Monday round-up

Briefly:

• On Friday,lawyers for Californias inmates urged the Court not to delay an order requiring the state to reduce dangerous overcrowding in its prisons; this mandate was the result of the Court’s 2011 decision inBrown v. Plata.Lyle Denniston ofthis blogandKent ScheideggerofCrime and Consequenceshave coverage.
• As Conorreportedin Friday’s round-up,retired Justice John Paul Stevens criticized the decisionin Shelby County v. Holderin his review ofBending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy, a new book by Gary May, in TheNew York Review of Books.At TheAtlantic, Andrew Cohen summarizes and praises what he describes as the Justices memorable essay.
• Thisblog‘s Lyle Denniston andUPIs Michael Kirkland cover recent developments in the legal challenge to the contraception coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act, a dispute that many believe will ultimately reach the Court.