“Death penalty gains unlikely foes: Victims’ families urge courts to strike down state law.” This front page article appears in today’s edition of The Orange County Register.

“Civil rights groups request statewide ruling on same-sex marriage in federal court”: Casey Toner of The Mobile Press-Register has this report.

Brian Lyman of The Montgomery Advertiser reports that “Groups want statewide order on same-sex marriage in Ala.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Groups ask judge to order gay-marriage licenses in Alabama.”

You can access at this link the motion filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.

“Obama Administration Supreme-Court Brief Backs Same-Sex Marriage; Constitution requires all states to recognize same-sex marriage”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Obama Administration Asks Top Court to Legalize Gay Marriage.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Obama administration files brief in top court backing gay marriage.”

Ryan J. Reilly of The Huffington Post reports that “Gay Marriage Bans Are Unconstitutional, DOJ Tells Supreme Court.”

Kendall Breitman of Politico.com reports that “Democrats, President Obama administration call on Supreme Court to support same-sex marriage.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston reports that “U.S. joins fight for same-sex marriage.” You can view the federal government’s amicus brief at this link.

Meanwhile, in related coverage, The Detroit Free Press reports that “Same-sex marriage briefs swamp Supreme Court.”

“Rejecting ‘Raging Bitch’ beer label still hangs over liquor control commissioners”: MLive.com has this report.

The Frederick (Md.) News-Post reports that “Appeals court revives Flying Dog lawsuit over beer label.”

The Loudoun (Va.) Times-Mirror reports that “Brewery set for Loudoun wins free speech case in Michigan.”

And Baltimore Magazine reports that “Flying Dog Wins Six-Year Raging Bitch Case; The United States Court of Appeals ruled that a liquor commissioner was violating the brewery’s freedom of speech.”

You can access yesterday’s non-precedential ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

“Letter From the Editor: Inequality at the Supreme Court.” David Leonhardt has this post today at “The Upshot” blog of The New York Times.

“West Virginia overrides veto, bans abortions after 20 weeks”: The Associated Press has this report.

“BP ends attempt to oust oil spill claims administrator”: The Associated Press has this report.

The audio from this week’s U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments is now available online: You can access it via this link.

“Alabama’s Dangerous Defiance”: Law professor Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr. has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Health-Law Ruling Could Prompt Some States to Act; Justice Alito’s suggestion of delayed impact would provide tight timetable for exchanges to be set up”: Louise Radnofsky and Jess Bravin have this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“As Supreme Court Weighs Health Law, G.O.P. Plans to Replace It”: Jonathan Weisman will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Suit Challenges Quote From British Jurist Posted In Rhode Island’s High Court”: Today at his “Religion Clause” blog, Howard Friedman has this post noting an article at GoLocalProv headlined “RI Supreme Court’s Motto Taken from a Religious Persecutor.”

“When the subject is Obamacare, never forget about Chief Justice Roberts”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“Torture: No One Said No.” Law professor David Cole had this post yesterday at the blog of The New York Review of Books.

“Same-sex marriages in Nebraska on hold after circuit court stays ruling”: The Omaha World-Herald has this report on an order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Don’t kill Obamacare: As the Supreme Court considers whether to gut Obamacare, evidence is mounting that the law is working.” This article will appear in the March 7, 2015 issue of The Economist.