Philadelphia Phillies 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 5: My son and I were back at Citizens Bank Park this evening to see another Phillies victory, which puts the team in sole possession of second place in the National League East, three and one-half games behind the New York Mets, and two and one-half games behind the Wild Card leaders, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

After the broken finger that Phillies All Star second baseman Chase Utley sustained on Thursday, the Phillies chances for the playoffs appeared even more doubtful than usual. But after acquiring Tadahito Iguchi from the Chicago White Sox and the return of relief pitchers Brett Myers and Tom Gordon from the ranks of the injured, it now appears that the Phillies may remain in contention.

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

“Democrat charges U.S. justices ‘duped’ Senate”: Thomas Ferraro of Reuters provides this report.

The Politico reports that “Schumer to fight new Bush high court picks.”

And at “ACSBlog” you can access a post titled “Text of Senator Schumer’s Speech.”

“Fewer See Balance in High Court Decisions; Growing Numbers In Poll Say Bench Is ‘Too Conservative'”: Robert Barnes and Jon Cohen will have this front page article Sunday in The Washington Post.

“Justice Dept. Lawyers Join Chorus Criticizing Gonzales”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“Appeals court upholds ruling against former Tribune owners”: The Salt Lake Tribune today contains an article that begins, “A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that no separate oral contract exists to guarantee the right of the former owners of The Salt Lake Tribune to repurchase the newspaper from owner MediaNews Group. A trio of judges on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver on Friday threw out the McCarthey family’s appeal of a lower court, saying their oral contract claims are superseded by written contracts that spelled out how they could regain the paper they sold 10 years ago.”

And The Deseret Morning News reports today that “Ex-Trib owners must rely on written pacts; Judge rules that contracts supersede oral accords.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Tenth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“Judge tosses contempt request against JCPS; Court offers hearing on any ‘valid’ motions”: The Louisville Courier-Journal today contains an article that begins, “A federal judge yesterday abruptly dismissed a Louisville lawyer’s demand that Jefferson County Public Schools leaders be held in contempt and jailed unless they could prove students weren’t still being denied a school choice because of race. In a sharply worded ruling, Chief U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II chastised attorney Teddy Gordon, who successfully challenged Jefferson County’s student-assignment policy.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Ky. Schools Contempt Request Denied.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky at this link.

“Congress Moves to Rewrite Patent Laws”: The Associated Press provides this report.