“Sidley Austin taps Carter Phillips to lead firm”: Reuters has this report.

“Supreme Court to follow up on immigration lawyer case”: James Vicini of Reuters has this report.

“Originalist Sin: A brilliant article shows that the Founding Fathers not only supported mandates, they passed laws imposing them; Take that, Scalia!” Eliot Spitzer has this essay online at Slate.

“Appeals court nominee from Oklahoma still awaiting U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn’s consent for hearing”: This article appears today in The Oklahoman.

“Carter Phillips to Lead Sidley Austin”: At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post that begins, “Veteran Supreme Court advocate Carter Phillips will become chair of Sidley Austin’s worldwide executive committee in 2013, the firm announced Sunday.”

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 granted review in one case.

Update: In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Court to decide if deportation ruling retroactive.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “New look at lawyers’ advice.”