“Appeals court denies Don Siegelman’s bid for new trial”: Brian Lyman of The Montgomery Advertiser has this report.

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Don Siegelman denied new trial: Bribery conviction, prison sentence upheld by federal appeals court.”

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

“Sixth Circuit creates circuit split on private search doctrine for computers”: Orin Kerr has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy” about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

“Federal court rejects Notre Dame birth control challenge”: The South Bend Tribune has this report.

Tom Howell Jr. of The Washington Times reports that “Notre Dame suit to duck Obamacare birth-control mandate denied — again.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court won’t exempt Notre Dame from birth control provision.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Seventh Circuit ruling appears here and here.

“Capital punishment’s slow death”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Supreme Court Showbiz: These new dramatizations miss the real drama.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Lethal Entanglements: Lethal injection was supposed to be a cleaner, more humane version of capital punishment; Over the past five years, it has become a messy, largely unmonitored testing ground for toxic drugs.” Ben Crair will have this article in the upcoming issue of The New Republic magazine.

“The Obamacare Curse: What If, Next Month, the Republicans Finally Get What They Want?” Jonathan Chait has this article in the May 18, 2015 issue of New York magazine.

“Drop in Patent Lawsuits, Damages Blunts Call for Congress to Act”: Susan Decker of Bloomberg News has this report.

“This appeal concerns the constitutionality of four provisions of Hawaii’s campaign finance laws under Citizens United“: So begins an opinion that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Nebraska lawmakers vote to repeal death penalty; Ricketts has promised a veto”: Joe Duggan of The Omaha World-Herald has this news update.

And The Lincoln Journal Star has a news update headlined “Death penalty repeal passes Legislature, awaits veto.”

“My new book ‘The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain.'” Ilya Somin has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Catholic soul-searching in Ireland over vote on gay marriage”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Notre Dame birth-control protest denied again”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Seventh Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“Kansas Lawmakers’ Budget Links Court Funding to Judicial Decision; Judicial budget would self-destruct if any court blocks a 2014 law that gave local courts control over their own budgets”: Joe Palazzolo has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

“Pa. Supreme Court race narrows to six candidates after primary”: The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that “Three Allegheny County judges win Supreme Court nominations” and “Philadelphia judge beats Colville for Superior Court nomination.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “Dougherty wins spot on November ballot for Supreme Court race.”

The Times Leader of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania reports that “Pa. Supreme Court Justice Correale Stevens concedes effort to retain seat.”

And The Standard Speaker of Hazleton, Pennsylvania contains an article headlined “Streak over for Justice Stevens.”

“Appeals court to rehear military medals conviction”: The Associated Press has this report on an order granting rehearing en banc that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued on Tuesday.

My earlier coverage of the original three-judge panel’s now-vacated ruling in the case can be accessed here.

“Appeals Court Denies Notre Dame’s Challenge to Health Law’s Contraception Mandate; Panel rules Obama administration’s compromise appears adequate to meet university’s religious objections”: Louise Radnofsky and Brent Kendall will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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

“Right to free speech trumps trademark claim — 4th Circuit”: Reuters has a report that begins, “A Virginia pro-life group had a free speech right to publish an article criticizing the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People by satirizing its name, a U.S. appeals court said Tuesday, vacating a judgment that the civil rights organization’s trademarks were infringed.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

“Snowden Sees Some Victories, From a Distance”: Scott Shane will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Six judges will vie for three seats on state Supreme Court in November”: The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has this report.

“Don’t Answer That! San Francisco takes back a question that could have been disastrous for the mentally ill.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Dougherty among early leaders in Supreme Court race”: The Philadelphia Inquirer has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Pennsylvania Democrats, Republicans pick Kevin Dougherty, Judy Olson as high court nominees.”

You can access the current statewide returns from today’s primary elections in Pennsylvania via this link.

“Legislators pass bill that had been nixed over Islamic law”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Idaho Legislature approved federally mandated child support rules Monday, undoing a rejection that had jeopardized U.S. involvement in an international treaty and threatened to collapse the state’s payment system.”

“Philip Morris urges Illinois court to toss $10 billion smokers’ verdict”: Reuters has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Illinois Supreme Court hears $10B Phillip Morris appeal.”

You can access both the audio and the video of today’s Supreme Court of Illinois oral argument via this link.

Access online the May 2015 issue of the Yale Law Journal: Via this link.

In this month’s issue, Seventh Circuit Chief Judge Diane P. Wood has a Feature titled “Legal Scholarship for Judges.” And Geoffrey C. Shaw has a Note titled “Class Ascertainability.”

“Anti-Muslim film back up on YouTube after court ruling”: The Associated Press has this report.

And online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a post titled “Innocence of Muslims Can Go Back on YouTube. Good.”

“Judge: Sex-trafficking victims can’t sue ad-hosting website Backpage.com.” The Boston Herald has an article that begins, “Three women who said they were raped repeatedly after being sold for sex online can’t sue the site that hosted the ads because a ‘free and open Internet’ outweighs the battle against sex trafficking, a federal judge has ruled.” The article reports that “[t]he women will appeal, according to their law firm, Ropes & Gray.”

I have posted at this link Friday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

“Court hears about the tall tale of a trooper’s missing hat”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Was firing a state trooper who lied about what happened to his hat justified? That was the question before North Carolina’s Supreme Court on Tuesday.”

“Faced With Legal Puzzles, Judges Often Turn to Fellow Jurists”: In Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times, Benjamin Weiser will have an article that begins, “Federal district judges are often described as the quintessential deciders, whether from the bench or in written opinions. But what happens when a difficult question arises, the parties are in sharp disagreement, and the answer is not obvious? Turns out they often rely on a rarely discussed resource: the jurist-to-jurist lifeline.”

“48-hour abortion waiting period signed into Tennessee law”: The Tennessean has this report.

And Reuters reports that “Tennessee governor signs law setting 48-hour abortion wait period.”

“Bill threatens to defund Kansas judicial branch”: This front page article appears in today’s edition of The Lawrence Journal-World.

“Tsarnaev will be formally sentenced to death in late June”: Milton J. Valencia of The Boston Globe has this news update.

The Associated Press has a report headlined “Judge: Boston bomber’s sentencing hearing will be in June.”

And in related coverage, O’Ryan Johnson and Laurel J. Sweet of The Boston Herald have an article headlined “Tsarnaev’s mom: Allah will burn U.S. in ‘eternal and terrifying’ flames.”

“‘Serial’ star Syed adds to momentum for new trial”: The Baltimore Sun has an article that begins, “Adnan Syed’s bid for a new trial gained more momentum Monday, when a state appeals court ruled an alibi witness should testify on behalf of the subject of the ‘Serial’ podcast.”

The Associated Press reports that “Man at center of podcast wins chance to call alibi witness.”

Reuters reports that “Convicted murderer in ‘Serial’ podcast allowed to call new witness.”

CNN.com reports that “Adnan Syed, convicted killer in ‘Serial,’ gets big break in quest for new trial.”

Courthouse News Service reports that “Serial’s Adnan Syed Scores Appeals Victory.”

And at the “EvidenceProf Blog,” Colin Miller has a post titled “Court of Special Appeals of Maryland Remands Adnan Syed’s Appeal So He Can Move to Have Asia Testify.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland at this link.

“Clinton sets Citizens United as Supreme Court litmus test”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Primary has 12 seeking 3 Pennsylvania Supreme Court seats”: The Associated Press has this report.