“Court allows questions about bawdy chocolate gift in death case”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a news update that begins, “The federal appeals court in Atlanta on Monday directed a federal judge to find out why a juror gave bawdy chocolate ‘gifts’ to a Cobb County judge and a bailiff at the end of a death-penalty case.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“Hug of War: The Supreme Court considers the risks and rewards of forced association.” Dahlia Lithwick has this Supreme Court dispatch online at Slate.

“Before Gay Marriage Fight, Clashes on Free Speech”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“The long, clear, inspiring record of Diane Wood”: Glenn Greenwald has this blog post today at Salon.com.

“Reid Promises Showdown on Judicial Nominees”: David Ingram has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“A pager as an open book; City of Ontario v. Quon, et al., Argument recap”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

Access online the transcripts of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments: You can access the argument transcript in Christian Legal Soc. Chapter of Univ. of Cal., Hastings College of Law v. Martinez, No. 08-1371, at this link.

And you can access the argument transcript in Ontario v. Quon, No. 08-1332, at this link.

“Court takes up public employees’ privacy case”: The Associated Press has this report.

“State conflict-of-interest law illegally vague, Orie lawyer says”: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this news update.

And in Saturday’s edition of that newspaper, Paula Reed Ward had an article headlined “PG files appeal over sealed files in Orie investigation.”

“Big decision on an uncertain record? Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, Argument recap.” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Justice Stevens turns 90; only Holmes was older”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Court splits sharply on campus Christian argument”: Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press has this report.

“Tom Goldstein on Elena Kagan’s Recusal Obligations”: Ed Whelan has this post today at National Review Online’s “Bench Memos” blog.

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 granted review in four cases and called for the views of the Solicitor General in one case.

The Court’s issuance of a GVR in the case captioned Holster v. Gatco, Inc., No. 08-1307, gave rise to a concurring opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia and a dissenting opinion by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in which Justice Stephen G. Breyer joined.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Court to hear fired reservist’s appeal“; “High court to look at Costco sale of Swiss watches“; “Court denies Texan’s appeal over DA-judge affair“; and “Court turns away Texas murder appeal.”

“Elena Kagan and Recusal; Parallels drawn to Thurgood Marshall”: Tom Goldstein has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

As I previously noted in a post published last Thursday, that day’s edition of The Daily Journal of California contained an article by Lawrence Hurley headlined “High Court Nomination For ’10th Justice’ Would Be Rare.”

“DOJ moved porn case from Alabama to D.C.” Josh Gerstein has this post at his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com.

“Garland’s Openness to ‘Learn My Craft’ May Lead to High Court”: James Rowley and Kristin Jensen of Bloomberg News have this report.

Today in The Chicago Sun-Times, Abdon M. Pallasch has an article headlined “Madigan supremely flattered; Illinois attorney general named as top prospect to fill upcoming high court vacancy.”

And The Wilmington (Del.) News Journal reports that “Next justice needs political savvy, Kaufman says; Experience limited to federal courts leads to skewed decisions, senator says.”

“Top court to hear Inland case on government workers’ privacy”: This article appears today in The Press-Enterprise of Riverside, California.

Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has an article headlined “LoL, BTW … My Boss Is Monitoring Every Text That I Send, 😉”

msnbc.com has a report headlined “Sexting case raises workplace privacy issues; Technological advances blur line between work and personal lives.”

On last Thursday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment entitled “Should Personal Texts From Work Devices Be Private?”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has this preview of today’s oral argument.

“Court to hear arguments on campus Christian group”: Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press has this report.

The Deseret News reports that “Utahns watch as high court tackles on-campus religion issue.”

On today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Nina Totenberg has an audio segment entitled “Supreme Court To Hear All-Comers Policy Case.”

The New York Times contains an editorial entitled “A Case of Discrimination.”

The Washington Post contains an editorial entitled “Politically correct, legally wrong.”

And The Los Angeles Times contains an editorial entitled “The case of the Christian club: The Supreme Court will decide if the UC Hastings Law School can withhold recognition of a chapter of the Christian Legal Society.”

“Supreme Court Justice Scalia visits Law School; Former University Law professor discusses originalist approach to constitutional law”: This article appears today in The Cavalier Daily.

“Supreme Court still resists pressure to televise proceedings”: Robert Barnes has this article today in The Washington Post.