The Associated Press is reporting: Gina Holland reports that “Supreme Court Rules in Student Loan Case.”

And in other news, “Court Weighs Juries’ Death Penalty Decisions.”

Today’s U.S. Supreme Court opinions in argued cases: At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court allows student loan offset, rules on lawyer fees.”

Today’s rulings came in the cases of Lockhart v. United States, No. 04-881 (oral argument transcript here; case background here), and Martin v. Franklin Capital Corp., No. 04-1140 (oral argument transcript here; case background here).

“Hoax Case Turned On Court Docket; Police Compared Bomb Calls, Case Lists”: The Hartford Courant today contains an article that begins, “Javier Rodriguez didn’t want to drive to Superior Court in Danielson last Friday morning – his driver’s license had been suspended. And he had already been convicted five times of failing to appear in court. So instead of risking another arrest, he told police, he called in a series of bomb threats.”

I previously collected press coverage of last Friday’s bomb threat-related closure of Connecticut’s judicial system at this link.

“Court sympathetic to recruiters; Justices are skeptical of the arguments law schools use to bar the military members”: This article appears today in The Sacramento Bee.

And The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger reports today that “Justices question colleges’ ban on military recruiters; Universities see anti-gay bias.”

“Michael Schiavo joins the fray; Terri Schiavo’s husband starts a PAC devoted to defeating the Bible-thumping politicians who used his comatose wife as a football”: Michael Scherer has this report today at Salon.com.

“Death penalty up for debate; Arguments before the Supreme Court on the Kansas law will focus on states’ rights and other issues”: This article appears today in The Wichita Eagle.

The Kansas City Star today contains an article headlined “All eyes of court today on Kansas; Death penalty case to be heard.”

And in The Denver Post, columnist Al Knight has an op-ed entitled “Death penalty under fire.”

Available online from National Public Radio: Yesterday evening’s broadcast of “All Things Considered” contained a segment entitled “High Court Weighs On-Campus Military Recruitment” featuring Nina Totenberg.

And yesterday’s broadcast of “Talk of the Nation” contained a segment entitled “Supreme Court Hears Recruiting Case” featuring David G. Savage.

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“N.Y. Court Ruling Raises Hopes on Eminent Domain”: The New York Sun today contains an article that begins, “Property owners angered by the Supreme Court’s decision this year that the government can seize their homes and businesses received a psychological boost when a federal appeals court ruled that a New York village had overstepped its eminent domain authority.”

Monday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit can be accessed here.

“Group Opposed to Nominee Rallies Its Hollywood People”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

The Washington Times reports today that “Alito ads stirring little interest.”

And The Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star reports that “Alito deserves appointment, attorney says.”

Available online from law.com: Tony Mauro reports that “High Court Leans Towards Upholding Military Recruiters’ Access to Law Schools.”

And in other news, “Conn. Justices Knock Snow-Tubing Waiver Off Course; Liability for ski resort’s own negligence can’t be summarily signed away.”

“Why Did the Fourth Circuit Suggest it Might Vacate its Decision In the Case of Alleged Dirty Bomb Conspirator Jose Padilla?” Jennifer Van Bergen has this essay online today at FindLaw.

“Supreme Court Weighs Military’s Access to Law Schools”: Linda Greenhouse has this article today in The New York Times.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Military Recruiting Bans Seem Doomed; The high court frowns on law schools’ claims that free speech and gay rights would be violated.”

Jan Crawford Greenburg of The Chicago Tribune reports that “Justices lean to recruiter access; Schools’ objections based on ‘don’t ask’ seem a hard sell.”

Joan Biskupic of USA Today reports that “Pentagon’s case gets sympathies.”

Michael McGough of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that “Supreme Court justices skeptical on recruiting ban; Law schools resist military on gays.”

Allen Pusey of The Dallas Morning News reports that “Justices frown on barring military recruiting on campus; Ban on gays is contrary to anti-bias policies, law schools tell high court.”

The Houston Chronicle reports that “High court appears to back campus military recruiters; It’s the first major gay-rights issue heard by the justices since the 2003 Texas case.”

The Boston Globe reports that “High court hears campus recruiting case; Schools want right to bar the military over stance on gays.”

The Daily Record of Parsippany, New Jersey reports that “Morris lawyer bolstered case for military recruiters; Dispute could decide future of activities on college campuses.”

The Harvard Crimson contains articles headlined “Court Seems Ready To Uphold Solomon Law; Justices slam schools’ free speech claims; only Souter is likely to vote for FAIR“; “HLS Students Predict Loss for FAIR; Listening to audio recording, crowd at Harkness gauges that free speech claims failed“; and “Protesters Clash Outside High Court; GodHatesFags.com faces off against gay rights groups on courthouse steps.”

The Yale Daily News reports that “Supreme Court hears JAG arguments.”

The Columbia Spectator reports that “Supreme Court Hears Solomon Amendment Case.”

And The Daily Pennsylvanian reports that “Military recruiting law fiercely argued at Supreme Court; Solomon Amendment continues to incite university responses.”

“Supreme Court Hears Recruitment Case”: This segment (transcript with link to audio) featuring Jan Crawford Greenburg appeared on this evening’s broadcast of the PBS program “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.”

