“Supreme Court to hear global warming case this week”: The Detroit Free Press provides this report.

“Justice Stevens and Panel on Judicial Selection”: You can view online yesterday evening’s broadcast of C-SPAN‘s “America and the Courts” by clicking here (RealPlayer required).

C-SPAN describes yesterday’s broadcast as follows: “Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens spoke about original intent and stare decisis at the Chicago Bar Association on September 14th. He is followed by a panel discussion on judicial selection, moderated by Legal Times Supreme Court Correspondent Tony Mauro at the Georgetown Law Center in Washington, DC on September 28th.”

“Regulate CO2? Justices To Rule; Connecticut Helps Put Global Warming Before Supreme Court.” This article appears today in The Hartford Courant.

“Hail to the chief: Dick Cheney’s mission to expand — or ‘restore’ — the powers of the presidency.” Charlie Savage has this lengthy article in the Ideas section of today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

“Nicaragua abortion ban called a threat to lives”: This article appears today in The Boston Globe.

“Courts Don’t Belong to Judges”: The Connecticut regional section of today’s edition of The New York Times today contains an editorial that begins, “The state legislature, the news media and the judicial branch clashed repeatedly this year over a simple question: Who has the final say on how Connecticut courts are run?”

“Judicial nominations: Time for bipartisanship.” Law Professor Carl Tobias will have this essay in Monday’s issue of The National Law Journal.

“High Court Case Could Imperil Pending Patents; Justices to Hear Dispute Over What Constitutes an Invention”: law.com’s Tony Mauro provides this report.

“Lawmaker Leaves Judge Nominee in Limbo”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “A conservative Republican lawmaker is considering whether to stop blocking a judicial nominee over concerns her appearance at a lesbian commitment ceremony betrayed her legal views on gay marriage.”

And The Des Moines Register on Thursday published a related article headlined “Politics stall Iowan’s judgeship; John Jarvey’s qualifications aren’t involved in standoff.”

“Check Still Needed On Judicial Power: Should Judges Answer Only To Themselves?” Mitchell W. Pearlman has this op-ed today in The Hartford Courant.

“Record damages for Irish billionaire who sued ‘Mirror'”: This article appeared yesterday in The Independent (UK).

The Sunday Business Post of Ireland reports today that “Supreme Court may reduce O’Brien award.”

The Press Gazette (UK) reported on Friday that “Billionaire businessman wins record Irish damages against Mirror.”

And today in The Sunday Times of London, Sarah Carey has an essay entitled “Doing justice to O’Brien.”

“Lawyers cram for justices’ grilling; Jefferson schools case heard Dec. 4”: The Louisville Courier-Journal today contains an article that begins, “They’ve spent six months studying case law, writing legal briefs and flying around the country to sharpen their arguments before panels of top law professors. But Dec. 4, two Louisville lawyers will argue opposite sides of a landmark school-integration case before the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. — a first for both.”

In somewhat related news, The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Affirmative action era is over, longtime foe says; Former UC regent Ward Connerly, buoyed by success of Michigan measure, is eyeing new targets.”

And in The Seattle Times, columnist Danny Westneat has an op-ed entitled “Seeing our way to diversity.”

“Activism already a factor in races for Pa. high court”: The Philadelphia Inquirer today contains an article that begins, “Russell M. Nigro is wrestling with a dilemma: Should he try to win back a seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court after being ousted in a wave of voter anger last year? Or should he skip the political drama and stick with his growing court-mediation business? Nigro, a former Philadelphia trial judge, is weighing a variety of factors – whether the legal community would support him, how to raise money for another costly statewide campaign, and even what to do about bloggers who, he fears, might spread misinformation about him.”

“Gay couple awaits adoption ruling from U.S. court; The Seattle men’s quest for their child’s birth certificate in Oklahoma highlights how states’ rules conflict”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

“High Court to Hear Global Warming Case”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“Scalia the Civil Libertarian? As it conducts the war on terror, the Bush administration may find the conservative justice a bigger obstacle than the Democratic Party.” Scott Turow has this Idea Lab essay in today’s issue of The New York Times Magazine.

“Killing habeas corpus: Arlen Specter’s about-face.” Jeffrey Toobin will have this article in the December 4, 2006 issue of The New Yorker.