“Christian Conservatives Take Aim at Filibusters”: Reuters provides this report.

Today’s U.S. Supreme Court Order List: The Court today granted certiorari in five cases. And the Court asked for the views of the Solicitor General in an additional case. You can access today’s Order List at this link.

In early press coverage, Hope Yen of The Associated Press reports that “Court to Hear Dispute Over Student Loans” and “Supreme Court Declines to Hear POWs’ Case.” The AP also reports that “Supreme Court Takes Up Death Penalty Issue” and “Court Takes Case of Fallen Postal Customer.” James Vicini of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court Rejects Appeal by 1991 POWs in Iraq.” Reuters also reports that “US Court to Decide on Guilt Evidence at Sentencing.” And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston provides this coverage.

“Preserving the Right to a Lawyer”: This editorial appears today in The New York Times.

“DeLay’s Banana Republic”: The Los Angeles Times contains this editorial today.

On today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Morning Edition“: The broadcast contained segments entitled “Frist Takes Judicial Filibuster Fight to Churches” and “Wal-Mart Faces New Public Image Battle.”

“Going Nuclear: The Threat to Our System of Checks and Balances.” The Center for American Progress will host this event this morning. C-SPAN2 is scheduled to televise the program live, and a live webcast is promised at the Center for American Progress’s web site. The program is scheduled to begin at 9:30a.m. eastern daylight time.

“Raped by statute: Eighteen-year-old Matthew Limon is serving 17 years for having consensual oral sex with another boy; His case reveals our society’s bigotry — and our inability to think straight about teenage sexuality.” Ayelet Waldman has this article online today at Salon.com.

“A loaded box of stereotypes: Despite ‘Batson,’ race, gender play big roles in jury selection.” This article appears in today’s issue of The National Law Journal.

Commentary available online from FindLaw: Matthew Segal has an essay entitled “Violence Against Judges: Why it Occurs and What We Can Learn from it.”

And John W. Dean has an essay entitled “An Update on the Investigation Into the Leak Of CIA Agent Plame’s Identity:
Will The Supreme Court Take The Miller And Cooper Cases?”

“Battle Over Benches Spills Across Pews; Evangelical leaders use a simulcast to churches around the country to support conservative judges; Other groups fear a ‘religious war'”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

The Chicago Tribune reports that “Christians square off over battle for judiciary.”

The Boston Globe reports that “Partisan showdown looms on filibusters; Frist calls GOP justified in changing Senate rules.”

The Washington Times contains articles headlined “Frist takes filibuster fight to Christians” and “GOP has votes for ‘nuclear option,’ McConnell says.”

Newsday contains a lengthy article headlined “fil-i-bus-ter n: The use of extremem dilatory tactics in an attempt to delay or prevent action, especially in a legislative assembly.”

The St. Petersburg Times reports that “Senate’s change isn’t just one rule; If Republicans make it easier to end filibusters over judicial nominees, they may affect all of politics.”

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that “Frist hangs tough on judges.”

In The New York Sun, Luiza Ch. Savage has an article headlined “Frist to Conservatives: Respect Independence of Judiciary.”

The Louisville Courier-Journal contains articles headlined “Judicial filibusters under fire; Speakers urge action on confirmation of U.S. judges“; “Pickering says judicial confirmation process ‘badly needs to be fixed’“; “Few will comment following the event; Some say they were asked not to speak“; and “Foes attack event as intolerant; Rallies’ speakers see threats to freedom.”

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that “Religion, politics intersect in ‘Justice Sunday’; Louisville church hosts rally against filibuster.”

The Stamford Advocate reports that “Red Mass breakfast visited by filibuster controversy.”

The San Antonio Express-News reports that “Christians step into filibuster fray.”

The Rocky Mountain News reports that “Pulpit, politics mix; Conservatives rally to back elimination of Senate filibusters.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “‘Justice Sunday’ raises pressure on the GOP.”

And CNN.com reports that “Frist speaks to Christian anti-filibuster rally; Other religious leaders call rally a false union of faith, politics.”

In commentary, The Portland (Me.) Press Herald contains an editorial entitled “GOP has the right to do business with 51 votes” and an op-ed by Scott Sehon entitled “Filibuster tactic smacks of hypocrisy.”

The Intelligencer of Wheeling, West Virginia contains an editorial entitled “Call Liberals’ Bluff On Use of Filibuster.”

In The Boston Globe, Cathy Young has an op-ed entitled “An ugly new chapter in the religious wars.”

And in The Daily Herald of Provo, Utah, Steven Hall has an op-ed entitled “Beware acts of injustice masked as religion.”

