“Inside John Roberts’ Decades-Long Crusade Against the Voting Rights Act”: Ari Berman has this article online at Politico Magazine.

And Berman was law professor Rick Hasen’s guest on the inaugural ELB Podcast, which you can access via this post at the “Election Law Blog.”

“[W]e hold that an unaccepted offer of judgment cannot moot a named-plaintiff’s claim in a putative class action”: So held a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in a ruling issued today.

“On Johnson retroactivity, the Eleventh Circuit splits with the Seventh Circuit”: Brian Toth has this post today at the “Southern District of Florida” blog.

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

“When Innocence Is No Defense”: Law professor Julie Seaman has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“The Process of Marriage Equality”: Law professors Josh Blackman and Howard M. Wasserman have posted this article online at SSRN.

“Judge: Clerk must issue gay marriage licenses.” The Louisville Courier-Journal has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Judge orders Kentucky clerk to issue gay marriage licenses.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky at this link.

“14-year-old raped during botched sting can sue Madison County school board”: AL.com has this report.

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Suit over using teen as bait in sex sting can proceed.”

You can access today’s 75-page ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“Federal court: Anti-Muslim group can’t post ads on buses.” The Associated Press has this report.

And Courthouse News Service reports that “Anti-Muslim Group’s Misleading Terrorist Ad Won’t Run in Wash.”

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

“Free Press wins appeal over release of mug shots”: The Detroit Free Press has this news update.

The Detroit News has an update headlined “Release mug shots, federal appeals panel says.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Detroit newspaper wins appeal over getting federal mug shots.”

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

“Mississippi Ban on Adoptions by Same-Sex Couples Is Challenged”: Tamar Lewin will have this article in Thursday’s edition of The New York Times.

And Reuters reports that “Suit challenges Mississippi ban on adoption by same-sex couples.”

“U.S. government appeals judge’s ruling over 2008 AIG bailout”: Reuters has this report.

“Why the Leo Frank lynching resonates a century later: A conversation with Steve Oney, author of the definitive account of the secretive hanging in Marietta that was never prosecuted and amounted to an attack on Georgia’s justice system.” Rebecca Burns has this article online at Atlanta magazine.

“Bridging the Debate Over Florida’s ‘Docs vs. Glocks’ Law: An appeals court just ruled that the state is allowed to ban physicians from talking about guns with their patients; But educating doctors about firearms could lead to an honest conversation about health risks with gun owners.” Adam Weinstein has this commentary online at The Trace.

“Why Three Counties That Loved the Death Penalty Have Almost Stopped Pursuing It; A closer look at get-tough DAs”: Simone Seiver of The Marshall Project has this report.

And online at The Conversation, law professor Brandon L. Garrett has an article headlined “Coerced confessions and jailhouse snitches: why the death penalty is so flawed.”

“N.F.L.’s Bogus Settlement for Brain-Damaged Former Players”: Columnist Joe Nocera has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit now has pending before it objectors’ appeals challenging the trial court’s approval of the settlement.