“Planned Parenthood worries SD clinic may shut down”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“Texas Judge Denies Fault in Handling of Appeal”: Thursday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article that begins, “Accused of denying a condemned man the chance for a last appeal hours before the state’s lethal drug cocktail stopped his heart, the highest-ranking criminal judge in Texas was called to the witness stand on Wednesday for the second day to defend her decision, her reputation and potentially her job.”

Texas Lawyer has an article headlined “Finger-Pointing Abounds at Hearing Into Misconduct Claims Against Texas Judge; Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon Keller is accused of ignoring a last-minute appeal that could have halted the execution of a death row inmate in 2007.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Judge stands by closing ahead of death-row appeal.”

“Abortion Law Backers Vow Oklahoma Appeal”: This article will appear Thursday in The New York Times.

The Oklahoman reports today that “Oklahoma’s abortion law falls in court; Judge cites rule violation.”

And The Tulsa World reports today that “Judge tosses abortion law; The measure was intended to require a woman seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound.”

“Judge sets January trial for Prop. 8 lawsuit”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this news update.

Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has an update headlined “January trial set for U.S. court challenge to California’s gay-marriage ban.”

The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Date set for challenge of California gay-marriage ban; On Jan. 11, the two lawyers who argued the Bush v. Gore in 2000 will begin their case against Proposition 8.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Judge sets January trial date for Prop. 8 case.”

“Harriet Miers Takes Another Crack at the U.S. Supreme Court”: Mike Scarcella has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Lawyers in Ricci case square off again”: This article appears today in The New Haven Register.

“Under questioning, Keller denies violating court rules in death row case; In not allowing a late appeal, judge says it was ‘a close call’ but the right decision”: Chuck Lindell has this article today in The Austin American-Statesman.

And today’s edition of The San Antonio Express-News contains an article headlined “Judge Keller tells her side of the story.”

“A Conservative’s Road to Same-Sex Marriage Advocacy”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an article that begins, “Theodore B. Olson’s office is a testament to his iconic status in the conservative legal movement.”