“The ABA’s Liberal Bias: Who should judge the judges?” Law professor Richard A. Epstein has this essay at Forbes.com.

“Another legal setback for detainees”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

My earlier coverage of today’s D.C. Circuit ruling appears at this link.

In today’s mail: The book “What Every Law Student Really Needs to Know: An Introduction to the Study of Law” by Tracey E. George and Suzanna Sherry.

“Shorting Reason: Can Human Psychology Explain The Current Economic Crisis?” In the April 15, 2009 issue of The New Republic, Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner will have this lengthy review of the book “Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism” by George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller.

“Fiction and Faction: Iowa judges have imposed gay marriage on a state that voted against it.” Andrew C. McCarthy has this essay today at National Review Online.

Ninth Circuit grants stay pending appeal to prevent the State of California from reducing Medi-Cal fee-for-service rates to hospitals: You can access yesterday’s eleven-page order granting the stay at this link.

The Associated Press is reporting: Mark Sherman reports that “Consensus in vogue at high court, so far.”

And in other news, “Sandra Day O’Connor touts civics lessons via games.” You can access the web site discussed in the article by clicking here.

Recent posts of interest at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.” Tony Mauro has a post titled “In Twelfth Night Mock Trial, Malvolio Loses.” In his post, Tony — who’s now a Jeopardy answer — writes that “Three Supreme Court justices and five other federal judges, comprising the ‘Supreme Court of Illyria,’ wrestled with the hypothetical case of Malvolio’s Revenge, stemming from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.”

And David Ingram has a post titled “Bar Association Finds Obama Nominees ‘Well-Qualified.’”

“Barney Frank is all wrong on Scalia’s dissent”: Law professor Ann Althouse has this op-ed today in The Chicago Tribune.

“Vermont legalizes gay marriage with veto override”: The Associated Press has this report.

Earlier, the Vermont Press Bureau had a report that begins, “Gov. James Douglas vetoed the same-sex marriage bill Monday evening, just 15 minutes after lawmakers put the final touches on the legislation. The Vermont Senate is expected to easily override the Republican governor’s veto this morning. Then attention will be focused on a much-anticipated veto showdown in the House, where the bill’s fate is less clear: two-thirds support is needed to override a veto.”

D.C. Circuit refuses to adjudicate the sovereign status of Taiwan: Circuit Judge Janice Rogers Brown delivered today’s ruling on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel.

Majority on divided three-judge D.C. Circuit panel overturns federal district court order requiring the federal government to provide 30 days’ notice to counsel for nine Uighur detainees before transferring them from Guantanamo: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

In commentary available online at FindLaw: Michael C. Dorf has an essay entitled “Why the Supreme Court Decision Upholding Cost-Benefit Analysis Under the Clean Water Act Should Not be Used to Discredit Best-Practice Standards.”

And Carl Tobias has an essay entitled “The New Postpartisan Selection of Federal Judges: President Obama Displays His Commitment to Ending the Confirmation Wars.”

“High court rejects Abu-Jamal’s bid for new trial”: This article appears today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.