“For Michael ‘Mookie’ Moss, case against Secret Service is matter of free speech”: Robert Barnes will have this new installment of his “The High Court” column in Monday’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Son says Fred Phelps Sr. of Westboro Baptist Church is near death”: The Kansas City Star has this news update.

And The Topeka Capital-Journal has a news update headlined “WBC spokesman declines to say whether church founder has been excommunicated; WBC spokesman: church doesn’t have a designated leader of church, adding WBC doesn’t operate that way.”

“Is The Supreme Court About To Rule That Software Is Ineligible For Patent Protection?” Law professor Tim Holbrook has this essay online at Forbes.

“Supreme Court nominee questioned but no major new revelations”: Hawaii News Now has this report.

And Honolulu Civil Beat reports that “Hawaii Senate Committee Finds No Reason to Reject Supreme Court Nominee.”

“Virginia sterilization victims still waiting for justice”: Today’s edition of The News & Advance of Lynchburg, Virginia contains this front page article.

“Supreme Court To Rule on Cell Phone Privacy: Do cops need a warrant to search your cell phone when you’re under arrest?” Damon Root has this essay online at Reason.

“Religious-freedom advocates turn from ballot to courtroom”: This front page article appears today in The Orange County Register.

“Much depends on Ginsburg: The 81-year-old Supreme Court justice should retire this summer to ensure Obama can choose a like-minded successor.” Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.