“Holding Up Taxpayers: Lawyers in the D.C. gun case are demanding that the city pay them outsized fees.” This editorial appears today in The Washington Post.

“Seeking Details, Lawmakers Cite Anthrax Doubts”: The New York Times on Sunday will contain an article that begins, “A month after the F.B.I. declared that an Army scientist was the anthrax killer, leading members of Congress are demanding more information about the seven-year investigation, saying they do not think the bureau has proved its case.”

“Court Gives White House More Time; Stay Delays House Panel’s Probe Into Prosecutor Firings”: Today’s edition of The Washington Post contains an article that begins, “A federal appeals court granted the White House a temporary delay in turning over documents to a House committee investigating the firings of nine U.S. attorneys.”

Available online from Slate: Dahlia Lithwick has a jurisprudence essay titled “Bristol’s Choice: Republicans and the illusion of reproductive choice.”

And William Saletan has a human nature essay titled “Bristol’s Body, Sarah’s Choice: Abortion, teen motherhood, and parental authority.”

Articles of note available online from SSRN: Law Professor Dan Markel has an article titled “How Should Punitive Damages Work?” (via “Legal Theory Blog“).

Law Professor (and former U.S. District Judge) Paul G. Cassell has an article titled “Treating Crime Victims Fairly: Integrating Victims into the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure” (via “Legal Theory Blog“).

And Law Professor Ian Ayres and Sydney Foster have an article titled “Don’t Tell, Don’t Ask: Narrow Tailoring after Grutter and Gratz” (via “Legal Theory Blog“).

“Citing the Transcript of Oral Argument: Which Justices Do It and Why.” Frederick Liu has this article online at The Yale Law Journal’s “Pocket Part” (via “Concurring Opinions“).

“Domestic violence alleged: Halverson husband arrested; Suspended judge undergoes surgery for beating injuries.” Today’s edition of The Las Vegas Review-Journal contains an article that begins, “The husband of suspended District Judge Elizabeth Halverson is known as a devoted, patient spouse who would cook, shop and dote on his wife. But on Thursday night, Edward Halverson, 49, was arrested and accused of beating the judge with a frying pan.”