“U.S. to Allow Key Detainees to Request Lawyers; 14 Terrorism Suspects Given Legal Forms at Guantanamo”: This article will appear Friday in The Washington Post.

Available online from law.com: An article is headlined “Filing a Malpractice Suit Against a Firm? Better Be Quick About It; Under unanimous Calif. Supreme Court ruling, former clients will have less time to hit their old firms with malpractice suits.” You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.

And in other news, “2nd Circuit Removes Judge From Case for Repeated Refusal to Document Sentence Grid Departure.” You can access today’s Second Circuit ruling at this link.

“2007-2008 Supreme Court Preview”: The American Constitution Society hosted this program yesterday in Washington, DC, and you can view archived video of the program online using either RealPlayer or Windows Media Player.

“Supreme Court Preview: Detainee Rights on the Docket.” Stephanie Mencimer has this preview online at the web site of Mother Jones magazine.

“Coming Monday: A Ninety-Minute Conversation with Justice Clarence Thomas.” RushLimbaugh.com provides this transcript from today’s broadcast of the Rush Limbaugh Show.

The Heritage Foundation, The Federalist Society, and the National Center for Policy Analysis announce the details of Justice Clarence Thomas’s book tour: You can view the details by clicking here.

“A Preview of the Supreme Court’s Next Term”: This audio segment (RealPlayer required) featuring David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times and Law Professor Jeffrey Rosen appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Talk of the Nation.”

“Clarence Thomas: Abortion Was Real Issue; Supreme Court Justice Gives First TV Interview To Steve Kroft.” CBSNews.com provides this preview of Justice Thomas’s appearance Sunday on the CBS News program “60 Minutes.”

On Monday, October 1, 2007, Justice Thomas’s book — “My Grandfather’s Son: A Memoir” — will go on sale, although booksellers sometimes place books out for purchase before their official release date.

“Supreme Court Preview”: This audio segment (RealPlayer required) featuring Lyle Denniston appeared on today’s broadcast of the public radio program “Here & Now.”

“Deal Floated On Liability Of Telecoms; Damages Cap for Those Involved in Secret Wiretapping?” Lawrence Hurley has this article today in The Daily Journal of California.

“Verizon Reverses Itself on Abortion Messages”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times provides this news update.

Now available online, a “Digital Archive of the Papers of Harry A. Blackmun”: The archive, which you can access via this link, currently includes cert. pool memoranda from Justice Blackmun’s years on the Rehnquist Court, which spanned the 1986 through 1993 Terms.

“Pausing the Machinery of Death: The Supreme Court Takes Baze.” Law Professor Alison J. Nathan has this commentary online at Jurist.

“Sentencing disparity for cocaine under attack; Crack nets users more prison time than powder drug”: This article appears today in The Houston Chronicle.

“At issue in this case is the right to a jury trial in an admiralty case.” So begins a complex but interesting ruling that a unanimous two-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“Senate Panel Moves Forward on Press Bill”: Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press has an article that begins, “A Senate committee on Thursday decided to push ahead with legislation shielding reporters from being forced to reveal their sources in federal court, despite objections from the federal law enforcement and intelligence community.”

“Nomination Is a Classic Case of Partisanship”: In today’s issue of Roll Call, Law Professor Carl Tobias has an op-ed (subscription required) that begins, “On Sept. 6, President Bush nominated Duncan Getchell, a Richmond lawyer, for an opening on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. The nominee was not one of the five individuals whom Virginia Sens. John Warner (R) and Jim Webb (D) had earlier proposed to Bush. This nomination is a classic example of divisive partisanship, although the president frequently mouths the platitudes of bipartisanship. Thus, the Commonwealth’s Senators and the entire Senate would be within their rights to reject the nominee.”

“Boulder students protest pledge, under God”: The Rocky Mountain News provides this update.

The Denver Post provides a news update headlined “Boulder students protest ‘God’ in pledge.”

And The Boulder Daily Camera today contains an article headlined “Pledging to protest: Some students don’t want to hear Pledge of Allegiance during class.” The newspaper’s web site also provides an update headlined “School won’t move pledge, despite student protest.”

