Supreme Court conservatives appear to back student group’s exclusionary rules. Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared poised Monday to strike down a San Francisco law school’s refusal to recognize a Christian student group because it effectively prohibits gays from joining. (AP)

Court Vacates Online Student-Speech Rulings. The June rehearing of both cases will be decided by a larger panel of 13 judges. The decisions, which are likely to be appealed to the Supreme Court, will govern Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and the Virgin Islands.(Wired.com)

Nice hat! Love your piercing! SWIC student is known on campus as 'the compliment dude'. (Belleville News Democrat)

JMU newspaper photo seizure a baptism of fire for a young newshound. Six or seven officers in plain clothes were in the room, Thisdell recalled, and two or three more might have been in the hallway. Prosecutor Marsha Garst was also there. Thisdell refused to turn over the photos.(Roanoke Times)

Student, professional newspapers respond to JMU newsroom search. In a public show of solidarity, several professional and student newspapers published editorials this week admonishing the behavior of the Harrisonburg Police Department and the Commonwealth's Attorney Marsha Garst toward the James Madison University newspaper, The Breeze, last week. (SPLC)

Wash. jury finds paper's oral sex articles did not invade students' privacy. A Pierce County jury found in favor of the Puyallup School District on Wednesday, establishing that the school's 2008 student newspaper article about students' sexual practices and histories was not a violation of those students' privacy.(SPLC)

Op-ed: Police raid at JMU is an affront to the First Amendment. In this case there was no subpoena, no court arguments and no recognition that raiding a newspaper makes a mockery of the First Amendment.(WP)

Civil rights complaint filed by pregnant athlete is denied. A civil rights complaint filed by a pregnant volleyball player against her Fort Worth high school has been denied after federal officials found insufficient evidence of discrimination.(DMN)

When can police legally search my dorm room? According to my resident adviser, as soon as the door is open the room becomes public space and no warrant is required for search. The RA said that if I keep the door closed, only my roommate or I could authorize a search unless a warrant is produced. Is that right?(SPI)