“NC will defend voter ID without attorney general”: Craig Jarvis and Anne Blythe of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina have this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Democrat won’t keep defending North Carolina voter ID law.”

Still no due process right to buy, sell, and use sexual devices in the Eleventh Circuit, three-judge panel holds while inviting en banc review: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“Supreme Court: Delaware’s death penalty law unconstitutional.” Jessica Masulli Reyes of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware has this report.

The Associated Press reports that “Delaware court says state death penalty law unconstitutional.”

Reuters reports that “Delaware’s top court strikes down state’s death penalty statute.”

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Delaware Supreme Court Rules That State’s Death Penalty Law Is Unconstitutional; ‘Delaware’s current death penalty statute violates the Sixth Amendment role of the jury,’ the state’s high court rules in a 3-2 decision striking down the entire death penalty law.”

You can access today’s 3-to-2 ruling of the Supreme Court of Delaware at this link.

“Journalist facing jail over hacking seeks reprieve from Obama”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post today.

“Voter Access In 2016: Latest On Restrictions Across The Country.” This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of The Diane Rehm Show.

“Is Trump a threat to the constitutional order?” Eric Posner has this blog post today.

“Ottawa overhauls process for selecting Supreme Court justices”: Steven Chase of The Globe and Mail of Toronto has an article that begins, “The Liberal government has confirmed it will overhaul the way Canada picks a Supreme Court justice, opening up a process that has been criticized as partisan and unaccountable.”

Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, has an essay online at The Globe and Mail titled “Why Canada has a new way to choose Supreme Court judges.”

And Reuters reports that “Canada to let potential Supreme Court justices nominate themselves.”

“Would Tom Brady have won in the Supreme Court?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Court: Super PACs can be named after candidates.” Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

“Judge sides with ICANN: Plaintiffs can’t take all of Iran’s domain names; Attempt to collect on a $109M judgment hasn’t gone very far in over a decade.” Cyrus Farivar of Ars Technica had this report back in November 2014.

Today, a unanimous two-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued this decision affirming the judgment.

“State files formal appeal of ruling granting new trial to Adnan Syed”: Justin Fenton of The Baltimore Sun has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Maryland lays out reasons against new trial in ‘Serial’ case.”

“Pemex loses U.S. appeal of $406 mln arbitration award”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“CBS drops ‘conspiracy’ motion to delay Alycia Lane lawsuit over email snooping”: Joseph A. Slobodzian has this article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“Turkish Gold Trader Builds a Dream Team of Defense Lawyers”: Benjamin Weiser of The New York Times has this report.

According to the article, “The team includes Paul D. Clement, the former solicitor general of the United States, and his partner, Viet D. Dinh, a former assistant attorney general, who are both appellate specialists.”

“Pa. high court rejects bid by legislators to join case on judge retirement age”: Caitlin McCabe has this article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“It’s ‘Christmas’ for challengers to voting restriction laws”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

“What is legal interpretation anyway?” Will Baude has this guest post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Turning the Tide on Voting Rights”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times.