“High court tries to crack cocaine case”: Columnist Dana Milbank has this op-ed online at The Washington Post.

“Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Mourns Passing of Senior Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued this news release today.

“U.S. Asks to Destroy Guns Owned by Blogger in Prison for Threats to Judges”: Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “Federal prosecutors told a judge they want to destroy four firearms, including a Mossberg 12- gauge shotgun, owned by Hal Turner, the Internet radio host and blogger sentenced to 33 months in prison for threatening the lives of three U.S. appeals-court judges.”

“‘Dynamic’ duo of Kagan, Sotomayor add vigor to court”: Joan Biskupic has this article today in USA Today.

Programming note: Later this morning, I will be presenting an oral argument to a three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

At 10 a.m. eastern time today, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to issue one or more opinions in argued cases. You can access those opinions via this link just as soon as the Court posts them online.

In addition, “SCOTUSblog” is likely to offer prompt coverage of today’s rulings.

Additional posts will appear here this afternoon.