“Does Scalia belong at Bachmann sessions? The justice will cross the street to meet with lawmakers in the first ‘Conservative Constitutional Seminar’ Bachmann is holding; But will he cross a line?” This article will appear Monday in The Minneapolis Star Tribune.

“‘Socialized Medicine’ May Start With Judges”: Michael Waldman has this essay online at Bloomberg News.

“Branstad: No judicial litmus test.” Today in The Des Moines Register, Grant Schulte has an article that begins, “Gov. Terry Branstad will quiz nine finalists for the Iowa Supreme Court about their legal experience and philosophy but won’t ask about specific cases, including the court’s controversial 2009 decision to permit same-sex marriage.”

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: The ‘anguish’ of defending the cross.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Secretive ‘billionaire caucus’ in Rancho Mirage drawing scrutiny; Protests planned; Supreme Court justices’ involvement with Koch questioned”: This article appears today in The Desert Sun of Palm Springs, California.

“Abortion foes begin new battle at Capitol; Efforts to restrict abortion gain strength across U.S.” Sunday’s edition of The Minneapolis Star Tribune will contain an article that begins, “A new era of abortion politics is gripping Minnesota and many other states, thanks to the sweeping Republican victories in November that brought a wave of conservatives into power.”

“Legacy of a Fence”: Linda Greenhouse will have this op-ed in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Justice Scalia is a political star – and that’s bad for the Supreme Court”: Law professor Jonathan Turley has this op-ed online at The Washington Post.

“High court hopefuls list is Abercrombie’s secret”: Today’s edition of The Honolulu Star-Advertiser contains an article that begins, “In a departure from the practice of his predecessor, Gov. Neil Abercrombie will not release the names of candidates submitted to him this week for a vacancy on the Hawaii Supreme Court.”

“Judge: Players can testify at Barry Bonds case.” The San Francisco Chronicle contains this article today.

In today’s edition of The San Jose Mercury News, Howard Mintz has an article headlined “Bonds case: Judge rules former pro athletes can testify in upcoming trial.”

And The New York Times reports that “Ruling on Witnesses Is a Blow for Bonds.”

“Clarence Thomas failed to report wife’s income, watchdog says; Virginia Thomas earned over $680,000 from conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation over 5 years, a group says; But the Supreme Court justice did not include it on financial disclosure forms”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Troy Davis team back to U.S. Supreme Court”: Today’s edition of The Savannah Morning News contains an article that begins, “Troy Anthony Davis’ defense team Friday filed a two-pronged challenge before the U.S. Supreme Court in a renewed bid to spare his life.”

“Lawmakers in Many States Pushing for Abortion Curbs”: This article will appear Saturday in The New York Times.

“Should They Stay or Should They Go? Some Supreme Court justices are still in a snit over last year’s State of the Union speech.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Supreme Court to rule on lawyers’ freedoms”: Today’s edition of The Montreal Gazette contains an article that begins, “When can a lawyer criticize a judge? Lawyers — as well as judges and professional orders representing lawyers across Canada — will be closely watching the outcome of a Supreme Court of Canada case that begins next Wednesday.”

“Justice Scalia set to address Tea Party Caucus on Capitol Hill”: Bill Mears of CNN.com has this report.

“Year after ruling: Right gloats, left vows fight.” Politico.com has a report that begins, “The first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was marked Friday in classically Washington fashion — with protests, press conferences, dueling panel discussions and talk of a new effort by liberal groups to expose some of the conservative nonprofit groups that took advantage of the ruling to spend millions of dollars on political ads.”

Fourth Circuit affirms dismissal for lack of standing of lawsuit challenging federal funding of research involving embryonic stem cells: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

“Judge Tacha to take senior status”: Today’s edition of The Topeka Capital-Journal contains an article that begins, “President Barack Obama is getting his first chance to pick a Kansan for the federal appeals court that serves Kansas and five other states, The Topeka Capital-Journal has learned. His opportunity arises from an unpublicized decision by longtime Judge Deanell Reece Tacha, of Lawrence, to switch from full-time service on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to senior judge status.”

“Debate over expenditures highlights rift on state high court; Issues to be publicly discussed Jan. 31”: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel contains this article today.

