“Shifting Politics on the Death Penalty”: This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Loretta Lynch questioned over secret deal depriving fraud victims of $40M; Probe of Obama attorney general nominee sought over secret deals for cooperators”: Jim McElhatton of The Washington Times has a lengthy article that begins, “More than a year before President Obama nominated federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch to be attorney general, a former federal judge quietly called on Congress to investigate her U.S. attorney’s office for trampling on victims’ rights.”

“Under the influence: 800 years of the Magna Carta; It settled a dispute between the king and the one-percenters 800 years ago — and remains critically important today.” Brian Bethune has this essay online at Maclean’s.

“British and Dutch researchers develop new form of lie-detector test; Polygraph replacement could be in use in police stations around the world within a decade”: The Guardian (UK) has this article. You can access the research paper at this link.

“Bring the Supreme Court into the 21st century by allowing cameras in the chamber”: This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Washington Post.

“The Constitution According to Justices Scalia and Thomas: Alive and Kickin’.” Law professor Eric J. Segall has this article in the current issue of the Washington University Law Review.

“US lawyer Alan Dershowitz threatens charges over sex claim”: BBC News has this report.

“How Florida’s gay-marriage advocates won the day — and in just 18 months”: This front page article appears in today’s edition of The Miami Herald.

And this evening, the newspaper has a related news update headlined “Jeb Bush on court-ordered gay marriages in Florida: ‘It ought to be a local decision.’”

“Judge candidates’ free-speech rights at issue before the Supreme Court”: Robert Barnes will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Pa. justices split on text messages as evidence of drug trade”: Peter Hall has this article in today’s edition of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Last Tuesday’s affirmance by an equally divided Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consisted of a per curiam order, an opinion in support of affirmance, and two opinions in support of reversal (here and here).

“Judges talking with former jurors after the verdict”: Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf has this post today at his “Hercules and the Umpire” blog.

“Michigan’s 2nd-longest-serving justice says goodbye”: David Eggert of The Associated Press has an article that begins, “Michael Cavanagh is retiring from the Michigan Supreme Court as the second-longest-serving justice in state history, one whose 32-year tenure led to his participation in just over 2,000 opinions in which the court typically set legal precedents.”

“Disgraced coal baron Blankenship of Massey Energy symbolized lethal greed”: Brian Bowling has this front page article in today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

“Rural county at center of gay marriage fight”: News Service of Florida has this report.

“Republicans in state governments plan juggernaut of conservative legislation”: Reid Wilson of The Washington Post has an article that begins, “Legislators in the 24 states where Republicans now hold total control plan to push a series of aggressive policy initiatives in the coming year aimed at limiting the power of the federal government and rekindling the culture wars.”

“Lawmakers to SCOTUS: Get with the times.” Mario Trujillo of The Hill has this report today.

“Mexico Supreme Court elects career judge as president”: Reuters has this report.

“Court: Some poker machines are games of skill, not chance.” Joseph A. Slobodzian has this article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Last month’s non-precedential ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion and a dissenting opinion.