“Pa. prison system moves to ban porn”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“Tribunal system troubled, says military law expert; A symposium at Roger Williams law school looks at military law and the war on terror”: This article appeared yesterday in The Providence Journal.

“Chief Justice Nominee Rattles Some; Judges Fear Possible Separation Of Courts, Support Agencies”: Lynne Tuohy has this article today in The Hartford Courant.

“Patently Absurd: eBay is the latest outfit to face a major patent lawsuit that threatens its business; Is the system, meant to promote innovation, doing its job?” This article will appear in the April 10, 2006 issue of Time magazine.

“Transexual Can Sue for Sex Discrimination Under Title VII”: My former colleague Paul M. Secunda has this post at “Workplace Prof Blog.” My earlier coverage is here.

“Judge Bennett and Judicial Activism”: Today at “OrinKerr.com,” a post begins, “Last month, Chief Judge Mark Bennett of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa made comments at a forum at Drake Law School in which he criticized other judges for engaging in judicial activism.”

“The Senate Game Plan”: Ed Whelan, an insightful watcher of the judicial confirmation process, has this post at National Review Online’s “Bench Memos” blog.

In today’s edition of The New York Times: An article about the Rhode Island lead paint case is headlined “The Nuisance That May Cost Billions.”

In news from Connecticut, “Gay Marriage Case Now Before the Court.”

And in a shocking oversight, somehow being the author of the blog “Sugar, Mr. Poon?” did not merit mention in Tobias James Stern’s wedding announcement.

In Monday’s edition of The Christian Science Monitor: Tomorrow’s newspaper will contain articles headlined “What gay-marriage ruling means for other states; Massachusetts’ decision puts the focus on states that don’t explicitly prohibit gay marriage“; “Moussaoui trial fills in details of 9/11 plot; A key piece of evidence indicates one planner thought the operation would be easy, and that a second wave of attacks was postponed“; and “In Enron trial, a novel – even brash – defense.”

“Jurors to peer into minds of Lay, Skilling; Discerning their intent will be one factor in verdict”: Mary Flood has this front page article today in The Houston Chronicle, along with a related article headlined “Judging best, worst and oddest moments in courtroom.” Today’s newspaper also reports that “Government passed on several witnesses to keep it simple; Causey, Kopper among notables who didn’t testify.”

And in the April 10, 2006 issue of Newsweek, columnist Allan Sloan will have an essay entitled “Truth, Justice and the Enron Trial.”

Philadelphia Phillies 5; Boston Red Sox 0: My son and I were at Citizens Bank Park today, for the final Phillies pre-season game of the year. Our new seats for the Sunday home games this season are a vast improvement over where we were last season. A recap of today’s game can be accessed here.

“Plan to Reroute Immigration Appeals Hits Some Red Lights; Republicans say they want to ease the jam of deportation cases; But judges and civil rights advocates argue a single court is not the answer”: Maura Reynolds has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

And today in The San Jose Mercury News, Howard Mintz has an article headlined “Idea to shift deportation, asylum cases still pursued.” Mintz writes, “At the core of Specter’s plan is a proposal to transfer all immigration appeals from federal courts around the country to the Washington, D.C.-based Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, which currently specializes in patent and bankruptcy cases.” Somehow, the Federal Circuit‘s specialization in bankruptcy cases has managed to elude my attention until now. The Federal Circuit’s own description of the sorts of cases it handles can be accessed here.

At 10 a.m. eastern time tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on this matter. The witness list can be accessed here.

“Bernard Siegan, 81; Legal Scholar Fought for Economic Rights”: This obituary appeared Friday in The Los Angeles Times.

And last Wednesday at National Review Online, Gail Heriot and Maimon Schwarzschild had an essay entitled “Bernard H. Siegan, R.I.P.”

Yesterday, I linked here to the obituary published in The New York Times.

“The Over-the-Top Justice”: The New York Times today contains an editorial that begins, “Supreme Court justices need not be hermits. No one expects them to dwell in a bubble, never venturing out in public or speaking their minds on legal topics before bar groups. But justices do have a duty to avoid off-the-bench behavior hurtful to the court’s reputation and mission, which Justice Antonin Scalia, sad to say, keeps ignoring.”