“Republican state officials cast doubts on anti-Obamacare lawsuit”: Greg Sargent has this post today at the “Plum Line” blog of The Washington Post.

“Radley Balko and the inexperience of the Justices when it comes to criminal law”: Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf has this post today at his “Hercules and the Umpire” blog.

“Constitution Check: Is the Supreme Court going to rule out lethal-drug executions?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Obama Administration Uses Scalia’s 2012 Obamacare Dissent Against Him”: Sahil Kapur of TPM DC has this report.

“Why Do Judges and Politicians Flip-Flop? To investigate, Cass Sunstein and I conducted a series of surveys.” Law professor Eric Posner has this essay online at Slate.

“Forget TV, let’s put the Supreme Court on YouTube”: Jeff John Roberts has this post at Gigaom.

“What Obama Can Do if SCOTUS Cripples Obamacare: Experts say the White House couldn’t easily restore subsidies in every state.” Sam Baker of National Journal has this report.

“TSA Whistle-blower’s Supreme Court Win Bittersweet After Nine-Year Exile”: Matt Stroud of Bloomberg News has this report.

“The Supreme Court Meets the Real World”: This “Room for Debate” discussion appears online at The New York Times.

“Prophet Image at U.S. Supreme Court Shows Taboos Aren’t Eternal”: Caroline Alexander and Salma El Wardany of Bloomberg News has this report.

“After forging her path from N.C. to Brooklyn, Lynch is poised to become attorney general”: This front page article appears in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“U.S. top court sends patent cases back to appeals court”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report, along with an article headlined “U.S. Supreme Court rejects BP executive’s appeal.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Justices: No lawsuit against disgraced ex-Detroit judge.”

“Supreme Court Rules Against Retirees in Union Health Benefits Case”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court knocks down promised health benefits for union retirees.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court says retiree health benefits can expire.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Rules Against Union Retirees in Benefits Case; Justices Give Manufacturer Another Chance to Terminate Lifetime Health Benefits for Retirees.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court rules for employer in retiree benefits fight.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court rules for company seeking to trim retiree health costs.”

“Lethal Injection Case in Question as State Seeks New Drug”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“In insider trading appeal, Justice Department makes big concession”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

“U.S. appeals court upholds conviction of Reid fundraiser”: Reuters has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Conviction upheld over contributions to Sen. Harry Reid.”

You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Pathways to the Bench: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen.” At the Federal Judiciary Channel of YouTube, you can view the video at this link.

“Alabama appeals decision blocking ban on same-sex marriage”: The Associated Press has this report.

And Brendan Kirby of The Mobile Press-Register has an article headlined “Mobile women at center of Alabama gay marriage fight celebrate court victory.”

“Deeply conservative Oklahoma adjusts to sudden arrival of same-sex marriage”: Monica Hesse of The Washington Post has this report.

“Attorney general asks to stay all scheduled Oklahoma executions; In a Monday filing, the attorney general’s office asked for a stay of execution on all three of the state’s scheduled lethal injections; The stays were requested in order to await the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s lethal cocktail”: Graham Lee Brewer of The Oklahoman has this news update.

Cary Aspinwall of The Tulsa World has a news update headlined “OK Attorney General asks Supreme Court to delay executions.”

Margaret Cronin Fisk and Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News report that “Oklahoma Seeks Delay of Executions Pending Top Court Review.”

The Associated Press reports that “Oklahoma could halt executions for Supreme Court drug review.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Oklahoma takes next step on executions.”

Access online today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in an argued case: Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in M&G Polymers USA, LLC v. Tackett, No. 13-1010. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued a concurring opinion, in which Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.

“Rand Paul’s Brand of Judicial Activism”: Law professor Cass R. Sunstein has this essay online today at Bloomberg View. The essay begins, “For many decades, the Supreme Court’s 1905 decision in Lochner v. New York has ranked among the most universally despised rulings in the history of American law.”

“Method-of-execution claims and the ‘courtesy fifth'”: Orin Kerr has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

I anticipate that the U.S. Supreme Court will not allow executions to proceed in Oklahoma, or in any other state that uses the identical method of execution that the Court has granted certiorari to review, pending a decision on the method’s constitutionality. Regardless of the ultimate resolution of the case, which at least theoretically remains up-for-grabs until a decision issues, allowing executions to proceed in the interim will look very, very, very bad for the Court from the perspective of the general public.

“NY insider trading ruling tests prosecutors beyond Wall Street”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this news analysis today.

“A Twist in the Murder of a 97-Year-Old Man: He Was Knifed 5 Decades Ago.” J. David Goodman had this front page article in yesterday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Justice Ginsburg Will Receive Radcliffe Medal in May”: This article will appear in Monday’s edition of The Harvard Crimson.

“Ga. inmate who’s come close to death 3 times to die Tuesday”: The Savannah Morning News has this report.

“‘Death-qualified’ juror search slows marathon, theater cases”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Gov. Sam Brownback’s push to change Kansas Supreme Court seen as linked to school finance”: Bryan Lowry of The Wichita Eagle has an article that begins, “Democratic lawmakers and education advocates say Gov. Sam Brownback’s push to change the way the state’s Supreme Court justices are selected is actually a veiled attack on public education.”

“Supreme Court to Decide Another Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Case”: Ingrid Wuerth has this post today at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Execution Case Highlights the Power of One Vote”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Amicus: Thank You Not Please; Dahlia Lithwick considers a First Amendment challenge to a law banning judicial candidates from asking for campaign donations; And, the Supreme Court takes up housing segregation.” Slate has posted this podcast online today.

“Republicans Weigh Expanding ‘Nuclear Option’ for Supreme Court Nominees”: Kristina Peterson had this post yesterday at WSJ.com’s “Washington Wire” blog.

“The Supreme Court’s massive blind spot”: Online at The Washington Post, Radley Balko has an essay that begins, “This term, the Supreme Court heard two cases involving the actions of police officers during traffic stops.”