“Appeals court lets race-based admissions at UT stand”: The Austin American-Statesman has this news update.

And The Daily Texan has a news update headlined “Federal appeals court hands down decision in UT’s favor.”

My earlier coverage of last Friday’s Fifth Circuit order denying rehearing en banc and the dissent therefrom can be accessed here and here.

“Cubans who can’t be deported could end up detained in U.S.; Cubans with deportation orders are alarmed about a bill in Congress that immigrant rights activists say could lead to indefinite detentions”: The Miami Herald has this news update.

“Wal-Mart Case Is a Blow for Big Cases and Their Lawyers”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“Court rules game wardens don’t violate Constitution by stopping hunters, fishermen”: In today’s edition of The Sacramento Bee, Denny Walsh has an article that begins, “People who fish and hunt in California have less protection of their privacy right under the U.S. Constitution, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Monday.”

Metropolitan News-Enterprise reports that “S.C. Upholds Traffic Stop Based on Possible Fishing Violation.”

And The Recorder reports that “Cantil-Sakauye’s First High Court Opinion Gives Games Wardens Latitude in Searches.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.

“Supreme Court justices’ schism not unusual; its openness is”: This article appeared Sunday in The Wisconsin State Journal.

“Blogs battle over New York Times’s report on Justice Clarence Thomas”: Politico.com has this report.

“Sotomayor opens up about her diabetes”: Joan Biskupic of USA Today has this news update.

Wednesday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times will contain an article headlined “Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor speaks out about her struggles with childhood diabetes.”

Nina Totenberg of NPR has a report headlined “Sotomayor Opens Up About Diabetes.”

And at the “School Law” blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has a post titled “Sotomayor Tells Students Diabetes No Barrier to Aspirations.”

“Wal-Mart Women Vow to Press Bias Fight in Lower Court, U.S. Rights Agency”: Bloomberg News has this report.

Wednesday’s edition of The Sydney Morning Herald reports that “Walmart women to fight on despite setback.”

And Reuters reports that “U.S. law firm spent $7 million to sue Wal-Mart.”

“Impact of Supreme Court’s Greenhouse Gas Ruling Likely to Be Felt in Other Cases”: Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire has this report (via The New York Times).

“Sotomayor tells how she deals with diabetes”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Band of Brothers Admitted to Supreme Court Bar”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Decision in Wal-Mart case a blow to class actions”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

D.C. Circuit holds that the First Amendment confers no right to the deface Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

David Kravets is reporting: At Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, he has posts titled “Righthaven Loss: Judge Rules Reposting Entire Article Is Fair Use” and “Appeals Court Deals Blow to ‘Hot News’ Doctrine.”

“Class Dismissed: The Supreme Court decides that the women of Wal-Mart can’t have their day in court.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Justice Sotomayor brings the heat: Sure, the U.S. Supreme Court may be in its home stretch for October Term 2010, but there’s still time for baseball. As I previously noted here, on Saturday Justice Sonia Sotomayor threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Wrigley Field in Chicago, where the Cubs hosted her beloved New York Yankees. (Coincidentally, I too attended a professional baseball game on Saturday, where I observed one of the strangest plays ever.)

ESPN.com provides this photographic evidence of Justice Sotomayor’s fastball. According to The Chicago Tribune, the ceremonial first pitch battery consisted of Justice Sotomayor and Cubs catcher Geovany Soto. The Chicago Sun-Times also provides this coverage. Justice Sotomayor, however, apparently did not lead the Wrigley faithful in singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during the seventh inning stretch.

Although circumstances dictated that Justice Sotomayor wear a Cubs jersey, she apparently had the last laugh, as the Yankees won 4-3. You can access the box score at this link. Perhaps less satisfied with the outcome was Justice Sotomayor’s host at the game, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL).

“Ex-chief loses in top court; The U.S. Supreme Court ruling against Guarnieri called win for public employers”: Terrie Morgan-Besecker has this article today in The Times Leader of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

The Citizens’ Voice of Wilkes-Barre reports today that “U.S. Supreme Court rules against ex-Duryea police chief.”

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that “Justices’ decision on free speech claim praised, faulted.”

At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Limits on ‘Petition Clause’: The Court allows public employees with workplace grievances to file a lawsuit against their government employer under the First Amendment’s Petition Clause, but only if the lawsuit involves a ‘matter of public concern’ — the same limitation that the Court has previously placed upon public workers’ lawsuit under the Amendment’s Free Speech Clause.”

And at the “School Law” blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has a post titled “Supreme Court Limits Public-Employee Grievance Rights.”

“Supreme Court to review pilot’s privacy suit”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

“High court shields AEP from state suits over emissions”: This article appears today in The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch.

“Is Voting Speech?” Stanley Fish has this post at the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times.

“Appeals court declines to rehear Texas affirmative action case”: Reuters has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court has refused to rehear a case challenging the University of Texas’ affirmative action admissions policy. The denial sets the stage for a fight in the U.S. Supreme Court.”

And The Chronicle of Higher Education reported yesterday that “Federal Appeals Court Hands Setback to Foes of Race-Conscious Admissions.”

My earlier coverage of last Friday’s Fifth Circuit order denying rehearing en banc and the dissent therefrom can be accessed here.

U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear dam lawsuit: The Helena Independent Record reports today that “Supreme Court will hear PPL appeal of state ruling.”

“Supreme Court justice and sports team owner among winners of prize for service”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and sports team owner Jerry M. Reinsdorf are among those being honored in Washington with a national prize for public service.”