“In Silicon Valley, a Man Without a Patent”: This article related to the BlackBerry patent case appears today in The New York Times.

In Monday’s edition of USA Today: Joan Biskupic will have an article headlined “Justices’ mixed phrases on tip of silver tongues.”

And tomorrow’s newspaper will also contain an article headlined “‘Roe v. Wade’: The divided states of America.”

“Online merchants fight to get their wine flowing; California retailers cite interstate commerce in suit against TABC”: This article will appear Monday in The Dallas Morning News.

“Logic Turns Upside-Down During Moussaoui Trial”: Neil A. Lewis will have this article Monday in The New York Times.

“Broward court cases hidden from the public; More than 100 Broward Circuit Court cases since 2001 have been put on a docket that the public can’t see; One First Amendment lawyer calls it a ‘secret judiciary'”: This article appears today in The Miami Herald, along with an editorial entitled “Secret dockets run afoul of courts.”

“Why Hurry On Justice Zarella?” The Hartford Courant today contains an editorial that begins, “Nobody – least of all Gov. M. Jodi Rell – has persuasively explained why the legislature must rush to judgment on the nomination of Associate Justice Peter Zarella to be chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.”

“The Moussaoui effect”: This editorial appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Court Marshall; High-stakes patent lawsuits surge in small East Texas town”: The Austin American-Statesman contains this article today.

“Attorney suited for success; Lawyer prepares to represent Arizona in case before U.S. Supreme Court”: This article appears today in The Arizona Republic.

“Eminent domain is dead! (Long live eminent domain!)” Law Professor David Barron has this essay today in the Ideas section of The Boston Globe.

And in the April 24, 2006 issue of Newsweek, columnist George F. Will has an essay entitled “Legal Theft In Norwood: This abuse shows what happens when property rights become too attenuated to protect the individual’s precious zone of sovereignty.”

In today’s edition of The Detroit Free Press: The newspaper today contains an editorial entitled “Injudicious intimidation: Objections over courts cross line from healthy criticism to dangerous threat.”

A related op-ed by Senior Sixth Circuit Judge Damon J. Keith is entitled “Recent attacks on independence of judges endanger democracy.”

And a related op-ed by Chief Justice Clifford W. Taylor of the Supreme Court of Michigan is entitled “Protesting perceived judicial excesses is healthy for system of government.”

The Associated Press is reporting: An article headlined “Justices to consider whether killer is mentally retarded” begins, “A Virginia man whose case led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ban on executing the mentally retarded now must convince a state court that he has that disability and should not be put to death for killing an Air Force enlisted man for beer money.”

And from California, David Kravets has an article headlined “Chin plows path from Oregon potato farm to state Supreme Court.”

“Harriet Miers, Hard at Work”: The April 24, 2006 issue of Time magazine will contain this Notebook item.

“The Crackdown Cracks: Getting tough on corporate crime is so yesterday; The pendulum is swinging back, hitting everyone from gumshoes to judges.” This article will appear in the April 24, 2006 issue of U.S. News & World Report.

On today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Weekend Edition Sunday“: The broadcast contained segments entitled “Moussaoui’s Mental Health on Trial” and “Skilling’s Appearance Riles Former Enron Employees” (RealPlayer required).

“Memphian has day at Supreme Court; Harassment case may be precedent-setting”: The Commercial Appeal of Memphis, Tennessee today contains an article that begins, “When she passes through the 16 marble columns of the U.S. Supreme Court building Monday morning, Sheila White knows she’ll be living history.”

“High Court, Dems clash on Taft ruling”: The Cincinnati Enquirer today contains an article that begins, “Tensions among Ohio’s three branches of government rose again last week.”

“Supreme Court coming Monday; Public invited to watch Indiana’s top justices hear appeal at IU East”: This article appears today in The Palladium-Item.

“Mutiny at the Supreme Court: The Roberts Court signals the president that he is not immune from the Constitution.” Nat Hentoff has this essay online today at The Village Voice.

“Supreme Court could redefine legal insanity; Arizona case: The lawyer of a convicted cop killer says state law is overly restrictive toward the mentally ill.” The Associated Press provides this report.

“States Acting to Protect Private Property; Preserving homeowner rights has become a bipartisan goal since the Supreme Court ruled that governments can take land for developers”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.