D.C. Circuit reinstates lawsuit presenting First Amendment challenge to U.S. Postal Service regulation banning “soliciting signatures on petitions, polls, or surveys” on “all real property under the charge and control of the Postal Service”: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“N.C. Suit Filed Over Judge Vote Financing”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“Wal-Mart fights to split sex bias suit; Class action status inhibits fair defense, retailing giant claims”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Wal-Mart Faces Tough Questioning by Judges; A federal appeals panel points out weaknesses in the retailer’s defense in a sex discrimination suit.”

In The New York Sun, Josh Gerstein reports that “Court Gives Wal-Mart a Chilly Reception in Sex Bias Case.”

The Contra Costa Times reports that “Wal-Mart case awaits judgment.”

And today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Morning Edition” contained a segment entitled “Wal-Mart Moves to Block Sex-Discrimination Case.”

“Ad Campaign Says Roberts Backed Violent Protesters; Judge’s Allies Defend His Work on Abortion Case”: The Washington Post contains this article today.

Today in The Los Angeles Times, Maura Reynolds and David G. Savage report that “Ad Attacks Roberts’ Role in Clinic Case; A leading abortion rights group issues a TV spot on the high court nominee’s support of protesters who sought to block access to facilities.”

USA Today reports that “Ad says Roberts tied to clinic violence; Supporters of nominee accuse NARAL of ‘outrageous’ distortion.”

Tom Curry, national affairs writer for MSNBC, reports that “Abortion rights group presses Republican centrists on Roberts; NARAL mounts ad campaign in Maine and Rhode Island.”

The Baltimore Sun reports today that “One sentence in Constitution could be key to Roberts’ role; Some see in his writings peril to basic protections.”

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that “Specter to press Roberts on interstate commerce cases; Senator asks for nominee’s opinion.”

And The Chicago Sun-Times reports that “Gonzales pleads Bush’s case to nation’s lawyers.”

In commentary, The San Francisco Chronicle contains an editorial entitled “Courting secrecy above reason.”

The Rutland Herald contains an editorial entitled “A gentleman’s approach.”

Investor’s Business Daily contains an editorial entitled “A Justice From The Real World.”

The Delaware County Times contains an editorial entitled “Roberts’ adoption records should be off limits.”

In The Washington Post, columnist Richard Cohen has an op-ed entitled “The Real Roberts?” that begins, “John G. Roberts Jr. is out of the closet.”

In The Baltimore Sun, Stephen G. Peroutka has an op-ed entitled “Roberts’ words give abortion foes reason to be wary.”

In The Boston Globe, Christopher D. Morris has an op-ed entitled “Stopping a judicial conflict of interest.”

In The Biloxi Sun Herald, Douglas Newcombe has an op-ed entitled “The John Roberts I remember.”

In The Philadelphia Daily News, Debbie Woodell has an op-ed entitled “Holding out hope for Roberts.”

Sunday in The Chicago Tribune, Frank James had an essay entitled “Majority rule: For Bush, there’s no room for high court quotas.”

And at National Review Online, Rich Lowry has an essay entitled “Out of Nothing at All: The myth of a right to privacy.”

“White House Backs New Abortion Curb; Brief Filed in N.H. Notification Case”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

And The Nashua Telegraph reports today that “N.H.’s abortion law gets support.”

Update: Via “SCOTUSblog,” you can access the federal government’s amicus brief at this link.

“Wal-Mart asks appeals court to block suit”: Reuters provides this report.

And David Kravets of The Associated Press reports that “Wal-Mart Asks Court to Dismiss Bias Case.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted online a link to the audio (Windows Media) of today’s oral argument.

“Panel Chairman to Press Roberts on Cases”: This article will appear Tuesday in The New York Times.

Tuesday’s issue of The Minneapolis Star Tribune will contain an editorial entitled “Senate needs to have Roberts’ papers.”

And at National Review Online, Peter Kirsanow has an essay entitled “Let’s Go to the Videotape: Roberts on rights.”

“Roberts’ Road: John Roberts should speak candidly at his confirmation hearing — for his own sake as much as the Senate’s.” Deborah Pearlstein has this essay online at The American Prospect.

The Associated Press is reporting: Jesse J. Holland reports that “Senator Complains to Nominee About Court.”

And in other news, “High Court Asked to Take Guantanamo Case” and “White House Sides With N.H. on Abortion.”

“How John Roberts could change your life: On the Supreme Court docket this fall are cases involving assisted suicide, police searches and military recruiting on college campuses.” Tom Curry, national affairs writer for MSNBC, provides this report.

“Senate’s Reid asks rethink on Roberts documents”: Reuters provides this report.

Even the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee can’t resist sending along some advance written questions for U.S. Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts, Jr.: U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) sent this letter to the nominee today.

“Blawg Review #18”: Sporting a baseball theme, no less, is here at “The Common Scold.”

“The Cost of Secrecy: A citizen pursues meaningful monetary punishment for King County’s failure to disclose public records.” This article appears in the current issue of Seattle Weekly.

“Politics with Ron Elving: Roberts’ Gay Rights Work.” This segment (RealPlayer required) appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Day to Day.”

“NARAL Pro-Choice America Unveils Television Ad Focusing on John Roberts Record of Siding with Violent Anti-Choice Fringe Groups; First National Ad Opposing Roberts”: NARAL Pro-Choice America has today issued this press release, which offers links for viewing the ad online. At National Review Online’s “Bench Memos” blog, Edward Whelan offers this reaction to the ad.

