“Argument preview: Kids and video games.” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O’Connor on Life and the Supreme Court; Some of Nation’s Most Influential Women Gather at Women’s Conference in California”: ABCNews.com has this report.

“Arizona AG: Execution drug came from Great Britain.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Arizona attorney general’s office says the state’s supply of a scarce lethal injection drug was obtained from England. This is the first time a state has acknowledged obtaining sodium thiopental from an overseas source since a shortage of the drug started affecting executions in the U.S. this year.”

“Court Voids Arizona Law on Voter Proof of Citizenship”: Bloomberg News has this report.

My earlier coverage of today’s Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“USS Cole families press legal claims against Sudan”: The Associated Press has this report about a case argued today before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

“Ninth Circuit, on 2-1 Vote with Strong Kozinksi Dissent, Holds that Arizona Requirement of Proof of Citizenship to Register to Vote is Preempted by the National Voter Registration Act”: Law professor Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog” about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

Circuit Judge Sandra S. Ikuta wrote the majority opinion, in which retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor — sitting by designation — joined. It is interesting to note that, after law school, Ikuta first clerked for Judge Kozinski on the Ninth Circuit before going on to clerk for Justice O’Connor at the U.S. Supreme Court.

I know that it is fairly common for a federal appellate judge to serve on a three-judge panel with a judge for whom he or she had clerked following law school. I cannot help but wonder, however, whether any federal appellate judge had previously served as law clerk to both of the other two judges serving on a particular three-judge federal appellate court panel.

Order of en banc Ninth Circuit referring case to appellate mediation sparks dissents: An eleven-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today issued this order, accompanied by two dissents and a statement concurring in the order.

“U.S. Supreme Court Increasingly Favors Business, Study Says”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

My post from this morning that linked to the study can be accessed here.

“Fed Won’t Join Bank Supreme Court Appeal on Loan Disclosures”: Bob Ivry and Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News have this report.

“‘Girls Gone Wild’ suit sets up free speech battle”: The Associated Press has this report about a case pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

“Arizona execution on hold, drug issue under review”: The Arizona Republic has a news update that begins, “The execution of convicted killer Jeffrey Landrigan, which was scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, has been put on hold. A judge from 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a restraining order sometime before 2 a.m. Tuesday. But later in the morning, another judge on the court requested that a larger panel review the order. That could take until noon before the Supreme Court considers the case.”

You can access this morning’s ruling of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“A Tale of Two Courts: Comparing Corporate Rulings by the Roberts and Burger Courts.” The Constitutional Accountability Center issued this study today. A related news release can be accessed here.

“Evil Men in Black Robes: Slate’s judicial election campaign ad spooktacular!” Richard L. Hasen and Dahlia Lithwick have this essay online at Slate.

“Robocall mishap shows Nevadans don’t want ANY questions at 1 a.m.; Automated message goes out early morning”: Today’s edition of The Las Vegas Review Journal contains an article that begins, “Phone calls that come in the dead of night rarely bring a happy message, even if the voice on the other end of the line belongs to retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Thanks to human and computer errors, thousands of Nevadans were roused from sleep Monday when an automated telephone message asking voters to consider Question 1 next week went out at 1 a.m. rather than 1 p.m.”

The organization Nevadans for Qualified Judges has issued this apology.

“No Opponent, But Big Money In Illinois Justice’s Race”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“Hayes threatened to kill correction officers; Convicted murderer disciplined while awaiting trial”: This article appears today in The New Haven Register.

The Hartford Courant reports today that “Cheshire Case Left Imprint On Prison System, Ex-Commissioner Testifies.” Yesterday’s newspaper reported that “Witness Harassed After Defense Calls Her To Testify In Steven Hayes Case.” And Sunday’s newspaper contained an article headlined “‘My Private Horror Show’: Joshua Komisarjevsky’s Journal Part Confession, Part Analysis Of ‘Demons.’”

“‘Don’t Ask’ Ruling Puts Judge in Spotlight”: law.com has this report.

“Diehl-Armstrong to testify today in ‘pizza bomber’ trial, without psychiatrist”: This article appears today in The Erie (Pa.) Times-News.

“Utah Supreme Court hears arguments on Ogden gang injunction”: The Deseret News contains this article today.

And The Salt Lake Tribune reports today that “Utah Supreme Court mulling Ogden gang injunction.”

“9th Circuit Says Catholic Group Has Standing to Sue San Francisco”: Ginny LaRoe of The Recorder has an article that begins, “With the judges split into unusual voting blocs, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday issued an 8-3 ruling in an Establishment Clause case that is thought to be prime for Supreme Court review.”

My earlier coverage of last Friday’s en banc Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Nashville attorney David Randolph Smith leads fight against guns-in-bars law; Attorney remembers clients’ grief”: This article appears today in The Tennessean.

“En Banc 3rd Circuit Set to Hear DNA Samples Case”: Shannon P. Duffy of The Legal Intelligencer has this report.

“Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. renews Lawyer’s Oath for West Michigan Catholic lawyers”: The Grand Rapids Press contains this article today.

“Two sides in justice retention debate take off on dueling tours”: This article appears today in The Des Moines Register.