“The racist, sexist comments Pa. Supreme Court Justice Eakin made to his ‘boys’ prove bigotry still sits on America’s high courts”: Columnist Shaun King has this essay online at The New York Daily News.

“A FOIA Circuit Split That the Supreme Court Needs To Resolve”: Steve Vladeck has this post today at the “Just Security” blog.

“Ponce sues U.S. agencies over AIDS funds”: Microjuris.com had this report back in October 2014 about a decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

Yesterday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a decision reversing the district court’s entry of judgment for plaintiffs and remand for entry of judgment in favor of federal government, dismissing the complaint with prejudice.

“New trial ordered for Msgr. Lynn, chief defendant in Phila. clergy abuse case”: Jeremy Roebuck has this front page article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Yesterday’s non-precedential ruling of a three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion and an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

“Judge’s Removal in D.C. Gun Case Shows Strained System”: Melissa Stanzione of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

Tenth Circuit affirms dismissal of suit in which Native Americans sought accounting of massacre reparations: In April, Andrew Westney of Law360.com had a report headlined “Native Americans Seek Accounting Of Massacre Reparations” (subscription required for full access) reporting on this appeal.

Yesterday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a decision affirming the dismissal of the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

“AG Kathleen Kane: Michael Eakin’s suspension restores ‘faith in our justice system.'” Wallace McKelvey of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.

“Kentucky governor alters marriage licenses to accommodate opponents of same-sex marriage”: Sandhya Somashekhar has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Today’s edition of The Lexington Herald-Leader contains a front page article headlined “Bevin orders marriage license changes; reverses Beshear on felon voting rights, minimum wage.”

And today’s edition of The Louisville Courier-Journal contains a front page article headlined “Bevin takes ax to Beshear’s executive orders.”

“Court ruling for a rock band could boost Redskins in trademark case”: Ian Shapira has this article In today’s edition of The Washington Post.

And Bloomberg News reports that “‘The Slants’ Trademark Win in Court May Boost Redskins Case.”

Comparing and contrasting two newsworthy Pennsylvania appellate judges: See the front page of today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, for which Chris Mondics has written an obituary headlined ” Arlin M. Adams, 94, former judge” about a man who served for “many decades as a respected federal appellate judge, litigator.”

Also on today’s front page, as the lead item at the very top of the page, is Angela Couloumbis’s article headlined “Justice Eakin suspended over emails,” which begins, “The state’s judicial ethics tribunal on Tuesday suspended Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin for his involvement in the ‘Porngate’ scandal, saying his continued presence on the bench harmed the public’s trust in the judiciary.”

“Ruling Could Help Washington Redskins in Trademark Case”: Richard Sandomir will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

And today at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh has a post titled “Federal appeals court decides ‘The Slants’ case: excluding ‘disparaging marks’ from trademark registration violates the First Amendment.”

My earlier coverage of today’s en banc Federal Circuit ruling can be accessed here and here.

“Limit State Access to Federal Court”: In today’s edition of The New York Times, law professors Amanda Frost and Stephen I. Vladeck have an op-ed that begins, “Next month, the Supreme Court will decide whether to hear a case challenging an Obama administration policy that would give permission to millions of undocumented immigrants to stay and work in the United States.”

“Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin suspended amid ‘Porngate’ allegations”: Wallace McKelvey of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.

You can view online at this link today’s per curiam suspension order of the Court of Judicial Discipline of Pennsylvania. According to paragraphs 9 and 10 of the order:

9. Of particular concern to the Court are two email exchanges between the Respondent and Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Baxter in which they comment upon the physical attributes of female employees in the Respondent’s office as well as sexually-suggestive observations. Clearly, these emails, which address judicial employees, are extremely inappropriate and offensive.

10. Because the Respondent utilized his government issued equipment to engage in these email exchanges, and participated in the email exchanges with other government employees who were using their government email addresses, he should have had a lower expectation of privacy.

You can access the complete suspension order at this link.

“Supreme Court Justice Eakin suspended with pay over ‘Porngate’ emails”: The Associated Press has this early report.

Angela Couloumbis of The Philadelphia Inquirer has a news update headlined “Pa. Supreme Court Justice Eakin suspended over ‘Porngate.’”

And Jim Deegan of The Express-Times of Easton, Pennsylvania has a news update headlined “Supreme Court Justice Michael Eakin suspended for ‘Porngate’ emails.”

“Government Can’t Reject Trademarks for Being Disparaging or Offensive, Court Says; Ruling cites constitutional free-speech protections”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

The Oregonian has a news update headlined “The Slants, Asian-American band from Portland, can trademark controversial name, U.S. court rules.”

At the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “Rock Band Wins First Amendment Appeal Over ‘Disparaging’ Trademarks.”

And Mike Masnick of Techdirt has a post titled “Appeals Court Says US Government Cannot Deny Trademarks For Being ‘Disparaging.’”

My earlier coverage of today’s en banc Federal Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Arlin M. Adams, highly respected former federal judge in Philadelphia, dies at 94”: Chris Mondics of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Jeff Blumenthal of Philadelphia Business Journal reports that “Longtime federal judge, Schnader Harrison partner Arlin Adams dies.”

