“Supreme Court takes dispute over lying about war heroism”: Joan Biskupic of USA Today has this news update.
Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has an article headlined “Does Constitution allow lying about military heroism? Supreme Court to decide.”
Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Justices to hear case over lying about receiving military medals.”
And Ariane de Vogue of ABC News has a blog post titled “Supreme Court to Rule on Constitutionality of Stolen Valor Act.”
Canada’s The National Post is reporting: A news update is headlined “Harper nominates two Ontario justices to Supreme Court.”
Profiles of the nominees are headlined “Karakatsanis: Supreme Court’s new trend-bucking wild card” and “Moldaver: Some star power for our top court.”
And an editorial is entitled “A land without Borking.”
“Appeals court ruling in Maui case says Taser use should be restricted”: Ken Kobayashi of The Honolulu Star-Advertiser has this news update.
And Carol J. Williams of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Stun-gun use in Seattle, Maui cases was excessive, court says.”
My earlier coverage of today’s en banc Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.
“From OWS to OSCOTUS: As Occupy Wall Street protesters look to the Supreme Court, they’ll find more to be outraged about than the Citizens United case.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Supreme Court mulling if highway crosses case will be argued”: The Salt Lake Tribune has this news update.
“Judges skeptical of Stevens-case prosecutors’ arguments on contempt”: At his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com, Josh Gerstein has this post reporting on an oral argument that occurred this afternoon before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
“Supreme Court to Hear 2 Human Rights Cases”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update.
Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post reports that “Supreme Court To Rule On Corporate Personhood For Crimes Against Humanity.”
And Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight reports that “SCOTUS to decide if corps. liable for torturing aliens, citizens.”
“Cornel West won’t face charges after DC arrest”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Author and civil rights activist Cornel West and 18 others arrested with him for protesting at the U.S. Supreme Court will not be prosecuted.”
“PM taps Ontario judges Karakatsanis, Moldaver for Supreme Court”: Kirk Makin of The Toronto Globe and Mail has this news update.
And CBC News reports that “Supreme Court judge nominees named by Harper.”
“Off-campus online student speech case is appealed to high court”: David L. Hudson Jr. has this news analysis online at the First Amendment Center.
“Justice Thomas Holds Firm Views on Youths’ Rights”: Mark Walsh has this article (pass-through link) in the current issue of Education Week.
“These cases present questions about whether the use of a taser to subdue a suspect resulted in the excessive use of force and whether the officers are entitled to qualified immunity.” So begins the majority opinion that a ten-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.
“Renewed probe into anthrax killings called unlikely”: McClatchy Newspapers, ProPublica, and PBS’ “Frontline” have this report.
“Free speech vs. lying? Supreme Court to rule on Stolen Valor Act.” David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.
Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court to review free speech issue on lying about military honors.”
Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Free speech or just a lie? Supreme Court takes case on Medal of Honor claim; The Supreme Court will take the case of a man who lied about receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor; The question is whether the US can punish him for false statements about his military service.”
And at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has a post titled “High Court to Decide Legality of Lying About Military Service.”
“When Fairness and the Law Collide, One Jurist Is Troubled”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.
“Life-at-fertilization initiative has hope in Miss.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A national effort to put abortion bans into state constitutions is looking for its first victory next month in Mississippi, where voters are being asked to approve an amendment declaring that life begins when a human egg is fertilized.”
“U.S. Supreme Court to hear Shell Nigeria human rights case”: James Vicini of Reuters has this report.
And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Torture Suits Against Companies Draw Supreme Court Review in Immunity Case.”
“Lies About Military Medals to Get U.S. Supreme Court Review in Speech Case”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
And James Vicini of Reuters reports that “High court to hear military medal lying case.”
“Native American leader Elouise Cobell dies at 65”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Elouise Cobell, the Blackfeet woman who led a 15-year legal fight to force the U.S. government to account for more than a century of mismanaged Indian land royalties, died Sunday. She was 65.”
Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has posted today’s Order List at this link. The Court today granted review in four new cases.
In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Court to hear bid to sue Shell for Nigerian abuses“; “High court to rule on Stolen Valor Act“; and “High court won’t hear Oneidas’ land claim in NY.”
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has posts titled “Court to rule on suing corporations” and “Another test of First Amendment.”
“Kilpatrick lawyer requests review of law blocking book profits; Lawyer says keeping Kilpatrick from book profits violates rights”: The Detroit News today contains an article that begins, “There is no guarantee the Michigan Supreme Court will consider a request to review the constitutionality of a state law used to prevent former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from receiving profits from the sale of his book.”
“Robert Bork’s Romney Connection”: Newsweek has this report.
“Legal storm growing over secret use of GPS units to track suspects”: This article appeared yesterday in The Detroit Free Press.
And The Hill reports that “Groups warn high court of big government intrusion in GPS case.”
“Telegram for the Federal Circuit: Electronic Case Filing Is Now Available.” Andrew Dhuey has this post at “Patently-O.”
