“Obama court pick may be headed for Senate defeat”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A liberal law school professor may become the first Obama administration judicial nominee to be defeated by the Senate. Senators scheduled a vote Thursday on ending a Republican filibuster against appeals court nominee Goodwin Liu of the University of California.”

“Key Senators to Support Filibuster of Goodwin Liu”: David Ingram has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Clarence Thomas’ visit to Ga. spurs debate”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Eastman courthouse flies rebel flag”: Bill Torpy has this article today in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

“Govt urges appeals court to uphold health care law”: Pete Yost of The Associated Press has this report.

Via the “aca litigation blog,” you can access the brief that the federal government filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by clicking here.

“Ted Olson: Supreme Court could give ‘incremental’ win to same-sex marriage.” Josh Gerstein has this post at his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com.

“Goodwin Liu Vote Could Swing on a Few Senators”: David Ingram has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“The Garner Transcripts: That v. Which, and Other Supreme Court Writing Tips.” Tony Mauro has this interesting post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

You can access the transcripts themselves by clicking here.

“This case involves a public high school’s effort to regulate the sexually-explicit content of student publications to be distributed on campus grounds.” More specifically, today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision addressing whether administrators at Ithaca (N.Y.) High School violated the First Amendment rights of students when the school prohibited the publication of a sexually explicit stick-figure cartoon in the school’s student newspaper.

The cartoon at issue appears at page 18 of this PDF file.

Earlier coverage of the case from the Student Press Law Center can be accessed here, here, and here.

“Former state Supreme Court Justice Sanders pleads for another chance; Sanders hopes to rehabilitate an image and career tarnished by racially insensitive remarks; One thing is missing from his efforts: a dose of honesty.” Columnist Lynne K. Varner has this op-ed today in The Seattle Times.

“Holder calls Brown greatest Court decision”: This article appears today in The Topeka Capital-Journal.

“Court ruling brings threats; Justices say people can’t resist police entering home illegally”: The Indianapolis Star today contains an article that begins, “An Indiana Supreme Court ruling that says people don’t have the right to resist if police enter a home illegally has riled some Hoosiers so much that police are investigating threats against police and the court.”

“JQC brings charges against ‘Taj Mahal’ Judge Paul M. Hawkes”: Today’s edition of The St. Petersburg Times contains an article that begins, “The appellate judge who orchestrated the construction of the elaborate ‘Taj Mahal’ courthouse was charged Tuesday with abusing his authority as a judge, destroying public records and conduct that demonstrates he is unfit to hold office.”

And The Pensacola News Journal reports today that “‘Taj Mahal’ courthouse judge hit with ethics charges; Review panel finds multiple violations during Hawkes’ term.”

You can access at this link the Notice of Formal Charges that Florida’s Judicial Qualifications Committee issued yesterday.

“Thomas defends ideals of court”: The Augusta Chronicle contains this article today, along with articles headlined “Choice of guest speaker still questioned by some“; “Thomas’ first Augusta visit remembered“; and “Protocol part of getting Thomas.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Justice Thomas takes aim at court’s critics.”

“Appeals court, time may be on NFL’s side in labor dispute with players”: This news analysis appears today in The Washington Post.

“Court faults judge over media access; Locking public out of trafficker’s sentencing illegal”: The Houston Chronicle has this news update reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

“Judicial Review Under Review: Should the legal arguments over Obama’s health care law force us to reconsider the role of the courts?” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Democrats May Push to Confirm Appeals Court Nominee Goodwin Liu”: David Ingram has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Court decision threatens start of NFL season”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Court: Websites stiffed Atlanta on hotel taxes.” Today in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bill Rankin and Leon Stafford have an article that begins, “Online travel companies that book hotel rooms in Atlanta must pay more in occupancy taxes, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday, in a decision expected to generate millions of dollars in revenue for the city.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Georgia at this link.

“Carving out class-action exceptions: Because a recent Supreme Court decision on a class-action suit involved a federal statute, not the Constitution, Congress can — and should — overrule the court.” This editorial appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Search Allowed if Police Hear Evidence Being Destroyed”: Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes reports that “Supreme Court affirms police action in Kentucky drug case.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court gives police leeway in home searches; Officers may break in if they hear sounds and suspect that evidence is being destroyed, the justices say in an 8-1 decision; Justice Ginsburg dissents.”

Joan Biskupic of USA Today reports that “Justices OK some warrantless searches.”

And Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Supreme Court: No warrant needed if police discern destruction of evidence; The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 on a Kentucky case in which police broke into an apartment after smelling marijuana and hearing sounds suggesting evidence was being destroyed.”

“Owners Win Delay in Case, Keeping N.F.L. Shut”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

The Washington Post reports today that “Appeals court allows NFL lockout to continue.”

And The Los Angeles Times reports that “NFL owners win legal round as appellate court grants stay for lockout; League can keep lockout until at least June 3, as court says it proved it ‘likely will suffer some degree of irreparable harm without a stay’; Owners’ legal win comes after several losses to players.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Eighth Circuit stay ruling appears at this link.

“Carney Confirmed as Leahy Cites Delays in Senate Process”: At the “Main Justice” blog, David Stout has a post that begins, “Susan L. Carney of Connecticut, currently the deputy general counsel for Yale University, was confirmed as a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit by the Senate on Tuesday after waiting a year for a vote because of feuding between Democrats and Republicans.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” David Ingram has a post titled “Senators Debate Whether GCs Can Be Judges.”

“Justice Breyer leads annual Holocaust ceremony”: The Associated Press has this report.

“California court rules lawyer cannot oppose former client”: Thomson Reuters News and Insight has an article that begins, “The California Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a lawyer’s free speech rights do not allow him to publicly oppose the interests of a former client.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.

Dancing days are here again: Except inside the Jefferson Memorial. According to a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today, “The heart of Oberwetter’s complaint is her claim that the First Amendment protects her right to engage in silent expressive dancing inside the Jefferson Memorial.”

The appellate court rejected that claimed First Amendment right in its ruling issued today. Nevertheless, the court recognized that “[o]utside the Jefferson Memorial, of course, Oberwetter and her friends have always been free to dance to their hearts’ content.”

“Alito says preparation, briefs play bigger role in Supreme Court decisions than oral arguments”: The Associated Press has this report.

And Deb Peterson of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an item headlined “Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito speaks at St. Louis Law Day.”

“Justice Kagan ‘at home’ in addressing bar association at Pfister”: This article appears today in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“Loughner’s Mental Competence Is Doubted”: Today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal contains an article that begins, “Two federal court filings Monday in the criminal case of the man accused in the January shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others in Tucson, Ariz., strongly suggest that two health professionals who evaluated his mental state have determined he isn’t competent to stand trial, according to legal experts.”

And The Arizona Republic reports today that “Jared Loughner due in court for mental-competency hearing.”

“Lawsuit over party at Texas justice’s house is settled”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “An alcohol-related lawsuit filed against former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Phillips and his wife over a girl’s death has been settled.”

“Court rejects appeal of Kamehameha case; The Supreme Court’s refusal ends a lawsuit challenging the schools’ admissions policy”: Ken Kobayashi has this article today in The Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

“Supreme Court declines to hear ‘So help me God’ lawsuit; Michael Newdow, whose previous First Amendment challenge sought to strike ‘under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance, tried to block the use of ‘So help me God’ in the inauguration ceremony”: Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

“As Bonds Appeals Verdict, Jurors Who Convicted Him Are Watching”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“Weighing the Place of a Judge in a Club of 600 White Men”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in today’s edition of The New York Times.

My most recent coverage of this matter appeared in this post from last Thursday.