“Interpreting the Supreme Court’s Medical Device Decision”: The March 3, 2008 issue of U.S. News & World Report will contain this article.

“White House backtracks on claims of lost intelligence; Hours after chiding Congress for not finishing a wiretapping bill and leaving the nation ‘vulnerable to terrorist attack,’ officials acknowledge all requested information is being received”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Conservative Distrust of McCain Lingers Over ’05 Deal on Judges”: Monday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article that begins, “Back in 2005, Senator John McCain of Arizona and fellow members of the so-called Gang of 14 were hailed as heroes in some quarters when they fashioned an unusual pact that averted a Senate vote on banning filibusters against judicial nominees.”

“High court criticism mobilizes Dems in court primaries”: From Texas, The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “The court of public opinion has not been kind recently to the state’s two highest courts. Usually not in the spotlight, the Court of Criminal Appeals and the Texas Supreme Court grabbed unwanted headlines in the last year. Primary challengers for seats on those benches say the headlines signal it’s time for a change.”

“Canadian same-sex marriage faces U.S. challenge”: Canwest News Service provides this report.

“2 La. insurance lawsuits may rock legal world”: The Times-Picayune of New Orleans provides a news update that begins, “For thousands of Louisiana hurricane victims still battling their insurers over policy interpretations, Tuesday is the biggest of judgment days, with millions of dollars and, possibly, the future of the state’s insurance landscape at stake. The state’s high court will hear its first Hurricane Katrina insurance payment case Tuesday, and later in the day, will hear its first Hurricane Rita insurance case. And if the Supreme Court rules in favor of policyholders in either case, it would trump federal court rulings in similar cases that have gone in favor of insurance companies.”

“Chief justice prods governor to fill vacancies in state judiciary”: This article will appear Monday in The Providence (R.I.) Journal.

“Hicks case ‘pushed to suit Howard'”: Monday’s edition of The Australian contains an article that begins, “It was January 9 last year when Morris Davis, the chief prosecutor for the Bush administration’s military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay, took what he regards as a disturbing telephone call about David Hicks.”

“The World Is Watching”: In the current issue of CQ Weekly, Kenneth Jost has an essay that begins, “War is hell, and President Bush’s ‘war on terror’ has been no exception.”

“Weller files suit against Darren Mack in 2006 shooting”: Saturday’s edition of The Reno Gazette-Journal contained an article that begins, “Family Court Judge Chuck Weller, who was hit in the chest with shrapnel when a bullet blasted through his window while he stood in his third-floor chambers in 2006, has sued the man who fired the sniper-style shot: Darren Mack.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Nevada Judge Shot at Work Sues Gunman.”

“Photo Tech Complicates Child-Porn Cases”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“Baldwin, Fla., wants its kids to hitch their britches; Old-timers in a North Florida town really aren’t interested in seeing the generation gap”: This article appears today in The St. Petersburg Times.

“English cost going to high court”: The Arizona Daily Star today contains an article that begins, “The amount of money Arizona taxpayers have to spend to teach English will be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.”

Late Friday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a 91-page ruling in typescript format examining whether Arizona’s funding for English language instruction for non-native speakers complies with a federal law known as the Equal Educational Opportunity Act of 1974.

“Secret files against terror suspects revealed”: This article appeared yesterday in The Toronto Globe and Mail.

“Chief justice drops bid to speed up death penalty appeals; State budget woes derail Ronald M. George’s proposed constitutional amendment that would have let other appellate courts handle the initial review of capital cases”: Henry Weinstein has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Robert Barnes is reporting: Today in The Washington Post, he has a front page article headlined “Exxon Oil Spill Case May Get Closure; Almost 20 Years After Valdez Wreck, Justices to Weigh In.”

Also in today’s newspaper, he has a news analysis headlined “Justices Further Resist Finding Right to Sue.”