“Appeals Court Is Urged to Strike Down Program for Collecting Phone Records”: Charlie Savage will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Supreme Court Weighs Air Marshal’s Firing in Whistle-Blower Case”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

In Wednesday’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes will have an article headlined “In whistleblower case, Supreme Court seems sympathetic to former air marshal.” In addition, at the newspaper’s “In the Loop” blog, Barnes has a post titled “Be careful who you insult in Washington — especially if they might end up on the Supreme Court.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court seems to back ex-TSA air marshal’s whistle-blower claim.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Justices back air marshal who blew whistle on cutbacks.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Weighs Whistleblower Protections; Justices Consider Balance of Whistleblower Rights Against National Security.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

And Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has a Supreme Court Brief headlined “Justices Weigh Whistleblowing Against National Security.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

“U.S. Supreme Court denies appeal by Alabama Death Row inmate convicted in 1989 bombing death of judge”: Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has an article that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court today denied an appeal by the man on Alabama’s death row for the 1989 pipe bomb death of federal appeals court judge Robert S. Vance.”

“In His 70th Supreme Court Argument, Waxman Takes Some Hits”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this Supreme Court Brief. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

And in other coverage, Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. justices wrestle over homeowners’ bid to rescind mortgage.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Jesinoski v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., No. 13-684.

“Argentina Appeals New York Bond Judge’s Contempt Finding “: Bloomberg News has this report.

And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Argentina appeals U.S. judge’s contempt order in bond dispute.”

“U.S. appeals court grills opponents of NSA phone data collection”: Reuters has this report.

The Wall Street Journal has a news update headlined “Court Considers Suit Against NSA Phone Surveillance; Judges Focus on Whether Initial Gathering of the Records Violates Constitution.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

National Journal reports that “Judges Skeptical NSA Spying Violates Privacy Rights; In reviewing a post-Snowden case Tuesday, an appeals court questioned whether the government’s bulk collection of phone records needs to be reined in.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post titled “Anti-NSA ruling in jeopardy.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Zoe Tillman has a post titled “D.C. Circuit Skeptical of Challenge to NSA Surveillance.” You can freely access the full text of the post via Google.

Earlier, the “Behind the News” blog of Columbia Journalism Review had a post titled “The anti-NSA case that’s pushed farthest through the system is back in court today.”

You can access at this link (43.0 MB mp3 audio file) the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Update: In other coverage, Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau reports that “Judges weigh NSA’s sweep of phone numbers.”

“James C. Duff * * * has been appointed director of the administrative office of the U.S. Courts by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., effective January 5, 2015.” So announces the Newseum in a news release issued today.

Senior U.S. District Judge John D. Bates (D.D.C.) currently serves as director of the AO. Judge Bates has been in the news lately for several controversial communications he has issued in his current capacity as director of the AO (see here, here, and here).

Update: In other coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Newseum CEO departs amid fundraising struggles.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Marcia Coyle has a post titled “James Duff to Lead Judiciary’s Administrative Office.” You can freely access the full text of the blog post via Google.

The U.S. Supreme Court‘s official news release on the announcement can be accessed here.

“Oklahoma Supreme Court puts new state abortion laws on hold”: The Tulsa World has this news update.

And The Oklahoman has a news update headlined “Oklahoma Supreme Court temporarily blocks enforcement of new abortion laws; Oklahoma Supreme Court rulings mean a Norman doctor can keep an abortion clinic open and doctors do not have to follow FDA protocols in giving abortion-inducing drugs.”

“Argument preview: Can plain language be vague?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Supreme Court to hear Florida-Georgia water suit”: This front page article appears in today’s edition of The Times of Gainesville, Georgia.

Reuters reports that “Water wars between Florida, Georgia advance at U.S. Supreme Court.”

And the News Service of Florida reports that “U.S. Supreme Court to hear Florida-Georgia water fight.”

“Court weighs whistleblower status for air marshal”: Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has this report.

Earlier, USA Today reported that “Supreme Court hears air marshal case about secrets vs. safety.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Department of Homeland Security v. MacLean, No. 13-894.

“Appeals court takes on NSA surveillance case”: Pete Yost of The Associated Press has this report.

The Wall Street Journal has a news update headlined “Federal Appeals Court Considers Suit Against NSA Phone Surveillance; Judges Focus on Whether Initial Gathering of the Records Violates Constitution.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

And at The Intercept, Dan Froomkin reports that “Nutty Plaintiff Nearly Derails Case Against NSA Bulk Collection.”

“Constitution Check: Should the Supreme Court get involved in church property disputes?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Court Wrangles With Edward Snowden’s Shadow”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Appeals court to weigh NSA phone data program”: This front page article appears in today’s edition of The Baltimore Sun.

Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal contained an article headlined “NSA Phone Surveillance Faces Fresh Court Test; D.C. Appeals-Court Panel to Hear Arguments in Challenge Brought by Conservative Activist.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court takes on NSA surveillance case.”

Cyrus Farivar of Ars Technica reports that “Top appeals court to hear why NSA metadata spying should stay or go; DC Court of Appeals could confirm ruling that ended the practice, but was stayed.”

National Journal reports that “The NSA’s Mass-Surveillance Program Is About to Go on Trial; More than a year after Edward Snowden’s disclosures, an Appeals Court will weigh the government’s bulk collection of U.S. phone records.”

And The Hill reports that “NSA phone program faces key court test.”

When the audio of today’s D.C. Circuit oral argument becomes available, I will link to it.

“Court asked to consider Jerusalem’s sovereignty on U.S. passports”: Robert Barnes has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.