“Libertarians and Conservatives Battle Over the Supreme Court: Holmes, Brandeis and Frankfurter — the most overrated justices in our history — had not the foggiest notions of the Constitution.” In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, law professor Michael Greve had this review of Damon Root‘s new book, “Overruled: The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court.”

You can freely access the full text of the book review via Google.

“The NFL Concussion Settlement: Class Action Exploitation.” Law professor Howard Erichson has this post today at the “Mass Tort Litigation Blog.”

“Prosecutor asks Pa. high court to reinstate Lynn conviction”: The Philadelphia Inquirer has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Pennsylvania court weighs priest abuse case.”

“Lawyer who defended ex-Judge Thomas Porteous hired for Obama lawsuit, WSJ reports”: Andy Grimm of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.

“Court bars state from curbing sex offenders’ Internet privacy”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this news update.

Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “9th Circuit says sex offender Internet rules violate free speech.”

And at her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “Sex Offender Free Speech Ruling Upheld.”

My earlier coverage of today’s Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Srinivasan Tells Del. Audience of U.S. Supreme Court Experiences”: Jeff Mordock will have this article in tomorrow’s edition of Delaware Law Weekly.

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

“Gilbert religious sign fight headed for Supreme Court”: Howard Fischer of The Arizona Capitol Times has this report today.

“Inverted equal protection: same-sex marriage at the Sixth Circuit (Part II, rational-basis review).” Dale Carpenter has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“There Is No ‘Glitch’ in Obamacare: Liberals need to stop recycling a dangerous piece of conservative spin.” Simon Lazarus has this essay online today at The New Republic.

“Fast-tracked bill would shield execution drug”: The Associated Press has this report from Ohio.

Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal is reporting: He has an article headlined “Fresh Look At Cameras In High Court; Grassley urged to renew push for transparency” (free access via Google) and a Supreme Court Brief titled “Sotomayor Sees Return to Trial Courts After Retirement” (free access via Google).

“High-stakes suit pits ranchers against water-sampling greens”: Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report.

“Turley Agrees to Serve as Lead Counsel for House of Representatives in Constitutional Challenge”: Law professor Jonathan Turley has this post today at his blog.

In news coverage, Politico.com reports that “GOP hires legal scholar to oversee Obama lawsuit.”

The Hill reports that “Boehner hires new lawyer for Obama suit.”

WSJ.com’s “Washington Wire” has a post titled “House Republicans Hire Jonathan Turley to Pursue Obama Lawsuit.”

And Vox.com reports that “Boehner finally found a lawyer to sue Obama.”

“California Can’t Enforce Rules Tracking Sex Offenders Online”: Karen Gullo of Bloomberg News has this report on the ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“U.S. court to rehear Africa ‘conflict minerals’ disclosure rule”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report on an order granting panel rehearing that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

“Hijinks in the Ninth Circuit Clerk’s Office?” Ed Whelan has this post today at National Review Online’s “Bench Memos” blog.

If anyone connected with the Ninth Circuit wishes to offer any response, I will be glad to post it here in full.

“Appeal pending for Missouri man awaiting execution”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Whether New Orleans’s tour-guide licensing requirements violate the First Amendment.” So asks a petition for writ of certiorari that the Institute for Justice filed today in the U.S. Supreme Court.

A related news release that the organization issued today can be accessed here.

Update: In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “High court asked to rule on tour-guide licensing.”

“Sunnyvale gun law up in the air in federal appeals court”: Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this report.

And Courthouse News Service reports that “9th Circuit Hears Arguments on Ammo Law.” (This article’s identification of the judges on the oral argument panel seems a little creative, to say the least.)

You can access via this link the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

“High court allows delta water contracts to be challenged”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“Nurses take Michigan gay marriage case to high court”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Detroit Free Press.

Today’s edition of The Detroit News contains an article headlined “Michigan couple take gay marriage plea to high court.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Same-sex marriage: A simple appeal.”

“Key abortion lawsuit judge recuses himself”: On Saturday, The Cincinnati Enquirer posted this article online.

“Certiorari Practices When Lower Federal Courts Hold State Laws Unconstitutional”: Michael Dorf had this post yesterday at his “Dorf on Law” blog.

“There is no such thing as objective judging”: Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan on Being Jewish Justices”: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly has posted this video online at YouTube.

“Copyright for APIs is going to be a disaster and only the Supreme Court can stop it”: Timothy B. Lee has this post today at Vox.com.

“Judge Pamela Harris and the Fourth Circuit’s Collaborative Culture”: Derek Stikeleather has this post today at the “Maryland Appellate Blog.”

“Appeals court blocks LePage’s MaineCare cuts for young people; The ruling preserves health coverage for about 6,000 of Maine’s 19- and 20-year-olds, which costs the state roughly $4 million a year”: Today’s edition of The Portland Press Herald contains this report.

The Bangor Daily News reports that “Federal appeals court rejects LePage administration attempt to trim Medicaid rolls.”

And Reuters reports that “U.S. court rejects Maine’s effort to trim Medicaid rolls.”

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

“Suit Alleges Race-Based Discrimination in Harvard Admissions Practices”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Harvard Crimson.

“Samuel Alito v. The Press”: Ed O’Keefe of CNN.com has this interesting report.