“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.”

“Look of top court to change with two new Harper government nominees”: In Monday’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail, Kirk Makin will have an article that begins, “The face of the Supreme Court of Canada is poised to change dramatically — perhaps as early as this week — as the Harper government puts an indelible stamp on the court by naming two new nominees.”

Update: CTV reports that “Harper has chosen Justice Andromache Karakatsanis and Justice Michael J. Moldaver to fill two vacancies on the Supreme Court of Canada.”

And Makin of The Globe and Mail has an updated report headlined “Harper to appoint Ontario judges Karakatsanis and Moldaver to Supreme Court: CTV.”

“Miss. court weighing damage limitations”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Mississippi Supreme Court has asked attorneys for more information as it considers whether the state’s limitation on damages in civil cases is constitutional.”

“4 hospitals in Illinois risk losing status as charities; The court has ruled that at least one nonprofit has not done enough for poor”: This article appears today in The Des Moines Register.

“Obama Team’s Al-Awlaki Memo Furthered Bush Legacy”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg News.

“If everyone is unhappy with the Supreme Court, has it found the right spot?” Robert Barnes will have this article Monday in The Washington Post.

“Activist West arrested in Supreme Court protest”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Wayne State University to open Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights this week”: The Detroit Free Press contains this article today.

“Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers advice to female Newark judges”: This article appears today in The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger.

“Former Supreme Court justice now pushing education”: The Chicago Tribune today contains an article that begins, “After more than 24 years in the U.S. Supreme Court, former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor now strives to make civics and government more interesting for young children than it was for her growing up in El Paso, Texas.”

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Unreliable eyewitnesses put defendants on death.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Clarence Thomas’ Questions, Part 2: The Final Flurry.” Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has this report.

And online at The Root, Michael Steele has an essay entitled “Are We Ready to Understand Thomas? Rather than simply judge him, blacks should look at how his hard life shaped his conservative views.”

Twenty years ago today, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Clarence Thomas to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by a vote of 52-to-48.

“Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan speaks in Tampa”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, who had never served as a judge before she joined the court, offered a group of bankruptcy judges a glimpse Saturday of her role as a quick learner.”

“Judge Finds in Favor of DOJ in Suit Regarding Kagan’s Role in Health Care Litigation”: Marcia Coyle has this post yesterday at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

You can access Thursday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia at this link.

“Federal court blocks parts of Alabama immigration law; For the time being, schools won’t be required to check the residency status of students; But some other provisions are allowed to stand”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

The New York Times reports today that “Part of Alabama Immigrant Law Blocked.”

The Huntsville Times reports that “Appeals court trims Alabama immigration law, legal fight to continue.”

The Montgomery Advertiser reports that “Federal appeals court blocks parts of state’s immigration law.”

And The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Appeals court curtails Alabama immigration law, for now; A US appeals court temporarily blocked two requirements of the tough Alabama immigration law: one that schools check new students’ immigration status and one that immigrants carry special ID.”

“College Diversity Nears Its Last Stand”: Adam Liptak will have this news analysis in the Sunday Review section of tomorrow’s edition of The New York TImes.

“GOP: Gays don’t need special legal protections.” Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “With more than half of Americans in a recent poll accepting same-sex marriage, gays and lesbians need no judicial protection from laws passed by Congress, House Republicans argued Friday in a San Francisco court in defense of a law denying federal benefits to same-sex spouses.”

And The Associated Press reports that “US House group files motion in gay marriage suit.”

“Judges’ deaths add to 9th Circuit backlog; The nation’s busiest appeals court has lost five judges this year”: Carol J. Williams has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

“The Supreme Court: When Double Jeopardy Isn’t Double Jeopardy.” Time magazine has this report.

“Court won’t review decision on Soledad cross”: Today’s edition of The San Diego Union-Tribune contains an article that begins, “A federal appeals court has declined to review an earlier decision that the cross atop Mount Soledad in La Jolla is unconstitutional, clearing the way for supporters of the controversial landmark to try to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denying rehearing en banc, and the opinion dissenting therefrom, at this link.

“Justice Scalia to lawyers: Read more, write better.” Frank Green has this article today in The Richmond Times-Dispatch.

“US court: No immigration checks at Ala. schools.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court issued a ruling Friday that temporarily blocked parts of an Alabama law requiring schools to check the immigration status of students but let stand a provision that allows police to detain immigrants that are suspected of being in the country illegally.”

“Client and her lawyer may face sanctions from the Second Circuit for having pursued appeal from dismissal of lawsuit against high-ranking federal officials alleging ‘a fantastical alternative history’ of 9/11 attacks”: That’s the title of a post that I published on April 27, 2011 reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit had issued that day.

Today; the Second Circuit issued this follow-up per curiam opinion, which indicates that the Second Circuit may still have even more to say about the matter in the future.

“Oregon Chief Justice Paul DeMuniz will retire at end of term, leaving seat to wide-open race”: The Oregonian has this news update.

“Appeals court: Pleau does not have to be surrendered to feds.” The Providence (R.I.) Journal has a news update that begins, “A federal appeals court in Boston ruled Thursday that Rhode Island does not have to surrender accused murderer Jason Wayne Pleau to federal prosecutors who asked to have him tried in federal court where, if convicted, he potentially could have faced the death penalty.”

And The Associated Press reports that “RI man spared possible death penalty prosecution.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit at this link.

“Supreme Court: Ministerial Exception.” This segment (transcript with link to video) appeared on last Friday’s broadcast of the PBS program “Religion and Ethics Newsweekly.”