an essay titled “This Year’s Most Outrageous Anti-Abortion Strategy: Tennessee out-crazies all the other states with its proposed constitutional amendment.”

“Florida high court puts limits on phone tracking”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Florida issued today.

“New coed guard duty causing ruckus at Guantanamo high-value prison”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

“Results from independent redistricting are mixed”: The Associated Press has this report.

In papers of interest recently posted at SSRN: Law professor A. E. Dick Howard has posted online an article titled “The Changing Face of the Supreme Court” (via “Legal Theory Blog“).

Law professor Steven G. Calabresi has posted online a paper titled “Gay Marriage and the Fourteenth Amendment” (via “Legal Theory Blog“).

Law professor John E. Campbell has posted online an article titled “Unprotected Class: Five Years, Five Judges, and Wholesale Changes to Class Action Law” (via “Legal Theory Blog“).

Law professor Anil Kalhan has posted online an article titled “Stop and Frisk, Judicial Independence, and the Ironies of Improper Appearances” (via “Legal Theory Blog“).

Law professor Steven J. Willis and Hans G. Tanzler IV have posted online a paper titled “Obama Care Fails the Origination Clause: Why Sissel and Hotze Should Be Reversed” (via “Legal Theory Blog“).

Law professor Jason Mazzone has posted online a paper titled “Obamacare and Problems of Legal Scholarship” (via “Legal Theory Blog“).

And law professor Dan T. Coenen has posted online an article titled “The Commerce Power and Congressional Mandates” (via “Legal Theory Blog“).

“Clement Marks Milestone of 75 Supreme Court Arguments”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

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

“McCaffery apologizes for porn e-mail, accuses Castille of ‘cooked-up controversy'”: Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this news update.

The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has a news update headlined “Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery apologizes for ‘lapse in judgment’ regarding pornographic emails.”

The Associated Press reports that “Justice sorry for porn email, blasts colleague.”

Mark Abrams of KYW Newsradio reports that “Pa. Supreme Court Justice McCaffery Says He’s Being Railroaded by Chief Justice.”

Philadelphia Magazine has a blog post titled “McCaffery Sorry for Porn Emails, Rips Pa. Chief Justice; Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery said he ‘erred’ in sending pornographic emails; He also ripped his colleague, Chief Justice Ron Castille.”

And PoliticsPA reports that “Justice McCaffery Responds, Slams Chief Justice Castille.”

“Court decision halts same-sex marriages as Alaska seeks higher court decision”: Alaska Dispatch News has this report.

You can access yesterday’s order of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granting a temporary stay at this link.

“Arkansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Voter ID Law, Saying It Exceeds State Constitution”: This article appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Arkansas News Bureau reports that “State Supreme Court strikes down voter ID law.”

USA Today reports that “Arkansas high court invalidates voter ID.”

Reuters reports that “Arkansas Supreme Court strikes down state’s voter ID law.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Arkansas high court strikes down voter ID law.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Arkansas at this link.

“Supreme Court leaves its mark on the midterms”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.

“Texas Abortion Clinics to Reopen Despite a Future in Legal Limbo”: Erik Eckholm has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Something Happening Here”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Court review ties McCaffery to 230 porn e-mails”: Angela Couloumbis and Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer have a news update that begins, “Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery sent or received more than 230 e-mails containing sexually explicit content between late 2008 and mid-2012 — including some messages sent to the state e-mail accounts of government employees, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the court’s chief justice.”

Karen Langley of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a news update headlined “Justice Castille: McCaffery had 234 pornographic emails; Third Pennsylvania official, Randy Feathers, steps down over email scandal.”

Brad Bumsted of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update headlined “Castille: No justices except McCaffery involved in porn scandal.”

And The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has a news update headlined “Review shows one Supreme Court justice sent or received sexually explicit emails: Chief justice.”

“Another Ariz. immigration law shot down by 9th Circuit; The law deemed class 4 felonies as serious crimes”: Michael Kiefer of The Arizona Republic has a news update that begins, “Another of Arizona’s immigration laws was struck down today when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unconstitutional a law denying bond to undocumented immigrants charged with ‘serious’ crimes.”

Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has a news update headlined “Ruling voids Arizona ban on bail for some immigrants.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court tosses Arizona’s no-bail law for immigrants.”

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

“Opponents ask U.S. Supreme Court to block Texas voter ID law”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“Supreme Court weighs generic drug dispute”: Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has this report.

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Teva Gets Mixed Reception at U.S. High Court on Copaxone.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court justices divided over Teva patent battle.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Argument analysis: If gut feelings could control….”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc., No. 13-854.

In earlier commentary, online today at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman had an essay titled “Ready for a Patented Supreme Court Smackdown?”