“Cheshire Killer Seeks Execution”: Alaine Griffin of The Hartford Courant has this news update.

“When FOIA and the Commerce Clause collide”: Erin Geiger Smith has this report today at Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight.

“Do all patent-related malpractice suits belong in federal court?” Earlier this week, Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight had this report.

In today’s mail: A copy of “Obamacare on Trial,” by law professor Einer Elhauge.

“Dear Justice Kennedy: Your Daughter Was My College Roommate; An open letter to a Supreme Court justice who may change the future of affirmative action.” Susan Stellin has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Appeals court reverses sales ban on Samsung smartphone”: Reuters has this early report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued today in Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co.

Update: In other coverage, Bloomberg News reports that “Samsung Can Sell Galaxy Nexus During Appeal, Court Rules.”

“Justices Clash on Affirmative Action”: Jess Bravin has this article today in The Wall Street Journal.

The Washington Times reports today that “Supreme Court weighs race-based college admissions in Texas case.”

The Daily Texan reports that “Controversial affirmative action court case makes its way to Supreme Court.”

Joan Biskupic of Reuters has a news analysis headlined “Justice Kennedy the key to campus affirmative action.”

The Columbia Spectator reports that “Supreme Court hears arguments in affirmative action case; If the Court rules that affirmative action is unconstitutional–a real possibility, considering its composition–the decision would take effect immediately at Columbia and other institutions.”

Online at The New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin has a blog post titled “At the Supreme Court, a Timid Defense.”

At Politico.com, Josh Gerstein has a blog post titled “Alito speaks up for Asian Americans.”

And at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center, Lyle Denniston has a post titled “A looming threat to affirmative action.”