“Marrying cousins still face obstacles”: This article appeared yesterday in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

“Attacking a Free Judiciary”: The New York Times today contains an editorial that begins, “The low point in the politicking over Terri Schiavo came last week when the House majority leader, Tom DeLay, threatened the judges who ruled in her case.”

“It’s difficult to see why Cornyn would make so asinine a comment if he had not intended to send the message that federal judges should watch what they do from now on”: So writes Yale Law Professor Jack M. Balkin in a blog post you can access here.

Earlier, I collected in posts accessible here and here press coverage of the remarks that Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) delivered yesterday on the floor of the U.S. Senate.

You can now access online a transcript of Senator Cornyn’s remarks. They span four pages of the Congressional Record, and you can access the remarks in full by clicking on the following pages in ascending order: one, two, three, four.

Bald litigant sued for cybersquatting — just think of the potential for humor: See, for example, the first paragraph of this opinion that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

In news coverage, David Kravets of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Man Can Disparage Company on Web.”

“Congressional hearings scrutinize Patriot Act; Has it helped combat terrorists? Attorney general to make the case.” Tom Curry, national affairs writer for MSNBC, has this report today.

And The Associated Press reports that “Gonzales to Defend Patriot Act Renewal.”

“‘Liars,’ Libel and Liability: In a surprising decision, the Supreme Court is refusing to take up a key 1st Amendment case.” The Los Angeles Times today contains an editorial that begins, “The most surprising decision the Supreme Court rendered last week was not about gender discrimination in high school sports or age discrimination, the two most widely reported cases. The justices’ most notable and dismaying action was their one-line refusal to take up a case hitting at the core of 1st Amendment freedoms.”

“Supreme Court rules IRAs exempt from bankruptcy proceedings”: Joan Biskupic has this article today in USA Today.

David G. Savage is reporting: Today in The Los Angeles Times, he has articles headlined “Law Students Prevail Again in High Court; Stanford’s litigation clinic offers hands-on training, and a chance to change the law” and “IRAs Shielded in Bankruptcy, Justices Rule; In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court says creditors may not seize money in the retirement accounts to collect on debts.”

“Conservatives push judicial votes”: The Washington Times contains this article today.

Financial Times reports today that “Republicans weigh plan to vaporise Senate roadblocks.”

The Boston Globe contains a news analysis headlined “Frustrated movement is eyeing rules options.”

The Washington Post reports that “Post-Schiavo Questions Await Congress’s GOP Leaders; Priorities Debated As Recess Ends.”

And The Poughkeepsie Journal contains an editorial entitled “‘Nuclear option’ is lousy choice.”

“Senator links violence, judges; Cornyn suggests ‘political decisions’ may be a factor in recent incidents at courthouses”: This article appears today in The Houston Chronicle.

And The Dallas Morning News reports today that “Cornyn theorizes on violence; Democrat calls senator’s remarks on judges, accountability ‘bizarre.’”

I hope to link to the transcript of these remarks once it become available online via the Congressional Record, so that people can decide for themselves whether the remarks are as bizarre as they seem to be from press accounts.