“How Satan Came to Salem: The real story of the witch trials.” Adam Goodheart has this article in the November 2015 issue of The Atlantic.

“Judge Lourie withholds criticism of Supreme Court, explains no judge likes to be reversed”: Gene Quinn recently had this post at IPWatchdog.com.

“Notorious RBG: The Supreme Court Justice Turned Cultural Icon.” Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“FAN 81.1 (First Amendment News) Floyd Abrams, ‘Beyond the Reach of Government'”: Ronald K.L. Collins has this post today at “Concurring Opinions.”

“States Lawyer Up, Looking To Find A Way To Buy Execution Drugs From Overseas; Texas, Ohio, and Arizona corrections officials all have hired private lawyers to try to find a way around the FDA, current law, and a federal court order in order to import execution drugs from overseas”: Chris Geidner and Chris McDaniel of BuzzFeed News have this report.

Robert Gehrke of The Salt Lake Tribune reports that “Utah latest red state grappling with death penalty.”

And Mark Berman of The Washington Post reports that “Florida inmate asks to be executed by electric chair rather than lethal injection.”

“Will class action ascertainability come to SCOTUS through Tyson back door?” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

“‘Motivated by race,’ prosecutor dooms his double murder case”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Souter, Gregg discuss civics as part of primary project”: The Associated Press has this report.

“A Spark Delayed Ignites Into Late-Life Love”: Online at The Hartford Courant, Ann Z. Leventhal has an essay that begins, “In 1958, when I was 22 and Jon O. Newman was 26, he debated William F. Buckley Jr. at Hartford’s West Middle School.”

“Appoint special prosecutor in court email scandal”: Former Pennsylvania Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille has this post today at the “Think Tank” blog of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

In the November 2015 issue of ABA Journal magazine: Mark Walsh has an article headlined “Supreme Court weighs the right to sue an Internet data site.”

Jenny B. Davis has a “10 Questions” interview titled “This lawyer is fighting to extend basic human rights to complex animals.”

And this month’s installment of Bryan A. Garner’s “On Language” column is titled “Is your pronunciation on point? Take this quiz to find out.”

“Saving our ignocratic republic: Can a book, even one endorsed by Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito, teach voters that Judge Judy doesn’t sit on the Supreme Court? Or is it already too late?” Law professor Glenn Harlan Reynolds has this essay online at USA Today.

Greetings from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Where during the day on Tuesday, I will be arguing two unrelated appeals before the same three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

“It’s Illinois v. Illinois in a Duel for Justices’ Attention”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Justices grill attorneys in New Mexico assisted-suicide case”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Dearborn man, separated from family, sues to get off No-Fly List”: The Press & Guide of Dearborn, Michigan had this report back in May 2013.

Also in May 2013, The Detroit Free Press reported that “Dearborn man under investigation for kidnappings sues over no-fly status.”

More recently, in October 2014, Courthouse News Service reported that “No-Fly List Challenge Takes Off in 6th Circuit.”

Today, a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued this ruling reinstating in part the plaintiff’s suit.

“Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of Tribe in $36.2M Compact Dispute”: Matthew L.M. Fletcher has this post today at the “Turtle Talk” blog about a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Guantanamo lawyers say U.S. probe led to conflict of interest”: Reuters has this report.

“Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy visits HLS”: Harvard Law School has posted this video online today at YouTube.

“Pa. Supreme Court candidate’s ‘gay-panic’ defense”: William Bender has this article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Daily News.

Also in that newspaper today, columnist John Baer has an essay titled “Big biz group wants women to run Pa. Supreme Court.”

“Dayton child porn case heads to Ohio Supreme Court”: The Dayton Daily News has an article that begins, “Attorneys for a convicted child pornographer from Dayton will argue before the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday that the state’s legal definition of nudity is unconstitutional because it doesn’t allow for the production or creation of morally innocent images of naked children.”

“Stephanie Stacy becomes second woman to sit on Nebraska Supreme Court”: The Omaha World-Herald has this report.

“State wants Supreme Court to rehear Elkhart Four case”: The Indianapolis Star has this report.

And The Elkhart Truth reports that “Elkhart Four cases could be reheard by Indiana Supreme Court, per petition filed by the state.”

“Sonia Sotomayor speaks at Pomona College”: The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin has this report, along with an article headlined “Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor leads Pomona College class during visit.”

And Pomona College issued a news release titled “Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Visits Pomona College.” Online at YouTube, you can access “A Discussion with Sonia Sotomayor” that occurred during her visit.

“Wall Street Sharks Boosted by Ruling”: Kenneth Jost had this post yesterday at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“Review: ‘Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.'” In today’s edition of The New York Times, Jennifer Senior has a book review that begins, “Aesthetically speaking, ‘Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’ is a cheery curio, as if a scrapbook and the Talmud decided to have a baby.”

“‘Notorious RBG’: The Supreme Court Justice Turned Cultural Icon.” Nina Totenberg of NPR has this report.