“New legal battle in Guantanamo”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A session of the Guantanamo war crimes court that began Sunday will likely show the difficulties President Barack Obama faces in changing the system and closing the prison by January. The case in question, of a Canadian charged with killing an American soldier, is stalled by infighting among lawyers.”

And today in The Miami Herald, Carol Rosenberg has an article headlined “Some Guantanamo detainees to get laptops; To better prepare them for life in asylum, the U.S. military is setting up a virtual computer lab for some Guantanamo captives now cleared for release.”

“President Obama outraged by slaying of abortion provider George Tiller”: The Wichita Eagle has this news update.

The Topeka Capital-Journal has a news update headlined “Tiller shot, killed in Wichita.”

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Kansas Abortion Doctor Is Slain at His Church.”

The New York Times has a news update headlined “Doctor Who Performed Abortions Is Shot to Death.”

The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Abortion doctor George Tiller is killed; suspect in custody; The late-term abortion provider was shot at church in Wichita, Kan.; A suspect was arrested three hours later about 170 miles away, police say; Tiller, 67, had been a victim of violence in the past.”

And The Associated Press has reports headlined “Kan. abortion doc killed in church; suspect held“; “Kan. abortion provider was polarizing force“; and “Abortion foes fear backlash to Tiller’s murder.”

“For all the debate about interrogation, little research exists”: McClatchy Newspapers have an article that begins, “The heated debate in recent weeks about harsh interrogation treatments at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere highlights what some scientists have been warning the U.S. for years: that almost no research exists to tell interrogators the best way to get information out of suspected terrorists.”

“Hands Off Thomas: Clarence Thomas is a great justice; Sonia Sotomayor will be, too.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Sotomayor And ‘Disparate Impact’: The controversial New Haven firefighters case illustrates a civil rights paradox.” Stuart Taylor Jr. has this essay in the current issue of National Journal magazine.

“What’s a Liberal Justice Now? If President Obama wants to create a progressive Supreme Court for the 21st century, there is a new school of legal thought to guide him.” Law professor Jeffrey Rosen has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times Magazine.