“Fifth Circuit rules on whether scanning the magnetic stripe on a card is a search”: Orin Kerr has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“And Now a Word From the White House: Merrick Garland has been waiting seven months for a Senate hearing, but the president’s advisers say Obama has no regrets about the nomination.” The new installment of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick can be accessed here.

“The story behind FSU professor’s slaying detailed in new evidence”: Rebeca Piccardo had this article in yesterday’s edition of The South Florida Sun Sentinel.

“Pro-life pregnancy centers must make abortion referrals, 9th Circuit rules”: Bradford Richardson of The Washington Times has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued on Friday.

“Divided Government is Great so Why not for SCOTUS”: Eric Segall has this post today at “Dorf on Law.”