“Justices Consider Rights Issues; Decisions on Speech, Property Limits Could Be Far-Reaching”: Robert Barnes has this article today in The Washington Post. And Dana Milbank’s “Washington Sketch” column is headlined “Up in Smoke at the High Court.”

Today in The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage reports that “Free speech on campus is debated; The Supreme Court hears arguments in an Alaska case that pits student rights against a principal’s authority.” The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “‘Bong hits’ is free speech: The Supreme Court should rule that writing ‘Bong Hits 4 Jesus’ on a banner is free speech, even for a student.”

In USA Today, Joan Biskupic reports that “Justices debate student’s suspension for banner; Was off campus when ‘Bong Hits 4 Jesus’ sign torn down.”

And The Chicago Tribune reports that “Justices weigh free speech vs. school control.”

“Court Rejects Suit Against Enron Banks”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

The Washington Post reports today that “Investors Defeated In Enron Decision; Investment Banks Ruled Not Liable.”

And The Houston Chronicle reports that “Enron shareholders stripped of status; Court tosses Enron class-action title and says banks aren’t completely liable.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Fifth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Message to high court: ‘Get out’; Judicial restraint has been a guiding conservative principle; ‘Activist judges,’ after all, are rooted in the liberal camp; But an upcoming Supreme Court decision on school desegregation might turn conservative jurisprudence on its head.” Laura Vanderkam has this op-ed today in USA Today.