“Judging Pay: A Senate bill addresses the ‘constitutional crisis’ of an underpaid federal judiciary.” This editorial appears today in The Washington Post.

“Under John Roberts, Court Re-Rights Itself”: Edward Lazarus has this op-ed today in The Washington Post.

“Chief Justice Roberts at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Judicial Conference”: Via C-SPAN, you can view the Chief Justice’s remarks, followed by a panel discussion focusing on the just completed Term, by clicking here (RealPlayer required).

“On Second Thought, Let’s Just Rate all the Lawyers”: Adam Liptak will have this “Sidebar” essay (TimesSelect pass-through link) in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Rulings Reveal Divided High Court”: This audio segment (RealPlayer required) appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday.”

“Bush’s church-state mess takes liberties with ours”: Robyn Blumner has this op-ed today in The St. Petersburg Times.

The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “High Vacancy Rate on Conservative Court“; “Court to Hear Katrina Insurance Appeal“; “Court to Rule on Records in Bribery Case“; “Court: No Nudes in Daytona“; “Military Judge Stands by Gitmo Dismissal“; and “Patrick Leahy Ready to Fight White House.”

“Why can’t you buy a kidney to save your life? A growing legal movement to recognize a new fundamental right — ‘medical self-defense’ — could bring jarring social changes.” Christopher Shea has this essay in the Ideas section of today’s issue of The Boston Globe.

“Income could be a new benchmark; District seeks ways to assign students”: This article appears today in The Louisville Courier-Journal.

In addition, Law Professor Russell L. Weaver has an op-ed entitled “Ruling moves us closer to King’s goal,” while Professor Gary Orfield has an op-ed entitled “Supreme Court’s majority failed to understand Louisville’s situation.”

Philadelphia Phillies 5, New York Mets 3: My son and I had the pleasure of attending this afternoon’s game at Citizens Bank Park, where the Phillies salvaged the final game of the four-game series to avoid the sweep. Each team started a rookie pitcher, and Kyle Kendrick of the Phillies improved his record to 3-0. while Mike Pelfrey of the Mets slipped to 0-6. It is difficult to speak of a “must win” game at the midpoint of the season, but a loss today would have put the Phillies seven games behind the Mets. With the win, the Phillies now stand five games out of first place in the National League East.

With the Phillies on the road until after the All Star Game, we will travel next Sunday to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to see the AAA affiliate of the New York Yankees host the Ottawa Lynx, the Phillies AAA affiliate.

You can access the box score of today’s game at this link, while wraps are available from MLB.com here and here.

In Monday’s issue of The Christian Science Monitor: Warren Richey will have an article headlined “Supreme Court tilt to right had its limits; The 2006-2007 term was dominated by notable conservative rulings.”

And in other news, “Schools grapple with how to integrate; After the Supreme Court’s ruling against race-based policy Thursday, support grows for integrating schools on the basis of factors such as income level.”

“Can a Law Change a Society?” In the Week in Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times, Law Professor Jeffrey Rosen has an essay that begins, “Since 1954, liberal and conservative justices have disagreed about the central meaning of Brown v. Board of Education.”

“Death-row reversals of fortune; In 7 years, 50 Pa. inmates awaiting execution were spared by the courts”: This front page article appears today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“High court has entered a new era; The chief justice, with help from fellow Bush appointee Alito, carries big rulings to the right — a generational shift”: David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times. The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “The 5-4 court: Consensus and ‘judicial modesty’ lose out to muddled, half-reasoned decisions; Kennedy emerges as the swing vote.”

Today in The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has a news analysis headlined “A Rightward Turn and Dissension Define Court This Term.”

And in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko reports that “Rulings seal high court’s shift to right.”

“Court Ruling Ends Era of School Desegregation”: This audio segment (RealPlayer required) appeared on Saturday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”