“US court rejects appeal in Iraq rape, slaying”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

“Court security guards investigated for accepting baseballs autographed by Roger Clemens”: Del Quentin Wilber of The Washington Post has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Guards under investigation for accepting baseballs.”

“Madoff Trustee Wins Appeals Court Ruling on Calculating Investors’ Losses”: Bloomberg News has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “NYC court upholds trustee’s calculation of losses.”

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

“Loughner’s attorneys ask court to halt medication”: The Associated Press has this report.

Once the Ninth Circuit posts it online, appellant’s reply brief should be available via this link.

“PCN allowed to tape Pennsylvania Supreme Court proceedings”: This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

My earlier coverage appears here and here.

“Bill Puts Ethics Spotlight On Supreme Court Justices”: Nina Totenberg of NPR has this report.

“Human rights group questions court ruling; Pueblo native says Castle Rock police failed to protect her three children”: Today’s edition of The Pueblo Chieftain contains an article that begins, “An international human rights organization contradicted the U.S. Supreme Court recently when it issued a ruling that the United States violated a Pueblo native’s rights by failing to enforce a protection order against her estranged husband, who later killed their three daughters before police shot and killed him.”

“ACLU agrees to wait on judge’s ruling for a stay”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The attorney for Dixie County says officials are waiting on a federal judge to rule on their request for a stay before removing a six-ton monument of the Ten Commandments from the front steps of the courthouse in north Florida.”

“Execution set for killer again, despite appeal; Dispute over DNA tests has so far spared Skinner, convicted in 1993”: Today’s edition of The Houston Chronicle contains an article that begins, “Convicted triple killer Henry Skinner, spared from execution by a last-minute U.S. Supreme Court stay in 2010, again has been assigned a death date, even as an Amarillo federal court considers his fate.”

“New Haven firefighter’s lawsuit revived by appeals court”: The New Haven Register contains this article today.

And Reuters reports that “Appeals court reinstates African-American firefighter suit.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Second Circuit ruling appears here and here.