“Appeals court hears arguments in Obama birth suit”: The Associated Press has this report.

You can access via this link the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

“Cheerleader who wouldn’t root for assailant loses”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has a news update that begins, “A Texas high school cheerleader who was kicked off the squad for refusing to chant the name of a basketball player — the same athlete she said had raped her four months earlier — lost a U.S. Supreme Court appeal Monday.”

And at the “School Law” blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has a post titled “Supreme Court Refuses Appeal of ‘Silent’ Cheerleader.”

“Giants experience Supreme Court, Caps game”: MLB.com has a report that begins, “On Monday, the Giants organization visited the Supreme Court of the United States. They met with Justice Anthony Kennedy and Justice Sonia Sotomayor and received an exclusive tour of the historic institution.”

“Senate passes Supreme Court overhaul — without expansion plan”: Tuesday’s edition of The St. Petersburg Times will contain an article that begins, “The Senate handed House Speaker Dean Cannon a partial victory Monday in his effort to overhaul the Florida Supreme Court but only after stripping out the most controversial measure.”

Carol J. Rosenberg of The Miami Herald is reporting: This weekend, she had articles headlined “For first time, all 172 detainees come into view” and “Pentagon funds Cole case death-penalty defender; In an important first step, the Pentagon hired an experienced death-penalty defense lawyer to work on the the USS Cole bomber suspect’s case.”

“Appeals court sides with Alameda County in gun-rights case; In a gun-rights case, a couple who had sold guns for years at the fairgrounds sued after Alameda County passed an ordinance banning firearms from public property”: Carol J. Williams of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has a news update headlined “Legal setback for Alameda County gun show backers.”

And The Contra Costa Times has a news update headlined “U.S. Appeals Court backs Alameda County gun ban.”

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

“N.J. lawmakers strike deal to advance state Supreme Court nomination”: The Newark Star-Ledger has this news update.

“Democrats Push for Vote on Trial Lawyer Judicial Nominee”: David Ingram has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“In Case of Eyewitness vs. Alibi, a Question of Lawyers’ Competence”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“NRA Drops King & Spalding as Clement Fallout Continues”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Access online today’s Order List and ruling in an argued case of the U.S. Supreme Court: You can access today’s Order List at this link. The Court today granted review in two cases.

Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court in Montana v. Wyoming, No. 137, Orig. Justice Antonin Scalia filed a dissenting opinion. And Justice Elena Kagan did not take part in the ruling. You can access the oral argument via this link.

Finally, the Court issued a unanimous, per curiam reversal of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Bobby v. Mitts, No. 10-1000.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Court sides with Wyoming in dispute with Montana“; “Court to hear US passport dispute over Jerusalem“; and “Supreme Court to hear another arbitration argument.”

“A Tipping Point for Gay Marriage?” In the Week in Review section of yesterday’s edition of The New York Times, Adam Liptak had an article that begins, “It’s not every day that a leading law firm fires a client for holding a position so extreme that it may be said to be unworthy of a defense. And it is rarer yet — unheard of, really — when that client is the House of Representatives and the position in question is a federal law.”

“Sotomayor ’76 speaks on personal history”: The Daily Princetonian contains this article today.

“Canada Election Result Bloggers Face Fines Under 1938 Law”: Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “Social media and a 73-year-old law may be headed for a collision today when Canada holds a national election as tweeters and bloggers face the possibility of C$25,000 ($26,400) fines for posting results before the polls close in the West.”

“Abu-Jamal’s case is far from over”: Nathan Gorenstein has this article today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.