“Lawsuit filed over justice selection”: This article appeared yesterday in The Des Moines Register, along with an article headlined “Lawyer, all 4 plaintiffs have GOP backgrounds.”

“Supreme Court to decide generic drug labeling issue”: James Vicini of Reuters has this report.

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Generic-Drug Makers Get Hearing at U.S. High Court.”

“Govt won’t contest ruling in steroids probe”: Pete Yost of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The government will not contest an appeals court ruling that investigators illegally seized a list of baseball players who allegedly tested positive for steroids, the Justice Department said Friday. That decision keeps intact a legal victory for scores of ballplayers snared in the doping investigation.”

“N.J. Supreme Court justice, Senate president feud over constitutionality of temporary judge”: Today’s edition of The Newark Star-Ledger contains an article that begins, “The simmering controversy over Gov. Chris Christie’s sacking of Supreme Court Justice John Wallace and the state Senate’s refusal to approve a new justice erupted into public view yesterday with a raucous feud involving all three branches of New Jersey government.”

The New York Times reports today that “Appointment Fight Divides Judges.”

The Wall Street Journal contains an article headlined “Justice Stymies New Jersey High Court” that begins, “A mini-revolt broke out on the New Jersey Supreme Court Friday when an associate justice said he would abstain from all future decisions while a temporary justice is serving, leading top Democrats to call for the associate justice’s resignation.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.

And The Associated Press reports that “N.J. high court at odds over fill-in; A Supreme Court justice refuses to hear cases while an interim judge is on the bench.”

Justice Roberto A. Rivera-Soto abstained from ruling on the two decisions that the Supreme Court of New Jersey issued yesterday. You can access those two decisions, and Justice Rivera-Soto’s opinions abstaining therefrom, here and here.

“Court to Weigh Private Interests’ Intervention in NEPA Disputes”: Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire has an article that begins, “A federal appeals court will consider next week whether to abandon a legal rule that makes it difficult for private interests to intervene in environmental disputes in the Western states.”

“Harry Reid, Republicans in talks on judicial nominees”: Politico.com has a report that begins, “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is negotiating a deal with Republican leaders to confirm a long list of President Barack Obama’s judicial nominations that have idled on the Senate calendar for months, sources say.”