“Italy’s Highest Court Explains Decision to Clear Amanda Knox”: The New York Times has this report.

And The Associated Press has an article headlined “Italy top court: Amanda Knox conviction based on poor case.”

“Apple and Other Tech Companies Tangle With U.S. Over Data Access”: Matt Apuzzo, David E. Sanger, and Michael S. Schmidt will have this front page article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Accused 9/11 plotter seeks judge’s help sending letter to Obama from Guantanamo; Khalid Sheik Mohammed’s lawyers attached a letter to a case filing; His death-penalty defenders have been trying to send Obama a letter for a year; The case’s Army judge sealed it, after emergency request by the Pentagon prosecutor”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

“Kentucky clerk Kim Davis seeks exemption on gay marriage licenses”: Carolyn Johnson of The Washington Post has this news update.

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Kentucky Clerk Asks Appeals Court To Halt Governor’s Marriage Equality ‘Mandate’; After being jailed for violating a federal court order that she stop her ‘no marriage licenses’ policy, Kim Davis presses forward in her own case against Gov. Steve Beshear.”

“Patent Law Shouldn’t Block the Sale of Used Tech Products”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an editorial that begins, “American patent law should not be used to prevent consumers from reselling, altering or fixing technology products. A federal appeals court will soon hear a case that could clearly establish this principle.”

“Supreme Court case based in Md. could have wide impact; Bethesda man’s fight against redistricting winds up at the Supreme Court”: John Fritze has this front page article in today’s edition of The Baltimore Sun.

“Supreme Court races only the start of turnover on the bench”: From Pennsylvania, The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The looming general-election campaign for three open seats on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court could flip the partisan scales, but whatever happens will be only the prelude to a sea change on the state’s top bench.”

“Florida Supreme Court chief justice to undergo cancer surgery”: The News Service of Florida has this report.

You can access at this link the news release that the Supreme Court of Florida issued last Friday.

“Armstrong County getting look at Superior Court judges in action”: Today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review contains this article.

“Jailed Kentucky Clerk Starts Federal Appeal”: This article appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Also in today’s edition of that newspaper, Ryan T. Anderson has an op-ed titled “We Don’t Need Kim Davis to Be in Jail.”

In other coverage, USA Today reports that “Ky. clerk remains behind bars after 5 days, appeals judge’s order.”

And Reuters reports that “Jailed Kentucky clerk seeks emergency injunction in gay marriage case.”

“Life sentence for then-14-year-old murderer upheld”: Saturday’s edition of The Easton (Pa.) Express-Times contained an article that begins, “A panel of Pennsylvania appellate court judges ruled a life sentence without the possibility of parole will remain in place for a Phillipsburg man who committed murder when he was 14.”

And Saturday’s edition of The Allentown Morning Call contained an article headlined “Court upholds life sentence for 14-year-old killer.”

Friday’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania consisted of a majority opinion and an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

“Chief justice: No need for Supreme Court recusals from court funding case.” Bryan Lowry of The Wichita Eagle has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Kansas Supreme Court may review case dealing with its power; Shawnee County District Court Judge Larry Hendricks struck down the 2014 law Wednesday.”

“Ecuadoreans can sue Chevron in Canada, Supreme Court rules”: Sean Fine had this article in Saturday’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail.

Reuters reports that “Canada’s top court says Ecuadoreans can sue Chevron in Ontario.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Canada dismisses Chevron appeal in Ecuador rainforest case.”

You can access last Friday’s unanimous ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada at this link.

“Ohio death row quandary: 2 dozen executions, no lethal drugs.” The Associated Press has this report.

“Groundbreaking female justices on the Supreme Court”: Recently in The Washington Post, law professor Cary Franklin had this review of Linda Hirshman’s new book, “Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World.”

“It’s Time for Conservatives to Reject Judicial Restraint”: Evan Bernick had this blog entry Friday at The Huffington Post.

“The Worst of the Worst: Judy Clarke excelled at saving the lives of notorious killers; Then she took the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.” Patrick Radden Keefe has this article in the September 14, 2015 issue of The New Yorker.