“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.

“Top court takes peek into nation’s bedrooms”: Janice Tibbetts of Postmedia News has an article that begins, “Can you consent to sex when you’re voluntarily choked unconscious? The Supreme Court of Canada on Monday will consider whether an Ottawa woman, who had admittedly kinky sex with her longtime partner, was a victim of sexual assault when he sodomized her against her will while she was passed out, even though she had agreed to asphyxiation.”

Today’s edition of The Toronto Star contains an article headlined “Can an unconscious person consent to sex?”

The Canadian Press reports that “Women’s group fights to keep ‘advance’ sexual consent from being passed into law.”

And yesterday in The Winnipeg Free Press, law professor Karen Busby had an op-ed entitled “Sexual defence threatens women.”

“Jousting Justices”: In the Sunday Book Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times, Adam Cohen has this review of law professor Noah Feldman‘s book “Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR’s Great Supreme Court Justices.”

Law professor Jeremy Rabkin had a review of the book headlined “The New Dealers’ Court” in yesterday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

And law professor Eric A. Posner had a review of the book headlined “The Four Tops” last month in The New Republic.

“Cordray under consideration for Ohio Supreme Court after losing race for attorney general”: The Cleveland Plain Dealer contains this article today.

“Texas high courts welcome clerks with diverse views”: Martha Lackritz has this op-ed today in The Houston Chronicle.

“Westboro Baptist Church explored”: The Tulsa World contains this article today, along with an article headlined “Westboro members say hateful messages given in love.”

“Federal courts in Norfolk wrestle over definition of piracy”: This article will appear Monday in The Virginian-Pilot.

“Another appeals hearing set for Abu-Jamal”: In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Nathan Gorenstein has an article that begins, “It’s been 28 years since Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted of murder and sentenced to die for the shooting death of Police Officer Daniel Faulkner. But on Tuesday, his case will be back in court for another appellate hearing, and lawyers say a final resolution remains years away.”

“Supreme Court case involving class actions could affect waitresses’ suit against Hooters”: This article will appear Monday in The Washington Post.

And today in The San Francisco Chronicle, law professor Brian T. Fitzpatrick has an op-ed entitled “Supreme Court case could end class-action suits.”

“Jurors In Hayes Case Adjourn For The Day Without Reaching A Decision On Death Penalty”: The Hartford Courant has this news update.

And The New Haven Register has a news update headlined “Hayes jury goes back to work Monday; knock on the door Sunday was a request for pizza.”

“Texas cheerleader suing — didn’t root for attacker”: Bob Egelko had this article in Friday’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle.

My earlier coverage of the Fifth Circuit’s non-precedential ruling in this case appears in this post from September 2010.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Should school children lawyer up?” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Tech law to host Supreme Court Justices Scalia, Breyer”: The Lubbock (Tex.) Avalanche-Journal contains this article today.

And last Thursday, Vanderbilt News issued a press release headlined “Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to speak at Vanderbilt Law School.”

“Will justices vote tarnish or help Iowa’s image?” This article appears today in The Des Moines Register.

“Private property can’t become public beach, court rules; Woman had been ordered to move or raze homes after Hurricane Rita reshaped shoreline”: Chuck Lindell has this article today in The Austin American-Statesman.

Today’s edition of The Houston Chronicle reports that “Beach homeowners win ruling; Court says state can’t take land; critic fears public access jeopardized.”

And The Galveston County Daily News contains an article headlined “Are Texas’ beaches still open to the public?”

Yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Texas consists of a majority opinion and a dissenting opinion.

“Remaining four justices could face ouster efforts”: Grant Schulte has this article today in The Des Moines Register.

And today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal contains an editorial entitled “Iowa’s Total Recall: Voters give activist judges the boot; Lawyers are shocked.” You can freely access the full text of the editorial via Google News.

“The Other Oil Cleanup: Trial lawyers like Tony Buzbee got rich putting the screws to corporate America; But in the wave of gulf-spill litigation, they’re struggling to not get cut out of the action.” This lengthy cover story will appear in Sunday’s issue of The New York Times Magazine.

“Change of venue denied for Mitchell; Appeals court sees no reason suspect can’t get fair trial here”: This article appears today in The Deseret News.

Today’s edition of The Salt Lake Tribune contains articles headlined “Appeals court orders Mitchell trial to resume Monday” and “Analysis: Many kidnap jurors met standards.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link.