“Justice Kennedy’s Plea to Congress”: This editorial will appear in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Supreme Court must decide law, not popularity; Court cannot defer to impatient activists on King and Obergefell cases”: Clark Neily and Evan Bernick have this essay online at USA Today.

“Court Rejects Bharara’s Plea to Reconsider Insider Trading Ruling”: Matthew Goldstein and Ben Protess have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

And Aruna Viswanatha of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Court Decision Foils Insider-Trading Cases; The appeals court move sets the stage for additional convictions to be overturned.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

“More than 60 briefs urge court to keep gay marriage bans”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Todd Spangler of The Detroit Free Press reports that “Same-sex marriage ban arguments pour into Supreme Court.”

Oralandar Brand-Williams of The Detroit News reports that “Gay marriage opponents push deadline for court filings.”

And Dennis Romboy of The Deseret News reports that “Utah, 14 states urge Supreme Court to let citizens decide same-sex marriage question.”

“Should state Supreme Court justices choose their leader? Voters will decide on April 7th.” The Associated Press has this report from Wisconsin.

“Legislation Allowing Cameras in the Courtroom More Important Than Ever: Technology and tragedies underscore need to open federal proceedings to the public.” U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The National Law Journal.

“The Conscience of a Corporation”: Timothy Egan has this essay online at The New York Times. Therein, he writes, “You can blame last year’s Supreme Court decision in the Hobby Lobby case for unleashing a herd of ponies that have gone off in quite unpredicted directions.”

“Appeals court: Yoga doesn’t bend rules on religious freedom.” The Associated Press has this report.

My earlier coverage of today’s California Court of Appeal ruling appears at this link.

“U.S. prosecutors lose bid to reverse major insider trading ruling”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Law school hears Gitmo journalist”: The Daily Lobo, the student newspaper of the University of New Mexico, has this report on yesterday’s John Field Simms Sr. Memorial Lectureship in Law, at which Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal was the lecturer.

“What does it mean when a justice concurs ‘in result only’?” Ryan Koopmans has this interesting post today at “On Brief: Iowa’s Appellate Blog.”

“Clement and Legal Team See Award Slashed in Gun Case”: Christine Simmons will have this report in next Monday’s edition of the New York Law Journal. (Note: The article’s headline would probably be more accurate if it used the term “requested fees” instead of “award.”)

You can access last month’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York at this link.

“Argument line-up set for same-sex marriage”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Federal appeals court upholds 2 Somali pirates’ convictions”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

California Court of Appeal rejects establishment clause challenge to including yoga in a public school’s phys ed regimen: You can access today’s 37-page ruling of California’s Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District, Division One, at this link (via “Southern California Appellate News“).

In earlier coverage of the case, The Coast News of Encinitas, California published articles headlined “Arguments to be heard in yoga case” and “Skeptical appeals court hears yoga arguments.”

And columnist Logan Jenkins of The San Diego Union-Tribune had an essay titled “Fighting yoga on a wing and a prayer.”

En banc Ninth Circuit unanimously upholds constitutionality of California law requiring sponsor of ballot initiative to be identified on signature-gathering petitions: Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote today’s ruling on behalf of the eleven-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

My earlier coverage of the original three-judge panel’s ruling, in which each judge wrote separately, can be accessed here.

“Foley Client: My Bad on The Brief! Inventor says he’ll leave lawyering to lawyers.” Tony Mauro will have this article in Monday’s edition of The National Law Journal.

“Reward reaches $50,000 for information in Detroit shooting of federal judge”: MLive.com has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Wounded federal judge to participate in peace walk.”

“Protesters release video of Supreme Court outburst”: The Hill has this report.

“Split Decision Bloodies State Supreme Court”: Kevin Rennie has this essay online at The Hartford Courant.

In earlier news coverage, Wednesday’s edition of The Courant contained articles headlined “Supreme Court Orders New Trial For Richard Lapointe“; “Lapointe Dissent: Decision ‘Reflects Complete Misunderstanding’ Of Court’s Role“; and “Friends Celebrate Lapointe Ruling, Say State Should Drop All Charges.”

Tuesday’s 4-to-2 ruling of the Supreme Court of Connecticut consisted of a majority opinion, a concurring opinion, and two dissenting opinions (here and here).

“Ex-State Supreme Court Justice: Judicial Elections Are Like ‘Legalized Extortion’; A former judge vents at the corruption that’s crept into America’s courtrooms.” AJ Vicens has this report online at Mother Jones.

“Local attorney to argue against gay marriage bans before Supreme Court”: Lisa Keen of The Boston Globe has this report.

“Texas judge fit for future Supreme Court spot”: Rick Casey has this essay online at The Houston Chronicle about former Supreme Court of Texas Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson.

“Appeals court gives counties more power to remove kids from homes”: The Los Angeles Times has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “California courts butt heads over out-of-control kids.”

And at his “California Appellate Report” blog, Shaun Martin has this post.

You can access yesterday’s ruling of California’s Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District at this link.

“15 states urge Supreme Court to uphold gay marriage bans”: The Associated Press has this report.

“9/11 insurers can’t snag al-Qaida funds held in Chicago, court rules”: Kim Janssen of The Chicago Sun-Times has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court says alleged al-Qaida backer’s money belongs to gov, can’t go to 9/11 insurers.”

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

“9th Circuit rules Netflix isn’t subject to disability law; Are websites ‘public accommodations’? Federal courts have split on the question.” Joe Mullin of Ars Technica has this report on an unpublished, non-precedential ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“The Supreme Court Business with Sidley Austin’s Chair”: Bloomberg BNA has posted this video online.

“What Prince Charles Has In Common with Hillary Clinton”: Amy Davidson has this post online today at The New Yorker about two matters that have appellate components (see here and here).

“Right Side of the Law: Eugene Volokh’s Global Influence; The wunderkind-turned-law professor is that L.A. anomaly: an influential conservative blogger.” Maarten De Boer had this post yesterday at the “CityThink” blog of Los Angeles magazine.

“CA Appellate Report Blog wins on appeal”: Ben Shatz has this post today at his “Southern California Appellate News” blog about an unpublished ruling that California’s Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District issued today upholding the dismissal of a lawsuit against law professor Shaun Martin and the University of San Diego arising from a post that Martin made at his “California Appellate Report” blog.

“Washington Supreme Court: Public employee names are not private during investigation.” The Associated Press has this report on a 5-to-4 ruling that the Supreme Court of Washington State issued today.

“Ohio Supreme Court Justice talks police, courts with Miami students”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Journal-News of Hamilton, Ohio.

“Fla. High Court Keeps Big Tobacco Open To Punitive Damages”: Carolina Bolado of Law360.com has a report (subscription required for full access) that begins, “The Florida Supreme Court kept punitive damages within the grasp of many Engle progeny plaintiffs when it ruled Thursday that they do not have to show individual reliance on Big Tobacco’s statements in the 12 years leading up to the filing of the suit in order to prove fraudulent concealment claims.”

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

“The Originalist: A new play — superb in its acting, muddled in its writing — about Justice Antonin Scalia.” Jonathan Keim has this essay online today at National Review.