“The All-Time Gag Order”: The New York Times contains this editorial today.

“Chief in a Hurry: New Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff is trying to rapidly change the way America guards against terrorism.” This article is available online from Time magazine.

“Schiavo’s Parents Appeal to the Supreme Court on Feeding Tube”: The New York Times contains this article today, along with Adam Liptak’s news analysis headlined “Schiavo Lesson on Judiciary Trump Card.”

The Los Angeles Times contains articles headlined “Parents Take Schiavo Case to High Court; Without nutrition, their daughter won’t ‘be with us much longer,’ father says in emergency plea; Florida’s Gov. Bush asks for state to take custody” and “Narrower Interpretations Have Hurt Parents’ Case.” A related editorial is entitled “Rehnquist’s Test.”

In The New York Sun, Luiza Ch. Savage reports that “Custody Battle Erupts Over a Dying Schiavo.”

The Washington Times reports that “Schiavo’s parents appeal to Supreme Court.”

The St. Petersburg Times reports that “Schiavo case heads to U.S. Supreme Court; As Terri Schiavo spends a sixth day without food or water, options to reinsert her tube are denied; ‘It’s getting very, very down to the wire,’ an attorney says.”

The Tampa Tribune reports that “Judicial And Executive Branches Wrangle Over New Medical Opinion.”

The Miami Herald contains articles headlined “One last hope for parents; Legal and legislative setbacks left the parents of Terri Schiavo hoping for intervention by the U.S. Supreme Court” and “Husband, in-laws once were united in caring for Terri; Before the fighting, Michael Schiavo and his in-laws cared for Terri Schiavo together; The Schindlers urged him to date, and later agreed on the extent of her damage.”

And The Orlando Sentinel reports that “High court gets Schiavo plea; Parents ask justices to intervene in case” and “State Senate rejects bill to reinsert feeding tube; After a 21-18 count, ‘the process is exhausted,’ Senate President Tom Lee says.”

“Trucker spared death — for now; Jury finds him guilty of lesser counts; a mistrial is declared on the 20 tougher ones”: This article appears today in The Houston Chronicle, along with an article headlined “Proving intent proves difficult in death penalty cases; Prosecutors in Tyrone Williams’ smuggling case faced an uphill fight, experts say.”

The Dallas Morning News reports today that “Truck driver avoids death penalty; He’s convicted of transporting, but jury deadlocks on conspiracy.”

And The New York Times reports that “Truck Driver Spared Death in Smuggling of Immigrants.”