“Judge Who Filed Suit Plans to Appeal Defeat; Olive Branch From Cleaners Rejected”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

“Despite 11th Circuit Ruling, AT&T Vows to Keep Car Logo; NASCAR lawyer says client hopes to get issue worked out quickly, with AT&T honoring federal appeals court’s opinion”: law.com provides this report.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Eleventh Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“A fight to give hope to the terminally ill: Patients, advocates want greater access to experimental drugs.” James Oliphant had this article yesterday in The Chicago Tribune.

The Associated Press is reporting: An article reports that “Court Tosses Out Award in Hanford Case.” My earlier coverage of today’s Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

And in other news, “Judge Appeals $54M Pants Dismissal.”

Available online from National Public Radio: This evening’s broadcast of “All Things Considered” contained an audio segment entitled “Schools Worry About Fate of Desegregation Efforts.”

Today’s broadcast of “Day to Day” contained an audio segment entitled “Jose Padilla Trial Winds Down” featuring Dahlia Lithwick.

And today’s broadcast of “Morning Edition” contained an audio segment entitled “Comic-Book Store Owner on Trial for Nude Images.”

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In jurisprudence essays available online at Slate: Dahlia Lithwick has an essay entitled “The Worst of Both Worlds: The false choice between treating terrorists as criminals or soldiers.”

And Bruce Fein has an essay entitled “Secret Insecurity: Self-serving hush-ups, in Canada and the United States.”

“Beyond Padilla terror case, huge legal issues; His detention and interrogation in the US raises basic constitutional questions”: Warren Richey will have this article Wednesday in The Christian Science Monitor.

“Pearson to Appeal Pants Verdict”: The Washington Post provides a news update that begins, “A day after the dry cleaners he sued tried to make peace, D.C. Administrative Law Judge Roy Pearson filed official notice today that he plans to appeal the verdict against him to the District’s highest court.”

Eighth Circuit decides appeal involving replevin of a historic steam locomotive: You can access today’s ruling at this link.

Ninth Circuit decides appeal from result of bellwether trial in Hanford Nuclear Facility downwinder litigation: You can access today’s lengthy ruling at this link. And additional background on the case is available from the web site Downwinders.com.

U.S. citizen who traveled to Iraq in 2003 to act as human shield to deter the bombing of civilian infrastructure facilities avoided death but not taxes: Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected the woman’s challenge to a civil monetary penalty of $6,700 that the U.S. Treasury assessed for violating regulations that governed what interactions United States citizens could have with Iraq while economic sanctions were in place. You can access today’s ruling at this link.

When Justice Alito met Judge Ito: According to The Houston Chronicle (second item), it happened last week. The article contains no mention of whether any members of the Ito family use the first name Al.

“Prosecutors Turn to Padilla for Closing Arguments”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

The Washington Post reports today that “Defense Says Case Against Padilla Is ‘Politically Motivated.’”

And in The Miami Herald, Jay Weaver reports that “Padilla is called al Qaeda ‘star recruit’; In closing arguments, a prosecutor said former Broward County resident Jose Padilla and two co-defendants talked in code — using ‘football’ to mean jihad.”

“Justice Kennedy wins Bar Association’s highest award”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

And today in The Los Angeles Times, Henry Weinstein reports that “ABA targets CIA methods, secrets law; The lawyers’ group wants Congress to override a Bush order allowing ‘enhanced’ interrogation methods.”

Editorials published in The Los Angeles Times: Today’s newspaper contains editorials entitled “Don’t make investor lawsuits harder: For the good of investors, the Bush administration should stay on the sidelines in a securities fraud lawsuit.”

And yesterday’s newspaper contained an editorial entitled “Ex-Terminator takes on video games: Gov. Schwarzenegger — no stranger to making money from violent media — is appealing a court decision allowing minors to purchase graphic games.”

“Gonzales could get say in states’ executions; Proposed rules would let the attorney general sign off on ‘fast tracking’ death penalty appeals”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Fair Pay, the Right Way: The House overcorrects a Supreme Court decision.” The Washington Post contains this editorial today.

“Source Disclosure Ordered in Anthrax Suit”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

And today in The New York Times, Adam Liptak reports that “5 Reporters Ordered to Testify About Government Sources.”

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

“Dry Cleaners Cut Plaintiff Some Slack”: The Washington Post today contains an article that begins, “The dry cleaners aren’t pressing their case against the Pants Judge. In a surprise turn yesterday, the small-business owners sued by D.C. Administrative Law Judge Roy Pearson withdrew their demand that he pay nearly $83,000 for their legal bills, saying that enough money had been raised from supporters to cover the expenses and that they want to end the fighting.”

“Lawsuits May Illuminate Methods of Spy Program”: The Washington Post contains this front page article today.

View the “Special Bill of Rights Edition” of Bloggingheads.tv: The segment — focusing on the First and Second Amendments — features Law Professors Jack Balkin and Eugene Volokh.

Available online from law.com: Tony Mauro has an article headlined “Justice Kennedy to ABA: ‘The Work of Freedom Has Just Begun’; Also Monday, delegates acted on resolutions on ‘state secrets’ privilege and treatment of detainees.”

An article reports that “2nd Circuit Upholds Denial of Fees in Forfeiture Suit Involving Couriers.” You can access last Friday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

And in news from Pennsylvania, “Court Reverses Suppression of Child Porn Spotted by Circuit City Workers.” You can access last Thursday’s ruling of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

“Can This Pig Fly? How A Dentist Assaulted A Patient And Made A Million Dollars.” Adam Scales has this essay — the first in a two-part series — today at FindLaw.