“Pa. Supreme Court’s tarnished rep tough on sole female justice”: Brad Bumsted has this front page article in today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

“Chief Justice Likely Helped Set Stage For Nationwide Marriage Equality Decision”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report today.

Geidner also has written a related law review article titled “Cert. Denied, Stays Denied, Marriage Equality Advanced: How the Supreme Court Used Nonprecedential Orders to Diminish the Drama of the Marriage Equality Decision.”

Only approximately three months until pitchers and catchers report: In an opinion that Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton issued today on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, he observes that “[t]he risk that [the plaintiff’s child] would be subject to another such search is no more ‘actual and imminent’ than the Chicago Cubs (or, we fear, the Cleveland Indians) winning the World Series.”

Of course, the Cubs came a little closer than usual this year to making the World Series, so this bulletin-board material may be just the additional motivation the team needs to win it all in 2016. Which is much more than I can say for my own hometown team, the Philadelphia Phillies.

USDOJ obtains rehearing en banc in Detroit Free Press access-to-mugshots case: You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link.

My earlier coverage of the Sixth Circuit’s three-judge panel’s per curiam ruling that preserved media access to the mugshots in question can be accessed here.

“Obama Administration Asks Supreme Court to Save Immigration Plan”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Obama takes immigration leniency plan to the Supreme Court.”

David G. Savage and Molly Hennessy-Fiske of The Los Angeles Times have a news update headlined “Obama administration asks Supreme Court to reverse order blocking president’s immigration plan.”

Kevin Johnson and Richard Wolf of USA Today report that “Obama administration appeals immigration ruling to Supreme Court.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has a news update headlined “Obama Administration Asks Supreme Court to Reinstate Immigration Policy; Courts have blocked plan to allow illegal immigrants with U.S.-citizen or resident children to avoid deportation.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Obama asks Supreme Court to save his immigration plan.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Obama administration asks top court to revive immigration plan.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Obama Lawyers Ask Supreme Court to Revive Immigration Plan.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Obama administration asks Supreme Court to approve executive amnesty.”

Seung Min Kim and Josh Gerstein of Politico.com report that “Obama administration takes immigration battle to Supreme Court; A Supreme Court ruling on an issue as politically explosive as immigration could be a potential grenade in the 2016 presidential elections.”

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Obama Administration Seeks Supreme Court Action on Immigration.”

Cristian Farias and Elise Foley of The Huffington Post report that “Obama Administration Takes Deportation Relief For Millions To Supreme Court; President Barack Obama first announced the program exactly one year ago.”

Todd Ruger of Roll Call reports that “Obama Administration Files Appeal in Immigration Case.”

Jordan Fabian of The Hill reports that “Obama appeals immigration ruling to Supreme Court.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “U.S. appeals on immigration policy.”

You can view the Obama Administration’s petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“Kagan Discusses Statutory Interpretation at Law School”: Jonathan Adler (yes, it’s a fairly common name) of The Harvard Crimson has this report.

“Convicted spy Pollard released from US custody, gov’t says”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Adjusting IQ Scores so More Minorities Are Eligible for the Death Penalty”: Law professor Sherry F. Colb has this essay today at Justia.com’s Verdict.

“Consumers lose U.S. appeal over credit card arbitration clauses”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a summary order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued yesterday.