“US high court taking American Indian adoption case”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Justices getting ready to handcuff police?” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway charged with bank fraud over Fla. real estate deal”: The Detroit Free Press has this news update.

And The Detroit News has an update headlined “Hathaway expected to plead guilty to bank fraud.”

“For President and Chief Justice, Another Chance to Get It Right”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Michigan Supreme Court justice charged with fraud”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway has been charged with bank fraud just a few days before quitting the state’s highest court. The charge was filed Friday and titled as a criminal ‘information,’ which means a guilty plea is expected.”

“Aaron Swartz suicide has U.S. lawmakers scrutinizing prosecutors”: The Los Angeles Times has this report. Yesterday’s newspaper contained an editorial entitled “Aaron Swartz and the law: The Internet activist’s suicide may prod Congress to narrow the scope of two laws that federal prosecutors were using against him.” In addition, Jon Healey has an essay titled “The pushback against Aaron Swartz misses the point.”

The Hill has a blog post titled “Democrat warns revamp of hacking law could take ‘a very long time.’”

At The Huffington Post, Zach Carter has an article headlined “John Cornyn Criticizes Eric Holder Over Aaron Swartz’s Death.” And law professor Bennett L. Gershman has an essay titled “Was Aaron Swartz a Victim of Prosecutorial Overkill?”

Jason Leopold of Truthout has an article headlined “Aaron Swartz’s FOIA Requests Shed Light on His Struggle.”

Andrew F. Sellars of the Citizen Media Law Project has a blog post titled “The Impact of ‘Aaron’s Law’ on Aaron Swartz’s Case.”

Online at Reuters, Jocelyn Sze has an essay titled “After Aaron Swartz.”

Columnist Froma Harrop of The Providence (R.I.) Journal has an essay titled “Aaron Swartz was accused of real crimes.”

And at his “noncuratlex.com” blog, Kyle Graham has a post titled “Some Thoughts on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.”

“What Will That Feisty SCOTUS Do Next? Journalist Linda Greenhouse Assesses the Trajectory of the Roberts-Era Supreme Court.” Zocalo Public Square has posted online the video of a discussion between law professor Henry Weinstein, formerly of The Los Angeles Times, and Linda Greenhouse.

“Military Prosecutor to Keep Conspiracy Charge in 9/11 Case”: Charlie Savage has this article today in The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Miami Herald, Carol Rosenberg reports that “Pentagon, prosecution disagree on dropping 9/11 conspiracy charge; Rebuffed by a senior Pentagon official, who’s taking a wait-and-see approach, the 9/11 prosecutor wants a judge to scratch a conspiracy charge from the death-penalty case.”

And Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “U.S. Won’t Appeal Ruling for Bin Laden’s Driver.”

“The Prosecution of Aaron: A Response to Orin Kerr.” Law professor James Boyle has this post at his blog. You can also access it via The Huffington Post. I will post additional news coverage and commentary on this subject later today.

“The Making of a Justice”: Emily Bazelon will have this review of Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s book, “My Beloved World,” in the Sunday Book Review section of tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times.

And on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Saturday,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “For Justice Sotomayor, Books Unlocked Imagination.”

“Judge in Orie Melvin case grants prosecution requests”: Today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette contains a newsbrief that begins, “The judge presiding over the trial of suspended state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin granted a number of prosecution requests Friday for the case, which is scheduled to begin Wednesday with jury selection.”

“U.S. Supreme Court will reconsider case of woman who tried to poison romantic rival”: Robert Barnes has this article today in The Washington Post.

“Sotomayor scheduling conflict leads to Biden’s early swearing-in”: David G. Savage and Michael A. Memoli of The Los Angeles Times have this report.

“Pentagon slaps down Guantanamo prosecutor”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post.

And The Associated Press reports that “Charges stay for now in Sept. 11 at Guantanamo.”

“The Death of Aaron Swartz”: Peter Singer and Agata Sagan have this post today at the blog of The New York Review of Books.

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

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “High court may block Stanford investor lawsuits” and “High court to hear appeal in case of jilted woman.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Stanford Suits Get Court Review in Securities-Fraud Test.”

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

Now you, too, can hear and try to make sense of Justice Clarence Thomas’s words spoken earlier this week at a U.S. Supreme Court oral argument: The Court today has posted online at this link the audio of Monday’s oral argument in Boyer v. Louisiana, No. 11-9953. Justice Thomas can be heard saying “He did not” shortly after the 41-minute mark.

“Cornyn Questions Holder Over Death of Reddit Co-Founder Aaron Swartz”: U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) issued this news release today. You can access Senator Cornyn’s letter to Attorney General Eric Holder at this link.

