“3rd Circuit Rejects Certification in UPS Discrimination Case”: Tomorrow in The Legal Intelligencer, Zack Needles will have an article that begins, “The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s certification of a nationwide class of employees alleging unlawful discrimination by United Parcel Service.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

“Key GOP senator says he’ll vote to confirm Sotomayor; Sen. Lindsey Graham’s remarks signal that Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court will move out of committee to the full Senate with some bipartisan support”: James Oliphant and David G. Savage have this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Today in USA Today, Kathy Kiely and Blair Brettschneider report that “Sotomayor gains one GOP vote; loses one; S.C.’s Graham to vote yes; Ariz.’s Kyl, no.”

And today in The Wall Street Journal, David McIntosh has an op-ed entitled “Vote No on Sotomayor.”

“Legislative special session to address court ruling only”: Today’s edition of The Richmond Times-Dispatch contains an article that begins, “Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will reconvene the General Assembly for an Aug. 19 special session only to address a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that some commonwealth’s attorneys fear could jeopardize prosecutions.”

And today in The Washington Post, metro columnist Robert McCartney has an essay entitled “A Valid Legal Theory That Crumbles With Each DUI Arrest.”

“Their Own Private Guantanamo”: Today in The New York Times, Chisun Lee has an op-ed that begins, “As the Obama administration and Congress try to forge a legal framework for detaining suspected terrorists, they might want to take a close look at what’s happening at the federal district courthouse just a short walk down Pennsylvania Avenue from both the White House and the Capitol.”

“Specter Proposes Return to Prior Pleading Standard”: At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” David Ingram has a post that begins, “Congress is preparing to wade into the growing debate over the pleading standard for civil lawsuits, after two recent Supreme Court decisions effectively upended longstanding precedent.”

The proposed legislation is titled the “Notice Pleading Restoration Act of 2009.”

“Judges reinstate guard’s brutality convictions”: Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “A federal appeals court has reinstated the brutality convictions of a Southern California prison guard for yanking two shackled inmates from a van and throwing them to the ground headfirst.”

You can access last Friday’s non-precedential ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

The case represents the latest reversal of a decision by U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real in which the Ninth Circuit has instructed that the case be assigned to a different district judge on remand.

The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “Chamber backs Sotomayor as she meets with GOP” and “NRA warns senators Sotomayor vote will be rated.”

In the August 2009 issue of ABA Journal magazine: John Gibeaut will have an article headlined “Caperton Capers: Court’s recusal ruling sparks states to mull judicial contribution laws.”

Anna Stolley Persky will have an article headlined “Sounds of Silence: Mandatory moments stir latest legal rumbling.”

Wendy N. Davis will have an article headlined “Biting Back at Obesity: The Big Apple’s calorie-counting law is staying on the menu.”

And Rachel M. Zahorsky will have an article headlined “Irvine by Erwin: Can a top legal academic create a law school that is both innovative and elite?”

“R.I. child custody case spawns free-speech issue”: This article appears today in The Providence Journal.

And The Associated Press reports that “ACLU fights RI judge’s ban on Facebook comments.”

You can access at this link the press release that the Rhode Island ACLU issued yesterday about the matter.

Happy birthday to Justice Anthony M. Kennedy: According to today’s installment of the popular “Today in History” feature from The Associated Press, Justice Kennedy turns 73 years old today.