“Ressam sentencing revived; Supreme Court to hear terrorist case”: This article appeared yesterday in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

“Canadian Judge Finds U.S. Lacking as a Haven for Refugees”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column Monday in The New York Times.

“Destroyed CIA tapes spur probes; They could have shown if the harsh interrogation of terror suspects was illegal, analysts say”: Warren Richey will have this article Monday in The Christian Science Monitor.

Today in The Miami Herald, Carol Rosenberg has an article headlined “Filing: Detainee ‘tortured’; In a federal court filing, lawyers for a Baltimore man held at a Guantanamo Bay secret camp claimed the detainee was tortured.”

The Washington Post today contains a front page article headlined “Hill Briefed on Waterboarding in 2002; In Meetings, Spy Panels’ Chiefs Did Not Protest, Officials Say.” The newspaper also reports that “Justice, CIA Begin Videotape Inquiry; Spy Agency Asked to Preserve Evidence Related to Destroyed Interrogation Records.”

And The Los Angeles Times reports that “Justice, CIA watchdog launch inquiry; It’s a first step to see whether the agency acted criminally in destroying videotapes of terrorism suspects’ interrogations.”

“The Supreme Court’s habeas hearing: How the justices reacted to the case for giving Guantanamo inmates more rights.” This editorial appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

“U.S. attorney firings open doors for the 9; A year ago, a Justice Department scandal forced them into new careers; Despite some bitterness, they’ve landed on their feet”: The Los Angeles Times contains this article today.

“The Trials and Tribulations of Hashmel Turner: An unassuming small-town preacher and his unconventional Christian lawyer are trying to win the right to pray to Jesus at city council meetings.” This article is the cover story in today’s issue of The Washington Post Magazine.

“Guantanamo: Legal No-Man’s Land?” The Associated Press provides this report. According to the article, “U.S. law protects endangered iguanas on the naval base, but the Supreme Court is struggling to determine whether it also applies to the 305 men imprisoned there.”

“Right to bear arms clearly an individual freedom”: Joe Nava has this op-ed today in The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.

“Buffer zone law passes its first test”: This article appears today in The Boston Globe.

“Mukasey on the Spot: How will the new attorney general respond to the CIA’s destruction of interrogation videotapes?” Michael Isikoff, Mark Hosenball, and Michael Hirsh will have this article in the December 17, 2007 issue of Newsweek.

In today’s edition of The New York Times Magazine: The subject of this week’s issue is “The 7th Annual Year in Ideas.” Among the ideas discussed are “Mob Jurisprudence“; “Right to Medical Self-Defense, The“; and “Suing God.”

“Supreme Court justice apologizes for comments to Pakistani lawyer”: The Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail on Friday contained an article that begins, “State Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher has apologized to a Virginia lawyer for referencing her Pakistani heritage during a hearing in a discrimination case.”

You can access at this link the concurring opinion that Justice Larry Starcher of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals filed on Thursday.

“Law clerks’ most morbid duty eases”: The Newark Star-Ledger today contains an article that begins, “Ever since New Jersey restored capital punishment a quarter of a century ago, the state Supreme Court has assigned at least one of its law clerks each year to delve deep into the law of death.”

“Pinpointed”: In the December 10, 2007 issue of The New Republic, Law Professor Jeffrey Rosen has this review of the books “My Grandfather’s Son: A Memoir” by Justice Clarence Thomas and “Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas” by Kevin Merida and Michael A. Fletcher.