“The sign that anti-abortion clinics say tramples their religious liberty”: Irin Carmon of msnbc.com has this report.

Today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the State of California filed this opposition to a clinic’s pending emergency motion for injunction pending appeal.

“Police use of Taser ruled ‘unreasonable’ in case of man who kept paramedics from resuscitating father”: MLive.com has this report.

The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Detroit-area deputies can be sued for using Taser on doctor in dispute over dad’s death.”

And Courthouse News Service reports that “Son Tased at Father’s Deathbed May Sue.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

Lyle Denniston is reporting: Today at “SCOTUSblog,” he has posts titled “Argument preview: A serious constitutional dilemma” and “Argument preview: A lofty issue for Puerto Rico.”

“Can Courts Stop Obama’s Gun Rules? It’s Unlikely.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“The Most Important Election Ever?” Jason P. Steed has this blog entry today at The Huffington Post.

“Federal Agency Urges Court To Include Sexual Orientation Under Sex Discrimination Ban”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“When Is A Useful Item Copyrightable? Warner Norcross Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Decide.” Warner Norcross & Judd LLP issued this news release today. You can view the cert. petition at this link.

“Ducey appoints Goldwater Institute’s Clint Bolick to Arizona Supreme Court”: Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Sun has this report.

The Arizona Republic reports that “Ducey appoints independent to Supreme Court.” In addition, columnist EJ Montini has an essay titled “Ducey’s new Arizona Supreme ‘Goldwater’ Court.”

The Associated Press reports that “Longtime attorney for Goldwater Institute chosen to be next justice on Arizona Supreme Court.”

You can access at this link today’s news release from Arizona Governor Doug Ducey.

And in commentary, at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Jonathan H. Adler has a blog post titled “Institute for Justice co-founder named to Arizona Supreme Court.”

At ThinkProgress, Ian Millhiser has a post titled “The Most Chilling Political Appointment That You’ve Probably Never Heard Of.”

And at Reason.com’s “Hit & Run” blog, Damon Root has a post titled “Libertarian Lawyer Clint Bolick Appointed to Arizona Supreme Court; Gov. Doug Ducey makes his first appointment to the state’s highest court.”

“Moore: Probate judges have ‘duty’ to follow SSM bans.” Brian Lyman of The Montgomery Advertiser has a report that begins, “Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore Wednesday morning said probate judges have a ‘ministerial duty’ to comply with state bans on same-sex marriage, despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June striking down such restrictions.”

Mike Cason of AL.com reports that “Roy Moore says probate judges have duty to enforce same-sex marriage ban.”

The Associated Press has a report headlined “Alabama justice: Judges should refuse gay marriage licenses.”

And Reuters reports that “Alabama chief justice orders halt to same-sex marriage licenses.”

You can view the administrative order that Chief Justice Roy S. Moore of the Supreme Court of Alabama issued today at this link.

“A look at a changing Pennsylvania Supreme Court as its newest justice takes oath of office”: The Associated Press has this report.

And NewsWorks reports that “New Pa. Supreme Court Justice Dougherty vows fairness, independence.”

“Time to get Pa. judges out of the campaign, fundraising business”: Lynn A. Marks had this essay recently in The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

“In thwarted move, Justice Eakin tried to install new leaders in city courts”: Craig R. McCoy and Mark Fazlollah have this front page article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

And in last Friday’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Eileen Colianni had a letter to the editor titled “Justice Eakin’s email mess calls his fairness into question.”

“The Central Question in the Bill Cosby Criminal Case”: Jeffrey Toobin had this post yesterday online at The New Yorker.

“Do we need a constitutional convention on campaign finance?” Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this op-ed in The Los Angeles Times.

“The Death Penalty’s Last Stand: Capital punishment is collapsing under the weight of its own corruption and cruelty.” Law professor Charles Ogletree has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.