“Police use of DNA samples at issue in Supreme Court case”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Argument recap: Does crime-solving trump privacy?”

“The Roberts Court vs. Voting Rights”: Law professor David Cole has this blog post online today at The New York Review of Books.

“Influential Republicans Champion Same Sex Marriage”: Sahil Kapur has this report at TPM DC.

Update: In other coverage, Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has a report headlined “Proposition 8 case: Conservatives line up against gay marriage ban in U.S. Supreme Court.”

“Circuit Blocks Sea Shepherd Anti-Whaling Actions”: Pamela A. MacLean has this post at her “Trial Insider” blog reporting a decision, and a partial dissent from the decision, that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued late yesterday.

Update: In other coverage, The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Anti-whaling protesters are ‘pirates.’”

“Circuit Reconsiders Muzzling Defense Closings”: Pamela A. MacLean has this post at her “Trial Insider” blog reporting on an order granting rehearing en banc that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Racial Prejudice at Trial? Sorry, Can’t Help, Says Supreme Court; Justice Sotomayor blasts a federal prosecutor for racially charged comments during a trial; But for the one person most affected by his slurs — the defendant — there’s no relief in sight.” Andrew Cohen has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Court takes up question of arrestee DNA sampling”: Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press has this report.

Update: You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Maryland v. King, No. 12-207.

“DOMA plaintiff’s brief filed”: “SCOTUSblog” has this post. The brief itself can be accessed here.

“Federal court rejects Florida’s welfare drug-testing appeal”: The Miami Herald has this blog post.

And The Associated Press reports that “Temporary ban on Fla. welfare drug testing upheld.”

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

In the March 2013 issue of ABA Journal magazine: Mark Walsh has articles headlined “Justices will probe Arizona’s voter registration law” and “Fifty years after Gideon, lawyers still struggle to provide counsel to the indigent.”

Terry Carter’s cover story is headlined “Meet the man who would save Guantanamo.”

Anna Stolley Persky has an article headlined “District attorneys are declining to defend controversial state and federal laws.”

And this month’s installment of Bryan A. Garner’s “On Words” column is headlined “Why lawyers can’t write.”

“Judge lifts order sealing Tucson shooting records”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A judge has lifted his order that prevented the release of investigation records in the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords two years ago.”

“Supreme Court blocks challenge to anti-terrorism law”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this news update.

Adam Liptak of The New York Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Surveillance Law.”

And Politico.com reports that “Supreme Court dismisses surveillance case.”

“Obama May Bolster Gay-Marriage Bid in California Case”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

Second Circuit holds that federal law does not preempt a New York City ordinance governing the sale of flavored smokeless tobacco products: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

“Ted Cruz Doubles Down On Idiotic, Incorrect Statement About Harvard Law School”: Elie Mystal has this post at “Above the Law.”

“Enraged by abusive lawsuits, anonymous troll slayers fight back; Growing community of online activists is making life difficult for porn trolls”: Timothy B. Lee has this article online today at Ars Technica.

“EU judges to hear arguments in Google test privacy case”: Reuters has a report that begins, “Google will do battle with Spain’s data protection authority in Europe’s highest court on Tuesday in a landmark case with global implications which poses one of the thorniest questions of the Internet age: When is information really private?”

“Appointment of The Right Honourable Lord Justice Toulson, The Right Honourable Lord Justice Hughes and Lord Hodge as Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom”: The British Prime Minister’s Office issued this news release today.

Thereafter, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom issued a news release titled “Trio of judicial appointments to the Supreme Court.”

“Constitution Check: Would a ‘drone court’ be unconstitutional?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Access online today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued two rulings in argued cases.

1. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court in Clapper v. Amnesty International USA, No. 11-1025. Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. And Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court in Marx v. General Revenue Corp., No. 11-1175. Justice Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Kagan joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Court won’t allow challenge to surveillance law.”

And Lawrence Hurley and Jonathan Stempel of Reuters report that “Supreme Court throws out challenge to surveillance law.”

“Wisconsin is next Wal-Mart battleground”: Carlyn Kolker of Reuters has this report.

“Preview: U.S. Supreme Court revisits scope of arbitration agreements.” Andrew Longstreth of Reuters has this report.

“Warren wins court battle over holiday display”: The Detroit Free Press contains this article today.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Sixth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

Update: In other coverage, at Politico.com, Tal Kopan has a blog post titled “Court upholds town holiday display, rejection of anti-religious message.”

“Republicans Sign Brief in Support of Gay Marriage”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“Argument preview: The Court’s options on voting rights.” Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Supreme Court Considers If Warrantless DNA Swab Violates Constitution”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “DNA a civil rights issue in Supreme Court case.”

Ariane De Vogue of ABC News has a report headlined “Arrestee DNA and Rape: One Prosecutor’s Story Arrives at Supreme Court.”

The Daily Times of Salisbury, Maryland reports today that “Supreme Court to hear first Wicomico Case in a century; DNA matches 2003 rape case.”

And Bill Mears of CNN.com has a report headlined “Privacy vs. prosecution: DNA testing gets high court review.”

“Two rulings that benefited a powerful few”: Columnist Farah Stockman has this op-ed today in The Boston Globe.

“Supreme Court set to update legal definition of hate-speech in first ruling of Internet age”: The National Post has an article that begins, “Canada’s controversial 20-year-old legal definition of hatred is set to be updated or even overturned on Wednesday, as the Supreme Court of Canada rules in the case of William Whatcott, a born-again anti-gay pamphleteer who ran afoul of Saskatchewan’s Human Rights Code.”

“Lesson with merit: Orie Melvin case has a bigger point for lawmakers.” This editorial appears today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

And today’s edition of The Times-Tribune of Scranton, Pennsylvania contains an editorial entitled “Orie Melvin should resign.”

“NJ’s highest court to hear ‘joking judge’ appeal”: The Associated Press has this report.

And yesterday’s edition of The Record of Bergen County, New Jersey contained an article headlined “Ethics panel says South Hackensack judge can’t be stand-up comic; court to rule.”

“Robert E. Bacharach confirmed as federal appeals court judge; The Oklahoma City magistrate judge’s confirmation was delayed by politics for nearly nine months before he was unanimously approved by U.S. Senate”: Chris Casteel has this article today in The Oklahoman.

And The Norman Transcript reports today that “Senate confirms OU grad to post.”

“Edward Blum defies odds in getting cases to Supreme Court”: This article will appear Tuesday in The Washington Post.

“The Tortuous, Protracted Wait to Confirm Judges — From Abe to Obama: The Senate confirmed Robert Bacharach as a U.S. circuit judge Monday after 399 days in limbo; In Lincoln’s day, it often took less than 10 days.” Russell Wheeler has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Sotomayor chides prosecutor for ‘racially charged’ question”: Robert Barnes will have this article Tuesday in The Washington Post.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Justice Sotomayor criticizes prosecutor for racial remark.”

The San Antonio Express-News reports that “Supreme Court justices rip S.A. prosecutor.”

Bill Mears of CNN.com has a blog post titled “Sotomayor slams controversial remarks by prosecutor.”

At Politico.com, Tal Kopan has a blog post titled “Sotomayor slams prosecutor’s racial remarks.”

And The Hill has a blog post titled “Justice Sotomayor reprimands federal prosecutor for racial remark.”

“Justices Hear Arguments on Missed Deadline in Murder Case”: Adam Liptak will have this article Tuesday in The New York Times.