“FAIR fight should not be limited to Yale Law”: This editorial appears today in The Yale Daily News.

“Judicial Vacancies, Nominations, and Pensions”: At National Review Online’s “Bench Memos” blog, Ed Whelan has a post that begins, “The recent announcement by Third Circuit Judge Franklin S. Van Antwerpen that he will take ‘senior status’ on October 23, 2006, provides a useful lesson in the effect of the judicial-pension system on judicial vacancies and nominations.”

Unanimous three-judge Sixth Circuit panel rejects Ken Starr‘s arguments for overturning $68 million commercial arbitration award: You can access today’s ruling at this link.

“Supreme Court Backs Searches in Some Cases”: Gina Holland of The Associated Press provides this report.

Today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in an argued case: At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court limits search power.” The founder of “SCOTUSblog” argued the case for the prevailing party.

Today’s lone ruling comes in the case of Georgia v. Randolph, No. 04-1067. Justice David H. Souter delivered the opinion of the Court. You can access the syllabus here; Justice Souter’s opinion here; Justice John Paul Stevens’ concurring opinion here; Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s concurring opinion here; Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.’s dissenting opinion here; Justice Antonin Scalia’s dissenting opinion here; Justice Clarence Thomas’s dissenting opinion here; and the oral argument transcript here.

“Oral Argument Audio Release for Hamdan v. Rumsfeld”: The Supreme Court of the United States issued this press release yesterday.

At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Hamdan hearing to be broadcast.”

“Thoughts on United States v. Grubbs”: Here, at “OrinKerr.com.”

On today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Morning Edition“: This morning’s broadcast contained segments entitled “FBI Agents Prove Helpful to Moussaoui Defense” and “Georgia Eyes High-School Bible-History Classes” (RealPlayer required).

“Superior Says He Didn’t See Agent’s Report on Moussaoui”: Neil A. Lewis has this article today in The New York Times. In addition, columnist Maureen Dowd has an op-ed entitled “Fly Into a Building? Who Could Imagine?” (TimesSelect subscription required).

The Washington Post today reports that “Moussaoui Memo Unseen, Court Told; Ex-FBI Official Was Unaware of Agent’s Warning.”

The Los Angeles Times reports that “Moussaoui Arrest No Cause for Alarm at FBI; If they had searched his belongings, agents might have stopped the 9/11 attacks, but in 2001 the case wasn’t a priority, a former top official says.”

And The Richmond Times-Dispatch contains an article headlined “Ex-FBI official: Plot data didn’t reach him.”

“Glisan: Ex-Enron bosses knew of financial woes.” Mary Flood has this article today in The Houston Chronicle.

And the newspaper also reports that “Furlough lets inmate testify like a civilian.”

“Ruling Limits Investors’ Legal Options; High Court Decides Against Large State Class-Action Suits”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

“L.A. Officials Know to Expect Attorney’s Call; Stephen Yagman began the practice of holding leaders to account for the actions of police”: The Los Angeles Times contains this article today.

“Spending Measure Not a Law, Suit Says; Senate, House Versions Are Different”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

And The Hill reports today that “Typo attracts legal scrutiny.”

At his “Election Law” blog, Rick Hasen offers these thoughts.

“Court backs police in porn sting”: The Washington Times today contains an article that begins, “The Supreme Court yesterday ruled in favor of police who obtained a search warrant for a man’s home in anticipation that he would accept mail delivery of child pornography he ordered as part of a sting operation.”

“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.

In Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times: Adam Liptak will have an article headlined “New Scrutiny for Law on Detaining Witnesses.”

In other news, “In the Jungle, the Unjust Jungle, a Small Victory.”

And the newspaper will contain an editorial entitled “Patently Ridiculous.”

Available online from law.com: Tony Mauro reports that “Supreme Court Tackles Patentability of Scientific Phenomena.”

And in news from California, “In a First, Casino Suit Ordered to Arbitration; Attorneys joust over sovereign immunity.”

“Cos. May Find Relief After Quattrone Case”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“US Supreme Court limits class-action suits”: Patti Waldmeir of Financial Times provides this news update.

“Public-Interest Groups File Suit over Budget Bill”: This segment (RealPlayer required) appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR‘s “All Things Considered.”

“Mini-Moore goes to war”: This editorial appears today in The Birmingham News.

“High court rejects Tucker’s tax case”: The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette today contains an article that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker’s request to reverse his guilty plea in a tax-evasion case, tying up the last loose end of the Clinton-era Whitewater investigation.”

Public Citizen challenges as unconstitutional next month’s federal court filing fee increases: The complaint filed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia can be accessed here. The organization today also issued a press release titled “Recently Passed Law Cutting Medicare, Student Loan Spending Is Invalid, Public Citizen Tells Federal Court; Version of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 Passed by Senate and Signed by President Was Different From House Version.”

“The entrapments of unwanted pregnancies”: Yesterday in The Boston Globe, Cathy Young had an op-ed that begins, “With challenges to legal abortion in the headlines, a debate over another kind of reproductive rights has been making news as well.” The same essay is also freely available online here at Reason.

“Court Considers Whistleblower Lawsuits”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“Complaint challenges moment of silence in schools; Perry aide says state law doesn’t force students to pray”: This article appeared earlier this month in The Dallas Morning News.

“Consulting Foreign Law”: At “The Faculty Blog” of the University of Chicago Law School, Law Professor Cass R. Sunstein has a post that begins, “Justice Ginsburg recently gave a speech in which she offered a qualified defense of the practice of consulting foreign law.”

“Justices Tackle Question of Patents on Scientific Phenomenon; Case could help resolve a festering debate whether a basic scientific phenomenon can be patented”: law.com’s Tony Mauro provides this news update.

“Petroglyphs Theft Conviction Overturned”: The Associated Press provides this report. My earlier coverage is here.

“Auditors say papers tell of efforts to hide accounting tricks; Pair deny seeing questionable data until just recently”: This article appears today in The Houston Chronicle.

“Slate’s Jurisprudence: Moussaoui Trial Resumes.” This segment (RealPlayer required) featuring Dahlia Lithwick appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Day to Day.”

And The Sacramento Bee today contains a front page article headlined “Moussaoui alerts ignored, agent says.” Earlier today, I collected additional press coverage here.