“Calls for recusal intensify in health care case”: Joan Biskupic will have this article Monday in USA Today.

“Reneging on Justice at Guantanamo”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an editorial that begins, “In 2008, the Supreme Court ruled that Guantanamo Bay prisoners who are not American citizens have the right of habeas corpus, allowing them to challenge the legality of their detention in federal court and seek release. The power of the ruling, however, has been eviscerated by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.”

“The conservative case for healthcare reform’s individual mandate: Would conservatives rather have government impose a financial requirement on people who choose not to buy healthcare, or have those who behave responsibly bear the financial burden of a few?” Walter Zelman has this op-ed today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Post-9/11 tradeoff: Security vs. civil liberties.” David Crary of The Associated Press has this lengthy report.

“Clarence Thomas attends hometown museum dedication; source of funding for institution prompts questions”: Today in The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has an article that begins, “The Clarence Thomas Interchange on Interstate 95 leads eventually to the Clarence Thomas wing of Savannah’s Carnegie Library, which is near the Clarence Thomas Center for Historical Preservation at the Savannah College of Art and Design. But Saturday, the Supreme Court justice was 12 more miles down the road, past the city where he grew up and back to the sliver of a place where he was born, among the moss-draped live oaks and golden-brown marshes of Pin Point.”

And today’s edition of The Savannah Morning News contains an article headlined “A monumental day at Pin Point.”

“Tri-state fight over water on hold while court deliberates; Atlanta lawyer says he is optimistic about final outcome of Lanier case”: Today’s edition of The Gainesville (Ga.) Times contains an article that begins, “Georgia’s longstanding water wars with Florida and Alabama are, for the most part, at a standstill. On Nov. 10, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Alabama, Florida, the city of Apalachicola, Fla., and Alabama Power Co. an extension to file a petition for an appeal of a lower court ruling that favored Georgia.”

“U.S. Supreme Court case from Cleveland may set consumer protection precedents”: This article appears today in The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

“What does a Supreme Court justice do in retirement?” The Washington Post has placed online this interview with retired Justice John Paul Stevens.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: High court will kill healthcare reform.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“What They Don’t Teach Law Students: Lawyering.” Today’s edition of The New York Times contains this lengthy front page article.