“Schools’ legal fight could get more costly; After desegregation defeat, district faces paying 7-figure fees”: This article appears today in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

The Seattle Times reports today that “Ex-Ballard principal says court ruling ‘fired me up again.’”

And The Louisville Courier-Journal reports that “Ruling evokes memories of busing; Veteran teacher recalls 1970s’ tensions.”

“Court dismisses lawsuit against pastor; Texas preacher not liable for disclosing information from private counseling session”: The Austin American-Statesman contains this article today.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports today that “Court says woman can’t sue minister.”

And The Associated Press reports that “State Supreme Court tosses woman’s suit against pastor.”

You can access yesterday’s unanimous ruling of the Supreme Court of Texas at this link.

“A Privilege Deal: Congress and the White House should avoid a court battle over the U.S. attorneys investigation.” This editorial appears today in The Washington Post.

“Justices to Weigh Detainee Rights; In Reversal, Court Agrees to Hear Case”: Robert Barnes has this front page article today in The Washington Post.

Today in The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage and Carol J. Williams reports that “High court to reconsider Guantanamo; In a rare reversal of themselves, the justices agree to weigh detainees’ right to their day in federal court.”

The New York Times contains a front page article headlined “In Shift, Justices Agree to Review Detainees’ Case.”

In The Miami Herald, Carol Rosenberg reports that “Bush’s antiterror powers to get high-court review; The Supreme Court has set the stage for a third ruling on President Bush’s war-on-terror powers to indefinitely detain ‘enemy combatants’ without traditional recourse to courts.”

And The Washington Times reports that “Court to review detainees’ civilian jurisdiction rights.”

“High court remains politically divided; More 5-4 rulings mark shift to right”: Charlie Savage has this article today in The Boston Globe.

“In Steps Big and Small, Supreme Court Moved Right”: Linda Greenhouse will have this lengthy article Sunday in The New York Times.

“A Cautious Right Turn: The Supremes were most united on business cases.” This editorial appears today in The Wall Street Journal.

Available online from The American Prospect: Scott Lemieux has an essay entitled “Scalia and Thomas: Originalist Sinners; How Thursday’s ruling on school integration gives the lie to the two justices’ supposedly devout ‘originalism.’”

Simon Lazarus has an essay entitled “The Most Activist Court: How progressives should think about and respond to the assaults of the Roberts Court.”

And Allison Stevens has an essay entitled “Race, Gender, and the Politics of Segregation: What the Supreme Court’s school desegregation ruling could mean for women’s rights.”

“Split Decision: The Supreme Court’s conservative divide.” Law Professor Cass R. Sunstein has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Supremely Bad Decisions”: Bruce Shapiro has this essay online at The Nation.

“Roberts Rules: The Supreme Court term ends with a 5-4 decision against racial preferences.” Terry Eastland will have this essay in the July 9, 2007 issue of The Weekly Standard.

On today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Saturday“: The broadcast contained audio segments entitled “The Supreme Court Shifts Direction” (featuring Nina Totenberg) and “Court Case Could Have Big Impact on Detainees.” RealPlayer is required to launch these audio segments.

“Schools scramble to shuffle girls sports”: The Detroit News today contains an article that begins, “Michigan school officials are scrambling to meet a fall deadline to align boys and girls sports seasons, bringing an end to decades of discrimination against female athletes but creating a passel of headaches.”

The Associated Press is reporting: An article headlined “Court Term Ends With Obvious Frustration” begins, “Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer shook his head. He rolled his eyes. He even grimaced once or twice as he listened to Chief Justice John Roberts read the majority opinion in the school diversity case on Thursday.”

And in other news, “N.H. Repeals Parental Notice of Abortion.”

“Courting Controversy”: In the July 9, 2007 issue of Time magazine, Law Professor Jeffrey Rosen will have an essay that begins, “Ever since Robert Bork was defeated in his 1987 bid for a seat on the Supreme Court, liberals have feared that the court would turn right on the issues they care most about. And this was the year their fears finally began to be vindicated.”

“Analyzing the Decisions of the 2006-07 Supreme Court”: You can view video of yesterday’s Federalist Society event via this link, or directly by clicking on part one and part two.

“Nominee lobbies for court seat; Southwick seeks support among senators for bid”: The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi today contains an article that begins, “With his nomination to a federal appeals court stalled by the opposition of key Democrats, Mississippi Judge Leslie Southwick is in Washington this week trying to save his candidacy.”

“High Court Reveals a Mind for Business; In a term marked by 5-4 rulings, no one proved to be a better friend to corporate America than Alito”: law.com’s Tony Mauro provides this report.

“High court spares mentally ill killer; The Supreme Court rules that a Texas death row inmate cannot be executed because his illness prevents him from understanding his fate”: Henry Weinstein has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports today that “Hayward native’s execution blocked; Supreme Court says mental illness wasn’t considered.”

The Houston Chronicle reports that “Texas competency rules too narrow, high court decides; Justices change their course on the executions of mentally ill killers.”

The Austin American-Statesman reports that “High court blocks Texas death sentence; Slim majority clarifies rules for executing potentially insane inmates.”

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram contains an article headlined “Court: Inmate too mentally ill to be executed.” In addition, an editorial is entitled “Death and madness.”

