“Faith, Wedding Cakes, and the Rule of Law”: Eric Segall has this post at “Dorf on Law.”

“Department of Wackadoodle: The DOJ’s new anti-gay legal posture just got shut down in federal court.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

In posts of interest at Matthew Stiegler’s “CA3blog”: Stiegler has posts titled “Liberal group criticizes Bibas but does not come out against his nomination” and “Local Third Circuit lawyer shares a first-hand account of Virgin Islands hurricane damage” (the latter of which improbably features a photo that includes me).

“Roy Moore Wins Senate G.O.P. Runoff in Alabama”: Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns of The New York Times have this report.

“Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Conversation with Charlie Rose”: 92Y On Demand is streaming the interview live, online via this link.

“Judges speak to both sides of Brendan Dassey’s confession in ‘Making A Murderer’ case”: Tom Kertscher of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

Kim Janssen of The Chicago Tribune reports that “Fate of ‘Making a Murderer’ teen hangs in balance.”

Todd Richmond and Michael Tarm of The Associated Press report that “Judges appear split in ‘Making a Murderer’ appeal.”

And Lorraine Bailey of Courthouse News Service reports that “Full Seventh Circuit Hears ‘Making a Murderer’ Case.”

You can access the audio of today’s reargument before the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit via this link (26.6 MB mp3 audio file).

“With Trump In Charge, Federal Lawyers Are Now Fighting Each Other Over Gay Rights; A Justice Department attorney told a panel of federal judges on Tuesday that a 1964 civil rights law doesn’t protect gay workers from discrimination; A lawyer for an autonomous federal agency disagreed”: Dominic Holden of BuzzFeed News has this report.

And Daniel Wiessner of Reuters reports that “Trump administration tells court law does not ban bias against gay workers.”

“Wisconsin Strict ID Law Discouraged Voters, Study Finds”: Michael Wines has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

You can access the audio of today’s Second Circuit en banc reargument in Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc.: Via this link (81.0 MB mp3 audio file).

In early news coverage, Erik Larson of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Administration Says Bias Rules Don’t Cover Gay Workers.”

And Jay-Anne B. Casuga of Bloomberg BNA reports that “Orientation Bias, FMLA Retaliation Waiting in Wings for Justices.”

“What Does Trump’s New Travel Ban Mean for the Supreme Court?” Amy Davidson Sorkin has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Texas can implement key provision of ‘sanctuary cities’ law”: Jason Buch and Guillermo Contreras have this front page article in today’s edition of The San Antonio Express-News.

In today’s edition of The El Paso Times, Madlin Mekelburg has a front page article headlined “US appeals court lets parts of sanctuary cities ban go into effect.”

In today’s edition of The Dallas Morning News, James Barragan has a front page article headlined “Appeals court rules parts of Texas’ sanctuary cities ban can go into effect.”

Mike Ward of The Houston Chronicle has an article headlined “Appeals court: Portions of Texas ‘sanctuary city’ law can take effect; Texas officials say the ruling is a victory for SB4 supporters.”

In today’s edition of The Washington Times, Stephen Dinan has a front page article headlined “Democrat-appointed judges uphold Texas law against sanctuary cities.”

Jon Herskovitz of Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court allows part of Texas law targeting ‘sanctuary cities.’”

Ted Hesson and Josh Gerstein of Politico.com have a blog post titled “Appeals court reinstates parts of Texas law aimed at blocking sanctuary-city policies.”

And Julian Aguilar of The Texas Tribune reports that “Appeals court allows more of Texas ‘sanctuary cities’ law to go into effect.”

You can access yesterday’s per curiam ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“U.S. asks appeals court to review reversal of Blackwater conviction, sentencings for Iraq massacre”: Spencer S. Hsu of The Washington Post has an article that begins, “The U.S. Justice Department asked a full federal appeals court Monday to review a decision to throw out the first-degree murder conviction of one former Blackwater Worldwide security guard and the sentences of three others in shootings that killed 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Baghdad in 2007.”

“New Illinois Supreme Court ruling should make ‘judicial hellhole’ less fiery”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“Ex-N.Y. state senate leader’s corruption conviction vacated, faces retrial”: Joseph Ax of Reuters has this report on a non-precedential ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“U.S. appeals court to consider rights of gay workers”: Daniel Wiessner of Reuters has this report.

And Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com reports that “LGBT employment cases on road to Supreme Court.”

When the audio of this afternoon’s reargument en banc in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit becomes available online, I will link to it.

“Colorado’s revenge porn law brings nearly 200 charges, but getting convictions is a challenge; In a civil case, a three-time Paralympian accuses her airline pilot ex-boyfriend of sharing nude photos”: David Migoya has this front page article in today’s edition of The Denver Post.

“Ralph Gants And The Decline Of The Felony Murder Doctrine In Massachusetts”: Law professor Daniel Medwed has this post online at WGBH News.

You can access last Wednesday’s ruling of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at this link.

“11th Circuit: Gay Man Cannot Deduct Costs To Father Children Through In Vitro Fertilization As Medical Expenses.” Paul Caron has this post at his “TaxProf Blog” about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.

The ruling is noteworthy, among other reasons, because it is Circuit Judge Kevin C. Newsom‘s first published opinion since joining the Eleventh Circuit less than two months ago.

“Seventh Circuit Eases Third Party Ballot Access in Illinois”: Lorraine Bailey of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued on Friday.

“Ban of overpass banners upheld in federal appeals court, but town of Campbell ordinance might be too broad”: Kevin Murphy of The La Crosse Tribune has this report on a ruling that Circuit Judge Frank H. Easterbrook issued Friday on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

“Posner says he is open to litigating on behalf of pro se litigants, defends book”: Debra Cassens Weiss of ABA Journal has this blog post.

Thus far, the author of the “How Appealing” blog is not among those who have received a complimentary copy of former Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner‘s new book.

“Partisan Gerrymandering Heads to Court Test: Can It Go Too Far?” Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

In Bashman news from Zimbabwe: As regular readers of this blog are aware, Bashman news most frequently emerges from Australia, with New Zealand a distant second. On rare occasion, however, Bashman news arrives from the continent of Africa, as exemplified by today’s entry, from Bulawayo 24 News, headlined “Trio bash man to death over prostitute,” reported by Simbarashe Sithole.

“Federal Court Lambastes Conservative Effort To Strip Felon Voting Rights In Philadelphia; The court said the federal law in question ‘was intended as a shield to protect the right to vote, not as a sword to pierce it'”: Sam Levine of HuffPost has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.

At his “CA3blog,” Matthew Stiegler discusses the ruling in a post titled “New opinions, including a hot-button voting case with some harsh words for the appellant.” And Stiegler previously noted discussed the oral argument of the appeal in a post titled “Two remarkable starts to oral argument.”