“Federal Aid Is Focus of a Lawsuit by Students”: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, “A student organization is suing the United States Education Department over a law that denies federal financial aid to 35,000 students a year because they were convicted of drug offenses while receiving the aid.”

“Court to Decide Fate of Detainee Lawsuits”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “A newly enacted federal law that could void hundreds of pending lawsuits filed by detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is at the center of a case before a U.S. appeals court.”

“White House Will Reverse Policy, Ban Evidence Elicited by Torture”: Jess Bravin has this article (free access) today in The Wall Street Journal.

“Constructionist Supreme Court To Revisit Women’s Suffrage”: This newsbrief appears in the current issue of The Onion.

“‘Roe v. Wade for Men’? A Men’s Rights Group Makes A Farfetched Claim for Avoidance of Child Support.” FindLaw commentator Joanna Grossman has this essay today.