Judge Posner on weed: Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner issued this opinion today on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

“N.J. Supreme Court orders new trial in KFC greasy floor injury case”: NJ.com has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of New Jersey issued today.

“U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal in Carr brothers case”: The Wichita Eagle has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court weighs San Jose fight against MLB”: Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this report.

“Everything You Need To Know About The Big Supreme Court Cases The Justices Will Hear This Term”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online today at ThinkProgress.

“Humane Criminal Justice Is Not Hopeless: The Supreme Court is beginning to take cruel and unusual punishment seriously — just like Pope Francis is.” Robert J. Smith has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.

“When Judges Rely on Their Own Online Research: A recent Seventh Circuit ruling tests the use of information gathered from the Internet.” Aaron S. Bayer recently had this essay in The National Law Journal.

“Chief Justice John Roberts’ Supreme Court at 10, defying labels”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“U.S. court hears challenge to $5.7 billion Visa, MasterCard settlement”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Death row inmate Richard Glossip denied stay, Wednesday execution to move forward”: Graham Lee Brewer of The Oklahoman has this news update.

The Tulsa World has a news update headlined “Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals denies Richard Glossip’s execution challenges.”

The Associated Press reports that “Oklahoma appeals court says Glossip’s execution can proceed.”

And Reuters reports that “Oklahoma court denies motion to halt execution of Glossip.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News on “Covering the Supreme Court”: Harvard Law School has posted this video online at YouTube.

“Giving Religious Liberty a Bad Name”: Kenneth Jost had this post yesterday at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“With next term looming, U.S. top court’s justices mull new cases”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“Georgia Woman Set to Die Despite Anti-Death-Penalty Pleas; Kelly Gissendaner faces execution by lethal injection at a state prison for her role in her husband’s murder”: Cameron McWhirter has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

And in yesterday’s edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Rhonda Cook had an article headlined “Justice has different meanings for Kelly Gissendaner’s family.”

“Bloomberg Poll: Americans Want Supreme Court to Turn Off Political Spending Spigot; Americans are divided on the justices’ decisions on gay marriage, health care, and abortion; But not on campaign finance.” Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Why The Most Urgent Civil Rights Cause Of Our Time Is The Supreme Court Itself”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this essay online today at TPM Cafe.

“President Bush’s Judiciary At Ten Years, and Looking Forward to 2017”: Josh Blackman has this post today at his blog.

“Chief Justice John Roberts Amasses Conservative Record, and the Right’s Ire”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Five Supreme Court cases to watch”: Lydia Wheeler of The Hill has this report today.

“Justices could review nonprofits’ contraceptives objection”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Supreme Court may hear Texas abortion case; A ruling on the state’s requirements for abortion providers could roil the 2016 race”: Jennifer Haberkorn of Politico.com has this report today.

“U.S. court to revisit Guantanamo detainee’s conspiracy conviction”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“School uniforms — the answer to free speech issues at high schools”: Online at The Washington Post, columnist Charles Lane has an essay that begins, “The federal judiciary does many things well. Writing high school dress codes is not one of them.”

“Doug Kendall RIP”: Randy Barnett has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“NPR reporter shares untold stories of Supreme Court”: The Bowling Green Daily News had this report earlier this week.

“$50 million Comcast settlement gives $15 credit to some customers”: This article will appear in Saturday’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

This is the same case that resulted in a ruling on the merits from the U.S. Supreme Court in March 2013.

“D.C. Circuit Grants Rehearing En Banc in al Bahlul”: Steve Vladeck has this post at “Just Security” about an order granting rehearing en banc that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

Ninth Circuit affirms denial of preliminary injunction sought by International Franchise Association against enforcement of Seattle’s recently enacted minimum wage ordinance: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Paul D. Clement had argued the appeal for the appellants earlier this month.

Update: In other coverage, The Seattle Times reports that “Franchise group loses appeal over Seattle minimum-wage law.”

“Court Clears Ex-Margate Official In Bribery Case”: CBS Miami has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.

“Texas Is Making Its Own Execution Drugs, Oklahoma Inmate Alleges; Many death penalty states have struggled to obtain a lethal injection drug that Texas has consistently been able to procure; In a filing Thursday in Oklahoma, lawyers provided evidence that Texas sold pentobarbital to Virginia in August”: Chris McDaniel of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“Chief Justice Roberts’ record isn’t conservative enough for some activists”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Justice Alito steers clear of controversy in UK talk”: The Lexington Herald-Leader has this report.

And The Kentucky Kernel, the student newspaper of the University of Kentucky, reports that “Supreme Court Justice visits UK, interviews himself.” The article begins, “The questions from UK law students were too polite for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, so he asked the ‘nasty’ questions himself.”

“Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer: Judges should know law beyond U.S. shores.” The Pasadena Star-News has this report.

And on Tuesday, UCLA Newsroom issued a news release titled “Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer speaks at UCLA Law; The event is the first in a series of ‘Conversations with the Dean.’”

“Judgement Day 2016: The Future of the Supreme Court as a Critical Issue in the 2016 Presidential Election.” People For the American Way issued this report yesterday, along with a related news release.

Also yesterday, Elliot Mincberg of PFAW had a blog entry at The Huffington Post titled “Why November 8, 2016 is Judgment Day for the Supreme Court — and Our Rights.”

“Is the Bar Too Low to Get Into Law School?” That’s the topic for discussion in the current “Room for Debate” feature online at The New York Times.