“Virginity Tests in South Africa and Judicial Bypass in the U.S.: Ritually Scrutinizing the Virtue of Girls.” Sherry F. Colb today has this commentary online at FindLaw.

In Wednesday’s edition of The Washington Post: Tomorrow’s newspaper will contain a front page article headlined “Alito Says He’d Keep ‘Open Mind’ on Abortion; Nominee Avoids Detailing Views on Controversial Issues.”

Charles Lane will have a news analysis headlined “Alito Replies Don’t Rock Status Quo.”

In related coverage, “Vanguard Ruling Defended; ‘Oversights,’ but No Conflict, Alito Says” and “For Democrats, A Most Tender Roast of Alito.”

And Dana Milbank will have a “Washington Sketch” column headlined “A Day of Q’s and A’s — and a Few Z’s.”

In Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times: An article will report that “Alito, at Hearing, Pledges an Open Mind on Abortion.”

In related coverage, “Judge Alito Proves a Powerful Match for Senate Questioners.”

And an article focusing on the Senators’ style of questioning will carry the headline “But Enough About You, Judge; Let’s Hear What I Have to Say.”

Available online from law.com: An article reports that “Senators Question Alito on Abortion, Stare Decisis, Executive Power.”

In news from Georgia, “Limited U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Revives Disabled Inmate’s Claim; Justices avoid broader federalism question.”

And in news from Connecticut, “Associate Says Ex-Firm Misused His Name on Web Site.”

“Judgement Days for Samuel Alito”: This segment (available in both RealPlayer and Windows Media formats) featuring Jan Crawford Greenburg, Law Professor David Barron, and Ed Whelan appeared on today’s broadcast of the public radio program “On Point.”

“Alito Hearings”: This segment (RealPlayer required) featuring Gail Chaddock of The Christian Science Monitor appeared on today’s broadcast of the public radio program “Here & Now.”

Available online from National Public Radio: This evening’s broadcast of “All Things Considered” contained segments entitled “Alito Faces First Full Day of Senate Questioning” (featuring Nina Totenberg); “Analysis of Day Two of Alito Hearings: Part I” (featuring Law Professors Douglas Kmiec and Jeffrey Rosen); “Analysis of Day Two of Alito Hearings: Part II” (same); “Filibuster a Possibility in Alito Nomination“; and “Born in the ’50s: Beliefs, Now and Then.”

Today’s broadcast of “Day to Day” contained segments entitled “Senators Question Alito on Abortion, Executive Power” and “Slate’s Jurisprudence: Alito on Stage” (featuring Dahlia Lithwick).

And today’s broadcast of “Morning Edition” contained a segment entitled “Alito to Face Questions from Senate Panel” (featuring Nina Totenberg).

Finally, NPR’s hour-long audio wrap-up of today’s proceedings can be accessed here. And yesterday’s hour-long audio wrap-up is available at this link.

RealPlayer is required to launch these audio segments.

In Alito-related commentary from CBS News legal analyst Andrew Cohen: This evening he has an essay entitled “All The Pretty Words.” And yesterday evening, he had an essay entitled “Same Planet, Different World.”

“Senators Probe Judge Alito For Clues on Ideology”: This segment (transcript with link to audio) featuring Stuart Taylor Jr. and Law Professor Jeffrey Rosen appeared on this evening’s broadcast of the PBS program “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.”

Mouse thanks Alito for increased book sales; Democrats clamor that Alito must pledge to recuse from all future mouse-related cases: Although it’s difficult to compete with last night’s face-reading press release, today brings a press release titled “Sales of Children’s Book on the Supreme Court, ‘Marshall, the Courthouse Mouse,’ Soar on Start of Alito Hearings.” More information about that book is available here.

“Revenge of the Nerd”: Day two of Dahlia Lithwick’s “Confirmation Report” online at Slate is here.

“High Court Rules Disabled Prisoner Can Sue State”: Linda Greenhouse of The New York Times provides this news update.

“Alito treads carefully on hot-button issues”: James Kuhnhenn and Stephen Henderson of Knight Ridder Newspapers provide this report.

Jill Zuckman of The Chicago Tribune provides a news update headlined “Court nominee faces tough questions.”

Wednesday’s edition of The Independent (UK) contains an article headlined “Bush nominee ‘believes in an all-powerful presidency.’”

And The Hill on Wednesday will contain articles headlined “Executive power front and center for Alito” and “Alito confirmation could lead to changes in faith-based policies.” In addition, the newspaper will contain an op-ed by U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) entitled “A troubling record in serving average Americans” and an op-ed by U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) entitled “Dishonest strategies seek to dupe Americans.”

Transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearing: Via The New York Times, you can access the complete transcript at this link.

And via C-SPAN, you can access online the complete video from today’s hearing in two parts: part one and part two (RealPlayer required).

“Should DNA results lead to new trials? Supreme Court to decide if new scientific tests can help free a longtime convict, even after he has exhausted all his appeals.” Warren Richey will have this article Wednesday in The Christian Science Monitor.

“Alito fields questions on abortion, executive power; Nominee sidesteps Internet porn issue on 2nd day of hearings”: CNN.com provides this updated report. And The Associated Press reports that “Alito Pleases GOP Senators, Not Democrats.”

“Abortions for minors would need parent OK under law”: The Salt Lake Tribune today contains an article that begins, “Utah’s law requiring doctors to notify a girl’s parents before she has an abortion has been untouched for more than 30 years – unchallenged by abortion rights advocates and untinkered with by state legislators.”

The Associated Press is reporting: A news analysis is headlined “Alito Treads a Delicate Path.”

In other news, “Angels’ Name Change Goes Before Courts.”

And an article headlined “Court Revives $4.6B Claim Against PG&E” reports on this decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“How will Alito and Roberts shape the Court?” That’s the topic of this week’s “Debate Club” at legalaffairs.org. Law Professors Joshua I. Schwartz and Brian K. Landsberg are the participants in the conversation.

“Alito Promises Open Mind on Abortion; Supreme Court nominee fields questions on a host of contentious subjects during second day of hearings”: At law.com, T.R. Goldman provides this news update.

Glad that’s been cleared-up: Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a decision in which the court concluded, “We hold that elimination of bodily waste is a ‘major life activity’ within the meaning of the ADA.”

“Commentary: The Sam Alito I Know.” My essay for law.com appears here.

Reuters is reporting: Thomas Ferraro and Joanne Kenen have an article headlined “US court nominee Alito: No president above law.”

And in other news, “Top court allows disabled prisoner to sue state.”

“Most Popular Law Blogs by Law Professors”: “TaxProf Blog” takes this list from “Opinio Juris” and dispenses with the pesky practitioners to produce this chart. Up next, a list of the most popular tax law blogs by tax law professors.

Blogging the Gitmo enemy combatant military detainee hearings: Avi Cover is there, and his reports on what’s occurring can be accessed here. The hearings are scheduled to resume tomorrow.

He played no role in voting this jury off the island: The Associated Press reports that “Jury Selection Begins in ‘Survivor’ Trial.”

And today’s edition of The Providence (R.I.) Journal contains an article headlined “Jury selection to begin in Hatch trial; Richard Hatch is charged with evading federal taxes on his winnings from TV’s Survivor.”

“Bush appoints Steven Mullins as U.S. attorney”: The Rapid City Journal today contains an article that begins, “President Bush stepped in Monday to settle — at least temporarily — the tussle between three federal judges and the U.S. Department of Justice over who should serve as U.S. attorney in South Dakota.”

And this past Sunday’s edition of The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls contained an article headlined “S.D. judges’ actions may set national precedent; Scholars disagree on U.S. attorney process.”

“Blogging, Legal Scholarship, and Academic Careers”: Law Professor Lawrence Solum has this post at his “Legal Theory Blog.”

A complete transcript of this morning’s session of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: Available here, via The New York Times.

“Alito fields questions on abortion, executive power; Nominee answers senators’ queries on second day of hearings”: CNN.com provides this updated report. The hearing is now in a recess for lunch until 2:15 p.m. eastern time. A transcript of the earlier part of today’s hearings can be accessed here via The Washington Post.

“High Court Hears Gas Price-Fixing Case”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“Alito Defends His Record, Statements”: Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press provides this updated report.

“There are blogs even about this hearing”: Third Circuit Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. refuses to take the blogs-related bait offered in a question from U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA).

“Court Decides US/Goodman v. Georgia”: The “Disability Law” blog offers this post about one of the decisions that the U.S. Supreme Court issued today. The author of that blog argued the case in the Supreme Court on behalf of one of the prevailing parties.

“Criminal libel law in hands of court; Appeals judges to rule on constitutionality of Colorado’s law”: The Rocky Mountain News today contains an article that begins, “A lawyer for a student who mocked a University of Northern Colorado professor in an online satirical journal urged federal appeals judges Monday to declare Colorado’s criminal libel law unconstitutional. They argue that the law – one of only 17 in the nation – unfairly inhibits free expression by holding the threat of criminal prosecution over people’s heads.”

According to the ACLU of Colorado, the online journal in question can be accessed here. And the Brief for Appellants filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit can be viewed at this link, while an amicus brief filed in support of appellants is here.