“Striking Down the Solomon Amendment on Military Recruiting: A Hollow Victory at the Expense of Our Military.” You can access at this link my op-ed published in January 2005 in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

“Law Schools Against Free Speech: The Supreme Court considers military recruitment on campus.” Dahlia Lithwick has this Supreme Court dispatch online at Slate. Her essay concludes, “You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth. The law schools have no case.”

“High Court Hears Case on Military Recruiting on Campus”: Charles Lane will have this article Wednesday in The Washington Post.

The Associated Press is reporting: In news from Pennsylvania, “Lawyer Jailed Since 1995 on Contempt Charge” (thanks in part to Judge Alito, no less!) and “Second Judge Challenges Pay-Raise Repeal.”

Meanwhile, in news from Tampa, Florida, “Ex-Professor Cleared on Some Terror Charges.”

But if the unarmed suspect had cancer, then the police wouldn’t have violated the Fourth Amendment by shooting him dead: A reader emails:

In today’s First Circuit opinion of Whitfield v. Melendez-Rivera, the First Circuit quotes the seminal Supreme Court excessive force case, Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985), for the proposition that “A police officer may not seize an unarmed, noncancerous suspect by shooting him dead.” See slip op. at 15.

Of course, it’s supposed to read “nondangerous”

The typo appears here. And the Supreme Court’s ruling in Tennessee v. Garner is here.

“Administration objects to story describing Alito as conservative”: Ron Hutcheson of Knight Ridder Newspapers provides this report.

“Justices Skeptical of Free Speech Argument in Solomon Case; Statement by FAIR lawyer may have dealt blow to gay rights activists”: Daniel J. Hemel has this news update online at The Harvard Crimson.

“Review of cases shows Alito to be staunch conservative”: Stephen Henderson of Knight Ridder Newspapers appeared on yesterday’s broadcast of C-SPAN‘s “Washington Journal” to discuss his recent article, co-written with Howard Mintz, headlined “Review of cases shows Alito to be staunch conservative.” You can access the video by clicking here (RealPlayer required).

This morning’s broadcast of “Washington Journal” offered a counterpoint in a segment (RealPlayer required) entitled “Rachel Brand, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office for Legal Policy.”

“Man Held In Court Bomb Threats; Willimantic Resident Faces Terrorism Charges”: The Hartford Courant today contains an article that begins, “A Willimantic man who police said emptied judicial buildings across the state Friday by calling in a series of bomb threats from a pay phone to avoid a court appearance was arrested on terrorism charges Monday.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Conn. Man Wanted to Avoid Court Appearance.”

“Court Debates Allowing Domino’s Suit”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “In a case that could affect lawsuits alleging discrimination in contracting, a Nevada businessman urged the Supreme Court Tuesday to let him sue Domino’s Pizza for racial discrimination even though the chain did not have a contract with him individually.”

“The Snow Man: This Christmas, conservatives try to escape the Ghost of Alito’s Past.” Bruce Reed has this post at Slate’s “The Has-Been.”

“Military Gets U.S. High Court Support on Recruiting”: Bloomberg News provides this report.

“Supreme Court Appears Amenable to Military Recruiting at Colleges”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times provides this news update.

“Supreme Court Leans Towards Upholding Solomon Amendment”: law.com’s Tony Mauro provides this news update.

“Slate’s Jurisprudence: Challenging ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.'” This segment (RealPlayer required) featuring Dahlia Lithwick appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Day to Day.”

“This case displays a dark side of our nation’s policy in favor of arbitration.” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today confronted a case in which an employer required its employees to agree to arbitrate employment-related claims, then refused to arbitrate claims filed by a dismissed employee, and then demanded arbitration after the employee sued the employer in court. In today’s ruling, the Ninth Circuit held that “when an employer enters into an arbitration agreement with its employees, it must itself participate in properly initiated arbitration proceedings or forego its right to compel arbitration.”

The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “FTC Can’t Regulate Lawyers, Court Rules“; “Moussaoui Prosecutors Ask to Limit Testimony“; and “Clemency for Death Row Inmates Rare.”

“Gay rights and military recruiting clash in court; Supreme Court hears arguments over recruiters’ access to law schools”: Tom Curry, national affairs writer for MSNBC, provides this report.

“Supreme Court Oral Argument: Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic & Institutional Rights.” C-SPAN has made this morning’s oral argument available online, on demand at this link (RealPlayer required).

The latest update from Gina Holland of The Associated Press is headlined “Justices Hear Military Recruiting Case,” and it begins, “The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to uphold a law that says colleges cannot turn away military recruiters in protest of the Pentagon’s policy on gays if the universities also want to receive federal money.”

James Vicini of Reuters reports that “Most Supreme Court justices back campus recruiting.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Solomon Amendment likely to survive.”

“Court Hears Case of Recruiters on Campuses”: Gina Holland of The Associated Press provides this updated report.

C-SPAN in just a moment will begin its rebroadcast of this morning’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Rumsfeld v. FAIR, the Solomon Amendment case: You can view in either RealPlayer or Windows Media formats.

“Endangering Roe: There are many — and subtle — clues to an Alito court in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood.” Scott Lemieux has this essay online at The American Prospect.