And The Louisville Courier-Journal reports that “High court blocks execution in Texas; Ruling could affect Indiana man’s case.”

“Justices overturn ban on price-fixing; Some say the ruling could mean higher consumer prices and fewer discounts”: David G. Savage and Daniel Yi have this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Conservative justice: Forget the promises — Roberts and Alito delivered high court ideology.” Law Professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this op-ed today in The Los Angeles Times.

“A Court Divided: The Supremes move right on the question of race; Liberal justices dissented passionately; But there may still be some room in the middle.” Stuart Taylor Jr. has this essay online at Newsweek’s web site. In addition, Ellis Cose has an essay entitled “A Sliver of Hope: The Supreme Court is divided not merely over how to interpret the Constitution; It’s divided over the meaning of American history.”

And online at Time magazine’s web site, Reynolds Holding has an essay entitled “Can Schools Still Achieve Diversity?”

“How To Keep Brown Alive: Use income level, instead of race, to integrate the schools.” Richard Kahlenberg has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Analysts See Shift in Key Supreme Court Decisions”: This segment (transcript with link to audio) appeared on this evening’s broadcast of the PBS program “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.”

“Landmark Ruling: The Supreme Court’s ruling could be a step back in integration law.” Jan Crawford Greenburg had this video segment on last night’s broadcast of the ABC News program “Nightline.”

And along with Howard Rosenberg, Jan has a written report headlined “Two Women Come Together to Oppose Busing; Plaintiff Crystal Meredith and Civil Rights Activist Mattie Jones Say Program Failed Their Children.”

“DOJ Loses Brand”: Rachel Brand is departing from the U.S. Department of Justice, “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times” reports here.

In news coverage from Seattle: In coverage of yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District, No. 05-908, The Seattle Times today contains articles headlined “U.S. Supreme Court rejects Seattle’s racial criteria“; “Parents’ attorney relished chance to argue case at Supreme Court“; “Some new diversity strategies take shape“; and “Former schools superintendent watched case closely in D.C.” The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “Supreme Court challenges Seattle schools.”

And The Seattle Post-Intelligencer today contains articles headlined “Schools seek new diversity answers after court rejects race as tiebreaker“; “Reaction within Supreme Court among sharpest“; and “Q&A: Woman who fought school district.” The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “Seattle Schools: Court’s wrong turn.” And U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) has an op-ed entitled “Still seeking equality in schools.”

The Louisville Courier-Journal is reporting: In coverage of yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Meredith v. Jefferson County Bd. of Ed., No. 05-915, today’s newspaper contains articles headlined “5-4 ruling limits use of race by district; Official: Decision doesn’t ‘shut the door’ on diversity“; “Woman kept ‘my promise’ to son“; “New school chief sees no return to segregation“; “Some find ‘sunshine’ amid rain“; “Businesses to keep eye on effect of ruling“; and “Catholic system sees no impact from ruling.”

In addition, the newspaper contains an editorial entitled “Thwarting equity.” Rebecca Owens has an op-ed entitled “‘Good things going’ in JCPS.” And Suzy Post has an op-ed entitled “Ruling is ‘a massive step backwards.’”

Available online from National Public Radio: Today’s broadcast of “Morning Edition” contained audio segments entitled “High Court’s New Race Ruling Echoes in Schools” (featuring Nina Totenberg); “Schools in Supreme Court Case Heartened“; “Court’s School Race Decision Recalls Brown Case“; “High Court Changes Mind on Detainee Appeals“; and “Supreme Court Ends Ban on Price Minimums.”

Today’s broadcast of “Day to Day” contained an audio segment entitled “Supreme Court to Review Guantanamo Cases” featuring Tom Goldstein.

And this evening’s broadcast of “All Things Considered” contained audio segments entitled “White House Loses Ground with High Court” (featuring Nina Totenberg); “Officer Cited Issues with Guantanamo Tribunals“; and “Legal Experts Weigh In on Court Decisions” (featuring Jeffrey Rosen and Doug Kmiec).

“Supreme Court to Hear Detainee Appeals”: This audio segment (RealPlayer required) featuring Lyle Denniston appeared on today’s broadcast of the public radio program “Here & Now.”

“Supreme Court Term Shows Shift to Right”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press provides this report.

“High Court to Hear Terror Detainee Case”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post provides this news update.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times provides a news update headlined “High court to hear Guantanamo detainees case.”

Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald provides a news update headlined “Supreme Court to review Gitmo detainee case.”

The New York Times provides a news update headlined “Supreme Court Will Hear Case on Detainees.”

James Vicini of Reuters reports that “Court to hear Guantanamo prisoners appeals.”

And Greg Stohr and Laurie Asseo of Bloomberg News reports that “Guantanamo Bay Detainees Get U.S. High Court Hearing.”

“Supreme Court shifts to right with Bush appointees”: James Vicini of Reuters provides this news analysis.

The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “Dems Denounce Court Desegregation Ruling“; “Appeals Court Unseals CIA Leak Documents“; and “Democrats Hope to Close Guantanamo.”

Ninth Circuit referees battle of Monster versus Freek: A trade dress dispute between energy drinks gives rise to today’s ruling, from which Freek emerges victorious. The ruling includes as an appendix these black and white images.