Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court posted today’s Order List at this link. The Court today granted review in two new cases.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “High court to hear appeal about California raisins.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court to rule on raisin payments.”

“Can the Senate Be Saved?” Jeffrey Toobin has this filibuster-related blog post online at The New Yorker.

“Will U.S. Try To Snuff Out State Marijuana Laws?” This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“Appeals court hears arguments over worship in NY public schools”: Reuters has this report.

“Federal agents hunt former prosecutor, child porn convict who slipped monitoring bracelet; James Cameron, 50, of Rome, formerly of Hallowell, apparently removed the electronic device on Thursday, hours after a Boston court hearing that vacated 6 of 13 convictions against him”: This article appears today in The Kennebec Journal, along with a related article headlined “Monitor bracelet cutting easy to do, but rare, US Marshals say.”

My earlier coverage of the First Circuit’s recent ruling in this case can be accessed here.

“Mass. not moving quickly to address the fate of juvenile killers; State seeks new policy on life sentences; youths must get chance of parole”: The Boston Globe has this report from the New England Center for Investigative Reporting.

“Gay marriage takes next steps”: Politico.com has this report.

“Case Pits Technology-Based Police Search Against Citizens’ Rights”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“Grapes (and raisins) of wrath: Supreme Court may hear farm program cases.” Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has this report.

“Justice Alito, Citizens United and the Press”: This editorial will appear Tuesday in The New York Times.

“Judicial nominees sitting on sidelines; 19 vacancies have OK of Senate committee”: The Washington Times has this report.

“Senator-elect Cruz Paints Sharp Contrast Between Parties at Federalist Society”: Matthew Huisman has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Has the South Risen Above Racist Voting Laws? What the Voting Rights Act means today.” Emily Bazelon has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

And in related news coverage, The Arizona Republic reports that “Ariz. seeks Supreme Court relief on Voting Rights Act; Ala. case may help state shed federal scrutiny.”

“In D.C. Circuit, Judge Calls Use of Acronyms ‘Painful'”: Mike Scarcella has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Court sympathetic to NRC over post-Fukushima reactor licensing”: Lawrence Hurley and Hannah Northey of Greenwire have this report.

“4th Circuit shedding conservative reputation”: Frank Green has this article today in The Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Columnist for The (Newark) Star-Ledger writes that “If you’re looking for serious debates about cutting-edge legal issues, then you’ve got to bookmark the Volokh Conspiracy.” That statement appears at the start of columnist Paul Mulshine’s essay entitled “Are corporations persons? Ask the New York Times.”

“Judicial Elections, Unhinged”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains this editorial, along with an editorial entitled “Class-Based vs. Race-Based Admissions.”

“Ruling Soon on Isolation of Inmates With H.I.V.” This article appears today in The New York Times.

“At Federalist Society, Scalia Says He Doesn’t ‘Live or Die’ for Bill of Rights Cases”: Zoe Tillman has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Eureka College to honor former Supreme Court Justice O’Connor”: The Bloomington (Ill.) Pantagraph has this report.

“Cal prosecutors seek to jump start death penalty”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Fixing Law Reviews”: John G. Browning has this essay online today at Inside Higher Ed.

“Passion for social justice leads Bridget McCormack to Michigan Supreme Court; McCormack rises from humble roots, faces conservative majority on panel”: The Detroit News has this report (link fixed).

“Atheists ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear case on ‘God’ in Kentucky law”: This article appears today in The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky.

“Supreme Court justices as after-dinner speakers”: Michael McGough has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“The Supreme Court and the Obama Administration: Jeffrey Toobin with Alan Dershowitz.” This past Friday evening, the 92nd Street Y hosted this event. You can view the video of that very interesting conversation online, on-demand by clicking here.

“Video and Recap: Randy Barnett, Neil Katyal, & Paul Clement on Federalist Society Panel on Obamacare.” “Josh Blackman’s Blog” has this post.

And “FedSoc Blog” has a post titled “Scalia Talk Concludes FedSoc’s 2012 National Lawyers Convention.”

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Gutting the Civil Rights Act?” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Supreme Court notebook: Alito takes on critics.” Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Michigan schools weigh affirmative action ruling”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Beth Jay, Principal Attorney to 3 Chief Justices, to Retire”: Scott Graham has this post at the “Legal Pad” blog of The Recorder.

“Ten Commandments monument is installed at Oklahoma state Capitol; The Ten Commandments monument is near the north entrance of the Oklahoma state Capitol; Private money paid for the cost of the monument and developing its base”: The Oklahoman today contains an article that begins, “A Ten Commandments monument is up on the grounds of the state Capitol, but it didn’t pass spell check.”

The Tulsa World reports today that “Ten Commandments monument installed at Capitol.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Lawsuits possible over Oklahoma state Capitol Ten Commandments monument.”

“Boyce ’12 selected as 2013 Bristow Fellow in U.S. Department of Justice”: Duke Law News has a report that begins, “Sarah Boyce ’12 has been awarded a one-year Bristow Fellowship in the U.S. Department of Justice following the completion of her current clerkship with Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.” An earlier Duke Law News item about Sarah can be accessed here.

“The judicial vacancy crisis”: Law professor Carl Tobias has this essay today at Politico.com.