“Supreme Court rejects abortion-related appeal”: Bill Mears of CNN.com has this report.

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: Today’s Order List can be accessed here. The Court today granted review in four cases.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “No high court action on voting rights law” and “Court turns away appeal from death row inmate.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,”Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court grants four cases, seeks government views.”

“Surveillance Act Criticized, But Can It Be Fought?” This audio segment featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“Targeted justice says judges aren’t spurred by political agendas; Wiggins speaks at Peoples Church in Cedar Rapids”: The Gazette of Cedar Rapids, Iowa contains this article today.

“High court hears closely watched copyright case”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court to decide if it will hear Oklahoma’s ‘personhood’ dispute”: Chris Casteel has this article today in The Oklahoman.

“Supreme Court ruling nears on Shelby County challenge to Voting Rights Act; Justices could decide as soon as today whether to hear arguments in the case”: Mary Orndorff Troyan has this article today in The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser.

“New biography details Rehnquist’s complex legacy”: Bill Mears of CNN.com has this report.

“Undeterred by storm, U.S. top court sticks to schedule”: Joan Biskupic of Reuters has this report.

On today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday“: The broadcast contained audio segments entitled “Federalist Papers Mark 225 Years Of Prominence” and “Closing Courthouse Brought Moonshiners To Justice.”

“Did US go too far in its secret surveillance of citizens? Critics say the Bush-era law designed to collect foreign intelligence intrudes on the constitutionally protected privacy and free speech rights of US citizens; The US Supreme Court hears the case Monday.” Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

“Supreme Court to consider copyrights, resales”: Robert Barnes will have this article Monday in The Washington Post.

The Washington Times reports that “Kagan could sway Supreme Court decision on copyright case.”

And in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Brent Kendall and Wilawan Watcharasakwet will have an article headlined “High Court Dives Into Resale Trade.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.

“Sandra Day O’Connor broke precedent”: Steven Winn has this article online today at the web site of The San Francisco Chronicle.

“Can Neuroscience Challenge Roe V. Wade?” William Egginton has this post today at the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times.

“High court weighs new look at voting rights law”: Mark Sherman and Jay Reeves of The Associated Press have this report.

View online this evening’s broadcast of The American Law Journal, titled “Election 2012 & The Future of The Supreme Court”: You can view the entire program via YouTube by clicking here.

Appearing as guests on the program are Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal, law professors Tuan Samahon and Pammela Quinn Saunders, and me.

“Louisianians never needed protection from monks’ handiwork”: Columnist James Gill of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this essay.

“Will Supreme Court turn up its nose at dog sniffs?” Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.

“Supreme Court to determine legality of reselling iphones, cars, textbooks”: The Washington Times has this report.

And Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Supreme Court to hear arguments in case of student who resold books.”

“Groups battle over how to pick judges in Missouri”: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has this report.

“3 seats up for grabs on state’s highest civil court”: Today’s edition of The Houston Chronicle contains an article that begins, “The state Supreme Court has shaped the public schools that Texans’ children attend, the beaches they stroll and their rights as workers, but the justices’ importance is belied by the scant attention they receive at election time.”

“The ‘Ten Commandments Judge’ Wants His Seat Back”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Saturday.”

“Local author tells stories of women on Supreme Court; New book by Nichola Gutgold reveals how female Supreme Court justices have moved from ‘Obstacles to Options'”: Today’s edition of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania contains this article reporting on Nichola Gutgold’s new book, “The Rhetoric of Supreme Court Women: From Obstacles to Options.”

“Arizona Supreme Court Justice Pelander fights effort to oust him; Pelander’s rare campaign a response to ‘tea party’ anger over court ruling”: Michael Kiefer has this article today in The Arizona Republic.

“How the Supreme Court Stacked the Deck Against Economic Liberty: A federal price-fixing case highlights the judiciary’s troubling deference to government regulation.” Damon W. Root has this essay online today at Reason.

“Why Amnesty Should Lose at the Supreme Court: It’s not the job of judges to stop warrantless wiretapping.” Law professor Eric Posner has this essay online at Slate.

“The $63 billion copyright question”: At Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight, Erin Geiger Smith has a report that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday in one of the most important copyright cases in a decade, over whether works manufactured outside the United States can be resold here without the permission of the copyright owner.”

“Will Bush v. Gore Save Barack Obama? If Obama narrowly wins Ohio, he can thank Justice Scalia and the court’s conservatives.” Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this essay online at Slate.

“U.S. picks a DOMA case”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Support for end to California death penalty surges; Nearly half of registered voters still back capital punishment, but the margin has shrunk to 3 percentage points; Voters also favor easing the three-strikes law”: Maura Dolan and Jack Leonard have this front page article today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Appeals court in Chicago reinstates white supremacist’s conviction for threatening juror”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “An appellate court ruled Friday that a white supremacist solicited violence against a juror in another trial by revealing his personal details online, rejecting a lower court’s finding that the neo-Nazi’s posts were protected by the First Amendment.”

You can access today’s per curiam ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

“Reading Guide: Where Romney and Obama Stand on the Supreme Court.” Suevon Lee of ProPublica has this report.

And at TPMDC, Sahil Kapur has an article headlined “Conservative Scholars Bullish That A Romney Supreme Court Could Reverse Longstanding Liberal Jurisprudence.”

“Wells Fargo Loses Bid to Force Arbitration on Overdrafts”: Bloomberg News has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.

“U.S. court rules against Argentina over debt fix”: Jonathan Stempel and Grant McCool of Reuters have this report.

And Bloomberg News reports that “Argentina Loses U.S. Appeal of Ruling on Defaulted Bonds.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

Look who’s on TV: This Sunday’s broadcast of The American Law Journal is titled “Election 2012 & The Future of The Supreme Court.” You can view a short preview clip posted at YouTube by clicking here.

And today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer contains this preview of the broadcast.