“Court grants Duane Buck relief that could remove him from Texas death row”: Cindy George of The Houston Chronicle has this report on a per curiam ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

“How One Man Brought Justices Roberts, Alito And Gorsuch To The Supreme Court”: Jeffrey Toobin spoke about his article in the current issue of The New Yorker on yesterday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Fresh Air.”

“Federal judge ordered to rehab for alcoholism, records show”: Michael Kunzelman of The Associated Press has this report.

And Marilyn Monroe of American Press of Lake Charles, Louisiana reports that “Minaldi diagnosed with brain disorder caused by severe alcohol abuse.”

“There’s a word that no longer describes the federal appeals court in Richmond”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

“Court revives harassment lawsuit over blog posts, menacing free speech”: Hans Bader has this post today at the “Liberty Unyielding” blog about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued recently.

And earlier, at his “Technology & Marketing Law Blog,” Eric Goldman had a post titled “Can Blogging Violate the Fair Housing Act? — Revock v. Cowpet Bay West Condo Ass’n.”

“Police Believe New York Judge Found in Hudson River Committed Suicide”: Alan Feuer, Matthew Haag, and William K. Rashbaum of The New York Times have this report.

“For Neil Gorsuch, Supreme Court job may seem subordinate”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this article, which includes a law professor’s prediction of which opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court‘s sitting that begins next week the newest Justice may be assigned to write.

“Below the Surface of the Gorsuch Confirmation Hearings”: Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“The Broken Supreme Court”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.