“Steve Bullock, Montana Attorney General, Takes A Stand In Citizens United Sequel”: Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has this report.

“Race bias in voting: The next round.” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“GOP senators question judicial conference on Maui”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Hawaii officials defended the islands Tuesday as a place of business amid criticism from two key U.S. senators who questioned the decision to hold an upcoming conference for federal judges on Maui.”

“Montana Attorney General Race Rocked By Out-Of-State Corporate Donations In Wake Of Citizens United”: Matt Sledge of The Huffington Post has this report.

“Appeals court rejects Arlington County dog day care center’s sign ordinance challenge”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“Targeting John Roberts: The left tries to intimidate the High Court on ObamaCare.” This editorial appears today in The Wall Street Journal.

“SCOTUS to Federal Circuit: Think harder about what’s patentable.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

“San Francisco gay marriage case goes to federal appeals court in September”: Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has an update that begins, “A federal appeals court will hear arguments in September in a legal challenge to the federal ban on same-sex marriage benefits.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denying the petition for initial hearing en banc in Golinski v. US OPM at this link.

“Appeals court upholds historic Cobell settlement”: Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “$3.4 billion Indian land royalty settlement upheld.”

“Corporations Are People, Too: Jeffrey Toobin plays fast and loose in his assault on Citizens United.” Law professor Richard A. Epstein has this essay online today at the “Defining Ideas” site of the Hoover Institution.

“Supreme Court rules twins conceived posthumously can’t get Social Security benefits”: Robert Barnes has this article today in The Washington Post.

In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage has an article headlined “Supreme Court rejects widow’s claim in Social Security case; Children conceived in vitro from her late husband’s sperm are not automatically entitled to survivors benefits, justices agree; The court also rules in an immigration case.”

And Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Justices Deny Benefits to In-Vitro Twins.”

“Bush Era Surveillance Program Headed to Supreme Court”: This audio segment featuring Adam Liptak appeared on today’s broadcast of “The Takaway.”

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes reports that “Supreme Court agrees to hear case on electronic surveillance.”

And Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Can US group challenge overseas surveillance act? Supreme Court to decide; The US Supreme Court agreed to examine whether a group of US-based lawyers, activists, and journalists can challenge a Bush-era law authorizing broad surveillance overseas.”

“Court upholds $3.4 billion Native American deal”: James Vicini of Reuters has this report.

My earlier coverage of today’s D.C. Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Chuck Grassley grilled over court criticism”: Politico.com has this report.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports today that “GOP senators question court conference in isles; Despite the APEC session, Hawaii’s image as a resort destination remains a problem” (subscription required).

Hawaii News Now reports that “Judges conference in Maui scrutinized.”

And Honolulu Civil Beat reports that “Ninth Circuit Maui Trip Draws Criticism.”

“Former Solicitor General, a ‘Modest Superstar,’ Given Rex Lee Advocacy Award”: Todd Ruger has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

And at her “Appellate Daily” blog, Michelle Olsen has a post titled “Garre Receives Rex Lee Award, Thanks Two Chief Justices.”

Unanimous three-judge D.C. Circuit panel rejects challenge to federal district court’s approval of Cobell Indian Trust class action settlement: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

In early news coverage, Mike Scarcella has a post titled “D.C. Circuit Upholds $3.4B Native American Class Settlement” at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Taser Pain May Be Considered by Supreme Court as Excessive Force”: Ariane de Vogue of ABC News has this report.

“Supreme Court refuses to hear music downloading appeal”: This article appears today in The Boston Globe.

And The Harvard Crimson reports today that “Court Rejects Downloads Case.”

“Do We Still Need the Voting Rights Act?” Jeffrey Toobin has this blog post online today at The New Yorker.

“Could vacant 11th Circuit seat allow compromise? Edmondson’s taking senior status could let Obama, Ga. senators pick Jill Pryor and Mark Cohen; lawyer is doubtful deal would happen.” Alyson M. Palmer has this article today in The Fulton County Daily Report.

“Senate OKs Paul Watford for federal appeals court”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

And Scott Graham of The Recorder reports that “Senate Confirms Watford for 9th Circuit Seat.”

“Joan Orie Melvin claims a political vendetta”: Today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette contains an article that begins, “In the weeks leading up to Friday’s indictment of state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin, an attorney for the justice sought to have a member of the state Judicial Conduct Board recuse himself, claiming he had a connection to Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr.”

You can access at this link the formal charges that the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board issued last Friday against Pa. Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin.

And in other coverage, yesterday Jeff Blumenthal of the Philadelphia Business Journal had a blog post titled “Pa. bar chief doesn’t call for Melvin resignation.”