The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “Court Weighs Discrimination Retaliation“; “Skilling Says His Testimony Not Rehearsed“; and “Jury Finds Former Ill. Gov. Ryan Guilty.”

Programming note: I will be in court for the first part of this afternoon. Additional posts will appear after I return to the office.

The Associated Press is reporting: Gina Holland reports that “Supreme Court Won’t Hear Falwell’s Appeal.”

And in other news, “Court Declines to Take Kissinger Lawsuit.”

“Supreme Court GVR’s Bill M.” Law Professor Samuel R. Bagenstos has this post today at his “Disability Law” blog.

So you think that the Federal Circuit‘s opinions are boring: Just wait until you hear that court’s oral arguments, available online via this link. The court has also posted online this related privacy notice.

“High Court Won’t Interfere With Subpoenas”: The Associated Press provides this report.

And The AP is also reporting that “Court Rules Against Family’s Asylum Appeal.”

“Hearing Is Believing; Seeing is Even Better”: Today in The Daily Journal of California, Brent Kendall has an article that begins, “There was no shortage of journalists on hand in the Supreme Court two months ago when Justice David H. Souter made a comment about polluters during a debate over the Clean Water Act. But what exactly the soft-spoken New Englander said in the cavernous courtroom on Feb. 21 all depends on which news report you read.”

The article provides some great examples of a central point of my law.com “On Appeal” essay published today under the headline “Should Congress Mandate Supreme Court TV? Will original understanding go high-definition?”

“Supreme Court Will Hear Court Button Case”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide if a convicted California killer deserves a new trial because the victim’s family members wore photo buttons at his first trial.”

Access online Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.’s transmission to Congress of the amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure scheduled to take effect on December 1, 2006: The U.S. Supreme Court’s web site makes the transmittal letters forwarding the amendments available at this link.

Today’s U.S. Supreme Court Order List and per curiam opinion: You can access today’s Order List at this link. The Court granted review in three cases and called for the views of the Solicitor General in two other, apparently interrelated cases. In one of the cases in which certiorari was granted, both the Chief Justice and Justice Stephen G. Breyer are recused.

The Court today also summarily vacated a judgment under review from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by means of a per curiam opinion in Gonzales v. Thomas, No. 05-552.

At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court grants three cases, acts on asylum issue.”

“Guantanamo Men Lose Supreme Court Appeal” Gina Holland of The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from two Chinese Muslims who were mistakenly captured as enemy combatants more than four years ago and are being held at the U.S. prison in Cuba.”

“Supreme Court Hears Employee Retaliation Suit”: This segment (RealPlayer required) featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Morning Edition.”

“Blawg Review #53”: Available here, at “MauledAgain.”

“Should Congress Mandate Supreme Court TV? Will original understanding go high-definition?” Today’s brand new installment of my weekly “On Appeal” column for law.com can be accessed here.

“Moussaoui Jury Faces a Complex Defendant; The admitted terrorist could escape execution if found mentally ill; But behind the courtroom tirades is an educated and observant person”: The Los Angeles Times contains this article today.

And CNN.com reports that “Moussaoui’s defense team to present case.”

“Prosecution gets shot at Skilling today; Cross-examination likely to cover conflicting testimony”: This article appears today in USA Today.

And The Houston Chronicle reports today that “Petrocelli making his presence known.”

The New York Times is reporting: Today’s newspaper contains articles headlined “Outrage at Funeral Protests Pushes Lawmakers to Act” and “A Sinister Web Entraps Victims of Cyberstalkers.”

The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “Justices to Debate ‘Adverse’ Work Changes” and “Wis. Court Mulls Usage of Victim’s Letter.”

“In Silicon Valley, a Man Without a Patent”: This article related to the BlackBerry patent case appears today in The New York Times.

In Monday’s edition of USA Today: Joan Biskupic will have an article headlined “Justices’ mixed phrases on tip of silver tongues.”

And tomorrow’s newspaper will also contain an article headlined “‘Roe v. Wade’: The divided states of America.”

“Online merchants fight to get their wine flowing; California retailers cite interstate commerce in suit against TABC”: This article will appear Monday in The Dallas Morning News.

“Logic Turns Upside-Down During Moussaoui Trial”: Neil A. Lewis will have this article Monday in The New York Times.

“Broward court cases hidden from the public; More than 100 Broward Circuit Court cases since 2001 have been put on a docket that the public can’t see; One First Amendment lawyer calls it a ‘secret judiciary'”: This article appears today in The Miami Herald, along with an editorial entitled “Secret dockets run afoul of courts.”

“Why Hurry On Justice Zarella?” The Hartford Courant today contains an editorial that begins, “Nobody – least of all Gov. M. Jodi Rell – has persuasively explained why the legislature must rush to judgment on the nomination of Associate Justice Peter Zarella to be chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.”

“The Moussaoui effect”: This editorial appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Court Marshall; High-stakes patent lawsuits surge in small East Texas town”: The Austin American-Statesman contains this article today.

“Attorney suited for success; Lawyer prepares to represent Arizona in case before U.S. Supreme Court”: This article appears today in The Arizona Republic.

“Eminent domain is dead! (Long live eminent domain!)” Law Professor David Barron has this essay today in the Ideas section of The Boston Globe.

And in the April 24, 2006 issue of Newsweek, columnist George F. Will has an essay entitled “Legal Theft In Norwood: This abuse shows what happens when property rights become too attenuated to protect the individual’s precious zone of sovereignty.”

In today’s edition of The Detroit Free Press: The newspaper today contains an editorial entitled “Injudicious intimidation: Objections over courts cross line from healthy criticism to dangerous threat.”

A related op-ed by Senior Sixth Circuit Judge Damon J. Keith is entitled “Recent attacks on independence of judges endanger democracy.”

And a related op-ed by Chief Justice Clifford W. Taylor of the Supreme Court of Michigan is entitled “Protesting perceived judicial excesses is healthy for system of government.”

The Associated Press is reporting: An article headlined “Justices to consider whether killer is mentally retarded” begins, “A Virginia man whose case led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ban on executing the mentally retarded now must convince a state court that he has that disability and should not be put to death for killing an Air Force enlisted man for beer money.”

And from California, David Kravets has an article headlined “Chin plows path from Oregon potato farm to state Supreme Court.”

“Harriet Miers, Hard at Work”: The April 24, 2006 issue of Time magazine will contain this Notebook item.

“The Crackdown Cracks: Getting tough on corporate crime is so yesterday; The pendulum is swinging back, hitting everyone from gumshoes to judges.” This article will appear in the April 24, 2006 issue of U.S. News & World Report.

On today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Weekend Edition Sunday“: The broadcast contained segments entitled “Moussaoui’s Mental Health on Trial” and “Skilling’s Appearance Riles Former Enron Employees” (RealPlayer required).

“Memphian has day at Supreme Court; Harassment case may be precedent-setting”: The Commercial Appeal of Memphis, Tennessee today contains an article that begins, “When she passes through the 16 marble columns of the U.S. Supreme Court building Monday morning, Sheila White knows she’ll be living history.”

“High Court, Dems clash on Taft ruling”: The Cincinnati Enquirer today contains an article that begins, “Tensions among Ohio’s three branches of government rose again last week.”