“Marine dad must pay Phelps’ fees; His $5M verdict overturned, dad of deceased Marine now owes the picketers”: The Topeka Capital-Journal has this news update.

The York (Pa.) Daily Record has a news update headlined “Father must pay Westboro Baptist Church $16,500.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Marine’s dad ordered to pay protesters’ court fees.”

“Domestic Violence Victim Fights for Her Name at the Supreme Court; Case asks who truly enforces restraining orders”: law.com has this report.

“Justice Crooks to stay on Gableman ethics case”: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a news update that begins, “State Supreme Court Justice N. Patrick Crooks will stay on the ethics case of fellow Justice Michael Gableman, who asked Crooks to step aside.”

“US judge urges skepticism on forensic evidence; Gertner says she’ll expect defense lawyers to challenge its validity”: Today in The Boston Globe, Jonathan Saltzman has an article that begins, “‘CSI’ may make for gripping television, but US District Court Judge Nancy Gertner says forensic evidence isn’t everything it’s cracked up to be. In a move that some legal scholars said may be the first by a federal judge, Gertner has ordered defense lawyers and prosecutors not to assume that evidence routinely accepted in the courts for decades is reliable. Defense lawyers, she wrote, should vigorously challenge fingerprints, bullet identification, handwriting, and other trace evidence, and prosecutors should be prepared to show it is valid.”

“Lawyers vs. Health Reform: Why the court challenges will fail.” Dahlia Lithwick has this essay in the April 5, 2010 issue of Newsweek.

“FBI gives a glimpse of its most secret layer”: This article appears today in The Boston Globe.

“High court weighs fraud lawsuit vs. Aussie bank”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Curb on securities suits?”

Update: You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd., No. 08-1191.

“Obama backs secrecy for Bush pardon denials”: Josh Gerstein has this post at his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com.

“Obama, Senate Need to Move Fast on Vacancies”: Today in Roll Call, law professor Carl Tobias has an essay that begins, “When Barack Obama was elected president, four of 15 judgeships stood vacant on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, which covers Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and the Carolinas.”

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has posted today’s Order List at this link. The Court did not grant review today in any cases.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “Court won’t hear frequent flyer point broker case” and “Court won’t stop new trial in Biletnikoff death.”

“Tensions Flare After Recess Maneuver; Obama Bypasses Senate on 15 Stalled Appointments, Drawing Fierce GOP Criticism”: This article appears today in The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.

“Defending due process for Guantanamo detainees; Defense attorneys for Guantanamo detainees stand up for due process despite hate mail, threats, and Dick Cheney’s daughter”: The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

“Supreme Court may weigh coverage mandate; Health care reform now in court’s hands”: This article appears today in The Washington Times.

And Alexander Bolton of The Hill reports that “GOP views Supreme Court as last line of defense on health reform.”

“Obama nominates Arizona judge to 9th Circuit Appeals Court; Mary Murguia, a Kansas native and twin of Janet Murguia, head of the National Council of La Raza, has served for 10 years on the federal district bench in Arizona”: Carol J. Williams had this article Saturday in The Los Angeles Times.

“US Supreme Court ruling on ‘cubed case’ could scare off foreign companies”: This article appears today in The Times of London.

And Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal reports that “Justices to Consider a Border Battle Over Lawsuits; High court case challenges use of American courts by foreign plaintiffs.”

“In Berkeley, Yoo feels at home as a stranger in a strange land; The Bush administration lawyer who gave legal cover to enhanced interrogation methods says he’s happy teaching at Boalt Hall School of Law, despite calls for his ouster and protests by liberal groups”: Carol J. Williams has this front page article today in The Los Angeles Times.