“Constitutional Convention Gathers Some Steam”: Albert R. Hunt has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“Arguing Abortion”: Adam Gopnik has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Online threats case to show if U.S. justices are down with rap”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

The Guardian (UK) has an article headlined “When is a threat to kill a joke? Or art? Supreme court weighs online abuse; Should courts care what Anthony Elonis really meant when he said on Facebook that he wanted to make his wife a bloody corpse?”

Newsweek reports that “Supreme Court to Tackle Rap-Inspired Online Threats.”

And online at The Atlantic, law professor Garrett Epps has an essay titled “When Does the First Amendment Protect Threats? Many people don’t know where courts draw the line on what constitutes free speech — or what they mean by a ‘true threat.’”

“Is the Left Helping SCOTUS Destroy Obamacare? Dismissing the latest legal challenge as a debate over a typo could backfire.” Sam Baker has this article online at National Journal.

“At the Supreme Court, conflicts of interest are just a day at the office”: Gabe Roth will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

“Why Supreme Court Cases Are Marathons: Average Age for a Hearing Is Nearly Six Years.” Brent Kendall will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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

“Case Seeking Job Protections for Pregnant Women Heads to Supreme Court”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

And Richard Wolf of USA Today has an article headlined “Pregnant worker’s case to test justices’ ‘blind spot.’”

“Justices weigh limits of free speech over Internet”: Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has this report.

“Key questions in light of Supreme Court Justice Cote’s appointment”: In today’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail, Sean Fine has an article that begins, “Eight years ago, Prime Minister Stephen Harper created the first U.S.-style parliamentary hearing in which legislators could ask questions of the newest judge on the Supreme Court of Canada. Today, those hearings appear to be a relic of the past. This week, Mr. Harper appointed Montreal lawyer Suzanne Cote, 56, to the court, but will not hold a hearing for her.”

“At least $1.5M spent on Wheat-VanDyke Supreme Court race”: The Billings (Mont.) Gazette has this report.

“Ex-UPS driver’s pregnancy bias claim at high court”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

And in today’s edition of The New York Times, columnist Gail Collins has an op-ed titled “Doing Some Heavy Lifting.”

“Supreme Court challenge to Obamacare tax credits casts cloud over program’s future”: In Sunday’s edition of The Miami Herald, Marc Caputo will have an article that begins, “Nearly 900,000 Floridians could lose Obamacare tax subsidies under a new U.S. Supreme Court case, but state political leaders say they’re making no plans to deal with the potential fallout.”

“Why the Supreme Court should be the biggest issue of the 2016 campaign”: Paul Waldman has this entry at the “Plum Line” blog of The Washington Post.

“Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick gets appeals date”: The Detroit Free Press has this report.

And The Detroit News reports that “Court agrees to hear Kilpatrick, Ferguson appeals.”

“Texas to execute man who lawyers say is delusional”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Suit on Health Law Puts Focus on Funding Powers”: Robert Pear will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Argument preview: Social media as a crime scene.” Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Obama Pushed ‘Fullest Extent’ of His Powers on Immigration Plan”: Michael D. Shear and Julia Preston will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.

“America Tortured — And We Need to Shed Some Light on It: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s former lawyer speaks out.” Jason D. Wright has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Hacker Lexicon: What Is the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act?” Kim Zetter has this post today at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.

“Ginsburg back at home, expected at court next week”: Mark Sherman and Sam Hananel of The Associated Press have this report.

“Utah professor pushes for ‘drone court’ to approve U.S. strikes; University of Utah professor calls for a judicial review before the government targets a suspect”: This front page article appears in today’s edition of The Salt Lake Tribune.

“This judge is the reason we’re still fighting over net neutrality: All roads seem to lead to David S. Tatel.” Peter Weber of The Week has this report.

“The coming wave of anti-abortion laws: New GOP state legislatures will make access to abortion harder than ever.” Paige Winfield Cunningham of Politico.com has this report today.

“New Supreme Court of Canada appointee Suzanne Cote has national profile, known for taking on big cases”: Financial Post has this report.

Chris Hall of CBC News has a news analysis headlined “Suzanne Cote, Harper’s Supreme Court pick, soothes a self-inflicted wound; PM clearly in fence-mending mode these days.”

And in today’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail, Irwin Cotler has an op-ed titled “The dismantling of Supreme Court reform.”

“U.S. Supreme Court to hear Lehigh Valley Facebook threats case Monday”: Peter Hall has this front page article in today’s edition of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Online at Time magazine, Jack Linshi reports that “The Supreme Court Is About to Make a Big Decision About Facebook Free Speech.”

And online at USA Today, Erik Nielson has an essay titled “Poetic (In)justice: The Supreme Court is finally getting schooled in hip-hop; Music is not a threat to safety.”

“The Monitoring of Protests at the Supreme Court”: Gabe Roth has this letter to the editor in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Judge on the Spot”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Jerry Brown’s judges, no experience necessary”: Marshall Kilduff has this essay online at The San Francisco Chronicle.

“Harvard under fire: Does the university impose silent quotas against Asian-Americans?” The November 29, 2014 issue of The Economist magazine contains an article that begins, “In 1978 the Supreme Court, in the Bakke case, struck down racial quotas in higher education.”

“Netflix, Facebook, Twitter Voice Support for Google in ‘Innocence of Muslims’ Case”: Variety has this report.

You can access the amicus briefs filed in connection with the Ninth Circuit‘s upcoming rehearing en banc via this link.

“CV appeal granted in defamation case”: The Citizen’s Voice of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania has this report.

And The Times Leader of Wilkes-Barre reports that “State Supreme Court to hear Citizen’s Voice $3.5 million defamation case appeal.”

You can access Tuesday’s order granting allowance of appeal of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

“Should Tour Guides Be Licensed?” Newsweek has this report.

“Alleged Internet threats key in case before high court”: Chris Mondics has this article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

And at The Verge, Sarah Jeong has an article headlined “The Supreme Court is about to tackle online threats for the first time; A case about violent Facebook posts could change how internet speech is prosecuted.”

“Facebook Threats Go to High Court in Hip-Hop Free-Speech Case”: David McLaughlin of Bloomberg News has this report.