“Ohio Supreme Court throws out law barring police from sex acts with minors”: Robert Higgs of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.

Alan Johnson of The Columbus Dispatch has an article headlined “Supreme Court: Police can’t be penalized more than public for crimes involving sex with minors.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court rejects Ohio law that bans police from sex with minors.”

You can access today’s 4-to-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of Ohio at this link.

“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Presides Over Shylock’s Appeal”: Rachel Donadio has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Programming note: Thanks to an oral argument prep session, additional posts will appear here later this afternoon. As always while I am away from my office, new appellate-related retweets may appear on this blog’s Twitter feed in the interim.

“Constitution Check: Does the First Amendment protect a wedding cake as an art form?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.