“Court to consider preservation of judge’s racist emails”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Civil rights attorneys and lawyers for the judiciary are due in federal court Tuesday for arguments over whether hundreds of racist emails from Montana’s former Chief U.S. District Judge should be preserved as potential evidence in future lawsuits.”

“Exchanges No One Can Use? We rely on courts to interpret laws impartially; When it comes to Obamacare, they don’t always oblige.” Law professor Eric Posner has this essay online today at Slate.

And online at Reuters, Steven Brill has an essay titled “The Supreme Court hears an Obamacare fairytale.”

“Area 51 worker sees hope in Supreme Court ruling”: The Las Vegas Review-Journal has this report.

“The health care case: Fear and loathing at the Supreme Court.” Tony Pugh of McClatchy Washington Bureau has an article headlined “The health care case: Fear and loathing at the Supreme Court.”

And Tom Howell Jr. of The Washington Times has an article headlined “Administration prepares for court showdown over Obamacare subsidies; Argues law, negative outcomes if offsets reversed.”

“Hello, Justices? It’s Reality Calling; In King v. Burwell, the Plaintiffs Misread Obamacare.” Law professor Nicholas Bagley has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Exclusive: Obama defends lack of ‘Plan B’ for Obamacare court case.” Reuters has this report.

“An immigrant student invited a Supreme Court justice to dinner. She took him up on it.” Emily Heil has this post today at the “Reliable Source” blog of The Washington Post.

“Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor adopt Supreme Court’s videophobia”: This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Boston Globe.

“Lawyer Put Health Act in Peril by Pointing Out 4 Little Words”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Lawyer for media fights gag order in mine disaster case”: The Associated Press has this report on a case argued today at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Someday soon, the oral argument audio should be available online via this link.

“U.S. Supreme Court hears Cleveland case on teachers’ child abuse reporting duties”: The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.

Sam Hananel of The Associated Press reports that “High court weighs limits on child abuse evidence.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Argument analysis: It was all about a child at risk.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Ohio v. Clark, No. 13-1352.

“War court judge orders Pentagon to replace USS Cole trial overseer”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Military judge orders overseer of Gitmo cases replaced.”

“Attica Guards Resign in Deal To Avoid Jail”: The New York Times has this news update. Earlier, Tom Robbins had a lengthy article on the front page of yesterday’s edition of The New York Times and online at The Marshall Project headlined “A Brutal Beating Wakes Attica’s Ghosts; A Prison, Infamous for Bloodshed, Faces a Reckoning as Guards Go on Trial.”

The Buffalo News has an article headlined “Tears of gratitude by ex-inmate after plea deal in beating; 3 ex-Attica guards barred from prisons.”

And The Associated Press reports that “3 Attica guards plead guilty as assault trial about to begin.”

“High court nixes quick release of health care argument audio”: The Associated Press has this report.

Today’s daytime blogging lull was brought to you by: Two appellate court filings that I had due today.

One was an answer in opposition to an application for reargument that the opposing party filed in an appeal in which my client recently prevailed.

And the other was a petition for allowance of appeal filed in the Pa. Supreme Court in a case that I started working on after the Pa. Superior Court overturned a trial court’s judgment entered on a jury’s verdict in my client’s favor. A copy of the Pa. Superior Court’s decision is attached as the first exhibit to the petition.

“King v. Burwell Pre-Mortem: The Spending Clause Question.” Michael Dorf has this post today at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“Activist litigation and statutory text: We’ve seen this one before.” Jonathan H. Adler had this post yesterday at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Standing the Test in Health Care Challenge”: Kenneth Jost had this post yesterday at his blog, “Jost On Justice.”

Redacted v. Redacted: The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued this order (with attachments) today.

“Fix the Court airs TV ad ahead of Obamacare hearing”: Fix the Court issued this news release today, which provides access to the video of the organization’s new television spot.

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court today granted review in two new cases.