“Justices Hear Case on Taxing of Students”: Adam Liptak will have this article Tuesday in The New York Times.

And Dow Jones Newswires report that “Justices Reluctant to Let Medical Residents Skip Taxes.”

“Ruling Deals Blow Against Lawsuit Against Kamehameha; Attorneys Wanted To Keep Plaintiff Identities Private”: ABC News affiliate KITV 4 in Honolulu has this report on an order denying rehearing en banc that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

Chief Judge Alex Kozinski and Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt issued dissents from the denial of rehearing en banc.

“Challenger Wiggins pulls closer to Justice Sanders”: The Associated Press has a report from the State of Washington that begins, “Incumbent Justice Richard Sanders watched his lead over challenger Charlie Wiggins shrink in Monday’s vote-counts for a contested seat on the state Supreme Court.”

“Court Upholds Sentence For Couple Who Grew Pot”: Bay City News has an article that begins, “An El Dorado County doctor and her attorney husband lost a bid to a federal appeals court in San Francisco today to overturn their convictions and five-year sentences for growing what they said was medical marijuana.”

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

“Too much money in politics? Ain’t seen nothing yet.” Jim Kuhnhenn of The Associated Press has this report.

“New lawyer to argue latest Mumia Abu-Jamal appeal”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Violent video games, justice by justice”: Tony Mauro has this news analysis online today at the First Amendment Center.

“Court seems divided on taxing medical residents”: Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press has this report.

You can access the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Mayo Foundation for Medical Ed. and Research v. United States, No. 09-837, by clicking here.

“Order blocks Oklahoma constitutional amendment”: The Tulsa World has a news update that begins, “A federal judge on Monday issued an order temporarily blocking certification of the election results for a state question banning the use of Shariah law.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court order blocks Okla. amendment on Islamic law.”

“High court reviews Costco sale of Swiss watches”: The Associated Press has this report.

You can access the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega S.A., No. 08-1423, by clicking here.

“Hayes Sentenced To Death”: The Hartford Courant has a news update that begins, “A Superior Court jury decided today to sentence Steven Hayes to death for the murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Hayley and Michaela, during a seven-hour home invasion, robbery and arson at their Cheshire home in July 2007.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Conn. man condemned to die for fatal home invasion.”

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 in any new cases today.

The first opinion of the new Term issued today. The Court released a unanimous, per curiam opinion in Wilson v. Corcoran, No. 10-91.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “High court turns down early health care challenge“; “Court lets NFL complaint go to state court“; “Court refuses to step into custody dispute“; and “Supreme Court won’t stop new sentencing hearing.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Health care case denied; no grants.”

“How Did Elections Affect Pa. ‘Merit Selection’ Battle?” This month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column appears today in The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers.

It begins, “Last week’s decision by Iowa voters to remove three justices serving on that state’s Supreme Court has produced the predictable hand-wringing and consternation from those who think they know better than we do what’s best for society. In actuality, however, the judicial retention vote in Iowa merely shows that the system is operating in the manner in which it was designed.”

“State has enough sodium thiopental to execute four; Corrections Department won’t say where the lethal-injection drug came from, and that may mean its use is forbidden”: Carol J. Williams has this front page article today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Can US kill American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki? Judge to hear case; American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is hiding in Yemen, where he’s a leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula; He’s trained terrorist recruits and helped prepare the Christmas Day bomber.” Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article that begins, “A federal judge is set to hear arguments on Monday in a lawsuit challenging an alleged secret Obama administration plan to use lethal force against an American-born Islamic cleric hiding in Yemen.”

“Drive to Repeal ‘Don’t Ask’ Policy All but Lost for Now”: The Wall Street Journal contains this article today.

“New Michigan Supreme Court majority shouldn’t rush to reverse recent precedents”: This editorial appears today in The Detroit News.

“Costco’s Swatch Sales May Lead High Court to Limit Gray Market”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.