And The Forward reports that “Arlin Adams, Federal Judge and Community Champion, Dies at 94.”

“Hold your nose: Supreme Court sides with farm over spreading of smelly sewage sludge.” Matt Miller of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.

Yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consisted of a unanimous opinion of the court and a concurring opinion.

“Eakin argues against interim suspension as court considers allegations of improper emails”: The Associated Press has this report.

Dave Davies of NewsWorks has a blog post titled “Eakin: Just male banter, keep me on the bench.”

And in today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, columnist Tony Norman has an op-ed titled “First rule of email: It all goes public.”

“Wine collector loses U.S. appeal of counterfeiting conviction”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report on a non-precedential summary order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“The government cannot refuse to register disparaging marks because it disapproves of the expressive messages conveyed by the marks.” So holds the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a ruling issued today in the case captioned In re Simon Shiao Tam.

The introduction to the majority opinion explains:

Mr. Simon Shiao Tam named his band THE SLANTS to make a statement about racial and cultural issues in this country. With his band name, Mr. Tam conveys more about our society than many volumes of undisputedly protected speech.

Earlier, NBC News had a report headlined “Could The Slants’ Trademark Suit Affect NFL’s Redskins’ Flap?”

And earlier at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh had a post titled “The Redskins and The Slants: How an Asian American band name case may affect the Redskins trademark.”

Update: In early news coverage, Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court says government cannot censor offensive trademarks.”

“Don’t let Eakin judge”: Today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer contains an editorial that begins, “Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin apparently still doesn’t get it.”

Further in, the editorial states, “In addition to receiving numerous emails laden with pornographic, misogynist, racist, and homophobic content, Eakin relayed a joke about a battered woman, vowed to close his ‘titty deficit’ by patronizing strip clubs with fellow officers of the court, and nauseatingly imagined getting his female aides to share rooms with them during a planned golf outing in Myrtle Beach, S.C.”

And in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Daily News, columnist Helen Ubinas has an op-ed titled “No tactic is too low for Porngate.”

“A Momentous, Yet Conservative, Win for Gay Rights”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg

“Supreme Court upholds Gov. Wolf’s death penalty moratorium”: Matthew Santoni of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has this news update.

Chris Palmer of The Philadelphia Inquirer has a news update headlined “Court backs Wolf in Phila. death penalty case.”

Paul Vigna of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “Supreme Court supports Gov. Wolf’s stance on executions.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Top Pennsylvania court: Governor can postpone executions.”

Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion and a concurring opinion.

“Supreme Court Justice Eakin’s ethics hearing concludes without decision”: Wallace McKelvey of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.

“Emotional Justice Eakin testifies about reputation, media circus”: Brad Bumsted of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update that begins, “Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Michael Eakin choked back sobs as he testified Monday about how ‘terribly frustrating it is to be drug through the mud’ in news reports about his lewd emails.”

Riley Yates and Peter Hall of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania have a news update headlined “Justice Eakin tearfully testifies in porn email hearing.”

And Angela Couloumbis and Craig R. McCoy of The Philadelphia Inquirer have a news update headlined “Eakin tearfully apologizes for offensive emails.”

“Supreme Court Justice Eakin: ‘Don’t hold what my friends said against me.'” Wallace McKelvey of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.

And earlier this afternoon, McKelvey had a related article headlined “Supreme Court Justice Eakin’s ethics hearing focuses on private lives of judges.”

“Hip-hop stars take Miss. rapper’s case to Supreme Court”: Therese Apel of The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi has this report.

“Supreme Court Ought to Re-examine Second-Guessing of FDA-Approved Drug Labeling by State Tort Law”: Richard Samp has this post today at the “Legal Pulse” blog of the Washington Legal Foundation.

“Military family pushes Supreme Court to consider malpractice claim”: Patricia Kime of Military Times has this report.

“Justice Eakin’s female employees testify in suspension hearing on porn emails”: Riley Yates and Peter Hall of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania have this news update.

Brad Bumsted of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update headlined “Female employees testify Pa. Supreme Court Justice Eakin professional, courteous.”

And Angela Couloumbis and Craig R. McCoy of The Philadelphia Inquirer have a news update headlined “Eakin in court for hearing that could lead to suspension.”

“Justice Eakin faces suspension over porn emails in Easton hearing”: Peter Hall of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has this report.

Rudy Miller of The Express-Times of Easton, Pennsylvania has an article headlined “What to expect at Monday’s ‘porngate’ hearing in Easton.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Justice Michael Eakin due in court for hearing that could lead to suspension.”

“Can the Constitution Govern America’s Sprawling Empire? The U.S. Supreme Court struggles to stretch a Constitution written for 13 coastal states to encompass non-contiguous states, dependent nations, insular areas, and a commonwealth.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

“Hip-Hop Stars Support Mississippi Rapper in First Amendment Case”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Justices tend to agree with presidents that pick them — but stray later”: Robert Barnes will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Chisholm, two other DAs seek to move John Doe to U.S. Supreme Court”: Mary Spicuzza and Jason Stein of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have an article that begins, “Three district attorneys have moved to intervene in litigation over a closed investigation into Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign and conservative groups, a move aimed at bringing the case before the U.S. Supreme Court.”