“Secrecy Thwarts Justice at Guantanamo”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Federal Circuit: Software and Data Structures Are Not Inherently Abstract.” Dennis Crouch has this post at “Patently-O” about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued today.

“Sex Offenders Don’t Have a Right to Facebook”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“A Republican Judge Just Opened A New Front In The War On Obamacare”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at ThinkProgress.

“Walker’s win creates majority of women on Supreme Court”: West Virginia MetroNews has this report.

“Does Size Matter? The Latest Battle Over State Supreme Courts; Over the past decade, legislators in several states have sought to expand or reduce the number of justices on their highest courts; In some cases, they admit their intent to tilt the ideological balance.” Governing.com has this report today.

“Fairbanks attorney named to Alaska Supreme Court”: The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner has this report.

And Alaska Dispatch News reports that “Fairbanks attorney appointed as new Alaska Supreme Court justice.”

“Bundy invokes Scalia in argument against U.S. land ownership”: Phil Taylor of Greenwire has this report.

“Consequences of an Eight-Member Supreme Court, So Far”: Kimberly Robinson of Bloomberg BNA has this post.

“Obama’s Health Law Wrongly Repaying Funds to Insurers, Judge Says; Judge sides with House Republicans, ruling unappropriated funds can’t be used to reimburse insurers”: Brent Kendall, Stephanie Armour, and Anna Wilde Mathews of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has an updated report headlined “Republicans win Obamacare legal challenge, add to insurer concerns.”

Erik Larsonand Andrew M Harris of Bloomberg News report that “Some Obamacare Funding Deemed Illegal by D.C. Federal Judge.”

And Cristian Farias and Jeffrey Young of The Huffington Post report that “House Republicans Win Battle In Major Legal Challenge To Obamacare; The poorest enrollees would be hit hardest if the court ruling stands.”

In today’s mail: I received a review copy of “The Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right” by law professor Michael J. Graetz and Linda Greenhouse. The book will available for purchase at a bookstore near you beginning early next month.

Worker’s comp as the exclusive remedy for federal prisoners injured during the course of their prison employment? A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued this ruling yesterday.

Chief Judge R. Guy Cole, Jr. issued the opinion of the court, in which Senior Circuit Judge Ronald Lee Gilman joined. And Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton issued a dissenting opinion.

“House of Representatives Wins Historic Ruling in Constitutional Challenge under the ACA”: Law professor Jonathan Turley — lead counsel for the challengers — has this blog post.

“Garland-Scalia Contrasts Feature in CRS Report”: Patrick Gregory of Bloomberg BNA has this post.

“Merrick Garland to Speak at Niles West Graduation”: Niles West News has this report today. According to the article, precautions will be taken to ensure he avoids any contact with mosquitoes.

Access today’s exotic dancer-related ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton issued this ruling on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel today.

“U.S. judge hands win to Republicans in Obamacare challenge”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has a report that begins, “A U.S. judge on Thursday ruled in favor of congressional Republicans who challenged the Obama administration’s implementation of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law.”

Richard Wolf, Gregory Korte, and Jayne O’Donnell of USA Today report that “Federal judge strikes down Obamacare payments.”

Tom Howell Jr. of The Washington Times reports that “Judge rules in favor of House GOP in Obamacare lawsuit; Says administration usurped Congress’s power of the purse.”

Sam Hananel of The Associated Press reports that “Judge sides with House Republicans against health care law.”

Jennifer Haberkorn of Politico.com reports that “House GOP wins Obamacare lawsuit.”

And Peter Sullivan of The Hill reports that “Judge rules for House GOP in ObamaCare suit.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia at this link.

“Garland’s Record: Agencies Win, Prosecutors Win and Judges Agree With Him (Mostly); Our review of the Supreme Court nominee’s 329 written majority opinions”: Zoe Tillman of The National Law Journal has this report.

“U.S. high court could spur Congress on Puerto Rico debt crisis”: Lawrence Hurley and Nick Brown of Reuters have this report.

“Donald Trump’s Constitution of One”: Law professor Josh Blackman has this essay online today at National Review.

“Blaming the Chief Justice”: Online today at The New York Times, Linda Greenhouse has an essay that begins, “Do you hold Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. responsible for the ascendancy of Donald Trump?”