“Murder case unites Puerto Ricans against death penalty; Capital punishment prohibited on island, but Washington says federal crimes an exception”: The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania contains this article today.

“McGregor ready for challenge as state’s new chief justice”: This article appears today in The Arizona Republic.

“McCain Sees ‘Slippery Slope’ in Filibuster Ban; He is among the GOP senators who oppose a rule change that would curtail the Democrats’ ability to contest federal judicial nominees”: Ronald Brownstein has this article today in The Los Angeles Times, along with a “Washington Outlook” essay entitled “Bush’s Neglect of Consensus May Be Kindling Fiery Senate Showdown.”

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports today that “Senate feels heat on changing filibuster rules stalling bench picks.”

Online at Mother Jones, Michael Scherer has an article entitled “Nuclear War Games: Each side in the filibuster debate is spinning its own version of Senate history.”

And Richard N. Bond has an op-ed in Newsday entitled “The Byrd precedent is for the birds; Former majority leader and fellow Democrats show hypocrisy in chiding GOP for majority vote.”