“Ohio Supreme Court building needs millions in repairs”: Randy Ludlow of The Columbus Dispatch has an article that begins, “Eleven years after spending $85.6 million to renovate its ornate new home Downtown, the Ohio Supreme Court is spending more than $3 million to replace systems that are failing.”

“N.J. cop demoted as act of political revenge? U.S. Supreme Court wants to know.” Jonathan D. Salant of NJ.com has an article that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will be asked to decide whether former Paterson police officer Jeffrey J. Heffernan was wrongly demoted based on the perception that he was supporting a challenger to the incumbent mayor.”

“New Koch: The billionaire brothers are championing criminal-justice reform; Has their formula changed?” Jane Mayer has this article in the January 25, 2016 issue of The New Yorker.

“How close is too close for judicial bias?” Jessica Parks has this article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Last month, an en banc panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania evenly divided 4-to-4 as to the judicial recusal issue in this case. Last month’s ruling consisted of an opinion announcing the judgment of the court in part and affirming in part and an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

Two of the three newest Pa. Supreme Court justices participated in the en banc Pa. Superior Court ruling — disagreeing on how the recusal issue should be resolved — so if Pennsylvania’s highest court were to agree to review the case, neither of those two judges would be likely to participate in the consideration and resolution of the matter.

“Supreme Court to hear Microsoft Xbox 360 console-defect case; Tens of thousands of gamers complained that the console scratched game discs”: David Kravets of Ars Technica has this report.

“ChIPs Hall of Fame 2015: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.” Last October, the organization ChIPs — which supports, educates, and promotes the advancement, development and retention of women in patent- and intellectual property-related fields — inducted both Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her daughter, law professor Jane C. Ginsburg, into its hall of fame.

In November 2015, Columbia Law School issued a news release titled “The Ginsburgs Are Inducted Into IP Hall of Fame: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’59 and Columbia Law School Professor Jane C. Ginsburg Are Both Recognized for Leading Women into the Field of Intellectual Property Law.” And the remarks of Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman at the induction ceremony can be accessed here.

Earlier this month, ChIPs posted online at YouTube two related videos titled “ChIPs Hall of Fame 2015: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg” and “ChIPs Hall of Fame 2015: Professor Jane Ginsburg.”

“Cruz first drew conservative attention at Supreme Court; Conservative traits shown as young solicitor general”: Bill Lambrecht of The San Antonio Express-News has this report.

“New issue in Trump-Cruz battle: John Roberts.” David Jackson of USA Today has this report.

“Appeals court reins in judge in Sagebrush Rebellion case”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this news update reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued Friday.

“Sturtevant backs keeping Roush on Supreme Court”: In today’s edition of The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jim Nolan has a front page article that begins, “A freshman Republican senator from Richmond is standing up — and standing in the way of plans by the General Assembly’s Republican leadership to oust a Virginia Supreme Court justice.”

“U.S. Supreme Court to hear Joliet police case”: David G. Savage had this article yesterday in The Chicago Tribune.

“Ted Cruz cited professor at heart of citizenship spat in supreme court briefs; Donald Trump continues to question senator’s eligibility for presidency; In debate, Cruz called Laurence Tribe ‘a leftwing judicial activist'”: Ben Jacobs of The Guardian (UK) has an article that begins, “In two of Ted Cruz’s signature legal briefs before the supreme court, he cited the liberal law professor whom Donald Trump has invoked in questioning Cruz’s eligibility to be president. As Texas solicitor general, Cruz cited Harvard professor Laurence Tribe as ‘a prominent commentator’ in his brief for Medellin v Texas, a case the senator invariably mentions on the stump.”

“High court to decide on overtime pay for car dealer workers”: The Associated Press has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Microsoft appeal in Xbox case”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “High court will hear Microsoft appeal over Xbox lawsuit.”

“Supreme Court to Consider Rules on Patent Challenges; Cuozzo Speed Technologies says Patent Office interprets claims in a way that makes them more vulnerable to challenges”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Patent ‘Death Squad’ Rules Draw U.S. Supreme Court Scrutiny.”

And Reuters reports that “U.S. top court to examine how government agency reviews patents.”

“Court: Copyright claim against rapper 50 Cent must be tossed.” The Associated Press has this report.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Second Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“The Death Penalty Endgame”: This editorial will appear in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Supreme Court agrees to hear case over separation of church and state”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court will rule on church-state divide in playground case.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court to Consider Churches’ Rights to State Grants; Justices to review whether funds must be offered on same terms as for secular groups.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

The Associated Press reports that “Justices to hear church’s appeal of exclusion from state aid.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court to hear Missouri church’s religious rights case.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Church Playground Funding Case Accepted by U.S. Supreme Court.”

“In symbolic move, Judge orders Tsarnaev to pay victims”: Milton J. Valencia of The Boston Globe has this report.

Bob McGovern of The Boston Herald reports that “Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ordered to pay victims $101M.”

The Associated Press reports that “Marathon bomber loses bid for new trial, told to pay $101M.”

And Reuters reports that “U.S. judge rejects bid for new trial for Boston Marathon bomber.”

