“Judicial Nominee Compromise Under G.O.P. Pressure”: Sunday’s edition of The New York Times will contain this article.

And the Week in Review section of Sunday’s newspaper will contain a related article headlined “The Elusive Middle Ground: What Happened to Compromise?”

“U.S. Case Draws Vermont Into Debate on Death Penalty”: This article will appear Sunday in The New York Times.

“White House and Frist Dispatched DeWine and Graham to Cut a Deal?” The blog “Patterico’s Pontifications” offers this post.

“Judicial Takings and Givings”: The Washington Post today contains an editorial that begins, “The Supreme Court’s decision this week in the case of Lingle v. Chevron didn’t make big news.”

“Judicial Nominees Compromise Was Hard-Won”: David Espo of The Associated Press provides this very interesting report.

In commentary, meanwhile, The Washington Times today contains an editorial entitled “Gauging the nuclear fallout” and an op-ed by Terence P. Jeffrey entitled “One-sided deal.”

In today’s edition of The New York Times: Adam Liptak reports that “State Attorneys General Ask Supreme Court to Hear 2 Reporters’ Case.”

And in local news, “Judge Cuts Sentence of Student Who Traded Child Pornography.” My earlier report on the Second Circuit‘s ruling in this case, governed by a typo-plagued sentencing statute, can be accessed here.

“Teen’s rant at cop: profane, but free speech; Appeals court overturns disorderly-conduct conviction.” The Indianapolis Star today contains this article reporting on Thursday’s ruling of the Indiana Court of Appeals.