“Argument preview: Faith, teaching, and the Constitution.” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Supreme Court about to start most interesting term in years”: Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has this report.

And at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has a post titled “Supreme Court Docket: Surveillance, Profanity and Thought Patents.”

“The Top 10 Supreme Court Previews”: Andrew Cohen has this post online at The Atlantic.

“Fed. Circ. judges call for clarity in pre-trial injunctions”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report on dissents from an order denying rehearing en banc that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued yesterday.

“New Supreme Court Session Promises Fireworks”: WSJ.com has posted online this video interview with reporter Jess Bravin.

“Komisarjevsky Trial: Petit’s Sister Bristles At ‘Stunt’ Remark; Defense Thwarted In Mistrial Motion Over Walkout.” This article appears today in The Hartford Courant.

And The New Haven Register reports today that “Jennifer Hawke-Petit was killed before fire, doc testifies in Komisarjevsky trial.”

“U.S. Supreme Court to decide major legal issues”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

At Forbes.com, Daniel Fisher has a blog post titled “Patents, Profanity Top Supreme Court’s Fall Docket.”

Online at The Atlantic, Andrew Cohen has an essay entitled “Supreme Court Preview: The Words of Summer.”

And also at The Atlantic, law professor Garrett Epps has an essay entitled “A Constitutional-Law Nerd’s Take on Upcoming Supreme Court Cases.”

“Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens pays tribute to Gerald Ford in speech”: This article appears today in The Grand Rapids Press.

And today in The Chicago Tribune, columnist Mary Schmich has an op-ed entitled “Retired Justice Stevens’ opinion: Chicago’s traffic keeps getting worse.”

“Appeals court strikes down ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ ruling; A three-member panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals throws out a Riverside judge’s ruling last year that the military’s policy on gays and lesbians was unconstitutional; The recent repeal of the policy renders the case moot, it says”: Carol J. Williams has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Federal judge warns on gay rights.”

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

“Supreme Court to weigh churches’ hiring rights”: Religion News Service has this report (via The Washington Post).

And today in The Deseret News, Hannah C. Smith has an op-ed entitled “High court set to hear religious liberty case.”

“Some Common Ground for Legal Adversaries on Health Care”: Adam Liptak has this news analysis today in The New York Times.

And Linda Feldmann of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Why a fast Supreme Court ruling on health-care law might benefit Obama; The Obama administration says it did not consider politics when it asked for a ruling from the US Supreme Court on its health-care law; To be sure, both parties will hope to spin a positive story from the result.”

Kirk Makin of The Toronto Globe and Mail is reporting: In Friday’s newspaper, he will have articles headlined “Slow search for judges likely to leave Supreme Court short handed“; “Docket highlights of the Supreme Court’s coming fall session“; and “Front-runners for Supreme Court of Canada posts.”

“Florida Supreme Court to decide drug law’s constitutionality”: This article will appear Friday in The St. Petersburg Times.

“High Court lets sonogram injunction stay”: The Houston Chronicle has a news update that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to overrule a federal judge’s preliminary injunction preventing the state of Texas from enforcing a strict abortion sonogram law scheduled to take effect on Saturday.”

“Democrats Call for Inquiry of Clarence Thomas”: Roll Call has this report.

And The Hill reports that “Dems want probe of Justice Thomas as health law ruling looms.”

“Supreme Court confronts case of death row inmate whose lawyers quit his case”: Robert Barnes will have this article Friday in The Washington Post.

“Transcript: My Interview With Retired Justice John Paul Stevens.” George Stephanopoulos of ABC News has this blog post.

“Supreme Court term could influence 2012 election”: Joan Biskupic will have this article Friday in USA Today.

“Man who drove over body loses in Pa. high court”: The Associated Press has this report.

In earlier oral argument coverage, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported last October that “Hit-and-run raises moral, legal debates before state Supreme Court.”

And The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported last October that “State Supreme Court tackles driver responsibility.”

Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion, a concurring opinion, and an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

“Challenge to ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ dismissed”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this news update.

And Dan Levine of Reuters reports that “U.S. court vacates ruling on gays in military.”

“Jurors in Komisarjevsky trial see autopsy photos of youngest Petit victim”: This article appears today in The New Haven Register.

And today’s edition of The Hartford Courant contains an article headlined “Komisarjevsky Trial: Medical Examiner Details Girl’s Death; Jurors Also See Defendant’s Graphic Cellphone Pictures Of 11-Year-Old Michaela Petit.”

