“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.”

“Chattanooga minister’s Supreme Court case paved way for pastors in Tennessee Legislature”: This front page article appears in today’s edition of The Chattanooga Times Free Press.

“Is the Supreme Court broken?” Gabe Roth has this essay online at msnbc.

“Nevada has 80 on death row, but no place to execute”: The Las Vegas Review-Journal has this report.

“The Case Against Gay Marriage: Top Law Firms Won’t Touch It.” Adam Liptak will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Stetson law prof took Gideon case to Supreme Court, but believed in the other side”: The Tampa Bay Times has this report.

“Grieving widower takes lead in major gay marriage case”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

And The Louisville Courier-Journal reports that “Gay marriage court briefs both wacky, profound.”

“Maryland prepares for $200 million hit from Supreme Court tax case”: The Washington Post has this report.

“Marriage Arrives: The Supreme Court is finally taking up same-sex marriage; How did we get here and what should we expect next?” This Amicus podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick appears online at Slate.

“Death sentence upheld in 2004 slaying of Tulsa bank teller”: The Tulsa World has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued yesterday.

Circuit Judge Neil M. Gorsuch issued an interesting concurring opinion questioning the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals‘ suggestion that it would be constitutional to execute accessories on a strict liability basis, without any showing of mens rea.

“In Massachusetts, a long and tortured death penalty history”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Florist in gay rights storm: ‘I’m a little grain of sand.'” The Associated Press has this report.

“The Supreme Court in the Citizens United Era: A Century After the Lochner Era, the Roberts Court Imposes a Startling New Corporatism on America.” People for the American Way has posted online this report written by law professor Jamie Raskin.

“Big Business Groups, Facing a Criminal Investigation at Wisconsin Supreme Court, Succeed in Ousting Chief Justice”: Billy Corriher has this blog entry at The Huffington Post. In this instance, “ousting” means removing from the post of Chief Justice at some point in the not too distant future, but not removing from the Supreme Court of Wisconsin altogether.

“Man loses appeal of sentence in school threats case”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Here’s A Look At The Most Ridiculously Long Judicial Vacancies The Senate Still Hasn’t Filled”: Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post has this report.

Apparently it’s never too late to amend an opinion: Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued this decision vacating the Fourth Circuit‘s judgment in Young v. United Parcel Service.

Yesterday, the Fourth Circuit issued this amended version of its ruling originally issued in January 2013 affirming the district court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of UPS — a decision whose resulting judgment the Supreme Court vacated last month.

“From him that hath not”: Benjamin Gould has this post at his “Appellate Briefs” blog about the decision that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.

“Judge Does Not Allow Prince Andrew’s Accuser to Join Suit”: In Saturday’s edition of The New York Times, Timothy Williams will have an article that begins, “A federal judge in Florida has ruled that a woman who claimed she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew, Alan M. Dershowitz and others while she was a minor cannot make those claims in a lawsuit filed against an associate of the prince that she had sought to join.”

Online yesterday at The Daily Beast, M.L. Nestel reported that “Dershowitz Hits Prince Andrew’s ‘Sex Slave’ With Defamation Charges; A judge threw out allegations of sexual abuse against the Duke of York and renowned attorney Alan Dershowitz; Now an accuser’s being sued.”

Earlier this week, Pamela Manson of The Salt Lake Tribune reported that “Women represented by Utah law professor can’t join lawsuit; Prince Andrew allegations stricken.”

Sean P. Murphy of The Boston Globe reported that “Judge drops Dershowitz from lawsuit involving ‘lurid’ allegations.”

And Andrew M. Duehren of The Harvard Crimson reported that “Judge Strikes Dershowitz Allegations From Record.”

“Kansas Tries to Stamp Out Abortion”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“A Murderer at 14, Then a Lifer, Now a Man Pondering a Future”: Erik Eckholm will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.

“U.S. senator seeks update on Mark Fuller investigation”: Brian Lyman of The Montgomery Advertiser has this report.

And Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News reports that “11th Circuit Court panel hears more testimony on complaint against federal judge Mark Fuller.”

You can view the letter requesting an update at this link.

“Pa. appeals court upholds $120M tobacco ruling in favor of state”: The Philadelphia Inquirer has this news update reporting on a ruling that the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania issued today.

“Finding the least worst way to pick judges”: Terry Madonna and Michael L. Young have this op-ed online at The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

“With no-tipping policy, bosses can take tips, top court rules”: Jack Newsham of The Boston Globe has a news update that begins, “A group of Dunkin’ Donuts employees who sued their franchise owner over a no-tipping policy have lost their case before the state’s top court.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at this link.

“Banning ‘conversion’ therapy: Should politicians police the practice of medicine?” Michael McGough has this essay online today at The Los Angeles Times.

“Why is Blago’s appeal dragging on and on?” Gerald D. Skoning has this essay online today at The Chicago Tribune.

Sixth Circuit affirms conviction and sentence of man convicted of conspiring with four others to bomb a bridge near Cleveland: A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued this ruling today.

A photograph of the bridge that was the intended target of the plot appears in an article that The Cleveland Plain Dealer published reporting on the start of this defendant’s trial.

On rehearing en banc, Sixth Circuit rejects telecommuting as a disability accommodation in EEOC v. Ford Motor Co. You can access today’s en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

My earlier coverage of the case, including coverage of the original divided three-judge panel’s ruling, can be accessed here and here.

“A Brilliant Originalist Argument for Marriage Equality”: Mark Joseph Stern has this essay online today at Slate.

“Some ‘Teachable’ First Amendment Moments in the Supreme Court’s Oral Argument About Confederate Flags on Texas License Plates”: At Justia.com’s Verdict, law professor Vikram David Amar has this essay.

“Gay marriage supporters raising funds for legal fight”: Todd Spangler of The Detroit Free Press has this report.

“Sotomayor says Supreme Court gets politicized by others”: The Associated Press has this report.

And The New York Post’s PageSix.com reports that “The Clooneys dine with Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor.”

“The Supreme Court Needs to Decide: Can Victims Sue Chiquita For Sponsoring Terrorism?” Steven Cohen has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Judge declines to immediately halt chief justice amendment”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “A federal judge declined Thursday to put an immediate halt on an amendment to the state constitution adopted by voters this week that would allow the members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court to choose the chief justice.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Federal judge denies Justice Shirley Abrahamson’s push to block amendment.”