“Judge Sotomayor’s Civil Opinions – Part II”: Tom Goldstein has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Calif. top court revives class action against tobacco industry; State Supreme Court’s 4-3 decision involving a deceptive advertising case surprises those who thought Prop. 64 had essentially ended consumer lawsuits”: Maura Dolan has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports today that “Class-action lawsuit over tobacco ads proceeds.”

And law.com reports that “In Loss for Big Tobacco, Calif. Supreme Court Loosens Standing to Sue Under Proposition 64.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of California appears at this link.

“An Alternative Short List for the High Court: Law professors say whom they would nominate to the U.S. Supreme Court; Are any on the president’s radar?” Marcia Coyle has this article in the current issue of The National Law Journal.

Linda Feldmann of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “What another woman would bring to Supreme Court: Expectations are high that Obama will nominate a woman; Though female jurisprudence is not much different from that of male judges, women tend to be more pro-women’s rights and to tilt more toward plaintiffs in sex-discrimination cases.”

Newsday reports today that “Hofstra law dean honored to be mentioned for Supreme Court.”

Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an article headlined “Napolitano Appears to Straddle Political Divide.”

And at Politico.com, Gebe Martinez has an essay entitled “The selection of a latina for the Supreme Court won’t mean quotas trumped qualifications.”

“Amid Queries, CIA Worries About Future; Intelligence Officials Privately Warn That New Rules May Hinder Their Interrogations”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

“Executions Debated as Missouri Plans One”: The New York Times contains this article today.

And The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports today that “Executions set for two Missouri men.”

“Changes Planned for Guantanamo Trials May Lead to Familiar Challenges”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

The Wall Street Journal reports today that “Detainee Stance Represents Political Gamble for Obama.”

Politico.com reports that “Republicans want to keep Guantanamo Bay detainees out of the United States.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Prospect of Gitmo prisoners in US stokes fears.”

“Obama Avoids Test on Gays in Military”: Today in The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin and Laura Meckler have an article that begins, “The Obama administration has decided to accept an appeals-court ruling that could undermine the military’s ban on service members found to be gay.”

“Judge delays a decision on sanctions; Prosecutor is reprimanded”: Today in The Boston Globe, Jonathan Saltzman has an article that begins, “The chief judge of the US District Court in Massachusetts held off yesterday on sanctioning a federal prosecutor who has acknowledged that she withheld evidence that could have cleared a defendant in a gun case.”

“Images, the Law and War”: Adam Liptak had this article in the Week in Review section of this past Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“The Logic of Empathy: How Obama is like Spock.” John Dickerson has this essay online at Slate.

“Say When: Experts Make Their Predictions.” Amy Harder has this post today at National Journal’s “The Ninth Justice” blog.

“California Supreme Court revives class-action suit against tobacco firms”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has a blog post that begins, “The California Supreme Court decided 4-3 today that consumers can file class-action lawsuits against the tobacco industry and other businesses under a law voters limited in 2004, reversing a trend in the lower courts.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.

At “The UCL Practitioner” blog, Kimberly A. Kralowec has this lengthy post featuring highlights from the ruling.

“High Court Declines to Hear Jefferson Appeal”: The Washington Post has this news update.

“Supreme Court action upholds California’s medical pot law; Justices reject appeals from San Diego and San Bernardino counties seeking to throw out the state marijuana law; Patients likely will be able to seek ID cards showing they’re eligible to use the drug”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

And Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has a news update headlined “U.S. Supreme Court rejects Prop. 215 challenge.”

“Justices Turn Back Ex-Detainee’s Suit Over Prison Abuses”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court Rules Former Detainee Lawsuit Cannot Proceed.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Top Bush officials not liable for Muslims’ post-Sept. 11 arrests; The Supreme Court rules that former Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller can’t be sued by more than 700 Muslim men sent to maximum security prison in the wake of the 2001 attacks.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post titled “Justice Souter’s ‘Little Green Men.’”

“Judge Sotomayor and the First Amendment (And the Pending Case)”: Eric Turkewitz has this post today at his “New York Personal Injury Law Blog.”

Access online today’s opinions in argued cases and Order List of the Supreme Court of the United States: The Court today has issued two opinions in argued cases.

1. Justice David H. Souter delivered the opinion of the Court in AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen, No. 07-543. The Chief Justice and Justices John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined in the opinion of the Court. Justice Stevens also filed a concurring opinion. And Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Stephen G. Breyer joined. You can access the ruling at this link and the oral argument transcript at this link.

2. Justice Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court in Ashcroft v. Iqbal, No. 07-1015, a case in which the Court divided 5-4. The Chief Justice and Justices Scalia, Thomas, and Alito joined in the opinion of the Court. Justice Souter issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Stevens, Ginsburg, and Breyer joined. Justice Breyer also issued his own separate dissenting opinion. You can access the ruling at this link and the oral argument transcript at this link.

You can access today’s Order List at this link.

The Court today granted review in four cases, including the case of media tycoon Conrad Black. I previously linked here to the certiorari filings in that case. The Court also requested the views of the Solicitor General in one case.

In addition, Justice Alito today issued two dissents from orders granting GVRs in light of the Court’s ruling last month in Arizona v. Gant. You can access Justice Alito’s dissents here and here.

At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has posts titled “No case over post-9/11 roundups” and “Court to rule on Sarbanes-Oxley.”

