“On Judging Judges”: Mark Herrmann has this post today at “Above the Law.”

“Supreme Court rejects appeal by O.C. murderer who claimed ‘inhumane stress’ caused by death row wait”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

In Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times, Adam Liptak will have an article headlined “In California Case, Justice Breyer Assails Capital Punishment.”

Michael Doyle of McClatchyDC reports that “Supreme Court justice blasts California’s death penalty as flawed.”

And Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Justice Breyer Insists Death Penalty Is Cruel, Even When Supreme Court Won’t; The latest case comes from California, where 743 people wait on death row.”

“Did the Supreme Court Make the Right Decision in the Citizens United Case After All?” Michael Kinsley has this article in the May 2016 issue of Vanity Fair.

“Congress Shouldn’t Let Justices Make the Rules”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“Useful or creative: A look at design protection.” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Supreme Court, without Scalia, leaning liberal for second year”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“Supreme Court Turns Away Challenge to Seattle Minimum Wage Law; Lawsuit argued the minimum wage law was applied unevenly”: Brent Kendall and Eric Morath of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

And Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Supreme Court Delivers A Victory For Supporters Of Seattle’s Minimum Wage Law; The justices won’t hear a constitutional challenge brought by franchise owners.”

“U.S. top court upholds cop’s conviction in auto repair scheme”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“NYU prof is 0-for-3 at SCOTUS this term — which is just what clients want”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

“Supreme Court Could Weigh In on Redskins Trademark Case”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s mail: I received a copy of law professor John D. Inazu‘s new book, “Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference.”

“Justices uphold extortion conspiracy conviction”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Poll: Supreme Court blockade eroding support for Grassley.” Seung Min Kim of Politico.com has this report.

“Departing Judge Offers Blunt Defense of Ruling That Ended Stop-and-Frisk”: Benjamin Weiser has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“The Showman: How U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara struck fear into Wall Street and Albany.” Jeffrey Toobin has this profile in the May 9, 2016 issue of The New Yorker.

Access online today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in an argued case: Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court in Ocasio v. United States. No. 14-361. Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued a concurring opinion. Justice Clarence Thomas issued a dissenting opinion. And Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion, in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

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

And in Boyer v. Davis, No. 15-8119, Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued a dissent from the denial of certiorari.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Justices to hear copyright fight over cheerleaders’ uniforms“; “High court to hear patent fight over adult diapers“; “Justices reject franchises’ appeal over $15 Seattle wage“; “High court rejects appeal over long hair in Alabama prisons“; and “Supreme Court won’t review appeal from POM juices.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Cheerleading Uniform Copyright Clash Gets U.S. High Court Review” and “Adult-Diaper Dispute Gets U.S. Supreme Court Review in Patent Test.”

And Reuters reports that “Supreme Court rejects challenge to Seattle minimum wage law“; “U.S. top court rejects POM Wonderful appeal over advertising“; and “Supreme Court rejects appeal in shareholder suit against BP.”

“Patent defendants won’t receive a ‘Get out of East Texas free’ card; Appeals court rules: If you ship there, you can be sued for infringement there”: Joe Mullin of Ars Technica has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued on Friday.

“Stricter Rules for Voter IDs Reshape Races”: Michael Wines and Manny Fernandez will have this front page article in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Scalia’s death affecting next term, too? Pace of accepted cases at Supreme Court slows.” Robert Barnes will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Washington Post.

“U.S. court rules Amtrak has too much power over freight carriers”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has an article headlined “Appeals court: Amtrak can’t have regulatory role.”

Ashley Halsey III of The Washington Post has an article headlined “Getting there on time: Who goes first, Amtrak or a freight train? A court rules.”

At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Round 2 for Amtrak: A major defeat in appeals court.”

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Sasha Volokh has a post titled “D.C. Circuit rules against Amtrak — again!”

You can access Friday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“The Seventh Circuit has a new website design”: So announces the home page of the web site of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The link to access opinions remains familiar thus far notwithstanding the redesign.

“Gannett Must Face Video Privacy Lawsuit”: Wendy Davis of MediaPost has an article that begins, “Gannett may have violated a video privacy law by allegedly sending Adobe information about people who downloaded USA Today’s app, a federal appellate court has ruled.”

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

“Sexual Assault Ruling in Oklahoma Spurs Calls to Change State Laws”: Daniel Victor of The New York Times has this report.

My earlier coverage of this ruling can be accessed here.

“This Is Not Corruption: Why the appearance of quid pro quo may not be enough to uphold the conviction of Virginia’s former governor.” Yesterday, Slate posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick with guest Nancy Gertner.

“Deflategate To The Supreme Court? Nina Totenberg Weighs In.” WBUR-FM of Boston posted this audio segment online yesterday.

“Supreme Court trying to find its way after Scalia”: Mark Sherman and Sam Hananel of The Associated Press have this report.

“Rescue the Supreme Court From Limbo”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.