“Chief Justice’s Report Praises Limits on Litigants’ Access to Information”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Who Needs Black Robes? Not Judges.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“State high court wrangles on Judicial Commission appointment”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “The Wisconsin Supreme Court is in a fight over who to put on the commission that polices judicial misconduct, with two justices contending the voting process has been chaotic and with Chief Justice Patience Roggensack declining to make the ballots public, at least for now.”

“The Supreme Court Had A Landmark Year. Here Are Its Greatest Hits; And some sorry stumbles.” Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.

Access online Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.’s 2015 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary: At this link.

In news coverage, Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Roberts urges lawyers, judges to help improve ‘contentious’ federal system.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Chief Justice Roberts’ year-end report urges federal judges to pick up the pace.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court’s chief justice seeks faster, fairer, more efficient system.”

Joan Biskupic of Reuters reports that “U.S. chief justice urges judges, lawyers to cooperate for speedier litigation.”

The Associated Press has a report headlined “Roberts: Court rule changes should cut lawsuits’ cost, time.”

At WSJ.com’s “Washington Wire” blog, Jess Bravin has a post titled “John Roberts Cites Duels in Explaining New Rules in 2015 Judicial Report.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Chief Justice wants less gamesmanship by lawyers.”

“A Valuable Lesson in Protected Speech”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh has a post titled “Okay to dismiss professional school students for expressing ‘views . . . deemed not in alignment with standards set by’ government authorities.”

“Why the next Supreme Court vacancy will favor liberals, no matter who retires”: Linda Hirshman has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“‘Every woman’s nightmare’ loses appeal in bizarre home invasion case”: Matt Miller of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report on a non-precedential ruling that the Superior Court of Pennsylvania issued yesterday.

“Constitution Check: Does the First Amendment protect offensive trademarks?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Seeking to Alter Jury Selection, Lawyer in Terror Case Cites Donald Trump’s Muslim Remarks”: Benjamin Weiser has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Constitution Check: Who is right about Puerto Rico’s self-governing status?” Lyle Denniston had this post recently at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Court of Appeals Moves to Preserve Citations to Online Resources”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued this news release today.

“Key Supreme Court Decisions Coming in 2016; Expected rulings on affirmative action, abortion and ‘one person, one vote,’ among others, will remind voters of the power of judicial appointments”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

You can freely access the full text of this article via Google.

“One Of The Biggest Losers Of 2015 Was An Entire Branch Of Government; Federal courts got screwed by Senate Republicans”: Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post has this report today.

“Pa. Supreme Court justice must resign”: The Erie Times-News has posted this editorial online today.

Today at the “Think Tank” blog of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Marc Bookman has a post titled “Eakin defense raises questions about potential bias.”

And Brad Bumsted of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update headlined “Special deputy examining emails should return hard drive, AG official says.”

“U.S. seeks to head off new review of ACA individual mandate”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Court right to judge Eakin’s ‘private’ emails”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of LNP of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

“Inside California’s death row”: Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this report.

“Texas Urges Supreme Court to Reject Appeal on Obama’s Immigration Program”: Michael D. Shear will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

The Associated Press reports that “Texas asks US Supreme Court not to review immigration case.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “States want wider immigration review, if Court takes case.”

You can view at this link the brief in opposition that Texas filed today in the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Sweet Cakes owners pay damages while continuing appeal of $135,000 bias case”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Oregonian.

“Texas law sharply curbs access to abortion, clinics tell Supreme Court”: Reuters has this report.

“We must delineate the scope of the University’s authority to deny a teaching candidate’s student teaching application on the basis of the candidate’s speech.” A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today issued its ruling in the case captioned Oyama v. Univ. of Hawaii.

Today’s ruling goes against the student who asserted that his free speech rights had been violated.

“James McKinney update: Court to rehear appeal for Ariz. death row inmate.” The Associated Press had this report back in March 2014.

Earlier, in September 2013, Cronkite News had an article headlined “Appeals court upholds death sentence in Phoenix-area burglary murders” reporting on the original three-judge Ninth Circuit panel’s ruling in the case.

Today, one year and two weeks after the appeal was reheard before an 11-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the court issued a 6-to-5 decision granting habeas relief in favor of the defendant.

“Shrimp Boy’s Day in Court: What happened when one of San Francisco’s most notorious underworld bosses tried to go clean.” Elizabeth Weil had this article in the October 13, 2015 issue of The New York Times Magazine.

Today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an order denying that criminal defendant’s petition for writ of mandamus filed yesterday.

“Those Demanding Free Speech Limits to Fight ISIS Pose a Greater Threat to U.S. Than ISIS”: Glenn Greenwald has this essay online today at The Intercept.

“New York Prisons Take an Unsavory Punishment Off the Table”: Jesse McKinley had this article earlier this month in The New York Times.

And today, McKinley has a related item headlined “Goodbye, Prison Loaf: Reporter’s Notebook.”

“Campaign cash in state judicial elections grows”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Tweeter Laureate rocks social media from judicial post; Justice Don Willett embraces social media”: Peggy Fikac of The San Antonio Express-News has this report. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

“The Worst Civil Liberties Betrayals of 2015: These 10 problems make us less safe and less free.” Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.

The film Machete Kills also bombs at the Fifth Circuit: Circuit Judge Catharina Haynes today issued this ruling on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

“Is sending porn illegal in Pennsylvania?” Today at NewsWorks, Dave Davies has a blog post that begins, “When Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Michael Eakin was facing suspension last week for the raunchy email on his private account, he apologized, but said at a hearing his conduct was ‘not criminal.’ Or was it?”

“Federal judge’s ruling on evidence could fuel John Doe appeal to U.S. Supreme Court”: Matthew DeFour of The Wisconsin State Journal has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to speak at Rummel on Saturday”: The New Orleans Advocate has this report.

“Cisco wins U.S. patent dispute over wifi technology”: Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued today.

“Killer Mike’s Supreme Court Brief”: Gilad Edelman has this post today at The New Yorker.