You can access yesterday’s opinion and order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts at this link.

“U.S. justices take no action on Obama immigration case”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

And Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post titled “Supreme Court silent on Obama immigration actions case.”

“Lamar 3rd Miss. Supreme Court justice departing”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A third justice is leaving the Mississippi Supreme Court, continuing turnover on the nine-member body.”

“Justices to Hear Appeal by Bob McDonnell, Ex-Governor of Virginia”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court will review corruption conviction of former Va. governor Robert McDonnell.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court to decide corruption case of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court to define corruption by public officials in McDonnell case.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court to Review Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s Corruption Conviction; Once a rising star in GOP, he was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.”

Andrea Noble of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court to hear corruption appeal of former Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell.”

Jim Nolan and Frank Green of The Richmond Times-Dispatch report that “U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal of former Gov. Bob McDonnell.”

David Smith of The Guardian (UK) reports that “Supreme court to revisit corruption conviction of former Virginia governor; Bob McDonnell and his wife were convicted of taking gifts and loans from a businessman in exchange for promoting his company’s dietary supplement.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Justices will hear ex-Virginia Gov. McDonnell’s appeal.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court to hear Virginia ex-governor’s corruption appeal.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Corruption Gets Review at U.S. High Court With McDonnell Appeal.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com reports that “Supreme Court to hear appeal of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.”

Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Supreme Court Spares Bob McDonnell From Prison For A While Longer; The justices agreed to hear the gifty gov’s appeal over whether his ‘official action’ amounted to corruption.”

And Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “Supreme Court to hear Bob McDonnell case.”

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court today granted review in eight new cases.

Update: In early coverage, at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “No action on immigration; McDonnell gets hearing.”

“AP Exclusive: Ted Cruz rejected Bush White House job offer.” The Associated Press has this report.

“Bluffton rapper sues 50 Cent, claiming ‘beat’ theft”: This article appeared in The Island Packet of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina back in April 2011.

In June 2015, Law360.com reported that “2nd Circ. Gets Busy With ‘I Get Money’ Copyright Beef” (subscription required for full access).

And RumorFix reported back in June 2013 that “Young Caliber Appeals Lawsuit Against 50 Cent Over ‘I Get Money.’”

Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued this decision affirming the federal district court’s ruling in favor of 50 Cent and his various co-defendant.

“Court overturns tobacco company victory over FDA on menthols”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

“Justice Marie L. Garibaldi, first woman on the N.J. Supreme Court, dead at 81”: NJ.com has this report.

Salvador Rizzo of The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey reports that “Retired NJ Supreme Court justice Marie L. Garibaldi dies.”

And The Associated Press reports that “First woman to serve on New Jersey high court dies.”

“Cruz’s ‘Natural-Born Citizen’ Status Tested in Birther Suit”: Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Kevin Cirilli of Bloomberg News have this report.

And at the “Balkinization” blog, Jack M. Balkin recently had a post titled “Can the federal courts decide Ted Cruz’s eligibility? No problem.”

“Chief Justice John Roberts and the Loss of Access to Justice”: Law professor A. Benjamin Spencer has this essay online at The Richmond Times-Dispatch.

“U.S. appeals court allows Trump casino to break pact with unions”: Reuters has this report.

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

Although my knowledge of the internal workings of the Third Circuit requires me to disclaim any cause-and-effect, readers may recall that on Wednesday I had a post titled “Dear Third Circuit — A decision in the expedited Trump Taj Mahal appeal argued over 10 months ago will be greatly appreciated.”

In other news coverage of today’s Third Circuit ruling, The Atlantic City Press reports that “Appeals court affirms Trump Entertainment can strip union benefits.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Taj Mahal casino rightly ended worker benefits.”

“Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz are making the Supreme Court a campaign issue”: Columnist Michael McGough has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Nathan Deal bets on Supreme Court expansion”: Greg Bluestein of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution today has a blog post that begins, “Gov. Nathan Deal seems supremely confident his plan to expand the Georgia Supreme Court will pass the Legislature.”

“Supreme Court riven by dissent, new study finds”: In today’s edition of The Ottawa Citizen, Ian MacLeod has this front page article.

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute for Public Policy issued the study, written by University of British Columbia law professor and MLI Senior Fellow Benjamin Perrin. The institute also issued this related news release.

“US Supreme court justice chooses UH Law graduate to serve as law clerk”: Hawaii News Now has an article that begins, “Kamaile Turcan, a graduate of Kamehameha Schools, UC Berkeley and the William S. Richardson School of Law at UH Manoa, has been chosen for a prestigious law clerk position by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor beginning this summer.”

On Monday, the William S. Richardson School of Law of the University of Hawaii at Manoa issued a news release titled “UH Law School Graduate Named Law Clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.”

According to the law school’s news release, “This is the first time a UH Law School graduate has been invited to clerk for a United States Supreme Court Justice — as well as the first time that a person of Native Hawaiian ancestry has served as a law clerk to any Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.”

“Third Circuit Sacks Suit Over Super Bowl Ticket Pricing”: Charles Toutant of the New Jersey Law Journal has this report (subscription may be required for access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.