“Bar Exam, the Standard to Become a Lawyer, Comes Under Fire”: Elizabeth Olson has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Civil rights group challenges man’s arrest for saying ‘dirty words'”: The Chattanooga Times Free Press has this report.

“Oklahoma plan to restrict same-sex marriage may backfire”: Reuters has this report.

“Fight over Texas License Plate With Confederate Flag Heads to High Court; Sons of Confederate Veterans say state’s rejection of plate violates their free-speech rights”: Jess Bravin has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“High Court ruling clears way for Loyola’s religious studies course; Loyola High School’s legal battle over Quebec’s compulsory ethics and religious culture course took six years and involved three court cases”: The Montreal Gazette has this report.

The Toronto Globe and Mail reports that “Supreme Court sides with Quebec Catholic school on religious freedom.”

And The Canadian Press reports that “Supreme Court rules Quebec infringed on Loyola High School’s religious freedom; Montreal school wanted to opt out of Quebec’s ethics and religious culture course.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada at this link.

“The Freakout From An Obamacare Ruling Could Be Unlike Anything We’ve Seen”: Jonathan Cohn of The Huffington Post has this report today.

“Feds argue they had no duty under FOIA to search Hillary Clinton’s emails”: Today at Politico.com, Josh Gerstein has a post that begins, “The federal government had no duty under the Freedom of Information Act to produce emails former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent or received on a privately maintained account, Justice Department lawyers suggested to a federal appeals court late Thursday.”

“Challenging the Almighty Supreme Court”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

And online today at National Review. law professor Josh Blackman has an essay titled “The President Cannot Bypass the Courts: A New York Times op-ed makes an ingenious but frightening argument.”

“AT&T Has to Pay $40 Million Because It Didn’t Read a Document”: Susan Decker of Bloomberg News has this report.

Ryan Davis of Law360.com reports that “Fed. Circ. Says Sidley Blown Deadline Axes $40M AT&T Appeal” (subscription required for full access).

And at his “Patently-O” blog, Dennis Crouch has a post titled “Docket Error Loses AT&T’s $40 Million Appeal.” The “docket error” in question was the CM/ECF system’s failure to fully describe all aspects of an order, the notice of which was emailed on a timely basis to all of AT&T’s attorneys, who apparently all neglected to access the actual order itself, the text of which would have revealed all of the order’s various aspects.

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

My earlier post linking to the appellate oral argument audio (9.58 MB mp3 audio file) can be accessed here. As I noted in that earlier post, “[v]eteran appellate advocate Carter G. Phillips argued the appeal for AT&T.”

“Supreme Court takes on specialty license plates”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

“Pentagon official who sought to move judges to Guantanamo quits”: Reuters has this report.

“The Serious, Somber Boston Marathon Bombing Trial: Why we don’t — and shouldn’t — have cameras in federal courtrooms.” Thomas Doherty has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.

Of course, as many readers of this blog no doubt already appreciate, the question of whether to allow cameras in a trial court differs significantly from whether to allow cameras to televise appellate oral arguments.

“Dems put focus on gay marriage ahead of High Court arguments”: The Detroit News has an article that begins, “Just over a month away from historic oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging Michigan’s gay marriage ban, a group of Democratic state lawmakers intends to introduce a package of bills to repeal the 10-year-old state law.”

Programming note: I am meeting with trial counsel in a pending appeal this afternoon. As a result, additional posts will appear here late this afternoon.

“Hedge Fund Betting on Lawsuits Is Spreading; The U.S. Chamber of Commerce warns of wasteful litigation and corruption”: Paul Barrett of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Atheists want law removed that bars them from office”: Holly Meyer of The Tennessean has this report.

“Justice goes to prison to weigh Mich. sentencing system”: Gary Heinlein of The Detroit News has this report.

“Poll: Many unaware some health subsidies could be ruled out.” The Associated Press has this report.

“Roberts at 10: Roberts’s Environmental Law Record — It’s Not Good, But Don’t Count Him Out.” Brianne Gorod has this report online at the Constitutional Accountability Center.

“Texas Sues U.S. Over Same-Sex Benefit Rule for Medical Leave”: Margaret Cronin Fisk of Bloomberg News has this report.

“The Seventh Circuit Injects Common Sense into Religious Liberty Debates with Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors v. Listecki“: Law professor Marci A. Hamilton has this essay online today at Justia’s Verdict.

“What Went Wrong with the FISA Court”: Elizabeth (Liza) Goitein and Faiza Patel have this report online at The Brennan Center.

“The Godmother of Gay Marriage: Edie Windsor’s Passionate Life; After her partner Thea Spyer died, Edie Windsor was left with a massive estate tax bill, just because they were gay; Her victorious fight has redrawn the LGBT equality map.” Justin Jones has this essay online at The Daily Beast.

“Court chides feds over erased videotape”: The San Diego Union-Tribune has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Supreme Court to rule on Loyola’s challenge of province’s religious curriculum”: The Montreal Gazette has this report.

CBC News reports that “Supreme Court to rule today on religious teaching in schools; Montreal’s Loyola High wants to opt out of Quebec’s ethics and religious culture course.”

The Canadian Press reports that “Top court to rule on Catholic school’s right to opt out of Quebec’s ethics course.”

And Postmedia News has an article headlined “Five things to know about upcoming Supreme Court ruling on Quebec’s mandatory religion course.”

Once the Supreme Court of Canada issues its ruling in this case this morning, I will link to it.

“Identity Crisis: The Supreme Court’s Identity Crisis on Voting Rights.” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online today at The New York Times.

“KPFK ‘BradCast’: Update on Judge Fuller ‘Wife-Beating’ Case w/ Exclusive 911 Audio”: “The Brad Blog” has this post this evening.

“Immigration chief tells CCJ in gay rights lawsuit: Caricom homosexual nationals can enter T&T.” The Trinidad & Tobago Guardian has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Caribbean court hears suit against 2 nations’ anti-gay laws.”

“Does your license plate speak for you or your state?” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“Officials ordered to preserve Cebull’s racist emails”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Federal judicial officials must preserve hundreds of racist and inappropriate emails that prompted Montana’s former chief U.S. district judge to step down, under a Wednesday court order in a case brought by attorneys for American Indians intent on challenging the judge’s past rulings.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California at this link.

“Are Overcrowded Prisons Unconstitutional? It’s time for the Supreme Court to weigh in.” Leon Neyfakh has this interview with law professor Jonathan Simon online at Slate.

“Supreme Court election spat escalates; Attorneys for Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Michelle Keller fight her former opponent’s effort to depose them in sanctions case”: The Cincinnati Enquirer has this report.

“Ala. abortion law lets judges appoint lawyers for fetuses”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday asked a federal judge to block an Alabama law that allows a fetus to be represented in court when a minor is seeking judicial permission for an abortion.”

“We Are David Dow: Lawyers are furious with Texas for suspending an effective death penalty defense attorney.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Pa. High Court Won’t Hear Appeal Of $10M Motrin Verdict”: Alex Wolf of Law360.com has this report (subscription required for full access).

My earlier coverage of today’s Pa. Supreme Court order in this case, in which I serve as appellate counsel for the plaintiffs, can be accessed here.