“Marriage Equality Without Equivocation: Unless the Supreme Court firmly declares that gay couples deserve equal protection, it risks encouraging state-level obstruction.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

“Pa. Supreme Court faces ‘cataclysmic’ changes amid vacancies, retirements”: Wallace McKelvey of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report, along with an article headlined “Roster of Supreme Court hopefuls 18 deep, but most won’t make it to November.”

“Imprisoned for 30 years, Angola inmate to be released after New Orleans DA cuts deal”: The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.

And Reuters reports that “Louisiana inmate with case before top U.S. court freed after 30 years.”

“After the fact legislative history and the ‘Cornhusker kickback'”: Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf has this post today at his “Hercules and the Umpire” blog.

“Court of Appeals Mourns Passing of Senior Circuit Judge Arthur L. Alarcon”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this news release today.

“Judge in forex MDL supplies roadmap for Libor appeal at 2nd Circuit”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

“Oklahoma official: Executions could resume with other drugs.” The Associated Press has this report.

“Law Firm Founds Project to Fight ‘Revenge Porn'”: Matthew Goldstein of The New York Times has this report.

“US court in Virginia hears 2 Somali pirates’ appeals”: The Associated Press has this report.

When it becomes available online, you can access the audio from today’s oral arguments at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit via this link.

“Big cases, but little room at court; Supreme Court touts openness, but with few seats for public, more transparency is needed”: Tony Mauro has this essay online at USA Today.

“Utah Court Strips Criminal of Right to Counsel, and Some Lawyers Object”: Jack Healy has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

You can access last Friday’s per curiam ruling of the Supreme Court of Utah at this link.

“Can The Health Care Industry Save Obamacare? Hospitals and insurance companies are coming to the law’s defense before the Supreme Court.” Sam Baker of National Journal has this report today.

“Case Western Reserve University can revoke medical degree because student lacked ‘professionalism,’ court rules”: The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report, along with an update headlined “Doctor who faces loss of medical degree for lack of ‘professionalism’ will fight ruling, attorney says.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Sixth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Constitution Check: Are state courts bound by federal court rulings on same-sex marriage?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“For Lawyers, a Rocky Walk Down the Gay Marriage Aisle; On the verge of an historic decision, feuds erupt over credit and money”: Steve Friess of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Newly insured urge Supreme Court to reject challenge to subsidies”: Maureen Groppe of The Indianapolis Star has this report.

“Derry waits on Supreme Court decision before considering panhandling ordinance”: The Manchester (N.H.) Union Leader has this report.

“Union wants Ohio Supreme Court’s Judith French off case, alleging bias”: The Columbus Dispatch has this report.

“B.C. Supreme Court judge awards dominatrix $1.5 million”: Straight.com, a publication of the Vancouver Free Press, has this report.

You can access this month’s ruling of the Supreme Court of British Columbia at this link.

“Appeals court tosses Greenwich woman’s libel claim”: The Greenwich (Conn.) Time has this report.

Courthouse News Service reports that “Woman Can’t Scrub Arrest From the Internet.”

And Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has a report titled “No ‘right to be forgotten’ even if record is expunged: 2nd Circuit.”

“At Silk Road Trial, Lawyers Fight to Include Evidence They Call Vital: Emoji.” Benjamin Weiser has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

According to the article, “Emoticons figure in a case currently pending before the United States Supreme Court in which an Allentown, Pa., man was convicted of making threats on Facebook after his wife left him. He had claimed that his postings were fictitious, and used emoticons like a face with its tongue sticking out to indicate ‘jest.'”

“Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore says federal judge’s ruling on gay marriage not binding”: Mike Cason of The Birmingham News has an article that begins, “Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore said today a federal judge’s ruling that the state’s ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional does not mean that probate judges have to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.”

And in today’s edition of The Montgomery Advertiser, Brian Lyman has front page articles headlined “Granade: Probate judges would have to issue same-sex marriage licenses” and “SPLC files ethics complaint against Roy Moore.”