“Conservative group seeks to intervene in chief justice case”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

And Dee J. Hall of The Wisconsin State Journal reports that “Legal experts disagree on merits of chief justice lawsuit.”

“Fresh battles over gay rights erupt in states as Supreme Court hearing nears”: Sandhya Somashekhar of The Washington Post has this report.

Dennis Romboy of The Deseret News reports that “LDS Church, other religions urge Supreme Court to favor traditional marriage.”

The Salt Lake Tribune reports that “Mormon church joins other faiths in asking U.S. Supreme Court for same-sex marriage ban.”

And The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that “Gay marriage U.S. Supreme Court plaintiff Jim Obergefell visits Capitol Hill from Ohio.”

“Lawsuit Seeks Background on DOJ ‘Apology’ in Supreme Court Indian Cases; Freedom of Information Act suit seeks records about Neal Katyal’s remarks in 2011”: Tony Mauro has this post (with related video) today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

You can freely access the full text of the post via Google News.

“Actavis: No apologies for seeking Alzheimer’s drug profits.” The Associated Press has this report on the oral argument that Lisa S. Blatt delivered today on behalf of Actavis in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Unfortunately, the Second Circuit remains one of the few federal appellate courts that refuses to make the audio or video of its oral arguments readily available online.

“Officials react after concerns over Islamic law nix proposal”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Idaho is at risk of losing millions of dollars in federal child support funding after conservatives in the Legislature killed a measure that would have brought the state into compliance with federal rules.”

And in earlier coverage, The AP reported last Friday that “Idaho House panel kills bill because of Sharia law worries.”

“Enshrining Rights in Constitution by Judicial Fiat Carries Risks”: Tomorrow’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers, will contain this month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column.

You can freely access the full text of the column via Google News.

“GOP judges in the majority on Obama immigration stay”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post that begins, “A federal appeals court panel assigned to consider whether to temporarily lift a block on President Barack Obama’s latest round of immigration-related executive actions leans Republican, 2-1, and contains a sharply conservative judge who drew national attention for clashing with the administration over Obama’s health care reform law.”

“Senator Mike Lee: Our Lost Constitution.” Last Thursday, U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) spoke at the National Constitution Center about his new book. You can view the video of the event online by clicking here.

Access online the contents of the April 2015 issue of the Harvard Law Review: Via this link.

“U.S. court weighs whether to let Actavis drop Alzheimer’s drug”: Reuters has this report.

“Tennessee high court postpones all scheduled execution dates”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Both sides ready arguments for case that could scotch EPA power plant rule”: Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report on a case scheduled for oral argument Thursday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

“Gay couple files marriage lawsuit”: The Pacific Daily News of Guam has an article that begins, “Two women blocked from filing an application for marriage last week have filed a federal lawsuit against the governor and the Department of Public Health and Social Services Office of Vital Statistics registrar at the District Court of Guam.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Same-sex couple on Guam challenge island’s marriage laws.”

“New Jersey gay therapy ban is upheld over boy’s challenge”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on the ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.

“U.S. court allows EU money-laundering case vs RJ Reynolds”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has a report that begins, “A sharply divided U.S. appeals court on Monday cleared the way for the European Union to pursue its lawsuit accusing R.J. Reynolds of running a global money-laundering scheme that involved drug and cigarette smuggling.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denying rehearing en banc — and the opinion concurring in the order and four opinions dissenting therefrom — at this link.

This time, it appears that the order denying rehearing and three of the five judges writing separately decided to opt for “en banc” rather than “in banc.”

My earlier coverage of the unanimous three-judge panel’s ruling in this case can be accessed here. And in August of last year, the panel issued this per curiam decision denying panel rehearing.

“Revealing Tsarnaev verdict fell to restaurant manager; Panel picked Juror 286 as foreperson to organize deliberations”: Milton J. Valencia has this article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

And also in today’s edition of that newspaper, John R. Ellement reports that “Sister of slain MIT officer opposes death penalty for Tsarnaev.”

“Conspirator in Ohio 82 bridge-bombing plot loses appeal”: The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.

My earlier coverage of Friday’s Sixth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“Ignoring the Supreme Court When You Don’t Like the Result”: Law professor Ronald D. Rotunda has this essay online today at Justia’s Verdict.

“Not another Dred Scott case, please”: Sam Erman and Nathan Perl-Rosenthal have this essay at CNN.com.

“Preview on same-sex marriage — Part I, The couples’ views”: Lyle Denniston has this post — the first in a four-part series — today at “SCOTUSblog.”