You Can Still Get an Abortion in Alabama [Slate, 8/4/14]: Will a new ruling that keeps open clinics there matter in the next battleground -- Texas?

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/08/court_rulings_in_alabama_and_mississippi_keep_clinics_open_what_about_texas.html

Barack Obama to reporters: 'I'll take a question' [Politico, 8/5/14]: President Barack Obama had just done the unthinkable. He took questions last week from the White House press corps — not just once, but twice. He didn’t call only on the reporters who were selected ahead of time by his senior aides. He even stuck around longer than he wanted at a briefing Friday to appease the room of shouting correspondents.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/barack-obama-white-house-press-corps-109672.html?hp=f2

Justices Unmoved So Far by 'Botched' Executions [Jost on Justice, 8/3/14]: The grisly descriptions of botched executions from Arizona, Oklahoma, and Ohio are turning the national stomach, but so far at least they are having no substantial impact on the Supreme Court justices.

http://jostonjustice.blogspot.ca/2014/08/justices-unmoved-so-far-by-botched.html

Sex Behind Bars: Lessons From a Prison Sexual Harassment Case [Justia, 8/5/14]: Joanna Grossman discusses a recent Court of Appeals decision addressing some issues arising out of sex acts between prison employees.

http://verdict.justia.com/2014/08/05/sex-behind-bars-lessons-prison-sexual-harassment-case

Supreme Court unmoved by religious employer’s coverage objections — for the Amish [SF Chron, 8/4/14]: When a small employer sought to opt out of a federal program because of deep-seated religious objections, the U.S. Supreme Court’s response was emphatic….

http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2014/08/04/supreme-court-unmoved-by-religious-employers-coverage-objections-for-the-amish/