“Reining in the Purcell Principle”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has posted this draft article online at SSRN.

“A Boston Bombing Gets a Boston Trial”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Obama Nears Goal for Guantanamo With Faster Pace of Releases”: Helene Cooper will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Elite Lawyers Before the Justices”: These letters to the editor will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“NY court hears case of teen’s brain kept for autopsy”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “New York’s highest court was urged Monday to require medical examiners to inform families when they return autopsied bodies without certain organs.”

“New California Supreme Court Justices Sworn-In Monday”: Capital Public Radio of Sacramento, California has a report that begins, “Leondra Kruger and Mariano-Florentino Cuellar were sworn in as California Supreme Court justices by Governor Jerry Brown.”

And in earlier coverage, last month The Sacramento Bee posted online an article headlined “Chief justice expects chattier California Supreme Court.”

“Career in government service leads to Solicitor General’s office for Ilana Eisenstein L’04”: The University of Pennsylvania Law School issued this news release today.

“Judge Emilio M. Garza retired on January 5, 2015”: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit posted this notice to its home page today. This retirement does not create a vacancy on that court, because Judge Garza had previously taken senior status.

“Time for defendants to reassess risk in data breach class actions?” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

“The Volokh Conspiracy, past and present”: Orin Kerr has this follow-up post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“James Risen, in Tense Testimony, Refuses to Offer Clues on Sources”: Matt Apuzzo of The New York Times has this news update.

Matt Zapotosky of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Reporter not asked to reveal source on witness stand.”

And Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “NYT’s James Risen pushes back in hearing on leaks.”

“U.S. appeals court to hear arguments on Texas abortion restrictions”: Reuters has this report.

“Filibusters by Democrats Are Still Filibusters”: Jonathan Bernstein has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“Court rules against Pa. list of juvenile sex offenders”: Ben Finley has this front page article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

And in last Friday’s edition of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Peter Hall had an article headlined “Lifetime registration for juvenile sex offenders ruled unconstitutional.”

My earlier coverage of last month’s Pa. Supreme Court ruling — including links to the opinions — can be accessed here.

“Times Reporter Risen Tells Judge He Won’t Testify on CIA Source”: Andrew Zajac of Bloomberg News has this report.

The Associated Press reports that “NYT reporter refuses to answer questions in CIA leak case.”

And Reuters reports that “NY Times reporter questioned in court in CIA leak case.”

“Kagan’s Words Echo at the Supreme Court 19 Years Later”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“A strike against rent-seeking”: Columnist George F. Will recently had this op-ed in The Washington Post.

“Dershowitz Denies Allegations of Sexual Relations with Minor”: Andrew M. Duehren has this article in today’s edition of The Harvard Crimson.

“Linda Greenhouse and Jonathan Turley discuss the relationship between courts and the press”: ABA Journal has posted this podcast online today.

“Justices, Referees, and Umpires: The Role of Discretion in Sports and Supreme Court Decisions.” Eric Segall has this post today at the blog “Dorf on Law.”

“SCOTUS Heads Toward the Cliff: Conservatives have made the Supreme Court radical; But not radical enough for libertarians.” Michael O’Donnell has this review of two new books in the January/February 2015 issue of Washington Monthly.

“Reader poll on changes at the Volokh Conspiracy”: Orin Kerr has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Afterword: Posner at 75 — ‘It’s My Job.'” Ronald K.L. Collins has this post today at “Concurring Opinions.”

“The Bill: Steven Brill on how health-care reform went wrong.” In the January 12, 2015 issue of The New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell has this review of Steven Brill’s new book, “America’s Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System.”

“Ohio wants U.S. Supreme Court to hear only 1 of 2 same-sex marriage cases”: Alan Johnson of The Columbus Dispatch has this report.

And The Richmond (Ind.) Palladium-Item reports that “Ohio same-sex couples marrying in Wayne County.”

“Texas Abortion Clinics Seen Facing Long Odds in Fight on Limits”: Laurel Brubaker Calkins of Bloomberg News has an article today that begins, “Texas abortion clinics that persuaded a judge to throw out restrictions may face long odds in convincing a conservative U.S. appeals court to permanently block laws that would leave the second-largest U.S. state with only seven facilities, compared with 41 two years ago.”