Tenth Circuit decides appeal relating to ownership battle over The Salt Lake Tribune: You can access today’s ruling at this link.

In today’s mail: Thanks to PG of the “De Novo” blog, volume three of “Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law” on DVD.

“Court: Felons can’t vote until fines paid.” The Seattle Times today contains an article that begins, “The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that felons who haven’t paid their fines and court costs aren’t entitled to vote. But for 16 months they could, and now the state has no way of knowing how many might be on the rolls or how to keep them from casting ballots.”

And The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports today that “Court upholds state’s felon voter rule; Fines must be paid first to regain right.”

Yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Washington State consists of an opinion announcing the judgment of the court; two concurring opinions (here and here); and two dissenting opinions (here and here).

“Oral surgeon gets last laugh over boar-tusk prank”: This article appears today in The Seattle Times.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Washington State can be accessed here.

“White House Tackles AG’s Contradictions”: The Associated Press provides this report.

By a vote of 2-2, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denies rehearing en banc in federal death penalty appeal of Gary Lee Sampson: You can view today’s order denying rehearing en banc, and the two dissents therefrom, at this link.

My earlier coverage of the First Circuit’s three-judge panel ruling in this case can be accessed here.

“Dismissed charges upheld in grave case; Appeals court agrees with Iowa County judge that state statute does not criminalize sex with a corpse”: The Telegraph Herald of Dubuque, Iowa today contains an article that begins, “Three Iowa County men can’t be prosecuted for attempted sexual assault of a deceased woman they tried to dig up in a Cassville cemetery in September, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. In upholding Grant County Circuit Judge George Curry’s decision, the District 4 Court of Appeals concluded that the state’s statute on third-degree sexual assault doesn’t criminalize necrophilia.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IV, at this link.

“This Judge Needs a Jury: Sen. Patrick Leahy has asked the attorney general to investigate whether a judge on the D.C. Circuit told a falsehood during his confirmation hearing; There’s a better way to proceed.” Dirk Olin has this essay online at Newsweek.

“Former Qwest Boss Ordered to Pay $52M”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “A federal judge ordered former Qwest Communications chief executive Joe Nacchio, convicted of insider trading, to forfeit $52 million in assets he gained in illegal stock sales. The order on Friday came at the start of a sentencing hearing for Nacchio, convicted in April of making $52 million in stock sales at a time when he knew Qwest faced financial risk but didn’t tell investors.”

On Monday, The Denver Post contained an article headlined “New Nacchio lawyer a master of the appeal; Maureen Mahoney has argued 18 cases before the Supreme Court – and has lost only two of them.”

And on Tuesday, The Rocky Mountain News contained an article headlined “No jail during ex-CEO’s appeal, motion asks.”

“Panel suspends Halverson; Judge will continue to draw pay”: This article appeared Thursday in The Las Vegas Review-Journal.

And today’s newspaper contains an article headlined “Judge’s prospects evaluated; Conversation at courthouse focuses on Halverson’s future” and an editorial entitled “Judge Halverson suspended with pay: Commission on Judicial Discipline reacts with relative urgency.”

The Final Order of Interim Suspension can be accessed here, while the order of the Supreme Court of Nevada unsealing the interim suspension decision can be viewed at this link.

“The fight’s not over: Appeals expected in Hazleton case after judge strikes down law regulating illegal immigrants.” The Allentown Morning Call contains this article today, along with an article headlined “‘Gracias a Dios! We won!’”

The Citizens Voice of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania today contains articles headlined “Polarizing law tossed“; “Barletta pledges to continue fight“; “Hazleton residents remain divided“; and “Judge’s ruling means hectic times for Barletta.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer contains articles headlined “Court voids Hazleton law” and “Chatter but no sense of closure.”

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that “Hazleton loses bid to evict illegal workers.”

The Harrisburg Patriot-News reports that “Immigrant law ruling splits Hazleton.”

The New York Times reports that “Judge Voids Ordinance on Illegal Immigrants.”

In The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage and Nicole Gaouette report that “Hazleton immigration law is rejected; A city cannot take such a national issue into its own hands, a judge rules in Pennsylvania.”

And in The New York Sun, Josh Gerstein reports that “Judge Rules Against Pa. City on Immigrants.”

You can access my earlier coverage of yesterday’s lengthy ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania at this link.

“State high court limits seizure of cars of prostitution and drug suspects; Justices toss out a Stockton ordinance that allowed confiscation upon arrest in such cases; L.A.’s city attorney was among the parties supporting such police powers”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

In The Oakland Tribune, Josh Richman reports that “High court nixes car-seizure laws; Cities can’t be tougher than state on crimes committed with vehicles, justices say.”

And The Stockton Record reports that “Cities can’t seize cars; State’s high court says Stockton can’t sell vehicles taken during drug, prostitution busts.”

You can access yesterday’s 4-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.

“Beneath Contempt: The U.S. attorneys controversy is about politics, not the law.” Kimberley A. Strassel has this op-ed today in The Wall Street Journal.

“Critic and Ex-Boss Testify on Guantanamo Hearings”: The New York Times contains this article today.

“FBI Chief Disputes Gonzales On Spying; Mueller Describes Internal Debate”: This front page article appears today in The Washington Post. In addition, columnist Eugene Robinson has an op-ed entitled “Bedtime for Gonzo.”

The New York Times reports today that “F.B.I. Chief Gives Account at Odds With Gonzales’s.” A related article is headlined “Chatty Senator on Air Force One Pushes the Rules, and Buttons.”

The Los Angeles Times reports that “FBI chief seems to contradict Gonzales; Robert Mueller tells a House panel that he had had reservations about a wiretapping program, undercutting the attorney general’s testimony.”

And USA Today contains a front page article headlined “Conflict builds as Gonzales targeted; Senate Dems subpoena Rove.”

Available online from law.com: Pamela MacLean reports that “9th Circuit Judges Still Wary of Splitting Court; Judges remain concerned over Supreme Court’s position and persistent claims about ‘extreme’ rulings.”

In other news, “Former Judge Wins Partial First Amendment Victory at 5th Circuit.” My earlier coverage of last Friday’s Fifth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

Marcia Coyle reports that “‘Hamdan’ Lawyer to Head International Humanitarian Law Clinic.”

In news from Pennsylvania, “Retrial Ordered in Nine-Figure Fraud Case.” You can access the July 18, 2007 ruling of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

And an article reports that “Upset of Few Attorney Advertising Rules Could Signal Return of ‘Heavy Hitters.’”

“Modest Improvements Cannot Save an Inherently Flawed Process at Guantanamo”: Jonathan Hafetz has this essay online today at FindLaw.