“Bush Hails Court Pick As Wise and Decent”: The Associated Press provides this report on President Bush’s radio address delivered today.

And in other news, “Roberts’ White House Papers Show Sly Wit.”

“Secret Passion: Why a bad nominee is good for liberal activists.” Michael Crowley has this essay in the August 1, 2005 issue of The New Republic.

In the August 1, 2005 issue of The Weekly Standard: Terry Eastland has an essay entitled “Reading Roberts’s Mind: He’ll certainly be better than O’Connor; But how much better?”

Fred Barnes has an essay entitled “Souter-phobia: Remembrance of nominees past shaped Bush’s decision.”

And Duncan Currie has an essay entitled “Your Papers, Please: Will the Democrats go fishing for documents to sink Roberts?”

“Roberts’ Rules Of Order”: CBS News legal analyst Andrew Cohen has this essay.

“Bringing the Hearings to Order”: U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, will have this op-ed Sunday in The New York Times.

“Democrats ‘defanged’ by nominee; Ready to battle over the president’s Supreme Court pick, opponents instead find little to criticize”: This article appears today in The St. Petersburg Times.

Philadelphia Phillies 2; San Diego Padres 0: My wife, son, and I had the pleasure of attending today’s baseball game at Citizens Bank Park. Wraps and box score can be accessed via this link.

“Expected Battle Over Court Seat Has Yet to Form”: This article will appear Sunday in The New York Times.

“Inmate sues over human fingertip in frozen meal”: The San Francisco Chronicle today contains an article that begins, “A Florida food packager that lists ‘convenience at your fingertips’ as one of its top qualities has been sued by a California prison inmate who says that he bit into a real human fingertip when he consumed one of the company’s vegetarian meals.”

“Tahoe planner recalls Roberts as ‘impressive’; The nominee’s win on agency’s behalf was one of several before high court”: The Sacramento Bee contains this article today.

“Liberals wary of Roberts’ charm”: This article appears today in The Washington Times.

“How Would Roberts Impact High Court’s Dynamics?” law.com’s Tony Mauro provides this report.

“B.C. girl wins fight to sell lemonade”: The Toronto Globe and Mail provides this news update.

And The Nanaimo Daily News recently reported that “Juice stand back in business.”

“US court denies Pollard’s appeal”: The Jerusalem Post today provides a news update that begins, “There appear to be few legal options left for Jonathan Pollard. A US federal appeals court on Friday rejected the former US Navy intelligence analyst’s claim that he had inadequate counsel when he was sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for spying for Israel, and denied his request to downgrade his life sentence.”

“Durbin says Roberts starts with clean slate”: This article appears today in The Chicago Tribune.

In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times: An article reports that “Opponents of Nominee Taking Populist Tack; Critics of John Roberts Jr. for high court justice are talking economics, not abortion rights.”

And Law Professor Cass R. Sunstein has an op-ed entitled “A diversity of minds, not biology.”

Today and tomorrow in The Washington Post: An article reports that “Nominee Supported by a Majority in Poll; But 64 Percent Want Judge to State His Views on Key Issues Such as Abortion.”

An article is headlined “A Late Twist in the Tobacco Case; Judge to Let Groups Seek Tougher Penalty if Companies Lose.”

Columnist Colbert I. King has an op-ed entitled “Democrats Are on the Wrong Battlefield” that begins, “If John Roberts is confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, as now seems likely — barring a shocker in his record or his past — the reasons he made it won’t be solely his resume or the support of President Bush.”

And in tomorrow’s newspaper, columnist David S. Broder will have an op-ed entitled “Judge Roberts’s Sheltered World.”

“Roberts’s ‘affable’ side touted; Colleagues cite a contrast with judge’s staid image”: The Boston Globe today contains an article that begins:

Located in a remote fishing village in Alaska, Rosie’s is a smoky bar where the customers are fishermen, the ceiling is carved with the initials of regulars, and the proprietor is apt to serve a crude joke with your beer.

But that’s where John G. Roberts Jr. stopped three summers ago with a number of colleagues while touring Alaska’s southeastern coastline for a boundary dispute case pending before the nation’s highest court.

Some of the lawyers blanched at the antics inside Rosie’s — including the tradition of pulling down customers’ pants as they stood on the bar to pin dollar bills on the ceiling — but not Roberts, recalled Joanne Grace, an assistant Alaska attorney general in the group that night in Pelican, Alaska. Roberts even got up to play a game of pool with a tipsy regular.

You can access the complete article at this link.

In today’s edition of The New York Times: An article reports that “Anti-Abortion Advocacy of Wife of Court Nominee Draws Interest.”

In related coverage, “Democrats Prepare Ground to Challenge Judge Roberts.”

Adam Liptak has an article headlined “On the Job, and Dissenting.”

And in other news, “A Glimpse Inside U.S. Tax Court and How It Made a Decision.”

“Court: Sell Unabomber Writings to Aid Victims.” This segment (RealPlayer required) appeared on yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR‘s “All Things Considered.”

The Knight Ridder Newspapers are reporting: Stephen Henderson reports that “Roberts’ record suggests belief in restrained judicial conduct.”

And in other coverage, “Democrats and GOP at odds on what to ask, how to judge Roberts” and “Roberts shaped by small town in Indiana.”