“Voting Rights Act faces key test in Supreme Court; The Supreme Court will decide whether to strike a key part of the Voting Rights Act, which conservatives say is outdated and unfair to the South”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

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

1. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Florida v. Harris, No. 11-817. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in FTC v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc., No. 11-1160. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court in Bailey v. United States, No. 11-770. Justice Antonin Scalia issued a concurring opinion, in which Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Kagan joined. And Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

4. And Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Chafin v. Chafin, No. 11-1347. Justice Ginsburg issued a concurring opinion, in which Justices Scalia and Breyer joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “Court says police don’t have to prove dog training“; “High court limits detention powers in searches“; “High court rules against Georgia hospital merger“; and “Court: US custody case not moot with child abroad.”

From Reuters, Jonathan Stempel reports that “Supreme Court upholds police ‘dog sniff’ of truck.” Lawrence Hurley and Jonathan Stempel report that “Top court rules for Army father in custody battle.” And David Ingram reports that “Top court rules antitrust laws apply to hospital authority.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Police Dog Alert Justifies Search of Car, High Court Says.”

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has posted today’s Order List at this link. The Court granted certiorari in one case and noted probable jurisdiction in a direct appeal. In addition, the Court requested the views of the Solicitor General in one case.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Court will hear campaign donation limits appeal” and “High court rejects rapper C-Murder’s appeal.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court to hear workers’ claims vs U.S. Steel” and “High court to consider campaign contribution limits.” In addition, Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court won’t hear ex-Illinois Gov. George Ryan’s appeal.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Court Rejects LensCrafters on California Eye-Exam Rules.” And Greg Stohr and Jonathan D. Salant report that “Supreme Court to Review Aggregate Campaign Donation Limit.”

“Muskegon County juvenile lifer Amy Black seeks overturn of no-parole sentence”: The Muskegon Chronicle has this report.

“British soldiers protected under human rights law, supreme court told; Families challenging ruling that soldiers conducting operations outside their base are not covered by convention”: The Guardian (UK) has an article that begins, “British soldiers have the right, enshrined in European human rights law, to expect the government to take all reasonable steps to prevent them getting killed, the supreme court heard on Monday, in a case with profound implications for military commanders and their conduct of future operations.”

“Decades after early battles, attorney tracks new challenge to voting act”: This article appears today in The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi.

“Famed attorney talks LGBT rights”: The Daily Athenaeum, the student newspaper of West Virginia University, has an article that begins, “Yesterday evening at the West Virginia University College of Law, famed Supreme Court Attorney Paul M. Smith spoke about his experiences with LGBT law in the United States.”

“Cameras in Courtrooms”: Mike Dorf has this post today at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“Prisoner’s Handwritten Petition Prompts Justices To Weigh Government Immunity”: This audio segment featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“Judicial merit selection is the wrong choice for Pennsylvania”: Dan Pero has this op-ed today in The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

And today in The Badger Herald, a student newspaper of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Aaron Loudenslager has an op-ed titled “Elections undermine judicial system.”

“Execution of ‘mentally retarded’ Warren Hill still set for Tuesday”: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this news update.

“Proposition 8 case: Judge who struck down California’s gay marriage ban speaks out.” Howard Mintz will have this article Tuesday in The San Jose Mercury News.

“Roberts to mark 10th anniversary of Jackson Center”: The Buffalo News has a report that begins, “Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., a Buffalo native, will travel to Jamestown in May to speak at the Robert H. Jackson Center, which honors another Supreme Court justice with Western New York roots.”

“Argument preview: Stakes are high in dispute over rights to genetically modified seeds.” Law professor Ronald Mann has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

And in Tuesday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, George Kimbrell and Debbie Barker will have an op-ed titled “Monsanto, the court and the seeds of dissent: Should Monsanto, or any corporation, have rights to a self-replicating natural product?”

“Ronald Dworkin: A Tribute from the Other Side of the Political Spectrum.” Law professor Richard Epstein has this post at Ricochet.

One man’s story of do-it-yourself U.S. Supreme Court brief printing: Aaron Greenspan has this blog post (via “Above the Law“).

“No, Aaron Swartz Was Not Charged With Violating JSTOR’s Terms of Service”: Orin Kerr has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

And as noted in this news release posted by Harvard Law School, tomorrow at 5 p.m. eastern time “Lawrence Lessig will mark his appointment as Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School with a lecture honoring the memory and work of Aaron Swartz, the programmer and activist who took his own life on Jan. 11, 2013 at the age of 26.” When the lecture gets underway tomorrow, a live webcast will be available online via this link.

“New D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Dreading the Sequester”: Michelle Olsen has this guest post today at “Above the Law.”

“As More Courts Allow Video, Justices Dig In Heels”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Aaron Swartz May Have Violated JSTOR’s Terms of Service. Should That Be a Crime?” Justin Peters has this blog post online at Slate.

“After 15 years in solitary, convicted terrorist pleads for contact with others; Ramzi Yousef, convicted in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, asks a judge to move him into a more open prison environment; Some agree his treatment is unconstitutional”: Richard A. Serrano had this article yesterday in The Los Angeles Times.

“Hints Of Progress After Investigation At Guantanamo Court”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“Remembering Ronald Dworkin”: Law professor Charles Fried has this essay online today at The New Republic.

“High-stakes fight over soybeans at high court”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Ronald Dworkin: A Eulogy.” Law professor Jim Fleming had this blog post yesterday at “Balkinization.”

“Inside The Supreme Court: A look inside the Supreme Court, a storied and influential institution.” Today’s broadcast of “The Kojo Nnamdi Show” from American University Radio will feature Adam Liptak and Joan Biskupic as guests. You can listen live beginning at 12:06 p.m. eastern time today by clicking here to launch the live audio feed.

“How Westboro Baptist Church Accidentally Raised $75,000 for LGBT Youth: The hate-spewing church works against itself by inciting college students.” Camille Beredjick has this article online at In These Times.

“Farmer’s Fight With Monsanto Reaches The Supreme Court”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

And at Time magazine’s web site, Adam Cohen has an essay titled “Is It A Crime to Plant A Seed?”

“Hawaii should walk away from Steven Tyler Act”: Online at USA Today, Josh Blackman and Ilya Shapiro have an essay that begins, “In a brazen giveaway to celebrities who like to like to vacation on its pristine beaches, Hawaii is about to bid a sorry aloha to the First Amendment.”

“A Critical Look at the ‘Critical Mass’ Argument”: Online at The Chronicle of Higher Education, law professor Dawinder S. Sidhu has an essay that begins, “The Supreme Court’s pending ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin is expected to largely decide how or even whether affirmative action can be used in college admissions.”

“Assault, Battery and Government Liability”: This editorial appears today in The New York Times.

“Argument preview: How open are public records?” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Voting Rights Act Is Challenged as Cure the South Has Outgrown”: Adam Liptak will have this article Monday in The New York Times.

“Guantanamo trials plunged into deeper discord as confidence in court wanes; Revelations in pre-trial hearings further undermine US military court as defence lawyers paint legal proceedings as illegitimate”: The Guardian (UK) has this report.

“Maker’s Mark backtracks on plan to water down its bourbon”: The Louisville Courier-Journal has this news update.