“Suspended Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore responds to judicial ethics complaint”: Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has this report.

And Brian Lyman of The Montgomery Advertiser has an article headlined “Roy Moore: Same-sex marriage order was meant as advice.”

“Clerk asks court to dismiss appeals in gay marriage lawsuit”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A Kentucky clerk who spent five days in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to dismiss her appeals of a judge’s ruling because of a new state law that will take effect next month.”

“North Carolina Faces Tough Questions From Appeals Court on Voting Law; At Issue Is Whether GOP-Backed Law Tightening Voting Rules Discriminates Against Minorities”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “Appeals court considers North Carolina’s controversial voting rules.”

And Reuters reports that “Federal judges question intent behind North Carolina voting law.”

You can access via this link (60.4 MB mp3 audio file) the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

“Sealed Appellee” a/k/a United States of America, the prosecution in a federal criminal case: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit today issued this decision in a case captioned Sealed Appellee v. Sealed Appellant. As noted in the title of this post, the identity of the “Sealed Appellee” in this case seems rather obvious.

“U.S. appeals court rejects gunmaker’s claim on silencer”: Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued today.

“Court hears ‘Docs v. Glocks’ case: Is law unenforceable?” Rhonda Cook of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Court mulls law limiting docs’ talk with patients about guns.”

“Abortion, race, immigration among last Supreme Court cases”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“SCOTUS ruling on Utah drug case could affect police searches”: Pat Reavy of The Deseret News has this report.