“In Telecast, Frist Defends His Effort to Stop Filibusters”: Monday’s edition of The New York Times will contain this article.

In Monday’s edition of The Washington Post, Charles Babington will have articles headlined “Frist Urges End to Nominee Filibusters; Democrats Decry Speech at Church Rally” and “Unexpectedly, Capitol Hill Democrats Stand Firm.”

In commentary, The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi today contains an editorial entitled “Filibuster follies: What goes around comes around.”

The Anchorage Daily News contains an editorial entitled “Religion and politics: When compromise doesn’t have a prayer, it’s time to say one.”

The Register-Guard of Eugene, Oregon contains an editorial entitled “Avoid the nuclear option: Senate headed for mutually assured destruction.”

In The Tampa Tribune, columnist Daniel Ruth has an op-ed entitled “Stay Tuned For Next Week’s Witch Burning.”

In The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Law Professor Bruce Ledewitz has an op-ed entitled “The end of American democracy? The Republican majority threatens to alter vital mechanisms of our government.”

Finally for now, the organization People For the American Way has today issued a press release titled “Truth Sacrificed by ‘Justice Sunday’ Speakers; PFAW’s Neas Criticizes Continued Religious McCarthyism.”

“Showdown looms over Bush’s court nominees”: This article appears in Monday’s edition of The Times of London.

Access online the statement of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D. (R-TN) at this evening’s “Justice Sunday” event: You can access the text online at this link and the video online at this link (RealPlayer required).

Also available online, a transcript of the remarks Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT) delivered Friday on the floor of the U.S. Senate, available via Senator Leahy’s web site under the heading “Leahy Denounces Religious Smear Campaign On Judicial Nominations; Urges Republican Senators, White House To Condemn Demagoguery.”

And Senator Bob Bennett (R-UT) delivered these quite interesting remarks on the subject of judicial filibusters and the so-called “nuclear option” on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Friday.

“Ex-judge urges Americans to ‘rise up'”: The Louisville Courier-Journal provides a news update that begins:

Hours before appearing as part of “Justice Sunday,” one of President Bush’s former nominees to the U.S. Court of Appeals encouraged Americans today to “rise up and take action” against filibusters in judicial confirmations — a tactic that prevented a Senate vote on his nomination.

“People need to be warned of what is going on in the battle for confirmation of judges,” said Charles W. Pickering, a senior partner in a law firm in Jackson, Miss., whose nomination to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans was blocked from a full Senate vote by Democrats for two years.

And The Associated Press reports that “Judge blocked by filibuster calls it unconstituional tactic.”

The Courier-Journal also offers a news update headlined “Rally rebuts GOP stance on filibusters; Ecumenical crowd of 600 says dissenters can be people of faith.”

Available online from National Public Radio: This evening’s broadcast of “All Things Considered” contained a segment entitled “Frist Takes Filibuster Fight to Church-Backed TV Event.”

And today’s broadcast of “Weekend Edition – Sunday” contained segments entitled “Dead Marine’s Case Sparks Debate over E-Mail Privacy” and “E-Mail Case Raises Questions About Digital Privacy.”

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“Frist Hardens Effort to Stop Filibusters”: The Associated Press provides this updated report.

“Changing Senate Rules: The ‘Constitutional’ or ‘Nuclear’ Option.” This recently-updated Congressional Research Service report, which I previously mentioned here, can now be accessed online in PDF format at this link. (Via “Confirm Them.”)

“The Senate, judges, and the filibuster: As a showdown looms over judicial nominees, both sides of the aisle turn to the Constitution.” Warren Richey will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Christian Science Monitor.

“Frist Says Judges May Be Criticized, Not Threatened”: Thomas Ferraro of Reuters provides this report.

“Did Martha break house arrest? U.S. Probation Dept. looking into attendance at dinner, New York Post reports”: CNN/Money provides this report. The article from today’s issue of The New York Post can be accessed here.

“Family want Moussaoui to change Sept 11 guilty plea”: Reuters provides this report. And The Associated Press reports that “Moussaoui Case May Spark Execution Fight,” one involving international law, no less.

“Frist Defends Effort to End Filibusters”: The Associated Press provides this report.

Newsday reports today that “GOP hopes to strip Democrats of filibuster.”

The Baltimore Sun reports that “Filibuster fight may imperil agenda; Fallout in Senate may prove too much for Bush to ignore; ‘It will stand in the way of all legislation’; Leaders scrambling to finish what they can ahead of clash.”

The Los Angeles Times reports that “Frist Initiative Creates Rift in GOP Base.”