“A Law-Abiding Attorney General? Mukasey’s respect for limits on executive power makes him an improvement.” Jacob Sullum has this essay online at Reason.

“Painting the Court Green: Anti-energy judicial activism.” Marlo Lewis has this essay at National Review Online.

“Court Won’t Declare Chimp a Person”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “He’s now got a human name – Matthew Hiasl Pan – but he’s having trouble getting his day in court. Animal rights activists campaigning to get Pan, a 26-year-old chimpanzee, legally declared a person vowed Thursday to take their challenge to Austria’s Supreme Court after a lower court threw out their latest appeal.”

“Money helped Spector more than celebrity; His fortune gave him access to top attorneys and other resources that 99% of defendants could never afford, legal experts say”: Henry Weinstein has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Also in that newspaper today, columnist Steve Lopez has an essay entitled “Exhibit M: money, money, money” that begins, “If I’m ever tempted to kill someone, please remind me to raise a few million dollars first. It can’t hurt. Celebrity music producer Phil Spector had the .38-caliber Cobra in his hand, he had blood on his jacket, the driver heard him say he thought he just killed someone, five women testified that he had brandished guns in their presence, and Spector brushed off his murder rap like a bad wig.”

“Court clears way for suit against SAG”: The Los Angeles Times today contains an article that begins, “In a setback for the Screen Actors Guild, a federal appeals court Wednesday cleared the path for a former employee to pursue a wrongful termination case against the union. The case was brought by Patricia Heisser Metoyer, an affirmative action administrator for the union who was fired in May 2001 after an audit found she had authorized payment of more than $30,000 in grant funds to friends, business partners and her husband’s production company.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Courts rebuff most of Vonage’s patent arguments; Verizon, Sprint secure wins over Internet phone service company”: Today’s edition of USA Today contains an article that begins, “A federal appeals court on Wednesday affirmed the bulk of Verizon’s patent claims against Vonage, marking another setback for the Internet phone service pioneer.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Federal Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Judge rejects portion of Patriot Act; The law gives federal agents too much power, the ruling says, supporting Oregon lawyer Brandon Mayfield’s challenge”: This article appears today in The Oregonian.

The New York Times reports today that “Judge Rules Provisions in Patriot Act to Be Illegal.”

And The Washington Post reports that “Patriot Act Provisions Voided; Judge Rules Law Gives Executive Branch Too Much Power.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon appears at this link.

“Court reverses itself – finds credit agency violated man’s rights”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

My earlier coverage of Tuesday’s Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“FCC pushes review of indecency policy”: Today in The Los Angeles Times, Jim Puzzanghera has an article that begins, “The Bush administration will ask the Supreme Court to reinstate a tough broadcast indecency policy that was invalidated by a lower court last spring, the nation’s top communications regulator said Wednesday.”

My most recent earlier coverage appears at this link.

“Ruling gives breast-feeding student extra break in exam”: The Boston Globe contains this article today.

The New York Times reports today that “In Reversal, Student Is Given Extra Exam Time to Pump Breast Milk.”

And The Harvard Crimson reports that “HMS Student Wins in Court; State appeals court says student can express breast milk into bottle during exam.”

“Va. Execution Is Likely to Be Delayed; State Has Used Lethal Injection 70 Times”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

“Justice Dept.’s warrantless eavesdropping rejected”: Declan McCullagh of c|net News.com provides this report.

“Verizon Rejects Messages of Abortion Rights Group”: Today in The New York Times, Adam Liptak has an article that begins, “Saying it had the right to block ‘controversial or unsavory’ text messages, Verizon Wireless has rejected a request from Naral Pro-Choice America, the abortion rights group, to make Verizon’s mobile network available for a text-message program.”

“Clarence Thomas’s book party”: The Hill today contains an article that begins, “Most Washington parties can be crashed with simple name-dropping or the flash of a powerful business card. Next week’s book party for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, however, is off-limits to intruders. ‘If you don’t have an invite, don’t come,’ said Armstrong Williams, who will host the party at his Northeast D.C. home.”

“The Upcoming Supreme Court Lethal Injection Death Penalty Case: How It Will Likely Illustrate the Serious Ideological Divisions That Continue to Separate the Justices.” Edward Lazarus has this essay online today at FindLaw.