“Alabama Attorney General says citizens, not Supreme Court, should decide gay marriage laws”: Brian Lawson of The Huntsville Times has this report.

“The Same-Sex Couple Who Got a Marriage License in 1971”: Erik Eckholm will have this front page article in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Death Sentence for Boston Bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Unsettles City He Tore Apart”: Katharine Q. Seelye, Abby Goodnough, and Jess Bidgood will have this front page article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

Mark Berman of The Washington Post reports that “The Boston Marathon bomber was sentenced to death, but the government can’t execute anyone right now.”

And Kim Bellware of The Huffington Post reports that “Why Dzhokhar Tsarnaev May Never Make It To The Death Chamber.”

“Okay, Who’s Gonna Go Argue That the Nun Threatened National Security?” Kevin Underhill has this post today at “Lowering the Bar.”

And The Associated Press reports that “3 anti-nuclear activists released from federal prison.”

“It turns out Ted Cruz does not get his insurance through Obamacare”: Katie Zezima has this entry today at the “Post Politics” blog of The Washington Post.

“Judge dismisses ‘whodunit’ suit over sex toy”: In yesterday’s edition of The Houston Chronicle, Cindy George had an article that begins, “Declaring on Thursday that a case presented to a jury this week remains a ‘whodunit,’ a Houston federal judge granted a directed verdict requested by a United Airlines lawyer and ended a sex toy humiliation case without closing arguments or jury deliberation.”

Earlier this week, the newspaper had related coverage headlined “Lawsuit involving passengers’ sex toy goes to federal trial” and “Baggage dispute at issue in trial.”

And Courthouse News Service reported earlier this week that “Man Testifies Dildo Prank Ruined His Life.”

This case previously had an appellate component. In November 2013, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a non-precedential ruling that reversed the dismissal of the case at the pleadings stage. In news coverage of that ruling, Law360.com reported that “5th Circ. Revives Sex-Toy Suit Against United Continental” (subscription required for full access).

“UK frat house search was illegal, justices say”: Yesterday’s edition of The Louisville Courier-Journal contained this article.

The Associated Press reports that “Ky.’s high court vacates student’s drug conviction.”

And in earlier coverage, in February 2015 The Courier-Journal had an article headlined “UK frat house bust raises privacy issues” that begins, “The maxim that ‘a man’s home is his castle’ is one of the oldest in the law. But what about a man’s fraternity house?”

You can access Thursday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Kentucky at this link.

“GOP renews abortion battle with eyes on the Supreme Court”: This video segment appeared on yesterday evening’s broadcast of The PBS NewsHour.

“AMC’s ‘Walking Dead’ Appeal Comes Up Short”: Courthouse News Service has a report that begins, “A New York appeals court shot down attempts by the cable network AMC to access certain records for its fight with the creator of ‘The Walking Dead.'”

You can access Tuesday’s ruling of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, at this link.

“Virginia Supreme Court administrators say FOIA doesn’t apply to them”: This front page article appears in today’s edition of The Daily Press of Newport News, Virginia.

“Oklahoma execution case: Attorney General’s Office blames citation error for incorrect information sent to U.S. Supreme Court.” Barbara Hoberock of The Tulsa World has this report.

“Google versus Oracle case exposes differences within Obama administration”: Dan Levine and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters have an article that begins, “The Obama administration has been locked in internal wrangling over what position to take in high profile litigation between two American technology giants, Google and Oracle, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions. It faces an end-of-May deadline to decide whether to take sides in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that will have wide implications for the technology industry.”

“Patience Roggensack to stay chief justice for now, after judge rules”: Patrick Marley has this front page article in today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.