Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News is reporting: He has articles headlined “States Shielded From Medical-Leave Suits by U.S. High Court” and “Diagnostic Medical-Test Patents Limited by U.S. High Court.”

Reuters is reporting: James Vicini reports that “Supreme Court rejects state damages in medical leave case.”

And Diane Bartz and James Vicini report that “Supreme court rules against Nestle unit on patent.”

“Judicial Confirmations: What Thurmond Rule?” The Brookings Institution has posted online this paper written by Russell Wheeler.

“O’Connor visit called ‘wonderful event for Greenville and the Upstate’; Retired Supreme Court justice to preside over several 4th Circuit Court of Appeals’ cases”: This article appears today in The Greenville (S.C.) News.

You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.

“Solution to Alameda County fair gun show ban?” Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

You can access the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before an eleven-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit via this link.

“Publicity Push as Health Law’s Court Date Nears”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

USA Today reports today that “Health care debate ramps up ahead of Supreme Court arguments.”

The Associated Press reports that “High court has options on health care law.”

Bloomberg News has reports headlined “Health-Care Victory Seen as Possible Setback for Obama” and “Insurers at Risk in Challenge to Health Care Law’s Medicaid Plan.”

Ariane de Vogue of ABC News has a blog post titled “What to Expect: Supreme Court to Hear Health Care Law Challenge.”

Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has an article headlined “Health Care Case Reaches Supreme Court: The Constitutional Challenge.”

At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Argument preview: Health care, Part I — The power to decide?”

Today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition” contained an audio segment entitled “How Do Racial Attitudes Affect Opinions About The Health Care Overhaul?” And yesterday’s broadcast contained an audio segment entitled “Florida Challenges Medicaid Spending ‘By Force.’”

Meanwhile, in commentary, The Washington Times contains an op-ed by U.S. Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) entitled “Kagan and Obamacare — still no answers; Stonewalling over justice’s obligation to recuse continues.”

And The Wall Street Journal contains an op-ed by Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Vernon L. Smith entitled “ObamaCare’s Flawed Economic Foundations: The insurance mandate has almost nothing to do with remedying costs imposed on the system by those without coverage.”

Access online today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued four rulings in argued cases.

1. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court in Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, Inc., No. 10-1399. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Stephen G. Breyer delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., No. 10-1150. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. Justice Anthony M Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court in Martinez v. Ryan, No. 10-1001. Justice Antonin Scalia issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

4. Justice Kennedy also announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. and Justices Thomas and Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined in Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Md., No. 10-1016. Justice Thomas issued a concurring opinion. Justice Scalia issued an opinion concurring in the judgment. And Justice Ginsburg issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Breyer joined in full and Justices Elena Kagan and Sotomayor joined except for a footnote. You can access the oral argument via this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Court says state can’t be sued over sick leave” and “Court throws out Prometheus patent.”

“Supreme Court Examines Roles of Jury and Judge in Setting Fines”: Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times.

And Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire reports that “Justices divided over mercury storage case.”

You can access the transcript of yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Southern Union Co. v. United States, No. 11-94, at this link.

“Supreme Court to weigh life term for juveniles convicted of murder”: USA Today has this report.

And on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment entitled “Do Juvenile Killers Deserve Life Behind Bars?”

“Supreme Court denies campus groups’ appeal”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

“Supreme Court should remain free of TV cameras”: Charles Lane has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Injustice in a Sentencing Law”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an editorial that begins, “The Armed Career Criminal Act has long been a source of confusion for federal judges who are required to apply it in criminal cases.”

“Stanford Investor Class Actions Restored by Appeals Court”: Bloomberg News has this report.

Terry Baynes and Jonathan Stempel of Reuters report that “Class-actions by Allen Stanford investors revived.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Stanford investor suits can go forward.”

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

“Complications beset ‘posthumous conception’ case”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this news update.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Death benefits for children produced by in vitro fertilization?”

Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Justices at odds over benefits for child conceived after death of a parent.”

Shannon Bream of FoxNews.com has a report headlined “Old vs. new at the High Court.”

And this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered” contained an audio segment featuring Nina Totenberg entitled “Justices Weigh IVF Technology Against 1939 Law.” Earlier, on today’s broadcast of “Morning Edition,” Totenberg previewed the oral argument in an audio segment entitled “Is A Baby Conceived After Dad’s Death A ‘Survivor’?”

“U.S. Supreme Court to decide execution delay case”: Jack Torry of The Columbus Dispatch has this news update.

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Competency and death-row challenges.”

“D.C. Circuit Weighs U.S. Citizen’s Torture Suit Against Rumsfeld”: Mike Scarcella has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“How ObamaCare Is Exposing Conservative vs. Libertarian Divisions on the Supreme Court”: Damon W. Root has this essay online at Reason.

“Prosecutors Gear Up For GPS Drug Case, Sans Tracking Data”: Mike Scarcella has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“New Look at an Old Memo Casts More Doubt on Rehnquist”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Louisville parents wants U.S. Supreme Court to hear cap on athlete scholarships”: The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky has this news update.

“At Heart of Health Law Clash, a 1942 Case of a Farmer’s Wheat”: Adam Liptak will have this article Tuesday in The New York Times.

The newspaper has also posted online “A Guide to the Supreme Court Challenges to Obama’s Health Care Law.”

“Court hears Southern Union appeal of $18M fine”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Supreme Court has indicated it could throw out an $18 million penalty against a natural gas company convicted of an environmental violation in Rhode Island.”

“Jailed for life at age 14: US supreme court to consider juvenile sentences; Court to decide constitutionality of cases like Quantel Lotts’s — who as a teenager was handed a life sentence without parole.” The Guardian (UK) has this report.

“What If The Supreme Court Kills Rent Control? Rent control seems unfair, but ending it could threaten people’s homes–and endanger important zoning regulations.” Adam Cohen has this essay online at Time magazine’s web site.

“Supreme Court refuses church-state case involving child sex abuse by clergy; US Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal by a man who says he was abused by a Roman Catholic priest decades ago; He sought to challenge the archdiocese’s assertion that the First Amendment shields it from a lawsuit”: Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

And Bloomberg News reports that “Sex-Abuse Suit Against Archdiocese Rejected by Top Court.”

“Court: Benefits for babies born after dad’s death?” Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press has this report.

You can access the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Astrue v. Capato, No. 11-159, at this link.

“Supreme Court to hear death row mental competency cases”: James Vicini of Reuters has this report.

“Juvenile Murderers: Is Life Without Parole Unconstitutional?” Ariane de Vogue of ABC News has this report.

And online at The Atlantic, Andrew Cohen has an essay entitled “Should Teen Murderers Receive Life Without Parole?”

“A Conversation with Justice Sandra Day O’Connor”: Reuters has just posted online this lengthy video segment.

South Dakota inmate’s request for a succah behind bars results in a second Eighth Circuit ruling: My coverage of the first ruling, which issued in September 2009, can be accessed here.

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

“US appeals court backs graphic cigarette labels”: The Associated Press has this report on a lengthy ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: You can access today’s Order List at this link. The Court granted review in two cases.

Update: In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Court to hear Ariz., Ohio appeals“; “High court rejects Christian campus groups’ appeal“; and “High court turns down Louisiana bid on Census.”

“Ex-Prisoners Say Life Term Is Cruel for Teens, As Case Hits High Court”: Sandra McElwaine has this article online today at The Daily Beast.

“Fake ID use upsets military veterans”: This article appears today in The Las Vegas Review-Journal.

“Laws may end up before top court”: In today’s edition of The San Antonio Express-News, Gary Martin has an article that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court could have the final say in a flurry of legal filings that challenge voter identification laws in several states, including Texas.”