“Appeals court upholds US whistleblower law secrecy”: The Associated Press has this report.

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has a post titled “Divided Appeals Court Upholds Secrecy of Whistleblower Suits.”

U.S. District Judge James C. Dever III wrote the majority opinion on behalf of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

“Supreme Court skeptical about Arizona’s campaign finance law”: Robert Barnes will have this article Tuesday in The Washington Post.

The Washington Times has a news update headlined “Justices bore into validity of Arizona election-finance law; Question whether reduces corruption.”

The Arizona Republic has a news update headlined “Court appears skeptical of Arizona campaign finance law.”

Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services reports that “High court weighs Arizona elections funding.”

And Ariane de Vogue of ABCNews.com reports that “Supreme Court Revisits Campaign Finance; Conservative Justices Appear Skeptical of Arizona’s Public Financing System.”

“Justices Deny New Appeal by Convict in Georgia”: Adam Liptak will have this article Tuesday in The New York Times.

Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a news update headlined “U.S. Supreme Court rejects Troy Davis’ appeal.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Supreme Court declines case of death-row inmate who became cause celebre; Georgia death-row inmate Troy Davis had attracted the attention of anti-death penalty advocates worldwide, but the Supreme Court refused to take his case Monday.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Davis innocence plea rejected; The Court turns down, without explanation, all pleas by Georgia death-row inmate Troy Anthony Davis that he is innocent of a 1989 murder of an off-duty policeman.”

“High Court to Weigh Bias Exemption for Religious Teachers”: Mark Walsh has this post at the “School Law” blog of Education Week.

“UIC professor’s male bias theory to play big role in Wal-Mart case”: The Chicago Sun-Times has this news update.

“Immediate end to ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ urged”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Wal-Mart and workers’ rights: The Court holds oral argument Tuesday on a massive class-action case over the workplace policies of the giant discount retailer, Wal-Mart Stores, and their impact on women employees.” Lyle Denniston has this oral argument preview at “SCOTUSblog.”

And online at Slate, law professor Richard Thompson Ford has a jurisprudence essay entitled “Everyday Discrimination: Why the Wal-Mart sex-bias lawsuit is the most important case the Supreme Court will hear this year.”

“Justices Review Arizona Law on Campaign Financing”: Adam Liptak will have this article Tuesday in The New York Times.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Justices appear ready to strike down Arizona campaign finance law.”

In Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin will have an article headlined “Campaign Law Has Doubters On Court.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Why sharply divided Supreme Court may strike down Arizona campaign-finance law; The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday challenging an Arizona campaign-finance law that tries to guarantee competitive races; The court appeared split on the case.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Arizona Election Public Financing Questioned by High Court.”

James Vicini of Reuters reports that “US top court considers Arizona campaign finance law.”

Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Arizona election finance law reveals high court rift.”

And online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has a Supreme Court dispatch entitled “Free Speech for Really Rich Guys: The Supreme Court finds a cause worth fighting for.”

“Supreme Court Stays Out of Joshua Tree Landfill Dispute”: Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire has this report (via The New York Times).

“Federal Courts Worry Your Smartphone Might Be a Bomb”: David Kravets has this post at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.

Citibank vs. City Bank: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today issued its ruling in Citigroup Inc. v. Capital City Bank Group, Inc.

Back in February 2010, “The TTABlog” had this post reporting on the ruling of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board on this matter.

“Court skeptical of Ariz. campaign finance law”: The Associated Press has this report.

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Kennedy shows his hand: Arizona’s 13-year-old system of providing public funds to subsidize candidates who forgo private contributions appears in serious constitutional jeopardy in an argument before the Court.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s Freedom Club Pac v. Bennett, No. 10-238.

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: You can access today’s Order List at this link. The Court granted review today in one case and called for the views of the Solicitor General’s office in one case.

The Court today also issued a separate series of three orders pertaining to Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Court to decide if teacher can sue church school“; “High court rejects appeal from Troy Davis“; and “Court doesn’t say if it will hear NJ man’s appeal.”

“Abortion limitation creating cold feet; Some believe proposal will fail legal challenge”: Today’s edition of The Columbus Dispatch contains an article that begins, “Despite anti-abortion majorities in the House and Senate, a bill to give Ohio the most-restrictive abortion law in the nation has stalled after drawing fire from those on both sides of the debate.”

“Inside the Mind of Justice Kennedy: Will he strike down the individual mandate?” Frank J. Colucci has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Supreme Court weighs Clean Elections funds match; Constitutionality of state’s elections system at issue”: This article appears today in The Arizona Republic.

On today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Nina Totenberg has an audio segment entitled “High Court Takes Another Stab At Campaign Finance.”

And in The Los Angeles Times, Costas Panagopoulos has an op-ed entitled “Elections test: The Supreme Court should rule that clean election laws don’t have a chilling effect.”

“Justices to hear appeal over Wal-Mart gender pay lawsuit”: Bill Mears of CNN.com has this report.

“With same-sex marriage on hold, elderly and ailing couples face a lengthy appeals process; Judges last week extended a stay on same-sex marriage until higher courts rule on Prop. 8; Derence Kernek and Ed Watson hope that process will move faster than the advance of Watson’s Alzheimer’s disease”: Carol J. Williams has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

“New Jersey man protests routine strip search”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.