“MSU study: Low-income earners 30 percent less likely to have cases heard by U.S. Supreme Court.” MLive.com has this report.

And Michigan State University today issued a news release headlined “Prisoners: Want to be heard? Get a good lawyer.”

“Arizona appeals immigration ruling to Supreme Court; Gov. Jan Brewer is seeking a ruling to revive the state’s controversial immigration law, SB 1070”: David G. Savage will have this article Thursday in The Los Angeles Times.

The Arizona Republic has a news update headlined “Brewer files appeal with U.S. Supreme Court over immigration law.”

And Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has a news update headlined “Arizona appeals to US justices on SB 1070.

“Prison officials should be able to force meds on Loughner, prosecutors say”: The Arizona Daily Star has a news update that begins, “Whether an inmate is awaiting trial or has been convicted of a crime, prison officials still have the right to medicate them to reduce their dangerousness, federal prosecutors argued in a brief Wednesday in the Tucson shooting spree case.”

The brief that the federal government has filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit should soon be freely available via this link.

“Another round in Ten Commandments fight hits Fla.” The Associated Press has this report.

And in earlier coverage, The Ledger of Lakeland, Florida last month published an article headlined “Judge: 10 Commandments Monument Must Move; Granite monument violates the separation of church and state.”

“Airline Pilots Allowed to Dodge Security Screening”: David Kravets has this post at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.

“Brewer asks court to hear immigration law appeal”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in a bid to overturn a ruling that put on hold key parts of the state’s immigration enforcement law.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Arizona appeals on alien control law.” You can access the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“Exxon Wants Rehearing In Corporate Liability Dispute”: At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has a post that begins, “Lawyers for Exxon Mobil Corp. have asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to reject a panel decision that exposed the oil giant to corporate liability for alleged atrocities in Indonesia.”

You can access the rehearing petition at this link. My earlier coverage of the divided three-judge D.C. Circuit panel’s ruling appears here and here.

“Ariz. governor on deadline for immigration appeal”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer faces a Wednesday deadline for asking the U.S. Supreme Court to accept her appeal of a ruling that put on hold key parts of the state’s immigration enforcement law.”