“About Face: A tool of the civil rights movement is increasingly unwelcome in the high court.” David G. Savage has this article in the July 2008 issue of ABA Journal magazine.

“Free speech, public trust: There’s the 1st Amendment, and there’s good judgment; Officials need to keep both in mind.” Saturday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times contained this editorial discussing, among other things, Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski.

“Guns still elusive for D.C. residents; Those looking to buy firearms after the Supreme Court ruling against the District of Columbia’s gun ban are out of luck; Purchasing regulations have yet to be written”: This article appeared Saturday in The Los Angeles Times.

“Affirmative Distraction”: Today in The New York Times, Law Professor Stephen L. Carter has an op-ed that begins, “Thirty years ago last week, the Supreme Court handed down its Bakke decision, hoping to end the argument over the constitutionality of affirmative action in college admission.”

“Decider on the High Court”: Columnist David S. Broder has this op-ed today in The Washington Post.

“Fundraising Ruling Prompts a Scramble; Opponents of Self-Financers Seek Advice”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

“Free Speech on Wheels”: Saturday in The New York Times, Stefan Lonce had an op-ed that begins, “The latest license plate controversy erupted last month when the South Carolina Legislature passed America’s first-ever religious specialty license plate, with the slogan ‘I believe’ and the image of a cross over a stained-glass window.”

“Two Subplots in Guantanamo’s Long Legal Story”: This article appeared Friday in The New York Times.

Friday’s edition of The Washington Post contained a front page article headlined “Debate Over Guantanamo’s Fate Intensifies.”

And Friday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times reported that “White House debates the future of Guantanamo; Legislation could make it easier to move terror suspects to the U.S.”

“I have repeatedly said that I think it’s entirely appropriate for states to restrict or even prohibit late-term abortions as long as there is a strict, well-defined exception for the health of the mother. Now, I don’t think that ‘mental distress’ qualifies as the health of the mother.” So says presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, according to this interview posted online by Relevant Magazine.

At her “Legalities” blog, ABC News correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg has posts titled “Obama: Sounding Like Thomas and Scalia?” and “Obama revisits abortion.”

“Chicago Gun Ban May Test Ruling; Challenges Follow Decision on D.C. Law”: This front page article appears today in The Washington Post.