“US justices could toss legislative maps in AZ”: Howard Fischer has this article in today’s edition of The Arizona Daily Star.

“More Brains”: Jeffrey Toobin has this “The Bench” essay in the November 24, 2014 issue of The New Yorker.

“’20th hijacker’ seeks role in civil terror cases”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Clinic petitions N.D. Supreme Court for rehearing on medication abortion law”: The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, North Dakota recently had this report.

My earlier coverage can be accessed here.

“Marshall Project Kicks Off With Look at Legal Delays”: This article will appear in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

The Marshall Project posted online today the second part of its kick-off series, headlined “Death by Deadline, Part Two: When lawyers stumble, only their clients fall.”

“Gov. Jerry Brown lets state Supreme Court vacancy linger”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has a news update that begins, “The California Supreme Court, which is supposed to have seven justices, has had only six for more than seven months, an interval that may be unprecedented and is at least the longest in a half century. The reason is inaction by Gov. Jerry Brown.”

“Priests for Life group to defy court’s birth control ruling; Objects to Obamacare access mandate”: Tom Howell Jr. of The Washington Times has a report that begins, “A Catholic priest’s group says it will defy an appeals court’s order that it comply with Obamacare’s mandate to provide birth control coverage for its employees, rejecting the judges’ Friday ruling.”

Thank you #AJEI14 for a wonderful conference: It was a pleasure visiting Dallas and spending time with so many experienced appellate attorneys and appellate judges who are fans of this blog!

Additional posts will appear here either tonight or tomorrow morning. Between now and then, I am traveling back to Philadelphia.

“Florida begins appeal of decision allowing same-sex marriage”: The Miami Herald has this report.

You can access the brief for appellants, filed Friday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, at this link.

“The ‘religious inclinations’ concurrence: an explanation from Judge Bauer himself.” Will Baude has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

The Marshall Project’s web site has launched: You can access it at this link.

Two interesting new articles are titled “Death by Deadline, Part One: How bad lawyering and an unforgiving law cost condemned men their last appeal” and “Dying in Attica: An aging bank robber faces the end.”

In posts of interest from Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf at his “Hercules and the Umpire” blog: Yesterday he had a post titled “On the creation of Circuit splits.”

And today, he has a very interesting post titled “I am going to kill you!”

“Examining Crawford after a decade”: Douglas A. Berman had this post yesterday at his “Sentencing Law and Policy: blog.

“In Alabama, Still Segregating Voters by Race”: Kenneth Jost has this post today at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“More Federal Agencies Are Using Undercover Operations”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains a front page article whose second paragraph reports that “At the Supreme Court, small teams of undercover officers dress as students at large demonstrations outside the courthouse and join the protests to look for suspicious activity, according to officials familiar with the practice.”

“Loretta Lynch: From Durham to Washington, a quiet, effective career.” This front page article appears in today’s edition of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina.

“His mouth where his money is: Larry Lessig’s righteous crusade.” James Warren has this essay in today’s edition of The New York Daily News.

“Supreme Court sessions to be broadcast live; Justice Minister Livni, Chief Justice Grunis approve implementation of broadcasting, recording Supreme Court sessions starting Tuesday”: ynet news.com has this report from Israel.

“State wasting no time in starting new appellate court”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Las Vegas Review-Journal.

“Legal views of same-sex marriage, like public opinion, have evolved”: Mark Morris will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The Kansas City Star.

“‘Fifth Circuit Reverses Lower Court and Restores Mississippi Disclosure Requirements'”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog” about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Over lengthy dissents, en banc Eleventh Circuit shuts 2255 door to claims based on advisory guideline misapplication”: At his “Sentencing Law and Policy” blog, Douglas A. Berman has this post about a 5-to-4 en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.

“Judge Kara Farnandez Stoll”: On Wednesday at “Patently-O,” Dennis Crouch had a post that begins, “The White House has announced the nomination of Kara Farnandez Stoll to fill the empty seat on the Federal Circuit Bench left by Judge Rader’s retirement in June 2014.”

The official White House announcement concerning the nominee can be accessed here.

“Appeals court declines to reinstate suits challenging West Virginia, Maryland strip searches”: The Associated Press has this report on two rulings (here and here) that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“Author Michael Lewis prevails in ‘Big Short’ libel appeal”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on the ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“Split court backs police’s powers to share wiretaps with foreign nations”: Sean Fine of The Toronto Globe and Mail has this news update.

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada at this link.

“Jailed American in Cuba loses appeal in case vs. U.S. government”: Reuters has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court rules against imprisoned American.”

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

“Video-Streaming Patent Falls in Win for Google, Banks”: Susan Decker of Bloomberg News has this report.

Reuters reports that “Tech firms win as U.S. appeals court reverses itself, cancels patent.”

And at “Patently-O,” Dennis Crouch has a post titled “Federal Circuit: Novelty in Implementation of an Abstract Idea Insufficient to Overcome Alice.”

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

“Pfander on Bruhl on the Supreme Court and Lower-Court Precedent”: Adam Steinman has this post today at the “Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog.”

“Judge, gay-marriage foe clash over rulings”: The Louisville Courier-Journal has this report.

And today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center, Doug Kendall and Brianne Gorod have a post titled “Judge Sutton’s Loving Problem.”

“SCOTUS Per Curiam Procedure Decisions Raise (At Least) As Many Questions As They Settle”: Michael Dorf has this post today at “Dorf on Law.”

“Supreme Court Justices Are Not Really Judges: They don’t take the law seriously enough.” Law professor Eric Segall has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.

“Same-sex couples file Supreme Court appeal”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Gay marriage supporters ask U.S. Supreme Court to take new cases.”

Adam Liptak of The New York Times has a news update headlined “Same-Sex Couples Petition Supreme Court on Right to Marriage.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “First challenge to Sixth Circuit on same-sex marriage.”

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

“Appeals court rejects religious challenge to Obamacare”: Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

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