“Critics want to bench Judge Manuel L. Real; He is 85 and has sat on the U.S. District Court bench in L.A. since 1966; He wields his gavel despite complaints about his imperious behavior and frequent reversals by appellate courts”: Carol J. Williams will have this article Sunday in The Los Angeles Times.

“Gunning for the District: For some gun advocates, securing the right to keep and bear arms at home wasn’t enough.” This editorial appears today in The Washington Post.

“Luckless Predator Only Attracted to Undercover Cops”: At Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, Kevin Poulsen has a post that begins, “It’s official. There’s nobody in the chat rooms but pedophiles and undercover police. On Thursday, a federal appeals court upheld the conviction of an Indiana man whose online efforts to proposition underage girls led him to not one, not two, but three undercover cops, none of whom apparently knew about the others.”

You can access this past Thursday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

“Blogger’s Case Could Test the Limits of Political Speech; New Jersey Man Was Arrested After Writing That 3 Judges ‘Deserve to Be Killed'”: Sunday in The Washington Post, Peter Slevin will have an article that begins, “Internet radio host Hal Turner disliked how three federal judges rejected the National Rifle Association’s attempt to overturn a pair of handgun bans.”

“Will Critical Review Keep Judge From D.C. Circuit Slot? D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Vanessa Ruiz slammed in evaluation for taking too long on cases.” law.com has this report.