Public Wants Video in U.S. Supreme Court, Poll Shows [BLT, 9/3/14]: Nearly three-quarters of the public wants the U.S. Supreme Court to allow video broadcast of its proceedings, according to a poll released Wednesday.
http://www.nationallawjournal.com/legaltimes/home/id=1202668766684/Public-Wants-Video-in-US-Supreme-Court-Poll-Shows?mcode=1202615432600&curindex=0&back=NLJ&slreturn=20140803125327

Arizona abortion case likely going to US Supreme Court [Ariz. Star, 9/3/14]: Attorney General Tom Horne is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that Arizona lawmakers can legally restrict the right of women to a medication abortion if they have “justification” to do so and other options remain.

http://tucson.com/news/state-and-regional/arizona-abortion-case-likely-going-to-us-supreme-court/article_2567a35a-0402-5aae-8593-83722f4e0fdf.html

A Huge Abortion Win in Texas: But will it last? [Emily Bazelon comments on Slate, 9/2/14]: Late Friday, after many of us checked out for the long weekend, a judge in Texas blocked the state from shutting down most of its abortion clinics.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/09/abortion_ruling_in_texas_judge_lee_yeakel_strikes_down_restrictive_clinic.html

Examining the 6^th Amendment Right to Self-Representation [Justia, 9/3/14]: Professor Colb considers wheter a person should have the right of self-representation in criminal proceedings.

http://verdict.justia.com/2014/09/03/examining-sixth-amendment-right-self-representation

New and Forthcoming Books on Free Speech and Related Topics [Concurring Opinions, 9/3/14]: As the summer winds down, the cerebral season beckons us with a variety of books on free speech, with topics ranging from campaign finance to paparazzi and from free speech history to contemporary privacy issues boiling in the free speech caldron.

http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2014/09/fan-30-first-amendment-news-new-forthcoming-books-on-free-speech-related-topics.html

UN rights experts urge stronger protection of journalists [Jurist, 9/3/14]: A group of UN human rights experts, including the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, urged stronger protection Monday for journalists covering conflicts. 

http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/09/un-rights-experts-urge-stronger-protection-of-journalists.php

Appeals court chilly to feds' arguments for NSA surveillance program [Politico / Jurist, 9/2/14]: The first federal appeals court to hear a challenge to the National Security Agency's broad collection of data on Americans' telephone calls since the program was publicly revealed last year gave a surprisingly chilly reception Tuesday to the government's arguments for the legality of the surveillance.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2014/09/appeals-court-chilly-to-feds-arguments-for-nsa-surveillance-194760.html

http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/09/federal-appeals-court-questions-nsa-surveillance-efforts.php

Private school ruling fuels voucher debate [Cabinet Report, 9/3/14]: In what’s being considered a win for publicly-funded school choice programs, the New Hampshire Supreme Court late last week upheld the use of a state business education tax credit that funds scholarships to private schools.

https://cabinetreport.com/politics-education/private-school-ruling-fuels-voucher-debate