“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Saving Ariz.’s immigration law.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Shaping the Law: A Solicitors General Roundtable.” You can view the video of this program, held Friday at the ABA’s 2010 Annual Meeting. by clicking here.

A related news release is headlined “Former Solicitors General Reveal Important Role of Political Deputy.”

“Gov. Christie’s office pushes for Senate hearing on N.J. Supreme Court nominee”: The Newark Star-Ledger contains this article today.

“Folsom man in landmark child-porn case charged again”: This article appears today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The Philadelphia Daily News reports today that “Delaware County man busted for kiddie-porn, again.”

And The Delaware County (Pa.) Daily Times reports that “Ridley Township man facing additional child-porn charges.”

“Senate rejects high court pick”: Today’s edition of The Honolulu Star-Advertiser contains an article that begins, “Gov. Linda Lingle blasted the state Senate’s rejection of Katherine Leonard as chief justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court yesterday, calling the 14 lawmakers who voted against her nominee hypocritical. The 14-8 vote was the first time the Senate has turned down a governor’s chief justice nomination and the first time in 17 years that the senators rejected a gubernatorial appointment to the five-member Hawaii Supreme Court.”

“Kagan Sworn in Before Family, Justices, Friends”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Kagan sworn in as fourth woman on Supreme Court”: The Associated Press has this report.

And The AP’s Mark Sherman has an article headlined “3 women on Supreme Court: How big a difference?”

“Will Elena Kagan Have To Wear a Frilly Neckpiece? Plus, what kind of orientation do Supreme Court justices get?” Brian Palmer has this explainer essay online at Slate.

“Kagan to Be Sworn in as 112th Supreme Court Justice”: The New York Times has this news update.

C-SPAN will provide live online coverage of the public ceremony beginning at 2 p.m. eastern time.

“A Man With Muffin Secrets, but No Job With Them”: This front page article appears today in The New York Times.

This blog’s earlier coverage of this matter can be accessed here.

“Justice Kennedy’s the one to watch on gay marriage test”: Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has this report.

Today’s edition of The Sacramento Bee contains a front page article headlined “Schwarzenegger urges judge to let gay marriages resume at once.”

Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Schwarzenegger, Brown urge resumption of gay marriages; In written arguments to the judge who overturned Proposition 8, the governor and attorney general say such weddings should be allowed during the appeals process.”

Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News reports that “Schwarzenegger, Brown urge judge to allow same-sex weddings to resume immediately.”

Bob Egelko and Jill Tucker of The San Francisco Chronicle have an article headlined “Schwarzenegger: Let gays and lesbians marry now.”

And Kate Moser of The Recorder reports that “Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Plants Flag for Gay Rights.”

“Vander Plaats seeks to eject 3 justices”: The Des Moines Register today contains an article that begins, “The announcement Friday by Republican Bob Vander Plaats that he will campaign to oust Iowa Supreme Court justices who legalized gay marriage has likely launched a full-force battle that will funnel national money and attention to the state, activists on both sides said.”

And The Sioux City Journal reports today that “Vander Plaats vows to unseat justices.”

“Republicans block Bay Area judicial nominees”: Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “Senate Republicans have blocked confirmation votes on two Bay Area judicial nominees, Goodwin Liu and Edward Chen, and returned the nominations to President Obama, who must decide whether to resubmit them when Congress returns from recess next month.”

“Kagan to Be Sworn in Saturday as 112th Court Justice”: Bloomberg News has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Kagan celebrates with Obama, to be sworn Saturday.”

“New trial ordered in General Wayne Inn murder”: This front page article appears today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“Nashville lawyer’s judicial nomination will go to Senate”: Today’s edition of The Tennessean contains an article that begins, “Nashville attorney Jane Stranch is finally headed toward confirmation as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th District — a year after she was nominated by President Barack Obama. The Senate agreed Thursday night, just before leaving for a one-month recess, to debate and vote on Stranch’s nomination on Sept. 13.”

“Kagan Will Have Little Time to Ease Into New Job; More than 2,000 petitions for review typically pile up during the Court’s summer recess”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report.

“D.C. Circuit Strikes Down Limits on Expressive Activity in National Parks”: Jonathan H. Adler has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

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

“Appeals court limits police use of GPS device to track suspects”: The Washington Post has this news update.

The Washington Times has a news update headlined “Court rejects govt. use of GPS tracking; Reverse sentence of accused drug-ring master.”

Pete Yost of The Associated Press reports that “Court reverses drug conviction in GPS case.”

Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog has a post titled “Appeals Court Rules Against Secret Police GPS Tracking.”

At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has a post titled “Court Says GPS Surveillance Requires Warrant.”

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Orin Kerr has a post titled “D.C. Circuit Introduces ‘Mosaic Theory’ Of Fourth Amendment, Holds GPS Monitoring a Fourth Amendment Search.”

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

“Irate Prop. 8 backers say gay judge not impartial”: This article appears today in The Sacramento Bee, along with an article headlined “Proposition 8 is putting voters’ views on trial.”

Today in The San Jose Mercury News, Howard Mintz reports that “Federal judge in Prop. 8 case an unpredictable iconoclast.”

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has an article headlined “Long road ahead for Prop. 8 court case.”

Maura Dolan and Carol J. Williams of The Los Angeles Times report that “Gay marriage ruling anchored in factual findings; Legal analysts say the federal judge appeared to be making a calculated effort to force higher courts to grapple with the practical reality of gay unions over legal theory when applying the law.”

John Schwartz of The New York Times has an article headlined “Conservative Jurist, With Independent Streak.” The newspaper also contains an article headlined “Gay Marriage Ruling a Challenge for Both Parties.”

The Washington Post reports that “Both sides in same-sex marriage debate see chance to galvanize support after California ruling.”

