“For Shame: The criminal justice system encourages prosecutors to get guilty verdicts by any means necessary — and to stand by even the most questionable convictions; Can one crusading court stop the lying and cheating?” Lara Bazelon has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Sometimes a Cross Is Just a Cross (or Is It?)” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Chuck Grassley’s Supreme Court Coup: The Senate judiciary chairman just took a torch to the high court for the sake of partisanship.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“New Trial for False Expert Testimony”: Dennis Crouch has this post at “Patently-O” about a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued on Thursday.

“Conservative student can sue over free speech rights, court rules”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

And Mackenzie Mays of The Fresno Bee reports that “Former student’s case against Fresno State to be revived.”

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

“Court upholds dismissal of suit alleging state caused Andrea Kruger’s death by releasing Nikko Jenkins”: Paul Hammel of The Omaha World-Herald has this report.

The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court upholds dismissal of suit in Nikko Jenkins killings.”

And Courthouse News Service reports that “State Cleared on Release of Mentally Ill Killer.”

On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued this ruling, and yesterday that Court issued this related ruling.

“Appeals Court Rules for Mississippi AG Over Subpoena of Google’s Search Practices”: Ted Johnson of Variety has this report.

And at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “Google’s Injunction Against Mississippi Attorney General Reversed By Appeals Court.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“So Far There’s Not Much Dirt on Obama’s Supreme Court Pick; Here’s the best Merrick Garland’s opponents have to work with”: Stephanie Mencimer of Mother Jones has this report.

“Did Catholic theologians influence the Zubik order?” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Sotomayor: US high court needs more diversity, in many ways.” The Associated Press has this report.

And at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog,” Jacob Gershman has a post titled “Sotomayor Regales Law School Students in Brooklyn.”

Elsewhere, in earlier coverage, The Santa Fe Reporter has an article headlined “‘Still tilting at windmills’; Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks to the books that inspired her, and the work that continues.”

“How ‘Citizens United’ is helping Hillary Clinton win the White House: Reforms wait as Democrat’s allies target GOP with super PACs, ‘dark money.'” Dave Levinthal of The Center for Public Integrity has this report.

“It’s Not Just The Supreme Court. Republicans Are Screwing Lots Of Other Courts Too. GOP senators are barely confirming judicial nominees — even their own.” Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post has this report.

“Lawyers: Underage sex claims against Dershowitz a ‘mistake.'” Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post.

“Supreme Court nominee moderate who can go hard left or right”: The Associated Press has this report.