“Federal court invalidates maps of two NC congressional districts”: The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report.

And at his “Election Law Blog,” Rick Hasen has a post titled “3-Judge Federal Court Strikes Down 2 North Carolina Congressional Districts as Racial Gerrymanders.” Hasen has posted online today’s ruling of a three-judge U.S. District Court at this link.

“Quieter, smaller Guantanamo as debate rages on prison’s fate”: The Associated Press has this report.

“In historic move, Jorge Labarga to remain as Florida Supreme Court chief justice for second term”: Kristen M. Clark of The Miami Herald has this blog post.

The Supreme Court of Florida today issued a news release titled “Labarga Becomes First Florida Chief Justice To Succeed Himself in More Than a Century.”

“Roberts: Partisan confirmation fights hurt court’s image.” Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has this report.

“Rajat Gupta’s Insider-Trading Conviction to Get a New Review”: Bloomberg News has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “NY court agrees to rehear Ex-Goldman board member’s appeal.”

“Two Law School graduates to clerk for Supreme Court; Austin Raynor, Nicole Frazer clerking for Justices Thomas, Scalia”: The Cavalier Daily has this report.

Related news releases can be accessed here and here.

“Meet Clint Bolick, Libertarian Lawyer Turned Arizona Supreme Court Justice; The newly appointed justice talks law, politics, immigration, and why he got ‘visibly tattooed'”: Damon Root has this article online today at Reason.com.

“Age and wisdom: Are the Supreme Court justices too old?” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

Circuit Judge Janice Rogers Brown‘s dissent today from a ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit: The dissent begins:

It is hard to say whether a medium or a fortune-teller would be best suited for this case. The Court’s opinion seems to be one part Back to the Future, requiring trial counsel to possess a DeLorean, a flux capacitor and the inventiveness of the fictional Doc Brown in order to render competent assistance to a client. But it is another part Zombie Apocalypse, intent on disinterring the grisly remains of the long defunct approach of purposive judicial interpretation. Because neither approach is consistent with precedent and our judicial responsibilities, I respectfully dissent.

You can access the majority opinion at this link.

“Federalist Society — Larry Tribe and Jack Balkin — Is Ted Cruz Eligible to be President?” Harvard Law School’s Federalist Society chapter is hosting this event starting at noon eastern time today. According to the online notice of the event, you can access the video live, online via this link once the event is formally underway.

“The immigration case, made simple”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Chief Justice John Roberts seeks to limit role of courts”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“Guantanamo prosecutor defends retroactive censorship of public hearing in 9/11 case”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.