“Vt. man wins religious vanity plates case appeal”: The Associated Press has this report.

And Mark Hamblett of the New York Law Journal reports that “2nd Circuit Overturns Religious License Plate Restriction.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Second Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Lawyers React With Shock and Disbelief to Federal Judge’s Drug Arrest; In months leading up to Judge Jack T. Camp’s arrest, lawyers say they saw model jurist — tough, fair, no signs of drug use”: Janet L. Conley will have this article Monday in the Fulton County Daily Report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Prominent judge tapped to oversee Camp case.”

“Recusals and the Court”: This editorial appeared yesterday in The New York Times.

“No right to counsel during interrogation: top court.” In today’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail, Kirk Makin has an article that begins, “Police are winning the unceasing war over the rights of suspected criminals on a major battleground — the Supreme Court of Canada. In a ruling full of friction between a bare majority of judges wanting to avoid hampering officers in their work and a minority fighting for the rights of the accused, the court said on Friday that while suspects have a right to consult a lawyer and to be informed of that right, they don’t have a right to legal counsel while they are being interrogated.” The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “The right to counsel, diminished.”

The Vancouver Sun reports today that “Supreme Court restricts right to have a lawyer during police questioning.”

The Vernon Morning Star reports that “Court denies manslaughter appeal.”

The Toronto Sun contains an article headlined “No right to ‘lawyer up’, Supreme Court rules.”

The Canadian Press has a report headlined “No right to lawyer during questioning, says top court.”

And Postmedia News has a report headlined “No right to lawyer during police interrogation: Supreme Court.”

You can access yesterday’s 5-4 ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada at this link.

“Alabama Supreme Court stats show Tom Parker continues to trail in productivity”: The Mobile Press-Register contains an article that begins, “Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker continues to lag far behind his colleagues in productivity, according to statistics released by the court this week.”

“Trial by attire: Supreme Court look should go with everything we believe in.” In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robin Givhan has an essay that begins, “Thankfully, the newest member of the Supreme Court, Justice Elena Kagan, declined to mar her elegant black robe with a lace scarf, lady’s tie or any other doilylike frippery for the high court’s annual class portrait.”

“The Battle Cry of a Supreme Court Wife: When Ginnni Thomas rails against Washington elites, does it include her husband?” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

In related news coverage, today’s edition of The New York Times contains a front page article headlined “Activism of Thomas’s Wife Could Raise Judicial Issues.”

And at Newsweek’s web site, Lisa Miller has an article headlined “Sweet Virginia: The wife of Justice Clarence Thomas is a Tea Party activist; Together, they’re the right’s new power couple.”

“Confirmation Warriors: What’s the endgame for Obama’s judicial nominees?” Doug Kendall has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Making Congress All It Can Be”: Linda Greenhouse has this post at the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times.

“AP interview: Breyer unsure about cameras at court.” Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

The first batch of same-week U.S. Supreme Court oral argument audio recordings are now available: You can access the audio recordings from this week’s oral arguments via this link.

“[W]e conclude that Vermont’s ban on all vanity plate combinations that ‘refer, in any language, to a . . . religion’ or ‘deity’ constitutes unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination”: So holds a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a ruling issued today.

The case arose after Vermont rejected the plaintiff’s request for a vanity licence plate consisting of “JN36TN,” referring to the oft-quoted Biblical verse John 3:16.

“Appeals court favors secrecy in Gitmo case”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling (containing many redactions) that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit made public on Wednesday.

“Stripper in federal judge scandal ID’d”: This article appears today in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

And The Mobile Press-Register reports today that “Judge in Eddie Smith case arrested on drug charges.”

“Justice Breyer: ‘Now, I’m Probably More in Dissent.'” This segment appeared on this evening’s broadcast of PBS “NewsHour.”

And Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has an article headlined “Justice Breyer on Originalism, the Media and the Court.”

“Supreme Court Building’s 75th Anniversary”: Lee Ross has this blog post at FOXNews.com.

“Federal judge upholds key provisions of health care law”: The Detroit Free Press has a news update that begins, “A federal judge in Detroit today upheld key provisions of President Barack Obama’s landmark health reform law.”

And Friday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article headlined “Judge Rules Health Law Is Constitutional.”

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

“Ruling threatens civilian prosecutions of terrorism defendants; A judge in New York has blocked testimony from a key witness against Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, being tried in connection with the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Africa”: David G. Savage and Richard A. Serrano of The Los Angeles Times have this news update.

