“Blawg Review #72”: Posted here last Monday, at the blog “Ernie the Attorney.”

And here are two new blogs from familiar bloggers: David Lat’s “Above the Law“; and Denise Howell’s “Lawgarithms.”

“Confusion over whether arrest near in Swann St. killing; Gay couple, housemate release statement claiming innocence”: The Washington Blade yesterday posted online an article that begins, “D.C. police gave conflicting statements this week about whether they were about to make an arrest in the Aug. 2 murder of attorney Robert Wone inside the Dupont Circle home of a gay male couple.”

“Legislature Barely Passes Bill to Allow Disputed KOCE Sale; All in GOP oppose measure to allow PBS station’s foundation to buy with a lower bid than a rival’s; Courts had voided the deal”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

Stay tuned for the sequel “Ace Ventura: Pet Attorney.” The New York Times on Sunday will contain an article headlined “New Breed of Lawyer Gives Every Dog His Day in Court.”

“Leonard Levy, 83, Expert on Constitutional History, Is Dead”: Adam Liptak had this obituary yesterday in The New York Times.

And online at the First Amendment Center, Ronald K.L. Collins has an item headlined “Famed First Amendment scholar Leonard W. Levy dies.”

Philadelphia Phillies 16, Atlanta Braves 4: My son and I attended the “night” portion of today’s day-night doubleheader at Citizens Bank Park. The game started ominously for Phillies fans, as starting pitcher Scott Mathieson was injured on his sixth pitch of the game. Eude Brito came in from the bullpen and pitched four pretty good innings after giving up a home run to Chipper Jones in the top of the first inning. Soon, the offense of the Phillies took over, and Braves fans were left to think of what could have been based on how the game started. You can access the box score at this link, while wraps are available here and here. My son and I are due back at the ballpark for more tomorrow afternoon, when these same two teams will face off in a traditional doubleheader (two games for the price of a single ticket).

“Freelance journalist released from prison; He says he’ll return rather than give his tapes to prosecutor”: Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “Freelance journalist Josh Wolf, who was released Friday after spending a month behind bars for refusing to surrender video of a turbulent political protest, said he’d rather return to prison than yield to prosecutors’ demands.”

And today in The Oakland Tribune, Josh Richman reports that “Journalist who refused to give video to grand jury free on bail; S.F. court is reviewing lower court’s finding that Bay Area man is in civil contempt of court.”

The Yale Daily News is reporting: Yesterday’s newspaper contained articles headlined “Eli lawyers battle in detainee case“; “Officials declare Jovin murder a cold case, plan new review“; and “ACLU challenges new state campaign finance law.”

‘Comprehensive,’ yes, but ‘nonpartisan’? Back on August 19, 2006, The New York Times published a front page article headlined “Experts Fault Reasoning in Surveillance Decision” in which the third paragraph stated in pertinent part, “said Howard J. Bashman, a Pennsylvania lawyer whose Web log provides comprehensive and nonpartisan reports on legal developments.”

On Thursday, at “Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports” blog, a post appeared titled “Howard Bashman, Nonpartisan?” At the “De Novo” blog, Armen offers a response that maligns fans of the Philadelphia Phillies. Weather permitting, the next Phillies game that my son and I will attend will be tonight’s game against the Atlanta Braves.

“Grandparent visitation rights upheld; Utah court: Parents are not the only ones with rights to their children.” Last Saturday’s issue of The Salt Lake Tribune contained this article.

And The Deseret Morning News last Saturday reported that “Grandparent-visit ruling is praised.”

You can access the recent ruling of the Supreme Court of Utah at this link.

Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, The Lock Haven Express on Thursday published this interesting letter to the editor supporting my client’s position in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court‘s recent grandparent visitation decision, which I previously linked to here (second paragraph).

“Kennedy is major influence on court, experts say”: This article appeared Thursday in The Ventura County Star.

The article reports on a symposium that occurred Wednesday at Pepperdine University’s School of Law titled “The Rookie Year of the Roberts Court & A Look Ahead.” You can access streaming video of the webcast, on demand, via this link.

“No Day at the Beach: Bloggers Struggle With What to Do About Vacation.” On Thursday, while I was on vacation, The Wall Street Journal published this article (free access).

“Women Suddenly Scarce Among Justices’ Clerks”: Linda Greenhouse had this article, to which a correction was appended yesterday, in Wednesday’s issue of The New York Times. A related graphic (which is also a subject of yesterday’s correction) is here.

And online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has a jurisprudence essay titled “Clerked Around: Is there a major girl crisis in Supreme Court hiring?”

“Scalia Discloses 24 Expense-Paid Trips”: The Associated Press provides this report.

And The Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World reported on Wednesday that “Scalia’s Turkey trip paid by KU; Supreme Court justice helped teach study abroad course.”

“Opponent of cross has terminal cancer; Plaintiff will be added so lawsuit can continue”: Yesterday’s issue of The San Diego Union-Tribune contained an article that begins, “Philip Paulson, who sued the city of San Diego 17 years ago to force the removal of the Mount Soledad cross from public property, has been diagnosed with terminal liver cancer.”

“Legal landmines emerge in ‘dirty bomber’ case; The Jose Padilla trial is a test: Can US avoid legal tangles of its ‘war on terror’ tactics?” Warren Richey had this article Thursday in The Christian Science Monitor.

Available online from law.com: Tony Mauro has an article headlined “A Millionaire Club of High Court Justices.”

And the brand-new installment of my “On Appeal” column is headlined “Monument at Houston Courthouse Tests the Limits of Ten Commandments Rulings.” In that connection, The Houston Chronicle reported on Wednesday that “County attorney seeks rehearing of Bible case; A three-member 5th Circuit Court panel earlier ruled the display was unconstitutional.”