“Rival factions begin ‘serious push’ on Alito”: This article will appear Tuesday in USA Today, along with an item headlined “Prime targets in the Alito confirmation fight.”

“Samuel Alito, in Context”: Law Professor Charles Fried will have this op-ed Tuesday in The New York Times.

And Adam Cohen will have an Editorial Observer essay entitled “Question for Judge Alito: What About One Person One Vote?”

“Advocacy Groups Prepare New Ad Campaigns on Alito”: This article will appear Tuesday in The New York Times.

“Move to scuttle Hamdan, Al Odah cases?” At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has this post.

“Listening to Past Hearings for Alito Confirmation Clues”: This segment (RealPlayer required) featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR‘s “All Things Considered.”

“Preview of Alito Confirmation Hearings”: This segment (RealPlayer required) featuring Stuart Taylor Jr. and Law Professor Neil Siegel appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Talk of the Nation.”

“Article III Groupie: The Bitch Is Back!” This new post appears today at “Underneath Their Robes.”

Update: And now you can play “Where in the World Is Article III Groupie?”

From this past Saturday’s broadcast of C-SPAN‘s “America and the Courts“: According to C-SPAN’s summary of the broadcast, “We spoke with three of Judge Alito’s former clerks and Third Circuit Court of Appeals Senior Judge Edward Becker who is also close friends with Judiciary Committee Chair Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA).” You can view the program by clicking here (RealPlayer required).

“Starbucks wins name spat”: Yesterday’s edition of Shanghai Daily contained an article that begins, “The Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court yesterday ordered Shanghai Xingbake Cafe Co Ltd and its Nanjing Road branch to drop the word ‘Xingbake’ from its name. The court ruled Xingbake has conducted illegal competition. It was also ordered to pay 500,000 yuan (US$61,728) to Starbucks Corporation, which uses Xingbake as its Chinese name, and run a public apology in the Xinmin Evening News. In Chinese, ‘Xing’ means star and ‘bake’ sounds a little like bucks.”

In other coverage, China Daily reports that “Judge rules for Starbucks in copyright violation case.”

BBC News reports that “Starbucks wins Chinese logo case.”

Agence France-Presse offers an article headlined “Copyright win for Starbucks.”

The Associated Press provides an article headlined “Report: China Court Sides With Starbucks.”

And Reuters reports that “China court rules for Starbucks in copyright case.”

“Blawg Review #38”: Available here, at “Evan Schaeffer’s Legal Underground.”

“Alito Supporters Portray Nominee as Less Polished”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger today reports that “Judge’s coffee is really hot; Sales of Alito’s signature blend are steaming at Newark shop.” The newspaper also reports on “What’s in it.”

The Palm Beach Post contains an editorial entitled “Alito and Big Brother.”

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram contains an editorial entitled “Uncertainties abound.”

And in The Topeka Capital-Journal, Gregory L. Schneider has an op-ed entitled “Plenty of pertinent facts on which to judge Alito.”

The Chicago Tribune is reporting: Today’s newspaper contains articles headlined “Enron case big test of the ‘idiot defense’; Ex-chief vows to say he was blind to crimes” and “Faith-based organizations face suits; Groups using federal funds are accused of proselytizing.”

“Justices Get Case Where Death Row, DNA Collide”: David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

And today in The Washington Post, Charles Lane’s Full Court Press column is headlined “Changing Attitudes About the Death Penalty.”

“The 4th Circuit v. Mr. Bush”: This editorial appears today in The Washington Post.