“Amicus: Rapper’s Intent — Dahlia Lithwick talks to a scholar about how courts have interpreted rap lyrics, and hears from the lawyer who argued this week’s pregnancy discrimination case Young v. UPS.” You can access episode seven of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

Access online the contents of the December 2014 issue of the Harvard Law Review: Via this link.

“No Momentum for Reinstating Judicial Filibuster”: Ed Whelan has this post today at National Review Online’s “Bench Memos” blog.

“After they rule against you, leave jurors alone”: Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf has this post today at his “Hercules and the Umpire” blog.

“Constitution Check: Is the Court going to take the country back to the ‘Lochner era’?” Lyle Denniston had this post yesterday at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Dollree Mapp, Who Defied Police Search in Landmark Case, Is Dead”: This obituary appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“On Free Expression & the First Amendment — More Questions for Judge Posner”: Ronald K.L. Collins has this post today at “Concurring Opinions.”

Programming note: For the second morning in a row, an appeal on which I have worked is being argued in the Pa. Superior Court. As a result, additional posts will appear here this afternoon.

At some point this morning, “Concurring Opinions” is scheduled to post the next installment of its ongoing interview with Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner.