“Kagan’s government money grab; Obama team makes feds, not citizens, supreme”: This editorial appears today in The Washington Times.

“Still no verdict in Barry Bonds trial after 3 days”: Lance Williams has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

The New York Times reports today that “Jury to Continue Deliberating in Bonds Perjury Case.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Bonds trial: Jury to deliberate for 4th day.”

“Wisconsin Awaits Outcome of Supreme Court Vote”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

And The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports today that “Nickolaus fends off calls for resignation; Waukesha County clerk vows to implement improved practices.”

“Appeals court says Orlando can restrict feeding of homeless downtown”: The Orlando Sentinel contains this article today.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s en banc Eleventh Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Federal judge rules Easton Area School District cannot ban ‘I Heart Boobies’ bracelets during lawsuit”: The Express-Times of Easton, Pennsylvania contains this article today.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports today that “U.S. judge sides with middle schoolers suspended for wearing ‘I (heart) Boobies’ bracelets.”

And The Allentown Morning Call reports that “Judge: ‘Boobies’ bands OK; Easton Area middle school students’ bracelets are ruled not lewd or disruptive.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania appears at this link.

“Virginia Thomas builds tea party network”: Politico.com has this report.

Majority on divided three-judge Fourth Circuit panel rules against so-called “frozen sperm kid”: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued this ruling today.

My post from June 2004 about a Ninth Circuit ruling that reached the opposite result can be accessed here. And a related post from January 2008 can be accessed here.

“Orlando can restrict feeding the homeless, rules 11th Circuit; Feeding the hungry may be an expression of free speech, but cities can still put ‘reasonable’ restrictions on it, ruled the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in a unanimous decision”: Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Court upholds Orlando’s homeless feeding rules.”

You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“Gay dads lose La. birth certificate case”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

My earlier coverage of the case appears at this link.

“Justices, Judges, Lawyers Poke Fun at Mock Trial”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“You Call That a Trial? A Costly Superior Court Waiver Ruling.” In today’s installment of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers, appears this month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column.

The ruling from last month of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania that is the subject of my column this month can be accessed here.

“Students can wear ‘I ♥ Boobies’ bracelets; Judge: Easton middle school students’ jewelry is not lewd or disruptive.” The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “‘Boobies’ bracelets ruled OK in Pa. school for now.”

I have posted online today’s opinion and order of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Now researchers can undertake to ascertain whether any previously issued judicial opinion makes more frequent use of the ♥ symbol.

Programming note: On Tuesday morning, I will be attending the oral argument of two related appeals before a three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Some earlier news coverage of these cases can be accessed here and here. Additional posts will appear on Tuesday afternoon.

“Padilla appeals decision over alleged torture”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A man convicted of plotting terrorism has appealed a judge’s decision to throw out his lawsuit, which claimed he was tortured at a Navy brig in South Carolina. Court documents show Jose Padilla appealed his case April 5 to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.”

“Appeals court blocks Arizona immigration law”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this news update.

Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article headlined “Appeals Court Rules Against Arizona Law.”

The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Federal appeals court upholds injunction blocking Arizona immigration law; The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals turns down a request by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who had asked the jurists to lift an injunction imposed last year by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton; The immigration law had raised fears that Latinos would be harassed and had sparked strong protests.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court won’t lift stay on Arizona immigration law.”

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

“Appeals court upholds Facebook deal from 2008; The federal appeals panel rules that the deal between Mark Zuckerberg and Harvard colleagues Divya Narendra and Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss is valid and enforceable”: Carol J. Williams of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article headlined “Court Upholds Facebook Settlement With Twins.”

Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an article headlined “Winklevoss Twins Can’t Back Out of Deal on Facebook, Judge Says.”

The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Winklevoss twins fraud case: Is ‘Social Network’ saga finally over?; Winklevoss twins lawyers argued that the twins’ settlement with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg — chronicled in ‘The Social Network’ — was fraudulent; An appeals court disagreed, but the Winklevoss twins vow to fight on.”

Tuesday’s edition of Financial Times reports that “Winklevoss twins lose Facebook fight.”

The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Harvard twins stuck with Facebook agreement.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Facebook Wins Decision Enforcing Winklevoss Settlement.”

And Reuters has a report headlined “Winklevoss twins must accept Facebook deal — court.”

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

“TN Senate to debate abortion revisions; Vote on constitutional amendment could put issue on Tenn. ballot”: The Tennessean contains this article today. According to the article, “The Senate is taking up a constitutional amendment that would overturn the Tennessee Supreme Court ruling that has served as the foundation for abortion law in the state for more than a decade.”

“Wanted: Supreme Court justice; Question is whether a woman replaces retiring Meierhenry.” This article appears today in The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

“Discrimination case may not go all Wal-Mart’s way”: Reuters Legal has this news analysis.

“Judge allows lead-paint lawsuit to proceed; Adelman ruling contradicts peer’s”: Today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel contains an article that begins, “A federal judge in Milwaukee has issued a ruling that allows children poisoned by lead paint to pursue lawsuits against manufacturers through a ‘risk contribution’ theory that the state Legislature eliminated in a tort reform bill earlier this year. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman contradicts a decision issued in June by another federal judge, Rudolph Randa, and adds another layer to the conflicted picture of lead paint litigation in Wisconsin.”

“Prisoners: The Guantanamo quagmire.” Hendrik Hertzberg has this comment in the April 18, 2011 issue of The New Yorker.

“Maine’s 1st Circuit judge to take senior status”: Saturday’s edition of The Bangor Daily News contained an article that begins, “The only judge from Maine on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will assume senior status later this year and the search to replace him has begun.”

“In Federal Court, a Docket Number for Global Terror”: This article will appear Monday in The New York Times.

“N.Y. Times publishes opinion piece by man who sued D.A.’s office”: The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this news update.

The article reports on the op-ed entitled “The Prosecution Rests, but I Can’t” that John Thompson has in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Several pivotal voting rights cases with N.C. ties still resonate; As legislators in the state and nationwide start redistricting, the names Gingles, Shaw and Strickland will be heard”: This article appears today in The Charlotte Observer.

“Supreme Court declines to clarify rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees”: Robert Barnes will have this article Monday in The Washington Post.

“Federal judge, 103, still hearing cases in Kansas”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Prosser open to Waukesha County recount”: This article appears today in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“High court to address issue of lawyering”: Today’s edition of The Arizona Republic contains an article that begins, “Daniel Cook was scheduled to die by lethal execution last Tuesday morning in Florence for murdering two men in 1987. Cleve Foster was scheduled for execution that same evening in Huntsville, Texas, for a 2004 murder. But in the eleventh hour, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the executions of both men. The issue: how to address claims that their convictions and death sentences arose out of bad lawyering.”

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Can you patent the building blocks of life?” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Critics fault retired Justice O’Connor over ethics”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Prosecutor’s close in Bonds trial swings momentum”: The Associated Press has this report.

Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Lance Williams has an article headlined “No Bonds verdict – jurors rehear trainer on tape,” while Bob Egelko reports that “Bonds’ personal trainer released from prison.”

And The New York Times contains an article headlined “In San Francisco, Giants’ Celebration Is Undimmed by Bonds’s Trial.”

“Election officials scrutinize Waukesha County results; Supreme Court candidates line up top lawyers”: This article appears today in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, along with an article headlined “Brookfield’s totals, turnout are consistent; Supreme Court race results, which once-missing votes, align with usual patterns.”

“Surfside’s pride may be last for a while; Texas high court’s decision likely to limit the rebuilding of beaches”: Harvey Rice has this article today in The Houston Chronicle.

“Failed effort to remove Judge Steven Servaas now puts former state Supreme Court justice in hot seat”: This article appears today in The Grand Rapids Press.