Fifth Circuit affirms denial of qualified immunity to Louisiana prison officials in lawsuit filed by Albert Woodfox, who asserts that his nearly 39 years in solitary confinement persists indefinitely without justification or adequate procedural protections: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“County loses prayer appeal; Board’s next move: File petition asking 2013 injunction be lifted.” The Danville (Va.) Register & Bee has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court tosses Pittsylvania County board prayer case.”

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

“Myriad Loses Appeals Court Bid to Block Breast Cancer Tests”: Bloomberg News has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued today.

“The Senate Just Cemented Obama’s Judicial Legacy”: Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post has this report.

And today at “The White House Blog,” Neil Eggleston has a post titled “Judicial Nominations: Accomplishments and the Work That Lies Ahead.”

“Guantanamo not part of U.S.-Cuban bargain”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has a news update that begins, “The Obama administration has no intention of withdrawing from the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, despite the sudden shift in U.S.-Cuban relations.”

“Alabama Supreme Court gets dishonorable mention in tort reform group’s ‘Judicial Hellholes’ report”: AL.com has this article.

You can access at this link the American Tort Reform Foundation’s report titled “Judicial Hellholes 2014-2015.”

I usually don’t pay much attention to the substance of these reports, but a decision that I won on behalf of one of my appellate clients early this year in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is the subject of a “dishonorable mention” in this year’s report. I can’t say how reliable the rest of this report happens to be, but the report’s description of this particular case bears little resemblance to the case’s procedural posture and actual holdings.

My earlier coverage of the ruling can be accessed here and here.

“Texas takes aim at the First Amendment”: George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Must Texas Issue Confederate Flag License Plates?” Law professor Michael C. Dorf has this essay online today at Justia’s Verdict.

And also today, he has a related post at “Dorf on Law” titled “Informing the Reasonable Observer.”

“SCOTUSblog on camera: Dahlia Lithwick (Part two).” You can view the video via this link.

“Did ‘nuclear option’ boost Obama’s judicial appointments?” Al Kamen and Paul Kane have this entry today at the “In the Loop” blog of The Washington Post.

“Unless I’m missing something, this is an exceedingly strange opinion”: Today at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Orin Kerr has a post that begins, “I just read Judge Schwab’s opinion holding that Obama’s executive action on immigration is unconstitutional, and, well, yikes.”

“Court turns down Arizona on immigrant issue”: Lyle Denniston has this updated post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“What the D.C. Circuit isn’t Doing Today”: Joey Meyer and Kelly Landis have this post today at the “Text & History Blog” of the Constitutional Accountability Center.

“Stage Is Set For Supreme Court Marriage Showdown — If The Justices Want It”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed has this report.

“Catholic midwives must supervise abortions, Supreme Court decides; Catholic midwives Mary Doogan and Connie Wood lose case against being made to supervise other staff carrying out abortions”: The Telegraph (UK) has this news update.

The Guardian (UK) has a news update headlined “Catholic midwives’ abortion ruling overturned by supreme court; Judges rule against Mary Doogan and Concepta Wood, who brought case objecting to any involvement in abortions.”

The Daily Mail (UK) has a news update headlined “UK’s highest court rules two Catholic midwives can not object to being involved in abortions in landmark case.”

The Glasgow Evening Times reports that “Supreme Court overturns midwives abortion ruling; The UK’s highest court has overturned a ruling made in favour of two Catholic midwives who object to any involvement in abortion procedures.”

The Daily Record of Glasgow reports that “Catholic midwives from Glasgow lose abortion case at Supreme Court.”

And BBC News reports that “Catholic midwives lose abortion case at UK Supreme Court.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom at this link. And a related news release that the court issued can be accessed here.

“U.S. Says Judge Questioning Immigration Order Is Wrong”: Bloomberg News has this report.

“Who bankrolls the Illinois Supreme Court?” Robert A. Clifford had this op-ed recently in The Chicago Tribune.

“Jerry Brown calls criticism of Supreme Court pick ‘logically deficient'”: The Sacramento Bee has this report.

And at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog,” Jacob Gershman has a post titled “Gov. Brown Dismisses Criticism of Pick for State High Court.”

“The Slow Death of the Death Penalty: The public supports it, but the costs are lethal.” Maurice Chammah has this article online today at The Marshall Project, along with a related article headlined “Six Reasons the Death Penalty is Becoming More Expensive: Experts, experts and more experts.”

“Dick Cheney’s America: Of course Americans are OK with torture; Look at how we treat our prisoners.” Jamelle Bouie has this essay online at Slate.

“Constitutionality of Artists’ Royalty Law Challenged”: Pamela A. MacLean has this post on a case reargued yesterday before an eleven-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

On YouTube, you can view the en banc reargument via this link.

My earlier coverage of the case appears here and here.

“On Judicial Reputation: More Questions for Judge Posner.” Ronald K.L. Collins has this post today at “Concurring Opinions.”