“Colo. Court Upholds Denver Weapons Ban”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Monday upheld Denver’s ban on assault weapons, despite arguments that state weapons laws should trump city ordinances.”

You can access today’s ruling by an equally divided Supreme Court of Colorado at this link.

Scalia criticizes Alito for using legislative history: See today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Zedner v. United States, No. 05-5992, where Justice Antonin Scalia issued this opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment in response to a portion of this opinion of the Court that Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued.

Lettuce hope for appellate review? The Allentown (Pa.) Morning Call on Friday published an article headlined “Woman has unpalatable salad day in court; Palmer resident guilty of throwing lettuce from car at mall.” According to the article, “[T]he salad saga could continue. ‘We may, as a matter of principle, take an appeal’ to state Superior Court, said Prendergast, who works in the law offices of attorney Gary Asteak and represented Higgins at no cost.”

Today’s U.S. Supreme Court Order List and opinions in argued cases: The Supreme Court today issued opinions in four argued cases.

1. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court in Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply Corp., No. 04-433. You can access the syllabus here; Justice Kennedy’s opinion here; Justice Antonin Scalia’s concurring opinion here; Justice Clarence Thomas’s opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part here; Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part here; and the oral argument transcript here.

2. The Court issued a per curiam opinion in Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Williams, No. 05-465. You can access the oral argument transcript here.

3. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court in Zedner v. United States, No. 05-5992. You can access the syllabus here; Justice Alito’s opinion here; Justice Scalia’s opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment here; and the oral argument transcript here.

4. And the Court issued a per curiam opinion in Whitman v. Department of Transportation, No. 04-1131. You can access the oral argument transcript here.

You can access today’s Order List at this link. The Court granted review today in three cases, two of which will be argued in tandem.

At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has posts titled “Decisions: Court rules on RICO claim, 3 other cases” and “Orders: Court to rule on race in education.”

In early press coverage, Gina Holland of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court to Hear Education Race Case.” And The AP also reports that “Justices Limit Use of Racketeering Suits“; “Supreme Court to Consider Old Sentencing“; and “Supreme Court Rejects Reporters’ Appeal.”

“High court to take up job privacy of officers; California justices to hear San Diego case”: The San Diego Union-Tribune today contains an article that begins, “The state Supreme Court takes up an intriguing and potentially far-reaching case this week dealing with how much information peace officers can keep secret when they are disciplined on the job.”

“Adoption Group Threatens Suit; Children First: Restore ‘Life’ License Plate.” This article appeared Saturday in The Hartford Courant.

“Which Federal Appellate Court Has the Best Web Site?” You can access this week’s installment of my “On Appeal” column for law.com at this link.

The Eighth Circuit’s web site ranks first on my list, the Seventh Circuit’s web site ranks second, and the Ninth Circuit’s web site ranks third. In the essay, I also suggest improvements for the web sites of the First, Second, and Tenth Circuits.

The last time that I conducted a similar survey was in February 2003, in connection with my “Upon Further Review” column headlined “Appellate Court Web Sites: Some Are Excellent, But Many Others Could Easily Be Improved.”

“Curbing the Press: Why the government and the media haven’t been this antagonistic since the Pentagon Papers case.” This article appears in the June 12, 2006 issue of U.S. News & World Report.

“Law school at center of judicial junkets storm; George Mason center received money from Exxon, Big Tobacco”: The National Law Journal provides this report (free access).

“Questions from jurors”: The Chicago Tribune today contains this editorial.

“Eminent domain case was like shot heard ’round U.S.” This article appears today in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

“Pluribus Sine Unum: Will the Senate impose race-based government on Hawaii?” John Fund has this essay today online at OpinionJournal.

“Senate kicks off debate of marriage amendment”: This article appears today in The Washington Times.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports today that “Bush to push gay marriage ban; Senate may vote Tuesday; foes say issue dead.”

The Chicago Tribune reports that “Same-sex marriage foes say religious liberty at risk; Others call fears greatly exaggerated.”

The New York Sun reports that “Bush Seeks to Outlaw Gay Rites.”

And The New York Times contains an editorial entitled “Divide and Conquer the Voters.”

The Los Angeles Times is reporting: Today’s newspaper contains articles headlined “Army Manual to Skip Geneva Detainee Rule; The Pentagon’s move to omit a ban on prisoner humiliation from the basic guide to soldier conduct faces strong State Dept. opposition“; “A Mom, a Texas Law and a Baby’s Fate; Dixie Belcher wants to keep her 10-month-old on life support, even though doctors say the damage is irreversible; A judge will hear the case“; and “Class Actions Are Here to Stay; Continuing corporate scandals mean plenty of shareholder suits even if Milberg Weiss dissolves.”

