“2,500 Arrested Before Katrina Are Still in Limbo; At the heart of the problem is a public defender system almost too broke to function”: Henry Weinstein has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Voting Cases Could Shape Debate Over Alito; Court Nominee’s Views on Reapportionment Decisions Puzzle Scholars, Anger His Critics”: Jess Bravin will have this article (free access) Monday in The Wall Street Journal.

And in Monday’s edition of Financial Times, Patti Waldmeir reports that “Television advertising wars break out over Supreme Court nomination.”

“A Fight with a Twist: Democrats have a crafty new weapon against Samuel Alito’s abortion stance; But will it backfire?” This article will appear in the November 28, 2005 issue of Time magazine.

“Lincoln’s words, our pledge”: Friday in The Los Angeles Times, columnist David Gelernter had an op-ed that begins, “The Pledge of Allegiance has been in legal jeopardy for years, all because it contains the words ‘under God’ — a phrase Abraham Lincoln stamped on the American consciousness when he used it on Nov. 19, 1863, 142 years ago, in the Gettysburg Address.”

“Detroit ‘Sleeper Cell’ Prosecutor Faces Probe; Grand Jury Considering Indictment for Misconduct”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

“Transcript: Sen. Joe Biden on ‘FOX News Sunday.'” The context of today’s filibuster reference can be ascertained here.

The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “Biden: Alito’s Views May Bring Filibuster“; “Jewish Group Votes to Oppose Alito“; “How Patent Suit Became Judge’s Nightmare“; and “Commandments Draw 300 to Okla. Courthouse.”

In today’s edition of The New York Times: In news from California, “University Is Accused of Bias Against Christian Schools.”

An article headlined “Deals and Consequences” reports on the former head of investment banking at Merrill Lynch who is now serving a 30-month jail sentence for his role in Merrill Lynch’s purchase of three Nigerian barges from Enron in 1999.

And sports columnist Selena Roberts has an essay entitled “Nothing Sacred, or Secret, on the Web” (TimesSelect subscription required).

“A Wolf in Burberry Clothing or, The Dirty Underbelly of A3G’s Outing”: You can access this post at Chris Geidner’s “Law Dork” blog.

“5th Circuit headed back to New Orleans; Katrina forced appeals court to temporarily set up shop in Houston”: Harvey Rice had this article yesterday in The Houston Chronicle.

“The forces that molded Judge Alito: Family and the law figure prominently in shaping the character of court nominee.” Warren Richey will have this article Monday in The Christian Science Monitor.

“Did Texas execute an innocent man? Eyewitness says he felt influenced by police to ID the teen as the killer.” This front page article appears today in The Houston Chronicle.

“17 Chief Justices to speak at int’l judicial conference”: The Manila Bulletin contains this article today.

“Alito: New (Old) Attack Plan.” This Periscope item will appear in the November 28, 2005 issue of Newsweek.

And late Friday, Newsweek posted online an essay by Howard Fineman entitled “The Alito Schism: How a 20-year-old job application may push the Senate to the ‘nuclear’ brink.”

“9th Circuit split: House’s abusive bypass.” Law Professor Carl W. Tobias will have this op-ed in the November 21, 2005 issue of The National Law Journal.

“Still standing: The resilience of Roe v. Wade.” Jeffrey Toobin will have this “Annals of Law” essay in the November 28, 2005 issue of The New Yorker.

“Weblogs are so Hebrew Year 5765 it’s not funny”: Jeremy Blachman, who knows a thing or two about writing a blog using a fictional persona, has this to say about the unmasking of “Article III Groupie” of “Underneath Their Robes.”

“Lafave judge silences attorneys; His gag order applies to both prosecutor and defense attorney, who was dealt several blows from rulings Friday”: Yesterday’s edition of The St. Petersburg Times contained this article. Earlier, Friday’s newspaper reported that “Prosecutor wants Lafave attorney silenced; The State Attorney’s Office seeks a gag order against the defender of the teacher accused of a sex crime, calling his remarks inaccurate.”

And The Tampa Tribune reported yesterday that “State Riles Lafave Defense.”

Meanwhile, in commentary, The SPTimes today contains an editorial entitled “Gag is out of order.”

“After the Storm, Chertoff Vows to Reshape DHS; Secretary Pledges to Learn From Mistakes of Katrina”: This article appeared last Monday in The Washington Post.

“Alito and the Death Penalty: The Supreme Court nominee was overruled on capital punishment in an appeal that some say tipped his hand on the subject.” Richard A. Serrano has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has articles headlined “Alito’s record has feminists ready for battle” and “Alito ruling gave women grounds for asylum; Key decision cited by number of courts, although he also set high burden of proof.”

The Newark Star-Ledger contains an article headlined “Judging Alito: 7 weeks to go; Nominee encounters criticism but reserves testimony for hearings.”

The Hartford Courant’s NE Magazine contains a lengthy article headlined “Alito’s Yale Years; Early Signs Of Brilliance In A Shy, Religious Scholar.”

The Austin American-Statesman reports that “Alito document spurs clash over future of women’s rights.”

And The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana reports that “La.’s Vitter backing Alito.”

“The Alito Memo”: The Washington Post contains this editorial today.

The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina today contains an editorial entitled “Alito’s tilt: Having once trumpeted strong conservative views, Samuel Alito Jr. should face tough questions in his Supreme Court bid.”

In The Los Angeles Times, Law Professor Vikram Amar has an op-ed entitled “Who’s the real Alito?”

In The San Francisco Chronicle, columnist Vicki Haddock has an op-ed entitled “The Bush dynasty and Roe vs. Wade; Rubbery politics runs in the family.”

In The Oregonian, Garrett Epps has an op-ed entitled “Refereeing from the bench: A football ref doesn’t ask for a show of hands on making decisions; neither do judges, and that’s not ‘judicial activism.’”

And in The News & Record of Greensboro, North Carolina, Edward Cone has an op-ed entitled “We need thoughtful middle ground on abortion.”

“Don’t split the Ninth Circuit”: This editorial appears today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

And on Thursday, The Press-Enterprise of Riverside, California published an editorial entitled “Downsize the 9th.”