“2nd Circuit Panel Wonders Whether Judge Acted Hastily in Barring Book Based on ‘Catcher in the Rye'”: law.com has this report.

Jamestown Jammers 5, Mahoning Valley Scrappers 4 (game one); Mahoning Valley Scrappers 1, Jamestown Jammers 0 (game two): Just back from Eastwood Field in Niles, Ohio, where this evening the Scrappers (the class A short-season affiliate of the Cleveland Indians) split a doubleheader with the Jammers (the class A short-season affiliate of the Florida Marlins) in New York-Penn League action. You can access the box score for game one at this link and for game two at this link.

Following Tuesday night’s game in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Scrappers left fielder Jason Kipnis recommended that we visit the Eastwood Mall (on whose property Eastwood Field is located) before tonight’s game. Because our seats were first row field level at first base, we were able to thank Jason for his recommendation before game one began this evening. Before the start of the second game, my son was able to get the signature of Scrappers manager Travis Fryman. And thanks to game one’s first base umpire Brian DeBrauwere (who umped home plate for the second game of tonight’s doubleheader) for tossing me a baseball at the conclusion of the first game in recognition of the MLB umpire hat I was wearing.

Tomorrow, we will travel to Akron, Ohio, where tomorrow night we will watch the Akron Aeros (the AA affiliate of the Cleveland Indians) host the Erie SeaWolves (the AA affiliate of the Detroit Tigers) in Eastern League action.

Update: Friday’s edition of The Vindicator of Youngstown, Ohio reports that “Scrappers split doubleheader with Jamestown.” And Friday’s edition of The Post-Journal of Jamestown, New York reports that “Jammers, Scrappers Split Twin Bill Again.”

“Idaho court won’t remove pre-Nazi swastika tiles”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Images of red swastikas built into tiles in the early 1920s in the Bonneville County Courthouse won’t be removed during a remodel of the building, officials said.”

“Obama takes stand for secrecy, executive power”: At his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com, Josh Gerstein today has a post that begins, “President Barack Obama’s administration is escalating a legal showdown which has the Justice Department defending official secrecy and executive power with arguments more associated with former Vice President Dick Cheney than the White House’s newest occupants.”

“Taking their chances on poker’s legality: Is Texas Hold ‘Em about the luck of the draw, or the skill of the player? The question is being played out in courts around the country.” This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

As noted in this earlier post from mid-June 2009, I’m representing the defendants-appellees in one such case now pending on appeal before the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

“Speculation rises that Supreme Court Justice Stevens will retire; John Paul Stevens, who will turn 90 next year, has hired only one clerk for the 2010 term; That could be a tipoff that he plans to retire before then, although he has not said he will”: David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Justices to Revisit Campaign Finance”: Jess Bravin and T.W. Farnam have this article today in The Wall Street Journal.