“Shirvell’s anti-gay rants not protected, court says”: The Associated Press has this report.

And The Michigan Daily reports that “Ruling over anti-gay rhetoric against University student overturned.”

You can access Wednesday’s ruling of the Michigan Court of Appeals at this link.

“3 openings on top Pa. court draw lots of interest”: The Associated Press has this report.

“This memorandum proposes a strategy of litigation, supplication, and agitation to solve our national PACER problem in 2015.” So begins a memorandum of law that Carl Malamud has posted online.

“Michael McConnell responds to questions about the raisins case”: Will Baude has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Guantanamo Judges Told to Stay Put and Get Trials Moving”: Bloomberg News has this report.

“Health-Law Suit Hints at G.O.P. Divide”: Abby Goodnough will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“The Legal Olympian: Cass Sunstein and the modern regulatory state.” Lincoln Caplan has this article in the January-February 2015 issue of Harvard Magazine.

The “Exemplary Legal Writing 2014 Honorees” from The Green Bag Almanac & Reader can be viewed online: At this link. Justice Don R. Willett is omitted no more.

“Argument preview: Pointing the way on signs.” Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Gay marriage arguments heard in 5th Circuit”: Cheryl Wetzstein of The Washington Times has this report.

And Bloomberg News reports that “Gulf Coast Gay Marriage Bans Get Cool Reception at Appeals Court.”

“Remembering Aaron Swartz with action: watch new, unreleased footage from ‘Internet’s Own Boy’; Two years after the death of hacker, activist, and good human being Aaron Swartz, new video and a new way to bring life to his legacy of making the world a better place.” Xeni Jardin had this post Thursday at “Boing Boing.”

“Sharp new critique of same-sex marriage rulings”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Ninth Circuit order denying rehearing en banc, and the dissent therefrom, can be accessed here.

“A License to Say Anything?” In today’s edition of The New York Times, professor Corey Brettschneider and law professor Nelson Tebbe have an op-ed that begins, “Specialty license plates — which bear the logo of a college or a sports team, or a slogan like ‘Save Our Seas’ or ‘Stop Child Abuse’ — bring in lots of money for state governments, as well as the schools, nonprofit groups, professional organizations and other entities that sponsor them. But these vehicular tags have also become a new frontier in debates over freedom of speech.”

“Ohio Supreme Court to hear arguments from two former NFL players challenging Cleveland’s ‘jock tax’ for visiting teams”: The Akron Beacon Journal has this report.

“With Baltimore plaintiff MIA, Supreme Court drops his case”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Baltimore Sun.