And in early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “Court sends Mueller, Ashcroft lawsuit back“; “Court: Old maternity leave doesn’t count“; “Court will review Black’s fraud conviction“; “Court to review anti-fraud law“; “High court to rule in Pennsylvania death case“; “Court turns away appeal over Steinbeck copyrights“; “High court won’t delay trial of ex-Rep. Jefferson“; “Court refuses to hear medical marijuana challenges“; “Court won’t reopen Nazi reparations case“; and “Court allows suit over deadly railroad derailment.”

“Court candidate Granholm to be at White House”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Obama’s Choice”: The New York Times has posted online an essay by H.D.S. Greenway that begins, “With the resignation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, Barack Obama is about to make one of the most import appointments any president can make. For picking a justice for the Supreme Court will have more ramifications for the republic than any cabinet secretary or ambassador.”

“Liberals Fret Over Obama’s Compromises”: Today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal contains an article that begins, “President Barack Obama’s decision to maintain Bush-era military commissions is the latest in a series of compromises and delays that allies on the left see as a disappointing shift away from campaign pledges.”

“Law Students Teach Scalia About Privacy and the Web”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“Prosecutors Block Access to DNA Testing for Inmates”: The New York Times contains this article today.

“Death row’s revolving door: Post-trial evidence in Ga. case resonates.” This article appears today in USA Today.

“The end of civil rights: If we really want to fix inequality, it’s time for a new approach.” Law professor Richard Thompson Ford had this essay yesterday in the Ideas section of The Boston Globe.

“Courts divided on police use of GPS tracking; Two recent, divergent court rulings on warrantless tracking suggest new technologies are straining old privacy standards”: The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

“Complaint seeks disbarment of Bush lawyers”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Two outside groups want Bush administration lawyers linked to memos on harsh interrogation techniques of detainees to lose their licenses to practice law.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Activists Seek Disbarment of Bush Lawyers Over Interrogations.”

And last Friday, The Christian Science Monitor posted online an essay by Bert Brandenburg enttiled “Impeachment is not the answer for Judge Bybee: It’s the atomic bomb of American politics.”

“No More Mr. Nice Guy: The stealth activism of John Roberts.” Jeffrey Toobin has this Annals of Law essay in the May 25, 2009 issue of The New Yorker.

“Consumer class-action suits are on trial in California; A far-reaching ruling is expected in a case that could apply limits in 2004’s Proposition 64 to ads for cigarettes”: Today in The Los Angeles Times, Maura Dolan has an article that begins, “Consumer class-action lawsuits in California, which have encountered mounting skepticism from courts, face a major test in a tobacco case to be decided Monday by the state Supreme Court.”

You can view the questions presented in the cases in which the Supreme Court of California will announce rulings tomorrow by clicking here.

“Supreme Court Choices You Haven’t Heard Of”: This audio segment (RealPlayer required) featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday.”

“Republicans in Senate Lower Expectations of a Court Fight”: Neil A. Lewis will have this article Monday in The New York Times. Meanwhile, in today’s newspaper, Eric Lichtblau has a profile of Solicitor General Elena Kagan headlined “Potential Justice’s Appeal May Be Too Bipartisan.”

Yesterday in The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin had an article headlined “Sessions Favors Judge for High Court.”

At CNN.com, Ed Henry reports that “Obama girds for Supreme Court fight.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Obama taps aide to guide nominee for Supreme Court” and “GOP looks for justice nominee to rule impartially.”

“Two California Latino judges emerge as candidates for Supreme Court”: Howard Mintz will have this article Sunday in The San Jose Mercury News.

“Justice Dept. won’t budge on wiretap document”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

And at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has a post titled “Obama Dares Judge to Order Release Of NSA Spy Document.”

“Gay-Marriage Issue Awaits Court Pick; Same-Sex Unions Supplant Abortion As Social Priority for Conservatives”: This article will appear Sunday in The Washington Post.

Sunday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times will contain an article headlined “Gay advocates have a proposition for Obama; Pressure is building on hot-button issues: same-sex marriage, lobbying for a gay Supreme Court justice and ‘don’t ask, don’t tell.’”

And The Detroit News reports today that “Legal savvy, empathy keep Granholm on Supreme Court short list, experts say.”

“Appeals Court Sides With Team In Suit Challenging Trademark”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an article that begins, “A federal appeals court yesterday handed the Washington Redskins another victory in their long-running legal dispute with Native American activists over the team’s name.”

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

“Possible Court Pick Is Used to Dueling on Bench; Wood, a Contender to Replace Souter, Often Spars With Conservative Colleagues on the 7th Circuit”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

Sunday in The New York Times, Charlie Savage will have an article headlined “Conservatives Map Strategies on Court Fight.”

Today in The Chicago Sun-Times, Abdon M. Pallasch has an article headlined “At Notre Dame, Obama has chance to settle some tough issues” that begins, “President Obama could solve a couple thorny issues for himself at once Sunday if, during his speech at the University of Notre Dame, he introduces Notre Dame alum Ann Claire Williams as his choice for the U.S. Supreme Court.”

Yesterday’s edition of The Daily Princetonian contained an article headlined “In Kagan ’81, a Supreme contender.”

James Vicini of Reuters reports that “Obama’s pick may not shift Supreme Court direction.”

Thursday’s edition of The Joplin Globe contained an article headlined “McCaskill being mentioned as potential court nominee.”

And law.com’s Tony Mauro has an article headlined “What Old Sin Will Haunt the Next Supreme Court Nominee? Presumed short-listers are already being picked over, as commentators look for the Achilles’ heel on Justice David Souter’s possible replacement.”