“Mortgage Closing Overcharge Case Gets U.S. High Court Review”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Supreme Court rejects appeal in gay couple’s adoption case; The Supreme Court action Tuesday means Louisiana does not have to amend the birth certificate of a local boy adopted by an unmarried gay couple living in New York, to record them as his parents.”
James Vicini of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court won’t hear same-sex adoptive parents case” and “U.S. court clears Abu-Jamal case re-sentencing.”
And at the “School Law” blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has a post titled “High Court Declines Cases on Student Expression.”
“Alabama urges court not to block immigration law”: The Associated Press has this report.
And Bloomberg News reports that “Alabama Opposes U.S. Bid to Bar Immigration Law Enforcement During Appeal.”
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 two new cases.
In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “High court to decide double jeopardy question“; “Court won’t hear gay dads’ birth certificate case“; “Court rules in favor of one-time Black Panther“; “Court won’t hear appeal of Buddhist murders case“; “Court won’t hear NH presidential ballot question“; and “Court won’t hear appeal from Alamo followers.”
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Gay couple case rejected; 2 grants.”
“Reflections on Hosanna-Tabor (I) — Justice Breyer’s statutory question”: The newly famous Marty Lederman has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”
“After 34 years on the bench, Stevens reflects on law, elections and Watergate”: This article appears today in The Daily Princetonian.
And The Times of Trenton, New Jersey reports today that “Former Justice Stevens hopeful about court’s future.”
Yesterday’s broadcast of WYPR’s “Midday with Dan Rodricks” featured an interview with Justice Stephen G. Breyer: You can access the audio via this link.
“Thomas Confirmation Hearings Had Ripple Effect”: This audio segment featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”
“Lord Phillips, Supreme Court president, to retire early”: BBC News has this report.
“Former Alaska Supreme Court justice dies”: Today’s edition of The Juneau Empire contains an article that begins, “Robert Boochever, who served as chief justice for the Alaska Supreme Court and as senior judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, died Sunday in his Pasadena, Calif., home. He was 92.”
“Komisarjevsky’s Attorneys Seek To Curb State’s Closing Argument; Urge Judge To Bar Any Statements That Contradict Arguments Made In Steven Hayes’ Trial”: This article appears today in The Hartford Courant.
“FBI’s case against anthrax suspect rife with questions”: ProPublica, McClatchy Newspapers, and PBS’ Frontline have this report, along with articles headlined “Newly released files cloud FBI’s anthrax finding” and “Was FBI’s science good enough to ID anthrax killer?”
“Former Justice John Paul Stevens describes Supreme Court from the inside”: Princeton University issued this news release earlier tonight.
“Federal Appellate Judges: Gender and Race Stats.” Michelle Olsen has this post at her “Appellate Daily” blog.
“Anita Hill Reflects on 20 Years Since Clarence Thomas Hearings”: This segment (transcript with video link) appeared on this evening’s broadcast of The PBS NewsHour.
“Drug-injection ruling hints at likely clashes between Ottawa and courts”: Kirk Makin will have this article Tuesday in The Toronto Globe and Mail.
“In Supreme Court case, man says strip-search humiliated him”: Joan Biskupic will have this article Tuesday in USA Today.
And Bill Mears of CNN.com has an article headlined “Privacy vs. Security: Justices to debate jail strip searches.”
“Ex-Justice Stevens optimistic about court’s future”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Justice Stevens’ memoir offers intriguing Court insights”: David L. Hudson Jr. has this essay online at the First Amendment Center.
“South Jersey strip-search case gains interest; Supreme Court to hear arguments in Burlington Co. incident”: This article appears today in The Courier-Post of Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
“Dissenting Often, State;s Chief Judge Establishes a Staunchly Liberal Record”: The New York Times contains this article today.
“Scientists’ Analysis Disputes F.B.I. Closing of Anthrax Case”: This article appears today in The New York Times.
Yesterday’s edition of The Times of Trenton, New Jersey contained an article headlined “A decade on, legacy of anthrax attacks lingers in Mercer County and beyond.”
And tomorrow night’s broadcast of the PBS program “Frontline” is titled “The Anthrax Files.”
“Justice John Paul Stevens, the Last of the Mohicans”: Andrew Cohen has this book review online at The Atlantic.
“Justices Get Candid About The Constitution”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday.”
“Case spotlights lawyers’ role in Pa. death penalty”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Gingrich: Congress, president can ignore courts.” CBSNews.com has a report that begins, “Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich maintained on Sunday that Congress should have the authority to ignore federal judges, because he believes they have become ‘dictatorial and arrogant’ and ‘pretend they are the dominant branch’ of the government.”
“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Healthcare in the hands of an angry court.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.
“State supreme court justice battles cancer without missing a day”: KING 5 News of Seattle has this report.
“Clarence’s Questions, Part 1: The Case Of The Burning Cross.” Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has this report.
“Secret U.S. Memo Made Legal Case to Kill a Citizen”: Charlie Savage will have this article Sunday in The New York Times.
Programming note: Additional posts will appear here on Saturday night.
“Court clears way for Loughner’s return to Missouri”: The Associated Press has this report on an order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.
“US asks appeals court to halt Ala. immigration law”: The Associated Press has this report.
Update: In other coverage, Reuters reports that “Justice Department seeks immediate stay of Ala. immigration law.”
And Bloomberg News reports that “U.S. Asks for Bar to Enforcement of Alabama Immigration Laws During Appeal.”
“Redondo Beach to ask U.S. Supreme Court to uphold day laborer law”: The Los Angeles Times has this report.
“Breyer praises Merhige at UR law school ceremony”: The Associated Press has this report.
“At the high court, high stakes for religious freedom”: Charles C. Haynes has this essay online at the First Amendment Center.
