In today’s edition of The New York Times: The newspaper contains an article headlined “Judges on Secretive Panel Speak Out on Spy Program.”

Adam Liptak reports that “Ex-Prisoners With Court Debt Must Have Vote, Judge Rules.”

And an article is headlined “Teaching the Bible in Georgia’s Public Schools.”

“Senators End Right to Derail Votes Secretly; Nearing a vote on ethics and lobbying rules that many say are too weak, they also defeat a bid to create an independent public integrity office”: The Los Angeles Times today contains an article that begins, “The Senate on Tuesday voted to strip its members of the power to secretly place a “hold” on legislation they oppose, a parliamentary tool that has allowed a single senator to derail bills or nominations while leaving no fingerprints.”

“Judicial Review”: Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal contained an editorial that stated, “It’s been two months since Samuel Alito was confirmed to the Supreme Court and it’s past time Senate Republicans got back to work confirming appeals-court judges.” (Via “Confirm Them“).

“Supreme Court Hears War Powers Case”: This segment (transcript with link to audio) appeared on yesterday evening’s broadcast of the PBS program “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.”

On yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR‘s “All Things Considered“: The broadcast contained segments entitled “Supreme Court Questions Military Trials for Detainees” (featuring Nina Totenberg) and “Moussaoui Attorneys Try to Salvage Defense.” RealPlayer is required to launch these audio segments.

Available online from law.com: Tony Mauro reports that “Military Tribunal Case Comes Before Skeptical Supreme Court.”

In other news, “Erasing Computer Files Might Create Employee Liability.”

An article reports that “2nd Circuit Criticizes Attorney for Failure to File Notice of Appeal.”

In news from Texas, “Judge Dismisses Several Charges Against Lay, Skilling.”

And an article reports that “Pa. Superior Court Throws Out $52,000 in Sanctions in Med-Mal Case.”