“Petersburg Police Department’s social media policy held unconstitutional”: Frank Green of The Richmond Times-Dispatch has this report.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh has a post titled “Fourth Circuit protects police officer Facebook posts critical of department policies.”

Circuit Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III wrote yesterday’s ruling on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

“Gov. Rick Scott appoints conservative judge to Florida Supreme Court”: Mary Ellen Klas of The Miami Herald has this report.

Gray Rohrer of The Orlando Sentinel reports that “Gov. Scott appoints Judge Alan Lawson to Florida Supreme Court.”

And the News Service of Florida reports that “FSU grad Lawson tapped for Supreme Court.”

“It’s unanimous: Supreme Court playing small ball.” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“The Dan Markel Case: Slow Your Roll On Wendi Adelson.” David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”

“The Bill of Rights in the 21st Century”: The U.S. National Archives has posted on YouTube at this link the video of this program from last night, which featured Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal as moderator and two D.C. Circuit judges and a senior Fourth Circuit judge as panelists.

“Transgender Student Can Continue To Use Girls’ Bathroom, Federal Appeals Court Rules”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report on an order that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

“You Just Got Merrick’d”: From last night’s broadcast of NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” you can view the video at this link.

“Gov. Scott to name Florida Supreme Court pick Friday”: Gray Rohrer of The Orlando Sentinel has this report.

“Final plea for Senate vote on Court nominee”: Lyle Denniston has a blog post that begins, “Taking his last chance at trying to force the Senate to vote on Judge Merrick B. Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court, a New Mexico lawyer on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to order the Senate to act, one way or the other.”

“Excommunication, Buddhists, and temple control: An interesting new Supreme Court petition.” Eugene Volokh has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Supreme Court Foreshadows Big Constitutional Ruling In Immigration Case; An unusual order indicates that the justices may not be willing to split 4-to-4”: Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.

And Lyle Denniston has a blog post titled “Ratcheting up to the Constitution’s level.”

You can view today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“What the Women of SCOTUS Know: In these troubled times, Justices O’Connor, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan are all the role models we need.” Dahlia Lithwick has this essay online at Slate.

“Sykes, Pryor among top contenders for Supreme Court vacancy — sources”: Pamela Brown and Eugene Scott of CNN.com have this report.

And Leada Gore of AL.com has an article headlined “Bill Pryor, former Alabama Attorney General, among Trump’s top 2 Supreme Court prospects: Reports.”

“Supreme Court vacates death sentence in Delaware”: Jessica Masulli Reyes of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware has this report.

The Associated Press reports that “Delaware court says death penalty ruling is retroactive.”

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Delaware’s Current Death Row Inmates Will Now Get Life Sentences, State High Court Rules.”

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

“To Combat Trump, Democrats Ready a G.O.P. Tactic: Lawsuits.” Vivian Yee has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“An Insider-Trading Ruling That Delights Prosecutors — and One Manhattan Judge”: Roger Parloff has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Is Obama throwing in the towel on Merrick Garland nomination for Supreme Court?” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“An Econometric Investigation of the Determinants of US Supreme Court Decisions”: John S. Summers, Michael J. Newman, and Michael T. Cliff have this article in the Tennessee Law Review.

“No foul on spouse’s secret e-mail forwarding”: In April 2015, Patricia Manson of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin had an article that begins, “A man who alleges his estranged wife secretly forwarded his e-mails to her e-mail account does not have a case under the Wiretap Act, a federal judge has ruled.”

Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit — in an opinion written by Circuit Judge Diane S. Sykes — reinstated the husband’s Wiretap Act claim against his estranged wife.

“Senator Menendez’s cert petition unloads on the Third Circuit”: Matthew Stiegler has this post today at his “CA3blog.”

“Justices to Hear Cases on Withheld Evidence and Bad Advice”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Thursday’s edition of The New York Times.

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court reopens decades-old D.C. murder.”

Keith L. Alexander of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in horrific 1984 D.C. murder case.”

And Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court to Hear Patent Case That Could Limit Venue Shopping; In case involving Kraft Foods, high court to address rules for where patent cases can be filed.”

“A Top Defender, Sidelined by the Accused in the Charleston Church Massacre”: In today’s edition of The New York Times, Alan Blinder has an article that begins, “David I. Bruck has spent decades crafting legal strategies to keep people out of the country’s execution chambers. He has argued before the United States Supreme Court on seven occasions, winning six times. He has frustrated prosecutors, challenged judges and softened grim-faced juries.”

“Top U.S. Court to Consider Curbing Texas Suits by Patent Holders”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court to weigh limits on where patent lawsuits can be filed.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Justices to weigh limits on where patent lawsuits are filed.”

This afternoon, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an Order List granting review in four cases that will produce three hours of oral argument.

“Court upholds California’s gun purchase waiting period”: Central Valley Business Times has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Cherokees’ Gay-Marriage Law Is Traditional”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“iPhone user can be forced to produce the passcode to his phone, court rules”: Orin Kerr has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Spy Law Could Be Government Tool to Prosecute Press”: Melissa H. Stanzione of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Should non-lawyer judges be sending people to jail? SCOTUS asked to review.” David Carroll has this post at the “Pleading the Sixth Blog” of the Sixth Amendment Center. You can view the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“Big Banks Fight to Block Crisis-Era Lawsuits From Continuing”: In today’s edition of The New York Times, Victoria Finkle has an article that begins, “Big banks are fighting tens of billions of dollars of potential legal costs linked to at least a dozen pending lawsuits arising from the financial crisis. Now they want the Supreme Court to weigh in, arguing that regulators took too long to file their claims.”

“GM asks Supreme Court to reverse ignition switch claims ruling”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report. You can view the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore appeals his suspension”: Mike Cason of The Birmingham News has this report.

“Erwin Chemerinsky & Joan Biskupic on Donald Trump & the Supreme Court”: This UCI Law Talks podcast was posted online last week.

“Menendez asks Supreme Court to hear case; The Democratic senator facing bribery charges claims probe violated Constitution’s ‘speech or debate’ immunity for legislators”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.

You can view the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“10th Circuit sides with city in ABQ Rapid Transit case”: Dan McKay of The Albuquerque Journal has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued today.

View the video of this afternoon’s Ninth Circuit oral argument in Robins v. Spokeo, Inc. on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted the video on YouTube at this link.