“States Continue Push To Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks”: This audio segment appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Scalia is a surprise in Supreme Court challenge to Fair Housing Act”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court asked to scale back landmark fair housing law.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court may not slash federal housing protection.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Weighs Fair-Housing Lawsuits; Justices Divided Over Moves Against Practices Said to Foster Racial Segregation.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Supreme Court hears Texas case that tests extent of civil rights doctrine.”

Michael Lindenberger of The Dallas Morning News reports that “Justices testy as Texas pushes to end use of ‘disparate impacts’ in housing discrimination cases.”

Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed reports that “Supreme Court Skeptical Of Tight Limits On Fair Housing Act; A long-awaited argument brought surprising questions from Justice Antonin Scalia.”

The January 24, 2015 issue of The Economist contains an article headlined “Race and the Supreme Court: Disparate dilemma — The court mulls a controversial theory about how to prove discrimination.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Argument analysis: Scalia versus Scalia on housing law?”

“Justices Rule Dismissal of Air Marshal Unlawful”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court says former air marshal did not violate law in whistleblower case.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court rules for TSA whistle-blower in Orange County.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court sides with former TSA air marshal.”

Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal have an article headlined “Supreme Court Sides With Air Marshal on Whistleblower Protections; Air Marshal Robert MacLean Was Fired for Disclosing TSA Had Reduced Protection on Flights.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

The Washington Times has an article headlined “Supreme Court: Feds can’t fire whistleblowers for preserving public safety.”

The Orange County Register has an article headlined “After losing in lower courts for years, fired Ladera Ranch air marshal prevails in U.S. Supreme Court.”

On yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Air Marshal Whistleblower.”

And online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Supreme Court Gives a Whistle-Blower Some Help.”

“The People Most at Risk of Losing Insurance in the Supreme Court’s Health Ruling”: At “The Upshot” blog of The New York TImes, Margot Sanger-Katz has a post that begins, “The people who could lose their health insurance as a result of a Supreme Court decision this year are predominantly white, Southern, employed and middle-aged, according to an Urban Institute analysis.”

“For Chief Justice John Roberts, anti-Obamacare lawsuit poses major dilemma”: Greg Sargent has this interview today with law professor Laurence H. Tribe at the “Plum Line” blog of The Washington Post.

The federal government filed its Brief for Respondents yesterday in the U.S. Supreme Court.

“A Taxing Decision: The Supreme Court will rule in favor of gay marriage for the most practical of reasons.” Law professor David J. Herzig has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Utah law professor opposes effort by Alan Dershowitz to intervene in victims’ rights suit”: Pamela Manson has this article in today’s edition of The Salt Lake Tribune.

And The New York Daily News has an article headlined “Alan Dershowitz continues to call ‘sex slave’ Virginia Roberts a ‘liar,’ as new court docs expose salacious details of Prince Andrew-linked scandal.”

“The primary question in this case is whether those convictions must be reversed in light of the Power Point presentation the prosecuting attorney used during closing argument.” The Supreme Court of Washington State has overturned the conviction in a ruling issued today.

Last month, as I noted in this earlier post, Ken Armstrong had an article online at The Marshall Project titled “PowerPoint Justice: When prosecutors slide around the law.”

Second Circuit reinstates portion of “observation status” putative class action challenge brought by Medicare beneficiaries: You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

“A Fighting Word”: Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf has this post today at his “Hercules and the Umpire” blog.

“Protest in the Supreme Court: Keep calm and gavel on.” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

“Nullification, Now Coming to the Supreme Court? Mike Huckabee suggests that if the justices rule that gay-marriage bans are unconstitutional, states don’t need to listen.” David A. Graham has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Law Prof. Douglas Laycock wins Supreme Court case; Opposes Arkansas prison facial hair restrictions”: The Cavalier Daily has this report.

“Club for Growth asks U.S. Supreme Court to halt John Doe probe”: Jason Stein of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

And Dee J. Hall of The Wisconsin State Journal reports that “John Doe investigation appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.”

“U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Nebraska traffic-stop case”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Omaha World-Herald.