“The Demise of Habeas Corpus and the Rise of Qualified Immunity: The Court’s Ever Increasing Limitations on the Development and Enforcement of Constitutional Rights and Some Particularly Unfortunate Consequences.” Ninth Circuit Judge Stephen R. Reinhardt has this article in the May 2015 issue of the Michigan Law Review.

“Daniel J. Meltzer, 63; former Obama principal deputy counsel”: The Boston Globe has published an obituary that begins, “Each year when Harvard Law School students decided which professor’s section to seek for a course that goes by the shorthand name ‘federal courts,’ many chose Daniel J. Meltzer because of his reputation for running a demanding class.”

“Sen. Hilkemann’s death penalty journey”: This front page article appears in today’s edition of The Lincoln Journal Star.

And in related coverage, The Omaha World-Herald reports that “FDA says Nebraska can’t legally import execution drug.”

“Federal Judge to Quit Post; He Faced Abuse Charge”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains this article.

“Harvard honors Ginsburg for gender-equality advocacy”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

“Cuellar’s Supreme Court debut upholds victim restitution”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this blog post.

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