On the agenda: At 10 a.m. today, the Supreme Court of the United States will issue an Order List and may issue one or more opinions in argued cases. Stay tuned for complete coverage.

The Order List could include a grant of review in a case that would allow the Court to determine the constitutionality of the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003.

“Berkeley official sent misleading e-mails; Admissions director admits mistake”: Today’s edition of The Yale Daily News contains an article that begins, “Edward Tom, director of admissions at the University of California, Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law, confirmed Monday that he accidentally sent a large percentage of the school’s applicants nationwide an e-mail on Friday congratulating them on their admission to the school, along with at least one of two apology e-mails asking students to disregard the initial message and stating that it did not imply admission.”

In news from Kansas: The Topeka Capital-Journal reports today that “Committee rejects plan to approve high court judges.”

And The Wichita Eagle reports today that “Proposal limits court’s options on school funds.”

The Austin Powers footnote: Footnote one of a concurring opinion that Sixth Circuit Judge Boyce F. Martin, Jr. issued today is worth a look.

“Bush vs. Constitution”: Paul Starr will have this essay in the March 10, 2006 issue of The American Prospect.

“Supreme Clean Water Day: The big environmental cases on Justice Alito’s first day of argument.” Law Professor Jonathan H. Adler has this essay today at National Review Online.

“Intelligent design becomes intelligent recruiting”: This article appears today in The Harrisburg Patriot-News.

“Jury Selection to Resume in Moussaoui Case”: The Associated Press provides this report.

On today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Morning Edition“: This morning’s broadcast contained segments entitled “Supreme Court Hears Clean Water Act Cases” (featuring Nina Totenberg) and “Execution Delayed by Doctors’ Refusal to Participate.” RealPlayer is required to launch these audio segments.

“Michigan cases key to wetlands; Newly configured U.S. Supreme Court to decide issues of landowners’ rights and jurisdiction”: The Detroit News contains this article today.

In today’s edition of Financial Times, Patti Waldmeir reports that “Landowners go head to head with Washington over water ecosystem.”

The St. Petersburg Times reports that “Two high court cases may shape Florida wetlands; The Michigan cases challenge federal power under the Clean Water Act; States speak up – for regulation.”

And The Philadelphia Inquirer contains an editorial entitled “Michigan Wetlands Cases: High court must navigate skillfully.”

“MPs to vet selection of judge to top court; Harper’s choice to be named Thursday; Critics fear drift to `political judiciary'”: This article appears today in The Toronto Star.

The Toronto Globe and Mail is reporting: Today’s newspaper contains articles headlined “Top-court nominee faces fire Monday; Candidate won’t object to grilling, PM says” and “BlackBerry users press away as date nears.”

“Drives to ban gay adoption heat up; In 16 states, laws or ballot votes proposed”: This front page article appears today in USA Today, along with an article headlined “Both sides say their concern is the children; Opponents of gay adoption seeking to build on success in marriage fight.”

“Infamous Email Writers Aren’t Always Killing Their Careers After All”: Jared Sandberg has this Cubical Culture essay today in The Wall Street Journal.

In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times: David G. Savage reports that “Justices to Study Scope of ’72 Clean Water Act.”

Maura Dolan has a front page article headlined “A High Bar for Lawyers: Today, 5,260 people begin taking the state licensing exam; More than half will fail; And keep failing; Just ask the mayor of Los Angeles.”

And in other news, “A School, and Maybe a Street, for Cochran.”

“Execution of Killer-Rapist Is Postponed After Doctors Walk Out; Court-ordered anesthesiologists refuse to participate in the process, citing ethical concerns”: The Los Angeles Times provides this news update.

The Sacramento Bee provides a news update headlined “Morales’ execution postponed until Tuesday night.”

The San Francisco Chronicle reports today that “Killer’s midnight appeals denied; Execution delayed for several hours amid confusion over anesthesiologists.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Anesthesiologists Delay Calif. Execution.”

In today’s edition of The New York Times: An article is headlined “Battles of the Patents, Like David v. Goliath.”

In other news, “Enron Trial Stirs Memory of Andersen.”

And an editorial is entitled “A Test for the New Justices.”

The Washington Post is reporting: In today’s newspaper, Charles Lane has a front page article headlined “With Longevity on Court, Stevens’s Center-Left Influence Has Grown.”

And in other news, “The Formation Of Enron Jurors’ Opinions Is Under Scrutiny.”

In Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times: Tomorrow’s newspaper will contain articles headlined “States Curbing Right to Seize Private Homes” and “U.S. Reclassifies Many Documents in Secret Review.”

“County appeals church’s right to pray in library”: The Associated Press provides this report on a case that was argued this past Friday before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The oral argument audio can be accessed via this link (Windows Media format).

“A test of US authority over waterways; A high court case Tuesday probes which bodies of water fall under the Clean Water Act – and federal oversight”: Warren Richey will have this article Tuesday in The Christian Science Monitor.

“E-mail misleads law applicants; False acceptance letters claim to be from Berkeley”: The Yale Daily News today contains an article that begins, “Hundreds of applicants to University of California, Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law received an e-mail on Friday afternoon congratulating them on their admission to the school, only to receive at least one of two e-mails retracting the offer, claiming to be from Director of Admissions Edward Tom.”

“The Trials of Michael Chertoff”: Newhouse News Service has posted online an essay by J. Scott Orr that begins, “Who could blame Michael Chertoff if, deep down, what he really wants is to get back in black?”

“Committee to judge next Supreme Court appointee”: The Toronto Globe and Mail provides this news update.

The Associated Press provides a report headlined “Canadian Judges Face Questioning” that begins, “Nominees to the Supreme Court of Canada will face questions from members of Parliament for the first time in history, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Monday.”

And Bloomberg News reports that “Canada’s Supreme Court Nominee to Face First Review.”

“Cities build on eminent domain; Legislature likely to toughen laws”: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution contains this article today.

“Future dim for abortion clinic bill; Governor unlikely to OK legislation on clinics only”: This article appears today in The Topeka Capital-Journal.

“Senators scurried to rescue new judge”: The Beaver County Times today contains an article that begins, “The sap ran thick and bitter at last week’s Senate confirmation hearings for a new Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice as senators sought to rescue the judge from a presumed attack on her character and the judiciary itself.”

“Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts and Second Circuit Court of Appeals Judges Guido Calabresi and Sonia Sotomayor preside over the George Washington University School of Law Jacob Burns Van Vleck Moot Court competition”: Via C-SPAN, you can access here (RealPlayer required) GW Law’s Van Vleck Moot Court Finals from earlier this month.

“New Orleans courts face Mardi Gras amid crisis”: Reuters provides this report.

The Miami Herald is reporting: Today’s newspaper contains an article headlined “Trial may shed light on CIA’s detainee tactics; In a case that could shed light on CIA interrogation practices, a veteran Miami lawyer will prosecute the government’s case against an ex-CIA worker accused in the beating death of an Afghan detainee.”

And in other news, “Club sues town over adult-business ban; Davie faces a federal lawsuit from a University Drive nightclub whose owners say the town’s temporary ban on new adult businesses violates First Amendment rights.”

“A ‘fight to the death’: Midland man takes battle to high court.” Yesterday’s edition of The Saginaw News contained an article that begins, “A Midland millionaire has gone from facing $120 billion in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency fines to possibly neutering the federal agencies’ regulatory power over wetlands. Tuesday, real estate baron John A. Rapanos takes his landmark civil case against the U.S. Department of Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court, which could decide to curtail the 34-year-old Clean Water Act.”

“Bills would alter how justices are picked; Two proposals call for Senate confirmation of Kansas Supreme Court justices; A third would let the governor fill the bench”: This article appears today in The Wichita Eagle.

“The fine art of revenge: A legal scholar says that ‘eye for an eye’ justice is a lot more humane than you think.” Today at Salon.com, Laura Miller has this interview of Law Professor William Ian Miller in connection with his new book, “Eye for an Eye.”

“Lawyers plan U.S. Supreme Court appeal for murderer; 9th Circuit Court denies claims of man on Death Row”: This article appears today in The San Francisco Chronicle, along with a related article headlined “Love triangle gone vicious; Terri Lynn Winchell had no inkling her beau’s jealous boyfriend would exact a horrible revenge.”

The Sacramento Bee today contains a front page article headlined “9th Circuit refuses stay of Morales execution.”

The Stockton Record contains an article headlined “Zero hour: Execution of Michael Morales scheduled for 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.”

And David Kravets of The Associated Press provides a report headlined “One last hope for condemned killer; High court reprieve could halt execution.”

“Go With the Flow: When it dips into the Clean Water Act, the Roberts Court should step lightly.” Timothy J. Dowling, chief counsel of Community Rights Counsel, has this essay (free access) in today’s issue of Legal Times.