“State to create new lethal injection method under legal settlement”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has a report headlined “California death penalty: state agrees to propose execution method.”

And The Sacramento Bee reports that “State agrees to draft one-drug protocol for lethal injection executions.”

“Your Socks Can No Longer Get You Deported: The Supreme Court’s logical, humane decision.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.

“When I was an AUSA . . . , I prosecuted a case involving 26 canisters that were supposed to be filled with bull semen.” So begins a post titled “The Legal Logic of the Case Against Hastert” that Jeffrey Toobin has online today at The New Yorker.

“Tampa man at center of U.S. Supreme Court bankruptcy ruling”: The Tampa Bay Times has an article that begins, “A green and white house in Tampa, home to a retired social worker and his 10 dogs, is at the heart of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling affecting thousands of people in bankruptcy who are underwater on their mortgages.”

And today’s edition of The New York Times contains an article headlined “Justices Curb Bankruptcy Filers’ Ability to Have Second Mortgages Canceled.”

“6.4 Million Could Lose Obamacare Subsidies Under Supreme Court Ruling; That’s how many people are receiving financial help on the federal health exchange”: Dylan Scott of National Journal has this report.

“Supreme Court unleashes its inner libertarian”: Jeffrey Toobin has this essay today at CNN.com.

“Supreme Court asked to resolve Jim Thorpe case”: Chris Palmer of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this news update.

The Associated Press reports that “Jim Thorpe’s sons ask Supreme Court to allow reburial.”

Via WSJ.com’s “Law Blog,” you can view the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“Goodlatte & Conyers Statement on Judge Fuller Resignation”: The House Judiciary Committee issued this press release today.

“Utah defends anti-polygamy law, saying it prevents abuse”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Washington florist files for state Supreme Court review in gay marriage case; She says her constitutional rights were violated in lawsuit”: Cheryl Wetzstein of The Washington Times has this report.

And The Tri-City Herald of Kennewick, Washington reports that “Attorneys file brief with state Supreme Court in Arlene’s Flowers case.”

You can view at this link the appellants’ Statement of Grounds for Direct Review filed yesterday in the Washington State Supreme Court.

“Bharara eyes Supreme Court insider-trading case review”: Kevin McCoy of USA Today has an article that begins, “Undeterred by a federal appeals court rejection, Manhattan federal prosecutors are weighing an appeal of a precedent-setting insider-trading case to the nation’s highest court.”

“Marriage equality cases languish before elected judges”: Billy Corriher and Eric Lesh have this op-ed online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Should Supreme Court litigants be more aggressive?” Sasha Volokh had this post yesterday at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Appeals court sides with EPA on air pollution limits”: The Associated Press has this report.

And The Hill reports that “Court rejects challenge to EPA’s ozone powers.”

You can access today’s 87-page per curiam opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“The Greatest Concurrence Ever? Maybe….” David Lat has this post today at “Above the Law.”

“The Mezzanine of the Criminal Justice System”: Steve Klepper has this post today at the “Maryland Appellate Blog.”

“Walker would sign abortion bill with no rape, incest exception”: Jason Stein of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “Gov. Scott Walker said Monday he’s prepared to sign a 20-week abortion ban bill that has no exception for cases of rape or incest.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Expert: Wisconsin’s 20-week abortion ban bill could backfire.”

In other coverage, Brad Knickerbocker of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Is the ground shifting under abortion? Polls, court rulings seem to say so; Gallup finds increasing support for the pro-choice view on abortion as liberals now match conservatives on social issues for the first time since 1999; Will this impact the 2016 presidential election?”

“Supreme Court has a chance to distinguish legitimate class-action grievance from grift”: John Engler has this op-ed online at The Washington Times.

“Supreme Court rules for Tulsa woman in Abercrombie & Fitch head-covering case”: Today’s edition of The Tulsa World contains this front page article.

On yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Justices: Retailer Can’t Refuse To Hire Someone Because She Wears Hijab.”

And on today’s broadcast of “Morning Edition,” Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Religious Groups, Businesses Review Supreme Court’s Headscarf Ruling.”

“Supreme Court rules on headscarf dress code discrimination, threatening speech online”: This video segment featuring Marcia Coyle appeared on yesterday evening’s broadcast of the PBS NewsHour.

“Supreme Court justice tells Broward students to make most of ‘best chance'”: The South Florida Sun-Sentinel has an article that begins, “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was greeted by a standing ovation and thunderous applause from students and parents as she took the stage at the Pompano Beach Middle School end-of-year award ceremony Monday evening.”

“Microsoft and the IRS Are Fighting Again”: Richard Rubin and Dina Bass of Bloomberg News have a report that begins, “Microsoft Corp. and the IRS are back in court, this time fighting about the U.S. tax agency’s interest in hiring David Boies, the lawyer who beat Microsoft in an antitrust case in 2000.”

“What the Abercrombie Bias Case Might Mean for Obamacare: A prequel on the question of how to interpret federal statutes.” Paul Barrett of Bloomberg News has this report.