The Louisville Courier-Journal reports that “Justice Sunday to air tonight; Filibuster fight cast as an issue of faith.”

The San Antonio Express-News contains an article headlined “Passing judgment on activist judges.”

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that “Pryor lauded as gutsy in Senate judicial row; Have right to speak up, evangelicals say.”

The State of Columbia, South Carolina (a city I’ll be visiting later this week) reports today that “DeMint, Republicans target filibusters; Senator from S.C., others want to stop Democrats from holding up judicial nominations.”

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports today that “GOP says Democrats have flip-flopped on filibuster; Feingold voted to curb it 10 years ago; now he says it’s essential.”

And The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina reports that “Boyle’s record stirs ruckus; The North Carolina judicial nominee is at the center of a Senate brouhaha.”

In commentary, The Salt Lake Tribune contains an editorial entitled “Whither the filibuster: Republicans should not change Senate rules lightly.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer contains an editorial entitled “The Filibuster Rule: Don’t drop the bomb.”

The Seattle Times contains an editorial entitled “Frist’s frisky filibuster.”

The Grand Rapids Press contains an editorial entitled “Yes or no on judge nominees.”

The Louisville Courier-Journal contains an editorial entitled “Holy war Sunday.”

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette contains an editorial entitled “Mark Pryor’s sermon: The war on religion heats up in the U.S. Senate.”

In The Maine Sunday Telegram, John W. Porter has an op-ed entitled “Once the filibuster is breached, it’s gone.”

In The State, Steven Millies has an op-ed entitled “Conservatives for radical change.”

In The New York Daily News, John Leo has an op-ed entitled “Rally has me losing faith in pols.”

In The Denver Post, columnist Diane Carman has an op-ed entitled “Salazar is the one keeping faith.”

In The Oregonian, Garrett Epps has an op-ed entitled “Conservatives in conflict: The Republican far right charges ahead with limits on individual freedoms, trampling the record of the party’s libertarians.”

In The San Antonio Express-News, David A. Crockett has an op-ed entitled “Nominations no place for filibuster.”

Finally for now, in News & Record of Greensboro, North Carolina, Edward Cone has an op-ed entitled “Passing judgment on the nation’s judiciary.”

Sites offering a bit more advocacy in their coverage of judicial nominations and filibusters: Be sure to check out both “Confirm Them” and “Judging the Future” for two quite different points of view on these issues.

“The filibuster fight will be disastrous for the GOP”: Dick Morris had this op-ed Wednesday in The Hill.

“‘Justice Sunday’ May Weigh on GOP”: This article will appear Sunday in The Los Angeles Times.

“Moussaoui Tells Court He’s Guilty of a Terror Plot”: Neil A. Lewis has this article today in The New York Times, and in Sunday’s newspaper he will have an article headlined “Surprise Terror Plea Leaves Unresolved Issues.”

The Washington Post today contains articles headlined “Moussaoui Pleads Guilty in Terror Plot; Defendant Says Bin Laden Ordered Post-Sept. 11 Attack on White House“; “Questions Linger on Moussaoui’s Role in 9/11“; and “A Mix of Ordinary, Drama at Courthouse; Judge, Moussaoui Are Cordial, Combative.”

The Los Angeles Times reports that “Moussaoui Pleads Guilty to Terror Plot; The conspirator denies being involved in the 9/11 attacks, saying Bin Laden chose him for a separate airplane strike on the White House.”

The Chicago Tribune contains an article headlined “Moussaoui: ‘I am guilty’; 1st conviction in U.S. for Sept. 11 hijacking attacks.”

The Boston Globe reports that “Moussaoui pleads guilty to conspiracy; But denies role in 9/11 attacks.”

In The Baltimore Sun, Gail Gibson reports that “Moussaoui pleads guilty; French citizen admits al-Qaida link, role in plot to carry out 9/11 attacks.”

The Washington Times reports that “Moussaoui pleads guilty.”

The Sacramento Bee reports that “Moussaoui admits plotting terror; Frenchman pleads guilty in post-Sept. 11 plan to crash jet into the White House.”

Newsday contains an article headlined “Guilty in terror case: Moussaoui admits to conspiracy charges that could get him the death penalty but he denies role in 9/11 plot.”

The New York Daily News contains an article headlined “Target: White House.”

The Toronto Globe and Mail contains an article headlined “Moussaoui pleads guilty to terror charges; His plan was to crash a Boeing 747 jetliner into the White House, he tells a U.S. court.”

Sunday’s edition of The Minneapolis Star Tribune will contain an article headlined “How 2 men helped FBI bring down Moussaoui.”

