Tony Mauro is reporting at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.” Today he has posts titled “Supreme Court Will Stay Open Through Shutdown — At Least for a Week” and “Silberman Speaks Out on Supreme Court Ethics.”

“Wis. court challenger raising recount dollars”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Phil Donahue to pinch hit for Justice Breyer at Truman event”: The Kansas City Star has this news update.

“One does not have to be a ‘Posnerian’ — a believer that virtually all law and regulation should be judged in accordance with a cost/benefit analysis — to recognize this uncomfortable fact.” In a concurring opinion issued to explain why Guantanamo detainees suspected of engaging in the war on terror should bear a heavier burden than the common domestic criminal to obtain freedom, Senior Circuit Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today gives a shout-out to Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner.

And for those who wish that there were more than just one Richard Posner opining on legal issues, you are in luck! Earlier this week in The Nottingham (UK) Post, Richard Posner had an op-ed entitled “Expect jail even if you grow cannabis just for yourself.”

“Senate panel again OKs Liu for appellate court”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” David Ingram has a post titled “Alito Opposition Still Haunts 9th Circuit Nominee.”

“Corrected Brookfield tally puts Prosser ahead after 7,500-vote gain”: This article appears today in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, along with an article headlined “Waukesha turnout low before discovery; 14,000 additional votes put it on par.”

The New York Times reports today that “Justice Surges to Lead After Clerk Reports Vote Error.”

The Capital Times of Madison, Wisconsin reports that “High-profile lawyers retained for possible Supreme Court recount.”

The Los Angeles Times reports that “Wisconsin high court election turned on its head; The challenger to conservative Supreme Court Justice David Prosser had already declared victory in a vote that drew national attention because of the state’s union battle; Then Waukesha County’s clerk announced she had neglected to count 14,000 votes.”

And The Wall Street Journal reports that “Incumbent Justice Leads.”

“Bonds was either truthful or hiding his secret”: Lance Williams has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

In today’s edition of The San Jose Mercury News, Howard Mintz reports that “Federal jury now deciding Barry Bonds perjury case.”

Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Prosecutor says Bonds lied under oath to protect ‘powerful secret’; The assistant U.S. attorney says the home run king took steroids to make him strong but couldn’t admit it because it was too humiliating; Defense lawyers say the government pursued him because he refused to be intimidated.”

And The New York Times contains an article headlined “After Final Entreaties, Jury Gets Bonds Case.”