“Federal agent: Bonds’ testimony impeded probe.” Lance Williams of The San Francisco Chronicle has this news update.

And The Associated Press has reports headlined “Bonds lawyer starts to pick at government’s case” and “Will Bonds be convicted or just embarrassed?”

“Ginni Thomas joins The Daily Caller”: Politico.com has this report.

“The Caucus” blog of The New York Times has a post titled “Virginia Thomas to Write for Daily Caller.”

And TPMDC has posts titled “The Daily Caller Hires Tea Partying Wife Of Supreme Court Justice As ‘Special Correspondent’” and “Carlson: Ginni Thomas Will Not Interview Or Write About Business Clients.”

“Governor signs abortion law requiring waiting period, counseling”: The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, South Dakota has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “SD governor signs 3-day wait for abortion into law.”

“Regulating Supreme Court Justices’ Ethics — ‘Cures Worse Than the Disease?'” The Brookings Institution has posted online this essay by Russell Wheeler.

“Attorney General appeals restraining order on labor law; Van Hollen asks appeals court to lift judge’s temporary order”: Today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel contains an article that begins, “In a case that appears bound for the state Supreme Court, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen on Monday asked the state appeals court to lift a Dane County judge’s hold on a law sharply curtailing public union bargaining.”

“Wiley Rein to Partner with George Mason University School of Law in Launch of Supreme Court Clinic”: Wiley Rein LLP issued this news release today.

Access online today’s U.S. Supreme Court rulings in argued cases: The Court today issued two rulings in argued cases.

1. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Matrixx Initiatives v. Siracusano, No. 09-1156. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. And Justice Stephen G. Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp., No. 09-834. Justice Antonin Scalia issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined except as to a footnote. Justice Elena Kagan did not participate in the decision. You can access the oral argument via this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “Court says lawsuit over Zicam can continue” and “Court says complaints don’t have to be written.”

“Supreme Court debate focuses on rancor among current justices; Collective bargaining battle looms over race for Wisconsin’s high court”: This article appears today in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“9th Circuit rules that fibs can be protected speech; The appeals court strikes down the 2005 Stolen Valor Act that makes it a crime to lie about top military decorations; The action also vacates a Pomona man’s sentence for falsely claiming to have been awarded the congressional Medal of Honor”: Carol J. Williams has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Federal court: Stolen Valor Act unconstitutional.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Ninth Circuit order denying rehearing en banc can be accessed here.

“Barry Bonds jury seated – openings set for today”: Lance Williams has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

Today in The San Jose Mercury News, Howard Mintz and Bruce Newman have an article headlined “Barry Bonds jury: lukewarm on baseball and BALCO.”

The New York Times contains an article headlined “After Day Of Questions, Bonds Trial Has a Jury.”

And The Associated Press has reports headlined “Opening statements set to begin in Bonds trial” and “Jurors’ privacy, public’s rights to know collide.”

Programming note: Early Tuesday morning, I will be meeting with co-counsel in connection with an oral argument that I will be presenting on Wednesday morning to a three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

At 10 a.m. eastern time Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to issue one or more decisions in argued cases. You can access the new opinions via this link once the Court posts them online.

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

Additional posts will appear here later Tuesday morning.

“Court to Hear Case Stalled by Mistake in Mailroom”: Adam Liptak will have this article Tuesday in The New York Times.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court says no to campaign finance review, yes to death row inmate appeal.”

And Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Justices to weigh whether inmate should die after mailroom snafu.”

“Supreme Court Decides — Narrowly — Against Hearing Enviro Search Case”: Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire has this report.

“Eight women, four men picked for Bonds jury”: The Associated Press has this report.

“For Law Students With Everything, Dog Therapy for Stress”: This article will appear Tuesday in The New York Times.

“Judge Bruce Zager prepares for move to Iowa Supreme Court”: The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier has this news update.

“Court asked to find mental retardation burden unconstitutional”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a news update that begins, “A lawyer for a convicted killer said Georgia should no longer be the only state in the country that sets the highest legal threshold possible for death-penalty defendants who raise mental retardation claims.”

In the March 2011 issue of the Harvard Law Review: Law professor Bert I. Huang has an article titled “Lightened Scrutiny.” The article presents “empirical evidence suggesting a causal link between
judicial burdens and the outcomes of appeals.”

And a Note is titled “From Consensus to Collegiality: The Origins of the ‘Respectful’ Dissent.”

“Supreme Court restores California rape conviction, rebukes appeals court; The justices rebuke the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for overturning Steven Jackson’s conviction; Hinting at irritation, the high court calls the earlier opinion ‘inexplicable'”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

And Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has a news update headlined “Rape case: Court tosses 9th Circuit racism ruling.”

“Argument recap: Selling complexity; The Court explores a professor’s complex argument to protect the integrity of the Court’s Fourth Amendment precedents.” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Once in the Public’s Hands, Now Back in Picasso’s”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his Sidebar column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Ninth Circuit denies rehearing en banc in case involving federal Stolen Valor Act, spawning interesting concurrences and dissents: You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denying rehearing en banc, the concurrences thereto, and the dissents therefrom at this link.

A total of seven judges noted their dissent from the denial of rehearing en banc. And Chief Judge Alex Kozinski has written a characteristically entertaining opinion concurring in the denial of rehearing en banc.

Access online the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Davis v. United States, No. 09-11328: Law professor Orin S. Kerr of “The Volokh Conspiracy” argued the case for the petitioner. You can access the transcript at this link. The oral argument audio is scheduled for public release this Friday afternoon.

“Judge Clark embodied the law”: Fifth Circuit Judge Leslie H. Southwick had this op-ed in last Thursday’s edition of The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi.

“Barry Bonds steroid case goes to trial; The former Giants slugger is accused of lying when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs”: Maura Dolan has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an article headlined “All-Star Teams in Bonds Case: The Lawyers.”

The Wall Street Journal reports that “Home-Run King Goes on Trial; Barry Bonds’s Perjury and Obstruction Case Stems From Sports-Doping Probe.”

USA Today reports that “Bonds trial begins, putting steroid era back in spotlight.”

The Associated Press reports that “Barry Bonds perjury trial gets under way.”

And Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury news is posting his live dispatches from the trial at this link.

“Appeals court in NYC reinstates wiretaps lawsuit”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court in New York City has reinstated a lawsuit challenging a law that lets the United States eavesdrop on overseas conversations.”

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

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 granted review today in two new cases and requested the views of the Solicitor General’s office in one case.

The Court today also issued a unanimous per curiam opinion in Felkner v. Jackson, No. 10-797, reversing a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

And in Huber v. New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection, No. 10-388, Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued a statement respecting the denial of certiorari, in which the Chief Justice and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas joined.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “Court: Can man be executed after paperwork mix-up?“; “Court: Can officials be sued for false testimony?“; “Court won’t stop Fed from revealing loan data“; and “Court won’t get involved in Eminem royalty suit.”

“Marina may sink or swim with final appeal”: This article appears today in The Stockton (Cal.) Record.

And Pacific Legal Foundation has issued a news release headlined “Businessman petitions to Supreme Court as feds sink his Stockton marina project.”

“Abortion battles spring up nationwide as states test the limits of Roe v. Wade”: CBSNews.com has this report.

“Calif county clerk defends gay marriage ban”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Army slow to act as crime-lab worker falsified, botched tests”: Marisa Taylor and Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers have this report.

“Arizona execution appeals focus on drug used; Last-ditch efforts center on anesthetic concerns”: This article appears today in The Arizona Republic.

“Barry Bonds trial: Expect a ‘heavyweight’ fight.” Lance Williams has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

And The Associated Press reports that “Bonds goes on trial Monday for 2003 testimony.”

“Bill holds writers liable for trespass; Lawmakers blame injuries on guidebooks when people are lured onto private property”: This article appears today in The Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

“Supreme Court tensions boil over; Prosser says he was goaded into insulting chief justice”: In Sunday’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Patrick Marley will have an article that begins, “As the deeply divided state Supreme Court wrestled over whether to force one member off criminal cases last year, Justice David Prosser exploded at Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson behind closed doors, calling her a ‘bitch’ and threatening to ‘destroy’ her.”