“Abercrombie’s Legal Defeat — and Its Cultural Failure”: Margaret Talbot has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Has the Supreme Court become less ideological?” Eric Posner has this post today at his blog.

“AP Exclusive: Abortions declining in nearly all states.” The Associated Press has this report.

“After 800 years, Britain finally asks: Do we need a written constitution?” The Washington Post has this report.

“Not Everyone Hates Citizens United: The landmark campaign finance ruling made local TV stations very, very rich.” Michael J. Socolow has this essay online at Slate.

“Supreme Court Win Could Boomerang on Republicans”: Albert R. Hunt has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“In Sevier County, same-sex marriage could pit conservative values against wedding economy”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Knoxville News Sentinel.

“Lawsuit threatens to upend solitary confinement on Va.’s death row”: The Washington Post has an article that begins, “A federal lawsuit in Virginia is threatening to upend the state’s practice of automatically placing death row inmates in near constant solitary confinement, and experts say it could spark similar challenges across the country to a prison practice that is increasingly being scrutinized.”

“Supreme Advocate: Jeffrey Fisher, co-director of Stanford’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, has argued more than 22 cases before SCOTUS.” Stan Sinberg has this cover story in the June 2015 issue of California Lawyer magazine.

“McConnell backs away from judicial shutdown talk”: Alexander Bolton of The Hill has this report today.

“Filings suggest Georgia can’t explain cloudy execution drug”: The Associated Press has this report.

And Chris McDaniel of BuzzFeed News has an article headlined “Georgia (Reluctantly) Releases Results Of Execution Drug Experiment; The results of the experiment don’t help the state’s case that its execution drug became ‘cloudy’ because of the cold temperature it was stored in.”

“Court adds $5.4 billion to debt bill; Argentina to appeal”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Appeals court upholds temporary hike in postal rate”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued yesterday.

“Texas Supreme Court judge named ‘Tweeter Laureate'”: The Associated Press has this report.

You can access the Twitter feed of Justice Don Willett at this link.

“Pot club, even if illegal, can collect stolen funds, court rules”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this news update.

Courthouse News Service reports that “Bankrupt Lawyer Loses Appeal to Pot Dispensary.”

And Law360.com reports that “Pilfering Lawyer’s Weed Win Goes Up In Smoke In 9th Circ.” (subscription required for full access).

You can read today’s interesting ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Justice Scalia takes on commencement cliches in humor-filled speech”: The Washington Post has this report.

“Water rule’s fate could hang on one man: Justice Kennedy.” Annie Snider and Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire have this report.

“U.S. court rejects American Samoans’ bid for full citizenship rights”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

The Associated Press has a report headlined “Appeals court: No birthright citizenship for American Samoa.”

And at “Just Security,” Steve Vladeck has a blog post titled “D.C. Circuit Rejects Birthright Citizenship for American Samoans.”

Circuit Judge Janice Rogers Brown wrote today’s opinion on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

“Feds may appeal Brooklyn judge’s decision to toss 100 kiddie porn videos in perv case”: The New York Daily News published this article in July 2013.

Today. a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision affirming the suppression order.

“New York Court Rules for Immigrant in Fight to Become Lawyer”: This article appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

You can access Wednesday’s per curiam ruling of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, at this link.

“McConnell Puts Squeeze on New Obama Federal Judges”: At Roll Call, Niels Lesniewski has a blog post that begins, “President Barack Obama shouldn’t be too optimistic about getting a lot of federal appeals court judges confirmed by the Senate.”

And Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post reports that “Mitch McConnell Says Obama’s Circuit Court Nominees Won’t Be Confirmed Anymore.”

“Court strikes down Guam’s same-sex marriage ban”: The Pacific Daily News of Guam has this report.

“Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Supreme Court let a vicious Arizona law die, and conservative justices are furious.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.

“Abercrombie ruling underscores rejection of one-size-fits-all work policies”: Reuters has this report.

And at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist, Steven Mazie has a post titled “Religion in the workplace: Bias unveiled.”

“D.C. Circuit tosses suit brought by injured military contractors”: Reuters has this report today about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued on Tuesday.

“HHS’s Burwell Sees Spike in Uninsured if Supreme Court Rules Against Health Law; Health and Human Services secretary says health law has improved care quality and affordability”: Louise Radnofsky and Thomas M. Burton of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Serves as Stone Ridge Commencement Speaker”: Montgomery Community Media of Rockville, Maryland has this report.

“Appeals court wants more briefs in Obama immigration fight”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post that begins, “A little more than a week after denying President Barack Obama’s effort to move forward with controversial executive actions on immigration, a federal appeals court has ordered both sides in the case to file new legal briefs.”

Programming note: On Thursday morning, I will be meeting in northeastern Pennsylvania with co-counsel in an appeal on which I am working. As a result, additional posts will appear here on Thursday afternoon.

“Court sides with jail officers in case involving 2007 inmate suicide”: The News Service of Florida has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.

“US 4th circuit: Pitt County schools free from desegregation orders.” The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report on the ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

Unwanted faxes produce a Sixth Circuit decision worth reading: Circuit Judge David W. McKeague issued an interesting and highly readable decision today in a case captioned Sandusky Wellness Center v. Medco Health Solutions.

“Amgen, Novartis Battle in U.S. Court Over Neupogen Copycat”: Susan Decker of Bloomberg News has this report.

And Diane Bartz of Reuters reports that “Novartis tries to get U.S. ban lifted on sale of Neupogen copycat.”

You can access via this link (11.7 MB mp3 audio file) the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

“Justices Urged to Provide More Access to Financial Disclosures; House Transparency Caucus seeks SCOTUS finance sunshine”: Mike Sacks has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Colowyo Coal to appeal federal ruling on permits for Craig-area mine”: The Denver Post has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Colorado coal mine appeals climate change court ruling.”