“Group buys land under Mt. Soledad cross, possibly ending two-decade court fight”: The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

And The San Diego Union-Tribune has a news update headlined “Cross land transferred, cross case not over; Plaintiffs to review details of land transfer to make sure it’s constitutional.”

“Samuel Alito and the Slippery Slope of Liberty: The conservative justice suggests progressives should be just as worried as he is about the Supreme Court’s ruling on gay marriage.” Russell Berman has this article online today at The Atlantic.

“Obama’s Plan for Guantanamo Is Seen Faltering”: Charlie Savage will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Constitution Check: What’s the next big controversy on campaign finance?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Scott Walker’s Wisconsin and the End of Campaign-Finance Law”: Lincoln Caplan has this post online today at The New Yorker.

“The 7th Circuit just made it a lot easier to sue over data breaches”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Seventh Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Court overturns some Blagojevich convictions”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued today.

“Novartis May Sell Copy of Amgen’s Neupogen Drug in September”: Susan Decker of Bloomberg News has this report.

And Reuters reports that “Drugmaker Novartis blocked from selling Neupogen copycat until Sept 2.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in which each of the three judges on the panel issued a separate opinion, at this link.

“Federal court upholds EPA pollutant rule”: The Hill has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

Butt dialing on appeal: The Cincinnati Enquirer has a news update headlined “Part of CVG pocket-dial case to continue” reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

“Update on the contraception coverage regulations and litigation”: Marty Lederman had this post yesterday at “Balkinization.”

“Abercrombie & Fitch settles head scarf case after Supreme Court ruling”: Reuters has this report.

Earlier, The Tulsa World reported that “Abercrombie & Fitch drops appeal in Tulsa Muslim woman’s employment discrimination case.”

“Plaintiff in Supreme Court gay marriage ruling has book deal”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The lead plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case that made gay marriage a nationwide right has a book deal.”

“U.S. authorities end criminal case against Barry Bonds”: Dan Levine of Reuters has an article that begins, “The U.S. Department of Justice will not appeal a court ruling that cleared baseball player Barry Bonds of obstruction of justice in a probe over steroids, effectively ending the long criminal prosecution of the sport’s career home run leader.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Feds end prosecution of Barry Bonds without conviction.”

“Clerk ‘sought God’ on marriage license issue”: Today’s edition of The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky contains a front page article that begins, “Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis testified in federal court Monday that she prayed and fasted over her decision to refuse marriage licenses for same-sex couples and believes she is upholding her oath under the Constitution.”

“The mystery of Fisher II review”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“American Samoans Seek Full D.C. Circuit Review of Panel Decision Denying Birthright Citizenship; Panel’s Broad Expansion of Controversial Insular Cases Doctrine At Odds With Supreme Court and D.C. Circuit Precedent”: The organization We the People issued this news release today.

You can access at this link the petition for rehearing en banc filed yesterday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

“New C-SPAN/Penn Schoen Berland Poll on American Attitudes on U.S. Supreme Court: Two-thirds view Supreme Court as ‘split on partisan ground’ — similar to Congress; Support for Televised Arguments Continues to Rise.” C-SPAN issued this news release today. You can access the detailed survey results at this link.

“Is Polygamy Next?” Law professor William Baude has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“When a Brief May Find a Real Friend on the Court”: Andrew Ross Sorkin has this essay in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Neiman Marcus Customer Card Data Breach Suit Given New Life”: Margaret Cronin Fisk of Bloomberg News has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued yesterday.