Seventh Circuit overturns that portion of a federal district court’s ruling holding that parts of Wisconsin’s Act 10, regulating collective bargaining for public employees, are unconstitutional: You can access today’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

Previously, Bruce Vielmetti and Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on the district court’s ruling in an article headlined “Federal court strikes down parts of union law.”

Update: In early news coverage of today’s ruling, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a blog post titled “Federal court of appeals upholds Gov. Walker’s union law.”

The Wisconsin State Journal has a news update headlined “Appeals court reverses federal judge’s decision, upholds collective bargaining law in its entirety.”

The Associated Press reports that “Federal appeals court upholds Wis. union limits.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Wisconsin Union Law Backed by Walker Upheld by U.S. Court.”

Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “Appeals court upholds controversial Wisconsin union law.”

And at the “School Law” blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has a post titled “Federal Appeals Court Upholds Wisconsin Law Curbing Public Unions.”

“After Losing Injunction Bid, Apple Tries to Leapfrog Panel Review”: Vanessa Blum of The Recorder has this report.

“Meet the College Senior Who Helped Expose the Manti Te’o Hoax; Veteran scribes, eat your hearts out: Jack Dickey is a senior in college.” The “Boston Daily” blog of Boston magazine has this post today.

“A final, for now, Aaron Swartz post: ‘A time for silence.'” Law professor Lawrence Lessig has this blog post today.

And online at The Nation, Michelle Dean has a blog post titled “The Case of Aaron Swartz.”

Meanwhile, in news coverage, today’s edition of The Boston Herald contains an article headlined “Experts: Show of emotion won’t save career” that begins, “U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz’s teary defense of her case against Internet prodigy Aaron Swartz showed an emotional side of the embattled prosecutor, but that won’t stop foes from using the controversy as a ‘weapon’ against her if she pursues what appeared to be a burgeoning political career, one expert said.” In addition, columnist Peter Gelzinis has an essay titled “Carmen Ortiz ‘terribly upset’ by Swartz death.”

Peter Schworm and Martin Finucane of The Boston Globe report that “US Attorney Carmen Ortiz says she’s ‘terribly upset’ about computer activist’s suicide.” And columnist Kevin Cullen has an op-ed titled “Ortiz should offer answers.”

“Understanding standing: The Court’s Article III questions in the same-sex marriage cases (II).” Marty Lederman has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Patent Trial Awards Soar With Some Big Ones Cut by Judges”: Margaret Cronin Fisk of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Vibrator With 3 Balls Can’t Win EU Trademark, Court Says”: Bloomberg News has this report on a ruling that a three-judge panel of the General Court of the European Union issued today. The decision is currently available in French and German.

“Bryan takes seat on state Supreme Court”: The Greenville (Ala.) Advocate has an article that begins, “After years of working in state courts, one of Crenshaw County’s own has taken his place on the highest court in Alabama.” And a related article is headlined “Butts served as county’s first state Supreme Court Justice.”

“Guns, Democracy, and the Supreme Court”: Law professor Patricia J. Williams will have this essay in the February 4, 2013 issue of The Nation.

“Daytona lawyer on winning team as highest court rules house not a boat”: This article appears today in The Daytona Beach News-Journal.

“Black conservatives launch effort to scrap part of Voting Rights Act; Argument focuses on requirement that areas with a history of discrimination must let US government approve voting changes”: The Guardian (UK) has this report.

“Clarence Thomas’s supreme silence”: Jena McGregor has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“This is Forty: The Anniversary of Roe v. Wade.” Jill Lepore has this blog post online today at The New Yorker.

“Military Judge Rejects Defense Requests at Terror Hearings”: In today’s edition of The New York Times, Charlie Savage has an article that begins, “A military judge at the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, declined this week to rule on whether the Constitution applied to the military tribunal case involving the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.”

“Joan Rivers Wins Privacy Dispute at Appeals Court; A woman who approached the comedian and appeared briefly in her 2010 documentary didn’t have a reasonable expectation of privacy”: Eriq Gardner has this post at The Hollywood Reporter’s “Hollywood, Esq.” blog reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued today.

“Aaron Swartz’s Father: MIT Put ‘Institutional Concerns Ahead Of Compassion.'” Gerry Smith of The Huffington Post has this report.

Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “Cyber Crime and Punishment: Digital justice after Aaron Swartz’s suicide.” You can freely access the full text of the editorial via Google News.

At Ars Technica, Nate Anderson has a blog post titled “Opening arguments in the court of public opinion after Aaron Swartz’ death; You don’t have to follow tech to find lessons in the young activist’s suicide.”

And the Electronic Frontier Foundation has a blog post titled “EFF’s Initial Improvements to Aaron’s Law for Computer Crime Reform.”

“Florida high court upholds pension changes, but on narrow grounds”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

My earlier coverage of today’s Florida Supreme Court ruling appears at this link.