"The government may no more restrict how many candidates or causes a donor may support than it may tell a newspaper how many candidates it may endorse," wrote Chief Justice John Roberts.
-- In a surprising move, the Los Angeles Daily News has endorsed write-in candidate Angela Rupert over two-term Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian (D-Sherman Oaks).
(The elder Mr. Paul endorsed and wrote a forward for Mr. Napolitano's most recent book).
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has endorsed Mr. Obama, wrote an op-ed article in The Chicago Sun-Times this month that with the exception of John Edwards, the Democratic candidates "have virtually ignored the plight of black Americans in this country".
While "that does not mean we declare victory," Mr. Obama added, it puts him close and makes it easier for undecided and undeclared superdelegates to endorse him, write Larry Rohter and Julie Bosman of The New York Times.
The Washington Post's Tom Sietsema enthusiastically endorsed it, writing "One part Fannie Farmer, one part Alice Waters, Woodberry Kitchen is all heart.
In the other Beverly Hills local paper, the Beverly Hills Weekly, publisher Josh Gross, who endorsed me, wrote: "Mirisch is a 'Mister Smith goes to Rexford Drive'-type candidate.
Right before the election, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Republican-turned-Independent, endorsed Obama, writing in a Bloomberg View op-ed that "one sees climate change as an urgent problem that threatens our planet; one does not.
"With this legacy, no real environmentalist could ever endorse Al Gore," wrote Michael Dorsey, a doctoral candidate at the University of Michigan school of natural resources and environment.
In October, during a close mayoral election, the newspaper announced that it would no longer endorse candidates, writing, "We have heard from readers — and we agree — that you don't need us to tell you how to vote".
Earlier this week, the New York representative Richard Hanna became the first Republican elected to Congress to endorse Clinton, writing in an op-ed that he considers Trump "deeply flawed in endless ways".
