“Sept. 11 Defendants Cooperate With Judge as Case Resumes”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this news update.

And Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has a news update headlined “9/11 accused cooperative at Guantanamo war court, earn right to skip hearings.”

“Retired Justice Stevens Addresses Gun Rights Cases”: C-SPAN has posted online the video at this link.

“Is the Supreme Court About To Swing Another Presidential Election? If the court cuts early voting in Ohio, it could be a difference maker in the Buckeye State.” Richard L. Hasen, author of the “Election Law Blog,” has this essay online at Slate.

“9/11 accused back at Guantanamo war court”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this news update.

“New Jersey Case May Upend Home Loan Discrimination Rules”: Carter Dougherty, Greg Stohr, and Terrence Dopp of Bloomberg News have this report.

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: You can access today’s Order List at this link. The Court granted review in one case.

Update: In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Court will hear Ariz. case on voter registration.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court to rule on AZ voting law.”

“‘The Oath’ by Jeffrey Toobin and ‘America’s Unwritten Constitution’ by Akhil Reed Amar”: This weekend in The Boston Globe, Mickey Edwards had a book review that begins, “When Ronald Reagan nominated federal Judge Robert Bork to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court in 1987, my first reaction was generally positive: I was a Republican congressman, had a good relationship with Reagan (having been director of policy task forces for his 1980 presidential campaign), and was inclined to accept the president’s choice.”

“9/11 hearings to focus on secrecy, transparency; When pretrial hearings resume for those accused of planning the 9/11 attacks, a key issue is whether there will be any public testimony about their time in secret CIA detention”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Sept. 11 trial rules under scrutiny at Guantanamo.”

“Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action could affect Princeton”: This article appears today in The Daily Princetonian.

And today’s edition of The Harvard Crimson contains an article headlined “Students Discuss Affirmative Action Case.”

“Luck, Wealth, and Implications for Policy”: Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner had this post yesterday at “The Becker-Posner Blog.”

“Until Justice Is Served”: In the Sunday Review section of yesterday’s edition of The New York Times, filmmaker Errol Morris had an op-ed that begins, “The defendant, Jeffrey MacDonald, is 68 years old. ”

“Rethinking Affirmative Action”: In the Sunday Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times, David Leonhardt has this “Capital Ideas” essay.

“The judicial jihad against the regulatory state”: Business columnist Steven Pearlstein of The Washington Post has this essay today in that newspaper.

“Arlen Specter, 82, Dies; Former Senator From Pennsylvania”: The New York Times has posted online an obituary that begins, “Arlen Specter, the irascible senator from Pennsylvania who was at the center of many of the Senate’s most divisive legal battles — from the Supreme Court nominations of Robert H. Bork and Clarence Thomas to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton — only to lose his seat in 2010 after quitting the Republican Party to become a Democrat, died Sunday morning at his home in Philadelphia. He was 82.”

“Juvenile Killers and Life Terms: a Case in Point.” Ethan Bronner has this front page article today in The New York Times.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Will voter ID fight determine the election?” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Boy conceived after father’s death not entitled to Social Security, court rules”: Emiley Morgan had this article today in The Deseret News.

And in today’s edition of The Salt Lake Tribune, Brooke Adams has an article headlined “No proof man wanted to be dad, justices say; Decisions are based on state laws that vary across the country.”

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

“NJ asks Supreme Court to hear gift card case”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “New Jersey has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case that could help the government claim at least $15 million a year in unspent gift card revenue from retailers to help balance the state budget.”

“Judge sets trial date for suspended Pa. SC Justice Orie Melvin”: Legal Newsline has a report that begins, “A Pennsylvania judge has set a trial start date in the case of suspended state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin.”

“N.J. appeals court upholds dismissal of ex-girlfriend’s lawsuit against Nets CEO”: Today’s edition of The Record of Bergen County, New Jersey contains an article that begins, “A Bergen County judge was right in dismissing a lawsuit by an Upper Saddle River woman who claimed that Nets CEO Brett Yormark deceived her into having an abortion, a state appeals court ruled Friday.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “NJ court: woman can’t sue Nets CEO after abortion.”

You can access yesterday’s unpublished ruling of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, at this link.

“Supreme Court notebook: Justices as campaign issue.” Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has an article that begins, “A closely divided Supreme Court. Four justices in their 70s. Presidential candidates with dramatically different views of the ideal high court nominee.”

“Florida Supreme Court justice calls politics a threat to legal system”: This article will appear Saturday in The Tampa Bay Times.

The Daytona Beach News-Journal has an update headlined “Bench challenge: High court justice tours state trying to keep job.”

And The Palm Beach Post has a news update headlined “Florida Supreme Court retention race unusually stressful, costly this election.”

“Sanders, McCloud face off for Supreme Court”: The Associated Press has this report from Seattle.

“Bookmarks: Jeffrey Toobin talks Supreme Court politics at Portland Arts & Lectures.” This article appears today in The Oregonian.

“Alaska high court says private emails OK for state business”: Reuters has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Alaska court says public business on private email still public.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Alaska at this link.

“Brewer appoints Republican to state Supreme Court”: The Arizona Republic has a news update that begins, “Gov. Jan Brewer has appointed Court of Appeals Judge Ann Scott Timmer to the Arizona Supreme Court. Timmer, 52 and a Republican, will fill the seat left vacant when Justice Andrew Hurwitz was appointed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this year.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Brewer court pick wrote 2003 ruling on marriage.”

“Supreme Court candidates struggle with each other, lack of voter interest”: This article appears today in The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina.

“Federal Circuit picks two smartphone winners: Samsung and Posner.” Dan Levine has this report today at Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight.

“Appeals court to consider DEA classification of marijuana”: Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has this report.

“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.”