“Mental health should be factor in security plan”: Dawn Turner Trice has this court security-related op-ed today in The Chicago Tribune.

“Juvenile Logic: Conservatives are right to fear the Supreme Court’s integration of international opinion into its decisions; Liberals should, too.” Law Professor Jeffrey Rosen has this essay in the March 21, 2005 issue of The New Republic.

“Wyden vows fight on bid to ban assisted suicide; Although personally opposed to physician-assisted suicide, Sen. Ron Wyden says such matters typically are left to states to decide for themselves”: The Oregonian contains this article today.

“With marriage, gay couples face tax tangles”: This article appears today in The Boston Globe.

“Pleas favored over trials; The number of federal trials in South Florida and the nation is down dramatically in recent years, raising questions about the need for new courthouses”: The Miami Herald contains this article today.

“Specter and the Filibuster Rule: Not blinded by the right.” This editorial appears today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The Austin American-Statesman contains an editorial entitled “Mutually assured destruction.”

And today in The Dallas Morning News, William Murchison has an essay entitled “Get Bush judicial nominees on the bench – now.”

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting: The newspaper today contains an article headlined “Election case poses many potential conflicts of interest for justices” that begins, “Almost all Washington Supreme Court justices have financial, political, social or other ties to the candidates or other participants in the legal challenge to the 2004 gubernatorial election, a Seattle Post-Intelligencer review has found.”

And in other news, “Abortion issue stalls bill to regulate body piercing.”

“Lefkow killer tracked in ’99; Ross sent `odd letters’ to attorney general”: The Chicago Tribune contains this article today.

ABC News reports that “Recent Violence Spotlights Judges’ Vulnerability; Safety Precautions Are Nothing New to Those on the Bench.”

The New York Times today contains an editorial entitled “Protecting Judges.”

And The Cincinnati Enquirer contains an editorial entitled “Time to reassess judicial safety.”