“Savvy navigator of D.C. now Roberts’ chaperone; Veteran of politics, TV steers nominee through confirmation minefield”: This article appears today in The Sacramento Bee.

“Aloha, Apartheid: A court strikes down a race-based policy in Hawaii, while Congress considers enshrining one.” John Fund has this essay online today at OpinionJournal.

“Florida Moves to Close Window for DNA Appeals”: This segment (RealPlayer required) appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Morning Edition.”

“Postage error kills Wal-Mart appeal”: This past Saturday’s edition of The Mail Tribune of Medford, Oregon contained this article.

“The ABA Is ‘Not Qualified’ To Rate John Roberts”: Joseph C. Smith Jr. has this op-ed (pass-through link) today in The Wall Street Journal.

“Wal-Mart To Seek End to Lawsuit On Sex Bias”: Josh Gerstein has this article today in The New York Sun.

On Saturday, The Washington Post reported that “Wal-Mart to Appeal Status Of Class-Action Bias Suit.”

And yesterday, The Contra Costa Times reported that “Wal-Mart law suit may set precedent.”

The Associated Press is reporting: Gina Holland reports that “O’Connor to Lead National Civics Lesson.”

And in other news, “Thousands Protest Ruling on Hawaii Schools.”

“Lawyers: Appoint appeals judges.” The Mobile Register today contains an article that begins, “Alabama Bar Association officials will soon begin lobbying the Legislature for a constitutional amendment to have appellate judges appointed rather than elected.”

“Justices Often Are Not Politically Predictable, Nominee Has Said”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner yesterday contained an editorial entitled “Bush’s court choice.”

The Contra Costa Times today contains an editorial entitled “Roberts doing his job.”

In The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger, columnist John Farmer has an essay entitled “Ignore religion when judging Roberts’ fitness.”

In The Washington Times, Elaine Donnelly has an op-ed entitled “Courts, Congress and the military.”

In The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware, Bill Lee has an op-ed entitled “Roberts deserves fair hearing himself.”

And in The Philadelphia Daily News, Christine M. Flowers has an op-ed entitled “No Catholics need apply.”

“The Kelo calamity”: Paul Craig Roberts has this op-ed today in The Washington Times.

“Was innocent man executed? Prosecutor calls for unprecedented investigation in death penalty case.” Cragg Hines has this op-ed today in The Houston Chronicle.

“John Roberts Talks to Georgetown Univ. Law Students”: Yesterday’s broadcast of C-SPAN‘s “America & the Courts” consisted of a program described as follows:

Supreme Court nominee Judge John Roberts speaks at the Georgetown University Law Center in 1997. He talks to students about how the Supreme Court works and how cases are decided. Roberts was an attorney with the Washington-based Hogan and Hartson law firm at the time of this event and is currently Pres. Bush’s nominee for the Supreme Court.

You can view the broadcast online, on-demand by clicking here (RealPlayer required).

“Roberts’s View About Privacy Is Still Unclear”: Adam Liptak will have this article Monday in The New York Times.

In Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin will have an article headlined “Judge Roberts’s Rules of Law and Order; While Deputy Solicitor General, the Nominee Saw State Criminal Prosecutions as Priority” (free access). The newspaper has also posted online a commentary from John G. Roberts, Jr. published on May 5, 1993 under the heading “Rule of Law: The New Solicitor General And the Power of the Amicus.”

Monday’s edition of The Washington Post will report that “Conservatives Remain Steady in Support of Roberts; Work on Gay Rights Case Fails To Change Stance on Nomination.”

The Washington Times reports today that “Both sides withholding fire on Roberts.”

And The San Antonio Express-News reports today that “Roberts eyed by Hispanic group.”

In commentary, The New York Times today contains an editorial entitled “Judge Roberts’s Paper Trail.”

The Washington Post today contains an essay by Law Professor David Franklin entitled “Where John Roberts Really Stands.” And Robert F. Bauer has an essay entitled “A Court Too Supreme For Our Good.”

In The Denver Post, columnist Diane Carman has an op-ed entitled “Evangelicals see Roberts’ halo go awry.”

And in The Day of New London, Connecticut, Steven Hill has an op-ed entitled “Why Appoint Judges For Life?”

In Monday’s issue of The Christian Science Monitor: Tomorrow’s newspaper will contain articles headlined “Canada inches toward private medicine; The court granted a year’s reprieve Thursday on its decision striking down a ban on private insurance” and “Case of the purloined Bill of Rights is solved – after 140 years.”

Milwaukee Brewers 2; Philadelphia Phillies 0: A good pitching performance from the Phillies was not enough to overcome a great pitching performance from the Brewers. At least the rain kept away during the game. Wraps and box score are here.

“Faithful interpretations: Is there a Catholic way to read the Constitution?” Drake Bennett has this Ideas essay today in The Boston Globe.

“It’s time to deal with reality: The myth of the unpredictable Supreme Court justice debunked.” Law Professor David A. Strauss has this op-ed today in The Chicago Tribune.

“Seeking the ‘Real’ Roberts: Why past trials make the high-court nominee hard to predict.” This article will appear in the August 15, 2005 issue of Newsweek.

“Portrait of Nominee as a Young Lawyer: Civil rights groups question some of John Roberts’ work under Reagan, such as memos opposing Voting Rights Act amendments.” David G. Savage and Richard B. Schmitt have this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

And in The Boston Globe, Charlie Savage reports today that “Roberts vote seen as critical in racial issues; Earlier writings opposed affirmative action plans.”