The Christian Science Monitor contains an article headlined “Will California gay marriage ruling affect other states? If Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision declaring the California gay marriage law unconstitutional is eventually upheld by the US Supreme Court, it could overturn gay marriage bans in 45 states.”

And The Associated Press has reports headlined “Judge’s personal life debated after gay ruling“; “Gay marriage before nation’s largest appeals court“; and “Mexican court upholds capital’s gay marriage law.”

“Senate approves Wynn for Fourth Circuit, Diaz still waits”: Barbara Barrett of McClatchy Newspapers has this report.

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” David Ingram has a post titled “Nominee for 4th Circuit Among Handful of Judges Confirmed.”

“Kagan Joins Supreme Court After 63-37 Vote in Senate”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Paul Kane and Robert Barnes report that “Senate confirms Elena Kagan’s nomination to Supreme Court.”

James Oliphant of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Elena Kagan confirmed to Supreme Court; The Senate approves her as the nation’s 112th justice on a 63-37 vote, with five Republicans crossing party lines to vote in her favor; For the first time in history, the court includes three female justices.”

Naftali Bendavid of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Senate Confirms Kagan for Court.” And Jess Bravin has an article headlined “Kagan and Roberts: Similar Paths, Poles Apart.”

USA Today contains an article headlined “With confirmation, Justice Kagan makes 3; Senate vote makes one-third of the top court women.”

David Lightman of McClatchy Newspapers reports that “Kagan wins Senate confirmation to Supreme Court, 63-37.”

The Washington Times reports that “Senate confirms Kagan to Supreme Court; Democrats hail ‘great antidote’ to conservatives on Supreme Court.”

The Boston Globe reports that “Kagan heads to high court; Ex-Harvard dean will be fourth woman to serve; Senate confirmation vote is 63-37; Brown opposed.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Elena Kagan confirmed to Supreme Court; The Senate voted 63-37, mostly along party lines, to make Kagan America’s 112th Supreme Court justice.”

The Toronto Globe and Mail reports that “Newly confirmed Kagan expected to spar with Chief Justice Roberts.”

David Ingram of The National Law Journal reports that “Kagan Confirmation Sets the Stage for High Court First.”

The Hill reports that “McConnell scolds Franken for making faces from dais during his speech.”

The Associated Press reports that “Franken apologizes for irritating GOP leader.”

And Politico.com reports that “Senate gets ‘a little weird.'”

“Discovery Rule for Libel Doesn’t Apply to Blogs, Says Federal Judge”: Shannon P. Duffy of The Legal Intelligencer has an article that begins, “Aviation lawyer and seasoned pilot Arthur Alan Wolk knows quite a bit about the stratosphere and the troposphere, but he may have learned something new this week about the blogosphere when a federal judge tossed out his libel suit against the bloggers at Overlawyered.com.”

You can access Monday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania at this link.

“Senate confirms Kagan as 112th justice”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Senate has confirmed Elena Kagan as the 112th justice and fourth woman to serve on the Supreme Court.”

The official roll call vote tally should be available online at this link in the very near future. C-SPAN, meanwhile, provides this photographic record of the confirmation vote.

“Appeal filed over gay marriage ruling in Calif.” The Associated Press has this report.

“Prop. 8 ruling based on ‘overwhelming evidence'”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

Today in The Washington Post, Robert Barnes and Sandhya Somashekhar have an article headlined “Judge strikes California’s ban on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8.”

And in Friday’s edition of The New York Times, John Schwartz will have a news analysis headlined “In Same-Sex Ruling, an Eye on the Supreme Court.”

“Recipient of Offensive E-Mails Can’t Force Yahoo to Name Sender”: New Jersey Law Journal has an article that begins, “A plaintiff who fails to make out a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress based on anonymous, offensive e-mails can’t compel the sender’s Internet service provider to reveal his or her identity, a New Jersey appeals court held Tuesday in a published opinion.”

You can access Tuesday’s ruling of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, at this link.

“State Supreme Court’s rulings will invite more lawsuits, create more costs”: Yesterday’s edition of The Detroit News contained an editorial that begins, “The new majority on the Michigan Supreme Court went on a spree over the weekend, reversing prior rulings and issuing a set of decisions that will make it easier for plaintiffs’ attorneys to sue — causing more legal costs for state businesses.”

“Times photographer ordered to stop photographing defendant’s arraignment; A judge approves a request to photograph murder suspect Alberd Tersargyan but later orders the photographer not to publish his photos; Legal experts say this could be a violation of the 1st Amendment”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Florida won’t appeal campaign-finance ruling; The state of Florida will not challenge a court’s ruling that threw out limits on politicians’ campaign spending”: The Miami Herald contains this article today.

“Lingle pushes for Leonard; The governor meets with senators over concerns about the chief justice nominee”: This article appears today in The Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

“Elena Kagan appears assured of becoming next Supreme Court justice; A majority of senators declares support for the high court nominee on the second day of debate over her confirmation; A floor vote is likely Thursday”: James Oliphant has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

The New York Daily News reports today that “Ruth Bader Ginsburg raves as Elena Kagan is set to officially become third woman on Supreme Court.”

And Politico.com reports that “Sens. John McCain, Jeff Sessions sick of Ivy court.”

“Attorneys Press Federal Circuit Judge to Recuse in Human Gene Case”: law.com has this report.

“Appeal Heard in Case Challenging University’s Consideration of Race in Admissions”: Texas Lawyer has this report.

And The Daily Texan reports that “Court hears UT admissions case.”

My earlier coverage of the oral argument appears at this link.

“Specter seeks vote on top-court TV”: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today contains an article that begins, “Sen. Arlen Specter says he has been promised a floor vote on his proposal to televise U.S. Supreme Court proceedings, an initiative he described as central to his final months in the Senate.”