“Let cameras in courts, chief appeals judge says”: Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “It’s time to allow television cameras into the nation’s courtrooms ‘to give the public a full and fair picture of what goes on,’ says the chief judge of the federal appeals court in San Francisco — with a swipe at the U.S. Supreme Court for blocking video coverage of the Proposition 8 trial.”

The Cockle Law Brief Printing Company has launched an interesting new blog called “The CockleBur”: You can access it at this link.

“9th Circuit upholds Wash. ban on voting by inmates”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued late today.

The decision consists of a per curiam opinion, a concurring opinion, and an opinion concurring in the judgment.

In commentary available online from the First Amendment Center: Tony Mauro has an essay entitled “Lawyer ably represents family, First Amendment.”

And David L. Hudson Jr. has an essay entitled “Kagan asks key question in Snyder v. Phelps arguments.”

“Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion; Two journalists examine the life and legacy of William Brennan, the liberal Supreme Court justice who left his mark on the US Constitution.” Chuck Leddy has this book review online at the web site of The Christian Science Monitor.

“Justices question DA’s liability for misconduct”: This article appears today in USA Today.

The Washington Times reports today that “High court questions settlement for exonerated man.”

And Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal reports that “Justices Appear Ready to Hold New Orleans Prosecutors Liable for Misconduct.”

“Supreme Court Starts Term With 51% Approval; High court’s approval rating is down from 2009, but exceeds that of other two branches”: Gallup has issued this news release. You can access the poll data by clicking here.

“Breyer Says U.S. Supreme Court No More Pro-Business Than Previous Courts”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Supreme Court ruling will clarify government’s right to keep Canadians in the dark”: Today in The Toronto Globe and Mail, Kirk Makin has an article that begins, “The power of top elected officials to withhold documents from public scrutiny hangs in the balance as the Supreme Court of Canada hears a crucial appeal involving access to sensitive information.”

“Cheshire Home Invasion Has Some Rethinking Opposition To Death Penalty”: This article appears today in The Hartford Courant.

“Strip club concerned feds permitted illegal acts”: Today’s edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution contains an article that begins, “A lawyer for the strip club at which a federal judge is accused of buying illegal drugs and sex voiced concern Wednesday that federal investigators permitted their informant to commit illegal acts at the club.”

“Up in Their Grill: The Westboro Baptist Church politely shows the court how to be obnoxious.” Dahlia Lithwick has this Supreme Court dispatch online at Slate.

“Justices Hear Arguments in Funeral-Protest Case”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Court considers Westboro Baptist Church’s anti-gay protests at military funerals.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Justices appear set to limit funeral protests; In a case testing the boundaries of free speech, the Supreme Court hears arguments in the matter of a dead Marine’s family that was targeted by protesters; Justice Breyer says the court’s ruling will have an impact on the Internet, since it tests whether personal attacks can lead to lawsuits.”

The Washington Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court hears arguments on church protests at military funerals.”

The York Daily Record has a news update headlined “In Snyder v. Phelps, court put lawyers on the spot; Supreme Court justices asked a flurry of questions to try to figure out the broader implications of the case.”

Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Justices hear case of anti-gay protests at military funerals.”

And this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered” contained an audio segment entitled “High Court Weighs Protests At Military Funerals” featuring Nina Totenberg.

“Westboro Baptist Church’s Surreal Day in Court”: Online at The Atlantic, law professor Garrett Epps has a blog post that begins, “More often than one would expect, oral argument in front of the Supreme Court resembles a Celebrity Deathmatch between Lionel Hutz of The Simpsons and Ned Racine of Body Heat. Lawyers with no Supreme Court experience sometimes insist on going to the Show. The result can be a halting hour of argument that sometimes resembles the 1945 World Series, between two teams so war-depleted that sportswriter Warren Brown said, ‘I don’t think either one of them can win it.'”

“Justice Alito has emerged as the Court’s most insightful and strategic questioner at argument.” So writes CBS News correspondent Jan Crawford at her “Crossroads” blog in a post titled “Funeral Protests and a Free Speech Free-for-All.”

“Brewer opposes foreign countries’ participation in appeal”: Today’s edition of The Arizona Republic contains an article that begins, “Gov. Jan Brewer filed a motion in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit Tuesday opposing efforts by nearly a dozen foreign countries to weigh in on Arizona’s new immigration law.”

“Lawsuit over immigrants’ tuition goes before state Supreme Court; The panel is reviewing a lower court’s ruling that federal law preempts a state law giving illegal immigrants who graduate from California high schools the much lower in-state tuition rate at public colleges”: Maura Dolan has this article today in Los Angeles Times.

And The Fresno Bee reports today that “Valley students get supreme lesson in justice; California Supreme Court special outreach holds session in Fresno.”