In Bashman news from Massachusetts via Australia: The Sydney Morning Herald has a report from The Associated Press headlined “Impatient couple bash man as they wait for KFC.”

And in local coverage, The Patriot Ledger of Quincy, Massachusetts reports that “Slow chicken order leads to assault arrest at Norwell KFC.”

“Life in Prison for Minors–Cruel and Unusual? Supreme Court Will Take Up Two Cases on the Constitutionality of a Sentence That Gives Juveniles No Chance at Redemption.” Jess Bravin will have this article Monday in The Wall Street Journal.

“The Supreme Court Slams the Door”: Online at The Nation, law professor Herman Schwartz has an essay that begins, “A Supreme Court ruling in May, Ashcroft v. Iqbal, on how much information civil complaints in a lawsuit must contain, might seem a narrow technical matter, of interest only to lawyers and law journals. Yet, it is on just such ‘technicalities’ that the legal rights of victims of public or private wrongdoing often hinge. For almost four decades the Court’s right wing has been perfecting such technicalities as legal weapons to deny Americans an opportunity to enforce their rights in court.”

“Kennedy: Constitution open to interpretation.” Friday’s edition of The Norman (Okla.) Transcript contained an article that begins, “The authors of the U.S. Constitution intentionally made it open to interpretation so that it could be adapted to meet changing societal issues, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said Thursday in Norman.”

And Friday’s edition of The Oklahoma Daily reported that “Anthony Kennedy speaks to members of the law school.”

Finally, The GW Hatchet reported last week that “Justice will speak at law school; Anthony Kennedy will keynote symposium.”

“Questions surround start of new Supreme Court term: How will Sonia Sotomayor vote? Is John Paul Stevens soon to retire? Will John Roberts and Samuel Alito be more unabashedly conservative? The term begins Monday.” Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

Nina Totenberg of National Public Radio has a written report headlined “A Changed Court Faces Key Decisions In 2009-10.” The audio will appear on tomorrow’s broadcast of “Morning Edition.”

James Vicini of Reuters reports that “US court term has major gun rights, business cases.”

And Agence France-Presse reports that “US Supreme Court to examine terrorism, gun rights.”

According to “SCOTUSblog,” the U.S. Supreme Court‘s October Term 2009 will be off to an unusual start, as the first case that was to be argued tomorrow morning has been postponed due to “family emergencies” affecting “two of the advocates scheduled to argue” the case.

“New Battle in the Gun War Heads to the Supreme Court; The Highest Court in the Land Will Hear Case of Chicago Residents Who Want the City’s Handgun Ban Overturned”: ABCNews.com has this report.

“O’Connor addresses W&M law students”: This article appears today in The Richmond Times-Dispatch.

And The Daily Press of Newport News, Virginia reports today that “Retired justice implores schools to start learning.”

Michael Kirkland of UPI reports on Justice John Paul Stevens: Kirkland has articles headlined “Stevens is on the legal front lines” and “Stevens knew his own mind in Bush vs. Gore.”

“Supreme Court to hear appeal of man jailed for dogfight videos”: Today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Paula Reed Ward has an article that begins, “Are graphic depictions of dogfighting similar to child pornography, or are they no different from images routinely published in hunting and fishing magazines? This week, the U.S. Supreme Court will take on a Western Pennsylvania case that pits animal cruelty opponents against First Amendment advocates.”

“6 members of Supreme Court attend Catholic Mass”: The Associated Press has this report.

At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post titled “Red Mass in D.C. Draws Six Justices, Vice President.”

And at WSJ.com’s “Washington Wire” blog, Jess Bravin has a post titled “Supreme Court Majority Opinion: Attend Red Mass.”