“Adding Method to Judging Mayhem”: Adam Liptak will have this “Sidebar” column (TimesSelect temporary pass-through link) in Monday’s issue of The New York Times.

“A General Rebellion: Alberto Gonzales has big troubles, but it isn’t the current flap that has made him such a controversial figure.” The April 9, 2007 issue of U.S. News & World Report will contain this article.

“Prosecutor Posts Go To Bush Insiders; Less Preference Shown for Locals, Senators’ Choices”: This front page article appears today in The Washington Post, along with an article headlined “2 in N.M. Delegation Feel Heat Over Firings; Ethics Panel Examines Sen. Domenici’s Role.”

The Boston Globe reports today that “Leahy finds chance to fight executive privilege strategy; Long after Nixon, Vt. senator leads effort against Bush.”

The Los Angeles Times contains an editorial entitled “Gonzales shifts his story: The Attorney General’s chief of staff contradicted his boss’s account of why and how eight U.S. attorneys were fired.”

The Chicago Tribune contains an editorial entitled “Gonzales’ amnesia.”

And The New York Times contains an editorial entitled “The Rovian Era.”

“Nichols’ family hopes for plea, life in prison”: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution contains this article today.

“Some Bumps at Start of War Tribunals at Guantanamo”: This news analysis appears today in The New York Times.

The Washington Post reports today that “Australian’s Plea Deal Was Negotiated Without Prosecutors.”

And The Los Angeles Times reports that “Detainee’s plea deal angers some legal experts; If Hicks was such a menace, critics argue, why did he get just nine months?”

“Legal battle over girls sports seasons might end Monday”: The Detroit Free Press contains this article today.

“Supreme Court Justice Puts Hamlet on Trial”: This segment (transcript with links to audio and video) appeared on Thursday’s broadcast of the PBS program “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.”

Happy birthday to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr.: According to the popular “Today in History” feature from The Associated Press, today Justice Alito turns 57 years of age.