The Wisconsin State Journal reports today that “Supreme Court funds dispute set to spill into public arena.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Wis. justices quibble over money, accountability.”

“A Year Later, Citizens United Reshapes Politics”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, David N. Bossie and Theodore B. Olson have an op-ed entitled “A victory for independent speech.”

And in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, law professor Joel M. Gora has an op-ed entitled “A Free Speech Anniversary: One year ago the Supreme Court affirmed that individuals don’t lose their rights when they organize as a corporation.” You can freely access the full text of the op-ed via Google News.

“Roberts Decision on Attending Obama ‘Pep Rally’ to Send Message”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Elena Kagan not selected for jury duty”: The Washington Post has this blog entry.

And ABCNews.com’s “The Note” has a post titled “Spotted: Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan Waiting for Jury Duty.”

“U.S. Supreme Court reaffirms conviction in ’94 Sacramento slaying”: Michael Doyle has this article today in The Sacramento Bee.

“Court seems unimpressed by ‘corporate privacy'”: Tony Mauro has this news analysis online at the First Amendment Center.

In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin reports that “Justices Appear Skeptical in AT&T Privacy Case.”

Adam Liptak of The New York Times reports today that “Court Weighs Whether Corporations Have Personal Privacy Rights.”

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has an article headlined “Do companies have ‘personal privacy’ rights?”

Joan Biskupic of USA Today reports that “High court hears AT&T case on company privacy rights.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Corporate ‘personal privacy’? Case watched for any hint of Supreme Court bias; A lawyer for AT&T faces tough questioning at Supreme Court as he argues for ‘personal privacy’ protections for corporations; Critics alleging a pro-business bias in the Roberts court are tuning in.”

And columnist Linda P. Campbell of The Fort Worth Star-Telegram has an op-ed entitled “Overdoing it on corporate rights.”

“Jerold S. Solovy, 1930-2011; Prominent attorney, former chair of Jenner & Block”: This obituary appears today in The Chicago Tribune.

And today’s edition of The Chicago Sun-Times contains an article headlined “Lawyer Solovy dead at 80.”

“Judges Take Another Look at Ex-Alabama Governor’s Conviction”: In today’s edition of The New York Times, John Schwartz has an article that begins, “Three federal appeals court judges seemed ready on Wednesday to see the convictions of former Gov. Don E. Siegelman of Alabama and the man accused of bribing him in a new light.”

And The Mobile Press-Register reports today that “Don Siegelman, Richard Scrushy lawyers argue in Florida court to have convictions tossed.”

“Ninth Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt Feels High Court’s Wrath”: Nathan Koppel has this post at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog.”

“Legal challenge to judicial nominators is rejected”: Today in The Des Moines Register, Grant Schulte has an article that begins, “A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit that claimed lawyer members of the state group that nominates people to become Iowa Supreme Court justices should be chosen by voters.”

The Associated Press reports that “Judge rejects challenge to Iowa judicial system.”

And in somewhat related news, The Des Moines Register reports today that “GOP to widen scope of proposed same-sex marriage ban.”

“Reform group: Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas had Citizens United conflicts of interest.” This article appears at Politico.com.

And The New York Times reports today that “Advocacy Group Says Justices May Have Conflict in Campaign Finance Cases.”

“Female lawyers are still rare at US Supreme Court”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Reach Out and Touch Someone: FCC v. AT&T reveals the limits of corporate personhood at the Supreme Court.” Dahlia Lithwick has this Supreme Court dispatch online at Slate.

“Relatives Can Sue Over Morphed Child Porn Pix; Expert who broke federal child porn laws may also be sued for civil damages”: Mark Kernes of AVN News has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Ohio appeals court rules in fake child porn case.”

My earlier coverage of today’s Sixth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Court hears gay dads’ La. birth certificate case”: The Associated Press has this report on today’s en banc reargument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. You can access the oral argument audio via this link (30.2MB Windows Media Audio file).

And in related news, The AP reports that “Gay Fla. couple who fought adoption ban adopts 2.”

“U.S. Appeals Ruling Striking Down Obama’s Health Law”: Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “The U.S. asked a federal appeals court to overturn a Virginia judge’s ruling that the Obama administration’s health-care overhaul is unconstitutional because it requires some Americans to buy insurance.”