“Court reinstates man’s conviction in sexual abuse of disabled niece”: Cronkite News has this report.

And Courthouse News Service reports that “Sexual Abuse Verdict Reinstated by 9th Circ.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in which Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski issued a dissenting opinion, at this link.

“Porn Mogul Wins Battle With Brother Over Flynt Name”: Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued yesterday.

“How Some Would Level the Playing Field: Free Harvard Degrees.” Stephanie Saul will have this front page article in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Kathleen Kane’s law license suspension appeal moving through court”: Steve Esack of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has this news update.

“Memorandum: Is Ted Cruz Eligible for the Presidency? A legal scholar offers a thorough look at a complicated question.” Bryan A. Garner has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

“Invisible Justices: Supreme Court Transparency in the Age of Social Media.” Did I visit Atlanta one month too early? On Thursday, February 11, 2016, the Georgia State University Law Review will host this symposium. You can view the agenda for that day’s events at this link.

“Dueling and Discovery”: John Paul Schnapper-Casteras had this post Tuesday at the “ACSBlog.”

“Constitution Check: Is the Supreme Court Obama’s silent partner on gun control?” Lyle Denniston had this post Tuesday at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

And today at that blog, Denniston has a post titled “Constitution Check: What is the answer to political ‘rancor and suspicion’?”

“Ted Cruz Is a Natural-Born Citizen: Whatever the Founders may have thought, contemporary law is perfectly clear on this point.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

“Supreme Tantrum: The Virginia legislature is about to oust a well-respected female judge just to spite the governor.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.

“A flawed death penalty system: Why Florida will have to rethink its approach to executions.” Steven Mazie had this post yesterday at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

“In New Rule, a ‘Proportional’ Search for Truth”: Kenneth Jost had this post recently at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“Justices Hear Case Over Puerto Rico’s Sovereignty”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court divided over Puerto Rico’s autonomy.”

Sam Hananel of The Associated Press reports that “High court raises doubts over Puerto Rico sovereignty.”

Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Supreme Court Could Decide Political Fate Of 3.5 Million Puerto Ricans.”

At WSJ.com’s “Law Blog,” Jess Bravin has a post titled “Supreme Court Asks: What is Puerto Rico to Washington?”

At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Argument analysis: Puerto Rico — special no more?”

Online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a Supreme Court dispatch titled “Second-Class Sovereignty — The Supreme Court grapples with America’s biggest colonial hangover: The legal status of Puerto Rico.”

And online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “What’s Fair for Iowa Is Fair for Puerto Rico.”

You can access at this link the transcript of yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle, No. 15-108.

“Feds: Conman filed bogus appeal in stranger’s case.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A convicted Pennsylvania conman now awaiting trial on charges he stalked an FBI agent by placing a phony Craigslist sex ad has now also been charged with filing a fake appeal.”

“U.S. Supreme Court gives boost to child slave labor case against Nestle”: Reuters has this report.

“Appeals court could complicate Clinton email litigation”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has an article that begins, “A federal appeals court appears poised to issue a ruling that could complicate and prolong the litigation morass surrounding Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email account during her tenure as secretary of state.”

When the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit posts online the audio from today’s oral argument of this case before a three-judge panel, I will link to it.

“Baltimore City commission recommends removal of two Confederate monuments”: Luke Broadwater of The Baltimore Sun has this news update.

According to the article, “The seven-member commission, appointed by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, narrowly voted Thursday to remove the Roger B. Taney Monument on Mount Vernon Place and the Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson Monument in the Wyman Park Dell.”

“Lawyer for Iran’s Central Bank Faces Skepticism at Supreme Court”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Robert Barnes reports that “Justices weigh Congress’s right to pass a law helping victims of Iran terrorism.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Iran terrorism compensation case divides Supreme Court.”

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Weighs Terror Victim Legislation; Chief Justice Roberts voices concern about Congressional intervention in victim litigation on Iranian banking assets.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com reports that “Supreme Court hears Iran victims compensation case.”

Sam Baker of National Journal has a report headlined “In Congress’s Supreme Court Fight with Iran, Chief Roberts Is Skeptical of Congress;Roberts: If Congress can meddle in the Iran lawsuit, does that mean it can also tell me how to rule on Obamacare?”

On yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “In Iranian Funds Case, Justices Ponder Extent Of Congressional Influence.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Argument analysis: Flirting with congressional supremacy.”