“Obama nominees in doubt: Democrats pushed through dozens in December, but Republicans have all the leverage now.” Burgess Everett of Politico.com has this report.

“Ruling could get man off death row for drug-related killing”: Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has this news update reporting on the ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Dumping judges at the polls emerges as a high-stakes political drama”: Brad Cooper of The Kansas City Star has this report.

“High court justice still unsure about violent video game ruling”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

In the January 2015 issue of ABA Journal magazine: Mark Walsh has an article headlined “Does the First Amendment allow church to violate town’s sign code? SCOTUS to decide.”

Lorelei Laird has an article headlined “American Indians challenging eagle feather rules get a boost from ‘Hobby Lobby.’”

William C. Smith has an article headlined “International law bar takes aim at overbroad bans on Shariah law.”

And the new installment of Bryan A. Garner’s “On Words” consists of a Magna Carta style guide.

“[W]e conclude that SORNA’s registration requirements violate juvenile offenders’ due process rights by utilizing the irrebuttable presumption that all juvenile offenders ‘pose a high risk of committing additional sexual offenses'”: Today’s 5-to-1 ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion and a dissenting opinion.

Update: In early news coverage, Matt Miller of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “Lifetime registration mandate for juvenile sex offenders is unconstitutional, Pa. Supreme Court says.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Pa. court upholds York County ruling sparing juveniles from Megan’s Law registration.”

“Ultrasound issue headed to the Court”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Court panel a blow to Texas abortion providers”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has this news update.

“The Promethean Posner — An Interview with the Judge’s Biographer”: Ronald K.L. Collins has this post today at “Concurring Opinions.”

“The peril of sounding manly: A look at vocal characteristics of lawyers before the United States Supreme Court.” Daniel Chen, Yosh Halberstam, and Alan Yu have written this preliminary draft article (via New Scientist, which links to this abstract of the article).

“Emailed porn shakes up state courts as marriage equality sweeps Pennsylvania”: Peter Hall has this article in today’s edition of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

“Southern Honeymoon: Will Same-Sex Marriage Conquer the Deep South?” Amy Davidson has this Comment in the Talk of the Town section of the January 5, 2015 issue of The New Yorker.

“Supreme Court To Hear Case Against Obamacare In 2015”: This audio segment featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”