“In Colorado, fighting to keep smoking onstage; Actors can’t smoke — even tobacco-free cigarettes — during a play, no matter how crucial smoking is to the script, the state’s high court rules; Two theater groups will continue to battle the ban”: This article will appear Monday in The Los Angeles Times.

“Wall St. Weighs a Constitutional Challenge to a Proposed Tax”: Monday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article that begins, “Wall Street’s main lobbying arm has hired a top Supreme Court litigator to study a possible legal battle against a bank tax proposed by the Obama administration, on the theory that it would be unconstitutional, according to three industry executives briefed on the matter.”

“No Longer Their Golden Ticket”: This article about obtaining a law school degree appears today on the front page of the Sunday Styles section of The New York Times.

“Feingold fears corporate tsunami of campaign cash”: The Capital Times of Madison, Wisconsin has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court: Throwing away the key for sex offenders?” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Supreme Court to rule on famed death penalty case”: Reuters has a report that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court is expected on Tuesday to issue its latest decision on the fate of Mumia Abu-Jamal, arguably America’s most famous death-row inmate, convicted of slaying a Philadelphia policeman, a crime he denies committing.”

“Gay marriage supporters fear Supreme Court’s ruling was an omen; When justices intervened to stop proceedings from airing online, some saw sympathy for supporters of Proposition 8 – and a lack of faith in the district judge who will first decide the measure’s fate”: David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times. Meanwhile, in yesterday’s newspaper, columnist Tim Rutten had an op-ed entitled “Behind the Prop. 8 cameras: By barring the broadcasting of the case, the Supreme Court has seemingly signaled its views of same-sex marriage.”

The Ventura County Star reports today that “Court case blogs have many hooked; Federal gay marriage trial intensely covered online.”

The New York Times contains an article headlined “Newsom Is Eclipsed in Marriage Movement” and an op-ed by columnist Maureen Dowd entitled “An Odd Couple Defends Couples That Some (Oddly) Find Odd.”

And Dan Levine of The Recorder reports that “A Large Cast Shares Spotlight at Proposition 8 Trial.”