“In Defense of Citizens United”: Law professor Michael W. McConnell has posted this article online at SSRN (via “Election Law Blog“).
“Justices Hear Case of Indian Child Caught in Custody Fight”: Adam Liptak will have this article Wednesday in The New York Times.
Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court conflicted about what law dictates for Baby Veronica.”
Richard Wolf of USA Today has an article headlined “Native American adoption case creates high court rift; The Indian Child Welfare Act was intended to prevent the breakup of Native American families and tribes; Has it gone too far?”
The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has a news update headlined “Attorneys in Veronica case warn Supreme Court of decision’s effects.”
Chris Casteel of The Oklahoman has a news update headlined “U.S. Supreme Court wrestles with case of Cherokee child at center of adoption dispute; Justices appear torn about whether a federal law passed in 1978 should give an Oklahoma man the right to take his biological daughter from a couple that raised her for more than two years.”
Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Supreme Court tackles Native American adoption dispute.”
Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Justices struggle in weighing American Indian adoption case.”
Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal reports that “Justices Struggle With Indian Adoption Case.”
On this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Emotions Run High As Supreme Court Hears Adoption Case.”
And at the “School Law” blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has a post titled “American Indian Education Legacy Cited in Bitter Custody Case.”
You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, No. 12-399.
“Supreme Court seems open to nixing L.A. ‘clean truck’ program”: Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report.
You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Los Angeles, No. 11-798.
“Justices Rule on 2 Disputes With Plaintiffs’ Employers”: Adam Liptak will have this article Wednesday in The New York Times.
And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Man doesn’t have to pay back all of money.”
“Panel rules immigrants in S. Calif. can’t be held indefinitely”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this news update reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.
And Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Court backs detained illegal immigrants.”
“Details emerge of guards’ skirmish with Guantanamo captives”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.
Update: In other coverage, Ryan J. Reilly of The Huffington Post reports that “Guantanamo Prison Raid Defended By U.S. Officials.”
“Scalia Calls Voting Act A ‘Racial Preferment'”: Jess Bravin will have this article Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal.
