“Tech Firms Again Look to High Court in Software Case; Justices Expected to Act on Google Request to Intervene in Copyright Fight With Oracle”: Brent Kendall will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Supreme Court justices shouldn’t attend State of the Union”: Columnist Jeff Jacoby has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

“Bernstein pledges fairness on Supreme Court”: Columnist Louise Knott Ahern has this essay online today at The Lansing State Journal.

“Fitting gift for Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor: Three Yankees, by CNY doc who loves to paint.” The Post-Standard of Syracuse, New York has this report.

“Supreme Court faced gay rights decision in 1958 over ‘obscene’ magazine”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court to weigh new religious rights case”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“Amicus: The Super Lawyers; Dahlia Lithwick talks to the author of a new report about the elite group of lawyers who bring most of the cases at the Supreme Court.” Slate posted this podcast online yesterday.

“Attorney’s ear-licking harassment conviction upheld by court”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii issued on Friday.

“High court case could foil government suits over job bias”: Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has this report.

“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.

“Larger 9th Circuit panel won’t rehear Idaho gay marriage case”: The Idaho Statesman has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Appellate court won’t reconsider Idaho gay marriage.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denying rehearing en banc at this link. Circuit Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain issued a lengthy dissent, in which Circuit Judges Johnnie B. Rawlinson and Carlos T. Bea joined.

“Federal Appeals Court Appears Poised To Strike Down Three Southern States’ Same-Sex Marriage Bans; After oral arguments about Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas’ bans on marriages for same-sex couples, the 5th Circuit of Appeals looks likely to strike the laws down”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed has this report.

“The Complete Posner on Posner Series”: The “Concurring Opinions” blog has collected the links to all 12 entries in the series in this one post.

“A New Year For Technology at the Supreme Court? Not a Chance.” Eric Segall has this blog post today at “Dorf on Law.”

“Second Thoughts About the Fourth Circuit’s First Amendment Ruling on Mandatory Ultrasound for Women Seeking Abortions”: Michael Dorf has this post today at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“Appeals court won’t rehear a BP oil spill liability argument”: The Associated Press has this report on an order (accompanied by a dissent) that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today denying rehearing en banc by a vote of 7-to-6.

“Court orders new look at armed criminal law”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Supreme Court Dismisses Case After Litigant Never Surfaces; Plaintiff Whose Case Was Accepted by High Court Can’t Be Found”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Oklahoma death row inmates seek emergency stays of execution”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Attorneys on Friday asked a federal appeals court to delay the executions of four Oklahoma inmates while the court considers their joint appeal.”

“Civil rights loom as appeals court considers gay marriage”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Supreme Court dismisses case with missing plaintiff”: The Associated Press has this report.