“Homecoming for Judge Reinhardt at Pomona College”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued this news release.

You can view the video of Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt‘s remarks via this YouTube link.

“HSBC wins reversal of $2.46 billion Household judgment”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued today.

“Judy Clarke Has Saved Every American Villain. Until Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Along with the Boston Bomber, she has defended Ted Kaczynski, Zacarias Moussaoui, Eric Rudolph, and Susan Smith in court. By saving the worst among us, Clarke believes she’s saving all of us. Whether we like it or not.” Jennifer Percy will have this article in the June/July 2015 issue of Esquire magazine.

“The Unquenchable Thirst For Supreme Court Tea Leaves: Did you hear what that justice just said?!? During the ‘silly season’ of waiting for big decisions, court watchers obsess over any and all clues.” Sam Baker has this report online today at National Journal.

“Obama’s Game of Chicken with the Supreme Court”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online today at The New Yorker.

“Strikethrough (Fatality): The origins of online stalking of abortion providers.” Law professor David S. Cohen and attorney Krysten Connon have this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.

“Accommodation of Deaf IBM Worker OK’d”: Courthouse News Service has this report on the ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“Inmate who won order for sex reassignment surgery recommended for parole”: The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

The article explains that “[a]t the same time, a federal appeals judge on Thursday granted the state’s request for a stay, suspending the April decision by a U.S. District Court Judge Jon Tigar that Michelle-Lael Norsworthy has a constitutional right to the surgery.”

You can access today’s per curiam stay order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Bias and the justices: A taxing decision.” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

And today at “Dorf on Law,” Michael Dorf has a post titled “Congressional Power to Authorize Dormant Commerce Clause Violations” discussing his recent Justia.com Verdict column titled “Is the Dormant Commerce Clause a ‘Judicial Fraud’?”

“A Few Surprises in San Francisco v. Sheehan”: Richard M. Re has this post at “PrawfsBlawg.”

“D.C. Circuit: Catholic Archbishop Must Facilitate Provision of Contraceptives and Abortifacients.” Ed Whelan had this post today at National Review’s “Bench Memos” blog.

Eighth Circuit upholds National Football League’s settlement of class action resolving litigation surrounding NFL Films’ use of former NFL players’ likenesses and identities: You can access today’s ruling of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.

“Rough Justice Is Not Simple Justice: Fourth Circuit Guts Wal-Mart v. Dukes and Creates Circuit Split by Ordering Title VII Claims Certified as Rule 23(b)(3) Class.” Derek Stikeleather has this post today at the “Maryland Appellate Blog.”

“Why Is It So Easy for States to Execute the Mentally Ill?” Jordan Smith had this post online yesterday at The Intercept.

And online at The Nation, Bruce Shapiro has an essay titled “What’s Wrong With the Federal Death Penalty: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death by a federal jury in a state that firmly repudiates capital punishment.”

“When it comes to the death penalty, California should follow Nebraska”: Columnist Scott Martelle has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Posner’s Pottage”: Ed Whelan had this post yesterday at National Review’s “Bench Memos” blog.

“Abortion ‘parody’ of NAACP is constitutional speech: court; Pro-life group prevails in trademark suit with famous civil rights group”: Cheryl Wetzstein of The Washington Times has this report.

My earlier coverage of Tuesday’s Fourth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“Senate Has Confirmed Just Two Judges in 2015”: Jacob Gershman had this post yesterday at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog.”

And online at The Washington Post, Al Kamen’s “In the Loop” blog had an entry Tuesday titled “Want to be called ‘Your Honor?’ You may have to wait for that.”