“Deal With Wen Ho Lee Begets Warning of Yet More Claims”: Josh Gerstein has this article today in The New York Sun.

“Chief justice hopefuls starting to play dirty; Run for Alabama’s top court shows ugly side”: This article appears today in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting: Today’s newspaper contains articles headlined “Judge in Dover case still fighting; John E. Jones III is using the intelligent-design debate to answer his critics and talk about judicial independence” and “Bloggers’ political sting felt in Delco; One anonymously accuses Judge Kenneth A. Clouse of abusing his power; It’s a little like 1700s pamphleteering.”

“Plenty of Room on the Fall Docket”: That’s the title of today’s installment of Charles Lane’s “Full Court Press” column in The Washington Post.

“In State Races, Tough Questions About Abortion”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“Court is finishing term at ‘moment of historic transition’; Justices still new to one another face June’s deadlines”: Joan Biskupic has this article today in USA Today.

“Lowering the Bar: The corrupt ABA judicial evaluation process.” Edward Whelan will have this essay in the June 12, 2006 issue of The Weekly Standard.

“Republicans plan controversial votes on gay marriage, flag burning”: James Kuhnhenn of Knight Ridder Newspapers provides this report.

“An ethical cloud: A deal brokered with the Judicial Qualifications Commission leaves accusations of misconduct by a circuit judge unanswered.” This editorial appears today in The St. Petersburg Times.

In today’s edition of The Boston Globe: Charlie Savage has an article headlined “Bar group will review Bush’s legal challenges” that begins, “The board of governors of the American Bar Association voted unanimously yesterday to investigate whether President Bush has exceeded his constitutional authority in reserving the right to ignore more than 750 laws that have been enacted since he took office.”

And the Ideas section contains an article headlined “Star power: Celebrities have a legal right to prevent the commercial use of their images without permission; But are they silencing artists and satirists as well?”

“Throwing Roe to the people”: This editorial will appear Monday in The Christian Science Monitor.

And today in The Washington Post, Dana L. had an op-ed entitled “What Happens When There Is No Plan B?”

“City, Group in Clash On Commandments”: The Washington Post today contains an article that begins, “An evangelical Christian group unveiled an 850-pound granite sculpture of the Ten Commandments yesterday at its Capitol Hill rowhouse a stone’s throw from the Supreme Court, despite a threat of $300-a-day fines.”

“Ala. ready to send a message on marriage; A ban on same-sex vows is expected to get voters’ OK”: This article appears today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The Washington Times today contains articles headlined “Believers push for marriage measure” and “Bush urges Senate to pass marriage amendment.”

And The New York Times reports that “Bush Calls for an Amendment Banning Same-Sex Nuptials.”

“The Enron Case That Almost Wasn’t”: The New York Times today contains this lengthy article.

“Invoking Secrets Privilege Becomes a More Popular Legal Tactic by U.S.” This article appears today in The New York Times.

“Sanity of Condemned Va. Inmate Debated”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“Politics of the Altar: GOP leaders are putting gay marriage back on the agenda; Will voters respond?” This article will appear in the June 12, 2006 issue of Newsweek.

“Junketing Judges: A Case of Bad Science.” Eric Schaeffer has this op-ed today in The Washington Post.

“Court Sense: A 5-4 decision for accountable government.” This editorial appears online today at OpinionJournal.

And yesterday in The Los Angeles Times, Laura N. Chick had an op-ed entitled “City Hall needs whistle-blowers; A Supreme Court decision is bad news for the good guys in government.”

In today’s edition of The Washington Post: An article reports that “Conservatives Backing Nominee Look at Graham.”

And columnist George F. Will has an op-ed entitled “Ripples From Two Court Choices.”

“Review of Terrorist Threat to Reactor Ordered; An appeals court tells a federal agency to study the effects of an attack on Diablo Canyon plant”: Henry Weinstein has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko reports that “U.S. court puts PG&E nuclear permit on hold until terror review; Utility seeks to store radioactive waste from Diablo Canyon.”

And The San Luis Obispo Tribune reports that “Court orders Diablo terror analysis; Appeals court sides with Mothers for Peace in a lawsuit over storage of nuclear waste on the grounds of the plant.”

My earlier coverage appears at this link.