“Appeals court tosses gays in military lawsuit”: The Associated Press has this report.

And at his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com, Josh Gerstein has a post titled “Appeals court nullifies ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ ruling.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link. In a noteworthy concurring opinion, Circuit Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain addresses “the role Lawrence v. Texas may have in substantive due process challenges.”

“The significance of yesterday”: Brad Joondeph has this post at the “aca litigation blog.”

And as noted in articles that you can access here, here, here, and here, yesterday was also a rather significant day for Major League Baseball.

“Dahlia Lithwick on US Supreme Court Justices”: You can access Dahlia Lithwick’s FiveBooks Interview, posted online today, by clicking here.

“Court re-examines suit against Covington schools”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court in New Orleans will hear oral arguments in a lawsuit that claims a 9-year-old girl was checked out of a south Mississippi school six times by an unauthorized man who then raped her.”

My earlier coverage of this week’s Fifth Circuit order granting rehearing en banc can be accessed here.

“Entertainment on the Supreme Court docket”: Columnist Linda P. Campbell had this op-ed yesterday in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

“Election-year ruling looms for health overhaul”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Back to Mo. hospital for Loughner”: This article appears today in The Arizona Daily Star.

The Arizona Republic reports today that “Loughner’s detention extended for four more months.”

The New York Times reports that “Tucson Shooting Suspect to Have More Treatment.”

The Los Angeles Times reports that “Judge allows further treatment of Tucson shooting suspect; A psychologist says Jared Lee Loughner, accused of killing six people and wounding 13, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, has made progress and shown remorse.”

The Wall Street Journal reports that “Loughner Can Likely Stand Trial, Judge Rules.”

USA Today reports that “Judge says Jared Loughner can be made fit for trial.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Loughner remains calm, quiet at Tucson hearing.”

“Justice pledge to work together while tensions are still evident; Plan for relationship consultant voted down”: Patrick Marley has this article today in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

And The Associated Press reports that “Wis. Supreme Court justices agree to play nice.”

“Supreme Court Is Asked to Rule on Health Care”: Adam Liptak will have this article Thursday in The New York Times.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Justice Dept. asks Supreme Court to review health-care law.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Fight over healthcare law heads toward Supreme Court; The Obama administration and Republican state attorneys both petition the high court to hand down a ruling early next year.”

In Thursday’s edition of USA Today, Joan Biskupic will have an article headlined “Justice Dept. asks high court to look at health care law.”

Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an article headlined “Health Overhaul Heads to Justices.”

Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers reports that “Obama asks Supreme Court to settle constitutionality of health care law.”

Thursday’s edition of The Washington Times will contain an article headlined “White House asks Supreme Court to hear health care case.”

The Palm Beach Post has a news update headlined “26 states, Obama ask U.S. Supreme Court to settle health-care law debate.”

Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Justices asked to accept key health care reform appeal.”

And at Time magazine’s “Swampland” blog, Massimo Calabresi has a post titled “Why Obama Wants a Supreme Court Fight on Health Reform in 2012.”

“Retired Justice John Paul Stevens on His ‘Wrong’ Vote on Texas Death Penalty Case”: George Stephanopoulos of ABC News has this blog post.

“Why President Gerald R. Ford chose Justice John Paul Stevens, one of Supreme Court’s most liberal judges”: The Grand Rapids Press has a news update that begins, “Susan Ford Bales says her late father, President Gerald R. Ford, appointed John Paul Stevens to the Supreme Court because of his character and integrity, not his politics.”

Fifth Circuit grants rehearing en banc in another school district liability case, this one asking whether a district may be held liable for failing to protect a 4th grade student from sexual assault by a man who checked the girl out of school without authorization: Monday’s order granting rehearing en banc, which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit posted online today, can be accessed here.

My earlier coverage of the original three-judge panel’s ruling in the case can be accessed here.

“Plaintiffs notch legal win in Ill. cigarette suit”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for plaintiffs’ attorneys to push that a $10.1 billion verdict against cigarette-maker Philip Morris be revived, sending the matter back to the trial court for more hearings.”

“Justice Stephen Breyer on ‘Making Our Democracy Work'”: An interview with Justice Stephen G. Breyer appeared on today’s broadcast of “The Takeaway” on WNYC Radio. You can access the audio via this link.

Also today, Justice Breyer issued a dissent from the U.S. Supreme Court‘s denial of an application for stay of execution of sentence of death.