“Constitution Check: Do women have a constitutional right to serve in military combat?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Overturning or Modifying ‘Grutter v. Bollinger?'” Richard Kahlenberg has this post today at the “Innovations” blog of The Chronicle of Higher Education.

“Top UK court to rule on Assange sex case extradition”: Reuters has a report that begins, “Britain’s Supreme Court will rule on Wednesday on whether to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, the latest chapter in the saga of the self-styled Internet whistleblower and bane of Washington.”

“Grassley as a watchdog and as a scold”: Today’s edition of The Des Moines Register contains an editorial that begins, “Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Ia., has gone after a San Francisco-based federal appeals court for a legal conference at a resort in Hawaii that could cost more than $1 million.”

“Supreme Court tipping scales of partisanship”: This editorial appears today in The Philadelphia Daily News.

“Philippines Chief Justice Removed Over Finances”: The New York Times has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Top Philippine judge fired for not declaring $2.4M.”

“Text-message question headed to Pennsylvania Supreme Court; Cumberland County case could affect how attorneys use e-messages as evidence”: Peter Hall will have this article Tuesday in The Allentown Morning Call.

“Millions will feel health care ruling’s impact”: Tuesday’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review will contain an article that begins, “Audrey Joyce and her family will lose health insurance coverage at the end of June, the same month the Supreme Court is expected to issue a landmark decision on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.”

“Setback for U.S. on DOMA”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Supreme Court decision may help city in lacrosse case”: The Herald-Sun of Durham, North Carolina has a news update that begins, “An April U.S. Supreme Court ruling bolsters immunity claims from the city and two Durham Police Department detectives who investigated the Duke lacrosse case, lawyers for the city say.”

“A Failure of Vigilance”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an editorial that begins, “In the trial of Alex Blueford, an Arkansas jury voted him not guilty on charges of capital and first-degree murder, but deadlocked on lesser charges.”

“In Appeal To Latinas, Obama Campaign Touts Anniversary Of Sotomayor Appointment”: “Politicker” has this post.

“‘Cyberbullying’ case pushes the limits of publication bans: Our zeal for anti-bullying witch hunts threatens to protect victims at the price of public information.” Emma Teitel has this essay online today at Macleans.

“Are Republicans Bending On ‘Obamacare’?” Sahil Kapur has this report at TPM.

“A Judge’s Proposal to Curb Prosecutors’ Sentencing Power”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“The price of war, well-paid”: Law professor G. Edward White had this op-ed in yesterday’s edition of The Free Lance-Star of Fredericksburg, Virginia.

The newspaper has also published an excerpt from an address delivered by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. on Memorial Day, May 30, 1895 to the graduating class of Harvard University. According to an accompanying editor’s note, the address “so impressed Theodore Roosevelt that it was a factor in his nomination of Holmes to the U.S. Supreme Court.”

“Death row inmate’s appeal puts Santa Clara County prosecution team on trial”: Howard Mintz has this article today in The San Jose Mercury News.

“Adam Liptak spoke about Supreme Court decisions remaining for the current term, including two highly publicized cases dealing with the Affordable Care Act and the Arizona immigration law.” Adam Liptak appeared on Sunday morning’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal.” You can watch the video online, on-demand by clicking here.

“A Brief for Justice Kennedy”: Columnist Bill Keller will have this op-ed Monday in The New York Times.

“Lawmakers fought court rulings this year”: This article appears today in The Baltimore Sun.

“Justices’ summer plans point to late June finish”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Tennessee judges’ dads were in same POW camp”: This article appears today in The Knoxville News Sentinel.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Spying on the American public.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“State-based insurance marketplaces hang in balance of Supreme Court health-care ruling”: This article will appear Sunday in The Washington Post.

“Know-It-Alls Who Say Nothing: A SCOTUS clerk never tells.” At New York magazine’s web site, Jason Zengerle has an essay that begins, “On Thursday evenings when the Supreme Court is in session, its clerks host one of the world’s most rarefied happy hours, gathering for drinks in the building’s cafeteria, or, when the weather’s nice, in one of the Court’s four magisterial courtyards.”

“Can State Laws Cohabit With Citizens United?” Lincoln Caplan will have this essay in the Sunday Review section of Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“High court: No immunity in case of 15-year-old killed by prop gun used in school play.” Today’s edition of The Deseret News contains an article that begins, “The Utah Supreme Court ruled Friday that a federal lawsuit brought by the family of a boy who was killed while handling a blank-firing prop pistol before a school play can proceed.”

And The Salt Lake Tribune reports today that “Supreme Court paves way for ‘prop gun’ lawsuit to move forward; Family of a boy killed during a school production has filed a lawsuit in federal court.”

You can access yesterday’s 3-to-2 ruling of the Supreme Court of Utah at this link.

“You Can’t Always Choose Your Talents: William Rehnquist, The Novelist.” Law professor Kyle Graham has this post at his blog, “noncuratlex.com.”

Other recent posts of interest at that blog from earlier this month are titled:

“From the Library of Congress: Warren Burger Gives Some Advice to Harry Blackmun; William Rehnquist Says Blackmun is a ‘Meh’ Writer“;

“From the Reagan Library: Robert Bork Seriously Just Can’t Buy a Break“;

“From the Reagan Library: Questions for President Reagan to Ask Prospective Nominees Rehnquist and Scalia (1986)“;

“From the Reagan Library: The Details of the O’Connor Nomination (1981)“;

“From the Reagan Library: Anthony Kennedy’s Unknown ‘Philosophical Moorings’ (1986)“;

“From the Reagan Library: John Roberts and ‘Legislative Masochism’ (1983)“;

“From the Reagan Library: Pat Buchanan Touts Scalia (1985) + Scalia, the Consensus Builder (1986).”

Via tweet from “Above the Law.”

“California refuses to return execution drug to FDA”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

And The Associated Press reports that “Calif. defies order to turn over execution drug.”

“Batavia woman can’t be sued for fake online relationship”: Today’s edition of The Kane County Chronicle contains an article that begins, “An Illinois Supreme Court ruling this week will not allow a California woman to sue a Batavia woman for deceiving her in an 18-month online relationship.”

Today’s edition of The Chicago Sun-Times contains an article headlined “Online hoax leads to one conclusion: People are weird.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Chicago-area woman can’t be sued over fake personas.”

You can access Thursday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Illinois at this link.

“Gay marriage: Judge overturns DOMA, stepping up pressure on Supreme Court.” The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

My earlier coverage of Thursday’s ruling appears at this link.

“Supreme cuz mugged in Bx.” The New York Post has a report that begins, “The cousin of US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was mugged in The Bronx by two thugs who took her iPhone, a police source said yesterday.”

“Liberals put the squeeze to Justice Roberts”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“After Guantanamo, Starting Anew, in Quiet Anger”: Saturday’s edition of The New York Times will contain this profile of Lakhdar Boumediene.

“Should Hate Speech Be Outlawed?” Retired Justice John Paul Stevens has this review of the book “The Harm in Hate Speech” by law professor Jeremy Waldron in the June 7, 2012 issue of The New York Review of Books.