“Protesters have no free-speech rights on Supreme Court’s front porch”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“Demonstrators Can’t Use Supreme Court’s Outdoor Plaza, Appeals Court Says”: Jess Bravin has this post at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog.”

“A misleading story about Justice Thomas”: Orin Kerr has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Gay couple turned away 3rd time by Rowan clerk”: The Louisville Courier-Journal has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Clerk asks US Supreme Court to intervene in marriage case.”

“D.C. appeals court lifts injunction against NSA’s bulk-collection program”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

James Risen of The New York Times has a news update headlined “N.S.A. Phone Data Collection Backed by Appeals Court.”

The Washington Post reports that “A D.C. appeals court has lifted an injunction against the NSA phone call records program.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Court upholds NSA sweep of phone records.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Appeals court backs NSA phone-snooping, overturns Klayman victory.”

And at “Just Security,” Steve Vladeck had a post titled “Better Never Than Late? The D.C. Circuit’s Problematic Standing Holding in Klayman.”

“Sports Gambling Law Is Unfair to New Jersey”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg News.

“Appeals court upholds protest ban on Supreme Court plaza”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court says Supreme Court can ban protests on plaza.”

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

“Appeals court reverses ruling that found NSA program illegal”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

In other coverage, Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. court rules for government over NSA metadata collection program.”

And Bloomberg News reports that “U.S. Appeals Court Sends NSA Collection Challenge Back to Judge.”