“Indians Filing Cobell Appeals with US Supreme Court”: Indian Country Today has this report, along with an article headlined “Inside Kimberly Craven’s Cobell Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court.”

“Fate of Pennsylvania’s voter ID law rests in the hands of 6 state Supreme Court justices”: This article appears today in The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

“State says it can’t reduce inmate total”: Bob Egelko has a news update that begins, “California officials, under U.S. Supreme Court orders to lower the population of its crowded prisons by 33,000 to bring a shoddy health care system up to constitutional standards, say they can’t comply and shouldn’t have to.”

“Iowa judge likely to avoid politics despite pressure”: Today’s edition of The Quad-City Times of Davenport, Iowa contains an article that begins, “Despite two groups actively seeking his ouster from Iowa’s highest court, Justice David Wiggins seems content to let others pick up his political fight.”

“Pa. lawyers pay judges travel costs; Most justices accepted money from attorneys to attend conferences, records show”: This article appears today in The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

In addition, The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has posted online short profiles of each of the seven Justices on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. You can access the profiles here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

“Leaks at the Supreme Court: It would be an ethical violation for a law clerk to divulge court secrets to the press, even at the behest of a justice.” Todd C. Peppers will have this essay in Monday’s edition of The National Law Journal.

“Kentucky can continue crediting God for homeland security”: Today’s edition of The Louisville Courier-Journal contains an article that begins, “The Kentucky Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to a state law mandating that the commonwealth give credit to Almighty God for its homeland security.”

“How the Supreme Court Came to Embrace Strip Searches for Trivial Offenses”: Law professor Herman Schwartz has this article online at The Nation.

“Many question life sentences for juveniles”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Getting fired for a Facebook ‘like.'” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.