“No rush to judgment for Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this article.

“Montana’s hottest race may be for state Supreme Court”: The Missoulian has this report.

“First Amendment Rights for Adjuncts”: Inside Higher Ed has a report that begins, “A college can’t fire an adjunct professor for criticizing it, so long as the issues raised are matters of public concern and the adjunct has reasonable expectation of continued employment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Thursday in a decision regarding Moraine Valley Community College in Illinois.”

And FIRE reports that “Seventh Circuit Rules in Favor of Adjunct Professor Terminated for Speech.”

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

“Abortion law upheld by minority vote”: Will Baude has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

My earlier related post can be accessed here.

“Satanists, Scott Walker, & Contraception: A Partial Account of Hobby Lobby’s Implications for State Law.” Kara Loewentheil has posted this article online at SSRN (via “Legal Theory Blog“).

“Stem cell patent to reach Supreme Court”: Yesterday’s edition of The San Diego Union-Tribune contained this article.

And business columnist Michael Hiltzik of The Los Angeles Times has an essay titled “Can scientists patent life? The question returns to the Supreme Court.”

You can view the petition for writ of certiorari filed yesterday at the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Pa. Supreme Court will operate without a tie-breaker for the remainder of 2014”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

“Argument preview: Court edges close to the Mideast cauldron.” Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”