Borrowing from SCOTUSblog’s live blogging of the Court’s announcement session, I’m going to update this post over the next half hour or so to give a quick bottom line on today’s rulings, along with links to the opinions.

Here is a list of the rulings announced today:

1. Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker (availability of punitive damages under maritime law): Souter opinion vacating award. Partial dissents by Stevens, Ginsburg, and Breyer.

(Because the justices announce opinions in reverse order of seniority, any remaining opinions will be announced by the Chief, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, or Souter.)

2. Kennedy v. Louisiana (death penalty for crime of child rape): 5-4 Kennedy opinion holding that death penalty for crime of child rape violates Eighth Amendment. Alito dissent, joined by Chief, Scalia, and Thomas. Kennedy opinion, which I have not yet read, reportedly limits death penalty to crimes involving acts that intend to cause death and in fact do so.

3. Giles v. California (Confrontation Clause): 6-3 Scalia opinion in favor of criminal defendant. Breyer dissent, joined by Stevens and Kennedy.

4. Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle (authority of tribal courts): 5-4 opinion by Chief against tribal members. Ginsburg dissent, joined by Stevens, Souter, Breyer.

That’s it for today. Rulings in these three cases will be issued tomorrow at 10 a.m.:

District of Columbia v. Heller (Second Amendment challenge to D.C. handgun ban)

Davis v. FEC (constitutionality of millionaire’s amendment to campaign-finance law)

Morgan Stanley Capital Group v. Public Utility District (aka American Electric Power) (FERC review of contracts)