“GOP senator: Kagan hearings being pushed too soon.” The Associated Press has this report.

“High Court to Weigh Arizona Tuition Tax Credits”: Mark Walsh has this post at the “School Law” blog of Education Week.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh has a post titled “Big New Establishment Clause Case, on Religious Groups’ Participating in Evenhanded Government Funding Programs.”

“Bagram ruling no blank check for Obama”: Josh Gerstein has this post at his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com.

“The Big Ban Theory: Does Elena Kagan want to ban books? No, and she might even be a free-speech zealot.” Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Access online today’s opinions in argued cases and Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court today issued opinions in six argued cases.

1. Justice Stephen G. Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court in United States v. Marcus, No. 08-1341. Justice John Paul Stevens filed a dissenting opinion. Justice Sonia Sotomayor did not take part in the ruling. You can access the ruling at this link and the oral argument transcript at this link.

2. Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court in Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., No. 09-448. Justice Stevens joined the opinion of the Court in part and issued an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. You can access the ruling at this link and the oral argument transcript at this link.

3. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court in United States v. O’Brien, No. 08-1569. Justice Stevens filed a concurring opinion. And Justice Thomas filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. You can access the ruling at this link and the oral argument transcript at this link.

4. Justice Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Lewis v. Chicago, No. 08-974. You can access the ruling at this link and the oral argument transcript at this link.

5. Justice Stevens delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League, No. 08-661. You can access the ruling at this link and the oral argument transcript at this link.

6. Finally, the Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted in Robertson v. United States ex rel. Watson, No. 08-6261. The Chief Justice issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Scalia, Kennedy, and Sotomayor joined. Justice Sotomayor also issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the order at this link and the oral argument transcript at this link.

The Court today also vacated and remanded without oral argument in Jefferson v. Upton, No. 09-8852. Justice Scalia issued a dissenting opinion in which Justice Thomas joined. You can access the per curiam ruling at this link.

You can access today’s Order List at this link. The Court today granted review in five cases and called for the views of the Solicitor General in two cases.

At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “NFL may face legal penalty; No total antitrust immunity.”

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “Court: NFL is 32 teams, not single business“; “Court says black firefighter lawsuit can proceed“; “Court reinstates sex trafficking conviction“; “High court to hear Arizona school case“; “Supreme Court to review Texan’s death row case“; and “High court rejects Microsoft patent appeal.”

“Wearing his heart on his skin, tattoo parlor owner seeks 1st Amendment protection; Banned from opening a store in Hermosa Beach, he goes to federal court to get some respect for his art”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Lawmakers divided on ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ as votes near”: The Washington Post contains this article today.

“Knife looms large in Robert Wone trial”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.