And Friday’s broadcast of the PBS program “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” contained a segment entitled “Moussaoui Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with 9/11 Attackers” (transcript with link to audio).

“Va. Court Upholds Muhammad Sentences; Sniper Could Be Sent To Another State”: The Washington Post contains this article today.

And The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports today that “Muhammad death sentence upheld; Va. justices unanimous on terrorism-act conviction but split on homicide issue.”

“Nuking the filibuster: GOP arguments fail smell test.” This editorial will appear Sunday in The Minneapolis Star Tribune.

In Sunday’s edition of The New York Times, columnist Frank Rich will have an op-ed entitled “A High-Tech Lynching in Prime Time,” while Todd S. Purdum will have a Week in Review essay entitled “The Masters of the Maybe.”

The Anchorage Daily News today contains an article headlined “Stevens says Cheney would settle tie on filibuster vote; Alaska senator originally thought he would play key role.”

Yesterday in The San Diego Union-Tribune, columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr. had an op-ed entitled “Republican majority as victims.”

The Bowdoin Orient yesterday contained an essay by Matt Spooner entitled “The fight for filibusters.”

And on yesterday evening’s broadcast of the PBS program “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,” Mark Shields and David Brooks discussed (transcript with link to audio) the Republicans’ proposal to change Senate rules by banning judicial filibusters.

“Court: Give birth certificates to gay parents.” The Richmond Times-Dispatch today contains this article reporting on a decision that the Supreme Court of Virginia issued yesterday.

“Don’t Bogart that marijuana case”: Michael Kirkland, UPI legal affairs correspondent, has this essay.

As of yet, Michael A. Newdow has no comment: Yesterday’s edition of The Rocky Mountain News reported that “‘Fix’ in pledge raises concern; Jeffco school’s counselor alters phrase ‘under God.’”

Yesterday’s issue of The Denver Post reported that “‘God’-less Pledge stirs Jeffco school backlash.”

And The Washington Times reports today that “Altered Pledge of Allegiance stuns students.”

“Cheney Yanks White House Into Filibuster Fray; Democrat accuses Bush of breaking his word that the administration would not intervene”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

The Chicago Tribune reports today that “Cheney puts filibuster in cross hairs; VP vows to help end deadlock in Senate; Frist in tough spot.”

The Washington Times reports that “Cheney pledges filibuster override.”

The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi reports that “Pickering will speak against filibusters at Ky. rally.”

The Louisville Courier-Journal reports that “Ministers urge cancellation of ‘Justice Sunday’; Group says event mixes faith, politics.”

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that “Ministers protest ‘Justice Sunday’; Say Louisville church’s anti-filibuster rally based on wrong ideas.”

The Kentucky Post reports that “Church telecast challenges filibuster.”

The San Antonio Express-News reports that “Senate filibuster fight taking on religious zeal.”

The Rocky Mountain News contains an article headlined “Getting an earful of opinions; Thousands voice views to Salazar after Focus attack.”

The Lowell Sun reports that “Approval of judicial nominees
threatens to stall the Senate.”

Investor’s Business Daily reports that “GOP Poised To End Judicial Filibusters Soon Despite Risks.”

The Denver Post contains an editorial entitled “Senate dispute turns unsettling.”

The Detroit Free Press contains an editorial entitled “Church and State: Frist oversteps bounds, ushering religion into filibuster fight.”

Today in The Washington Post, columnist Colbert I. King has an op-ed entitled “Hijacking Christianity,” while Paul Gaston has an op-ed entitled “Smearing Christian Judges.”

In The Houston Chronicle, Marianne Means has an op-ed entitled “Frist is taking the Senate down a path he will regret.”

In The Rocky Mountain News, columnist Mike Littwin has an essay entitled “Angry Salazar focuses his wrath on Dobson.”

And in The Decatur (Ala.) Daily, James L. Evans has an essay entitled “On judges, filibusters and faith.”

Available online from National Public Radio: Today’s broadcast of “Weekend Edition – Saturday” contained a segment entitled “Judge Accepts Moussaoui Guilty Plea.”

And yesterday’s broadcast of “All Things Considered” contained segments entitled “Sept. 11 Suspect Moussaoui Changes Plea to Guilty“; “Army Clears Four Officers in Abu Ghraib Abuse“; and “Woman Who Claimed to Find Finger in Chili Arrested.”

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“A Judicious Compromise: Democrats Should Take the First Step to End the Filibuster Fracas.” Columnist David S. Broder will have this op-ed Sunday in The Washington Post.

“Man sues over flesh in sandwich; Tipp City restaurant’s owner named defendant in legal action”: This article appears today in The Dayton Daily News.