“‘Adult’ ad site Backpage.com tells SCOTUS it is First Amendment champion”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today.

“State justices question how to compel state in McCleary school-funding ruling; Two years after an unprecedented contempt ruling in the McCleary school-funding case, the state Supreme Court listened to arguments about whether to continue, lift or increase sanctions against the state”: Joseph O’Sullivan and Paige Cornwell of The Seattle Times have this report.

“Italy’s supreme court rules masturbation in public is not a criminal offence; Judges overturn three-month jail term for man seen ‘practising autoeroticism’ in front of students”: Adam Withnall of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

“Justice Ginsburg hopes ‘cooler heads’ prevail on high court vacancy”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

And Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Ginsburg: ‘Cooler heads will prevail’ on high court nominee.”

“Judge: Harvard need not disclose discrimination against Jews.” Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post today.

“Can some people who have finished their felony sentences recover their Second Amendment rights?” Eugene Volokh has this post at the “Volokh Conspiracy” about an 8-to-7 ruling that the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.

“Justice Department Bringing New Information to Case at Supreme Court; Move follows government apologizes for erroneous information provided in this manner”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“What Clinton Won’t Say: Whether Garland Is Her High Court Pick.” Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“It’s a new day on state’s highest court with arrival of three justices”: Milton J. Valencia of The Boston Globe has this report.

“Court keeps GWB ‘unindicted co-conspirators’ list secret”: Salvador Rizzo of The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey has this report.

Ted Sherman of NJ.com has an article headlined “John Doe’s identity in Bridgegate case to remain secret, appeals court rules.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court rules bridge conspirator list can be kept from public.”

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

“Court deals setback to Uber drivers in background check lawsuit”: Daniel Wiessner of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

Programming note: Due to an oral argument prep session that’s occurring at co-counsel’s office this morning, additional posts will appear here this afternoon.

In the interim, additional appellate-related retweets will likely appear on this blog’s Twitter feed.