“The Case of the Half-Million Dollar Typo: The Supreme Court Traps Property Owners in a Catch-22.” FindLaw commentator Michael C. Dorf has this essay today.

“To Dershowitz It’s Just Clutter. To Brooklyn College, It’s Priceless.” This article appears today in The New York Times.

“Ethics Complaint Against Judge Is Dismissed”: The Washington Post today contains an article that begins, “A federal judge has dismissed a complaint against another judge who serves on the board of a libertarian group that opposes some environmental rules and provides free seminars to judges. James B. Loken, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, ruled May 23 that the complaint against Danny J. Boggs, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, lacked merit. Loken concluded that membership on the board of the nonprofit Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE), based in Montana, did not compromise Boggs’s neutrality or create an appearance of partiality.”

“Gonzales Proposes New System of Sentencing; The attorney general seeks to set minimum punishments, saying uniformity is needed”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

The Houston Chronicle reports today that “Attorney general pushing for harsher sentences; He asks Congress to force judges to follow guidelines instead of using own discretion.”

And The Washington Times reports that “Gonzales urges Hill to set new sentencing guidelines.”

“Battle over felon votes continue; Cop killer’s lawsuit, before appeals court, has potential nationwide significance for nearly 4.7 million in jail on felony convictions”: Newsday contains this article today.

“Adult clubs can be curbed; Court upholds Union Twp. limits”: The Cincinnati Enquirer today contains an article that begins, “A six-year battle over the Deja Vu nude dance club in Clermont County ended Tuesday when an appeals court declared that communities have a constitutional right to restrict how adult clubs do business.”

In news from Seattle: The Seattle Times today contains articles headlined “Seattle courthouse shooting strikes chord for activists” and “Court won’t stop spill over four Snake and Columbia river dams.”

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, meanwhile, today contains articles headlined “Fatal standoff spotlights issue of child support; State’s tough policy applauded, criticized“; “Tweaks foreseen in courthouse security; Shooting illuminates need for small changes, marshal says“; and “Court upholds water spill for salmon.” Also, columnist Susan Paynter has an op-ed entitled “Angry dad fanned the flames for years in e-mails.”

“White House pares picks for top court; Senior Bush aides interview candidates to succeed Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who is 80 and is ailing”: Jan Crawford Greenburg has this must-read article today in The Chicago Tribune.