“Remarks on Detainees By Scalia Raise Recusal Questions”: law.com’s Tony Mauro provides this news update.

“Immigration Bill Could Hinder Asylum Bids; Lawyers Say Reforms Might Widen Use of Mass Detentions and Expedited Removals”: Lawrence Hurley has this article today in The Daily Journal of California.

The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “Two Justices Eye Driver Privacy Case“; “O’Connor, Justices Exchange Farewells“; and “Moussaoui Denies Part in 9/11 Hijackings.”

“Justice Jackson’s Unpublished Opinion in Ex parte Quirin“: Law Professor Jack Goldsmith will have this interesting article in the Spring 2006 issue of The Green Bag.

In the article’s first paragraph, Goldsmith writes that “the opinion is of more than historical interest. For it analyzes many of the same issues that are being debated today in the war on terrorism — most notably in the battle over the legality of military commissions currently before the U.S. Supreme Court in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld.”

“Free to Dissent: Why Justice Scalia need not recuse himself from the Hamdan case.” Daveed Gartenstein-Ross has this essay online today at The Weekly Standard.

“Justices: Suit Against Times Can Proceed.” Gina Holland of The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “The Supreme Court refused Monday to block a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times over columns that linked a former Army scientist to the 2001 anthrax killings.”

“Immigration Bill Spooks Patent Bar”: This post appears at CalLaw.com’s “Legal Pad” blog.

Today’s U.S. Supreme Court Order List: You can access it online at this link.
The Court today granted review in one case, Lawrence v. Florida, No. 05-8820.

In addition, Justice Antonin Scalia, joined by Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., issued an opinion concurring in the denial of certiorari in Fidelity Federal Bank & Trust v. Kehoe, No. 05-919.

The Court today also issued a decree in Arizona v. California, No. 8, Orig.

At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court to hear habeas case.”

This morning’s executive business meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee: The agenda is here, and C-SPAN intends to broadcast it live at 10 a.m. eastern time. You can access C-SPAN live, online in both RealPlayer and Windows Media Player formats.

C-SPAN’s preview of the meeting states, “Immigration Reform Markup: Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) chairs a full Judiciary Committee meeting to mark up pending legislation including a draft bill on comprehensive immigration overhaul. Also, the committee will vote on a bill to televise Supreme Court proceedings and judicial nominations to federal courts.” Among the judicial nominees who could receive votes in committee today are Ninth Circuit nominee N. Randy Smith, whose nomination is embroiled in a tug-of-war between California and Idaho, and District of Minnesota nominee Patrick J. Schiltz, who has provided exemplary service as the reporter for the U.S. Courts Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules.

The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “Justices Review Prison Disciplinary Rules” and “Moussaoui Defense to Point Finger at FBI.”

“Decommission The Commissions”: In today’s edition of National Journal, Stuart Taylor Jr. has an essay that begins, “On March 28, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether the ‘military commissions’ created by President Bush in November 2001 to prosecute suspected Qaeda terrorists are a time-honored presidential prerogative or (as I have reluctantly come to believe) another unwise, unconstitutional Bush power-grab.”

“‘Choose Life’ Tags Appear Headed to Supreme Court”: You can access here the brand new installment of my weekly “On Appeal” column for law.com.

“Analysis: Hamdan and the prospects of tie votes.” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Faces in the abortion battle; Generations new and old are taking up the cause during an era of change”: This article appears today in The Richmond Times-Dispatch.

“Vague U.S. Statute Underlies Google Case”: Today in The Los Angeles Times, Michael Hiltzik’s “Golden State” column begins, “Relieved at averting another confrontation with the government that no one needs, all of cyberspace seemed to exhale last week when a federal judge cut way back on the data he would require Google to turn over to the Justice Department in a big privacy case. But I’m not relieved, and you shouldn’t be either.”

“Justices to weigh war-crimes commission”: The Washington Times contains this article today.

“Uncertainty clouds last days of Moussaoui’s sentencing trial; Prosecution’s own witnesses may have aided defense’s case”: This article appears today in USA Today.

And The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports today that “Key events loom for Moussaoui trial; Jury could hear his testimony, statements from two 9/11 plotters.”

And at FindLaw, Joanne Mariner has an essay entitled “A September 11 Stand-in.”

The New York Times is reporting: Today’s newspaper contains an article headlined “Justices Will Hear Patent Case Against eBay.”

And an article headlined “For a 3rd Time, Two Apples Meet in Court” begins, “Apple Computer will meet the Beatles’ Apple Corps in court this week in London, where a judge will determine whether Apple Computer’s iTunes online music service violates a 1991 agreement between the two companies that, the Beatles’ Apple claims, blocked the computer maker from selling music.”

“America Seeking To Block Appeal Of Two Chinese at Guantanamo”: Josh Gerstein has this article today in The New York Sun.

“blawg review #50”: Available here, at “the dark goddess of replevin speaks.”

“Defense takes center stage in Moussaoui trial; Defendant could take stand”: CNN.com provides this report.

“Judicial intemperance: Scalia flips message to doubting Thomases.” The Boston Herald on Monday will contain an article that begins, “Minutes after receiving the Eucharist at a special Mass for lawyers and politicians at Cathedral of the Holy Cross, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had a special blessing of his own for those who question his impartiality when it comes to matters of church and state. ‘You know what I say to those people?’ Scalia, 70, replied, making an obscene gesture under his chin when asked by a Herald reporter if he fends off a lot of flak for publicly celebrating his conservative Roman Catholic beliefs.”

“A patent injustice”: Monday’s edition of Financial Times contains an editorial that begins, “The recently settled lawsuit involving BlackBerry – which nearly blackened the popular handheld’s screens across America – should be a wake-up call for Americans to tackle the crisis in their patent system.”

“Demonizing the courts: Far-right attacks on judiciary are fueling possible violence and must be stopped.” Florida Today contains this editorial today.

“Kansas death penalty statute heads back to U.S. high court”: This article appeared yesterday in The Kansas City Star.

“Detainee Case Will Pose Delicate Question for Court”: Linda Greenhouse will have this article Monday in The New York Times.

“Georgia v. Randolph and Consent to Search One’s Home”: Daniel J. Solove has this post at “Concurring Opinions.”

“Driver for bin Laden tests war tribunal; Osama bin Laden’s driver is about to challenge President Bush’s Military Commissions at the Supreme Court; At issue: Is the anti-terrorism court at odds with the U.S. Constitution?” This front page article appears today in The Miami Herald.

“Scalia, Hamdan, and Recusal”: Ed Whelan has this post at National Review Online’s “Bench Memos” blog. And my earlier coverage is here. In only another two and a half hours from now, I should have completely downloaded the 238 MB Windows Media file containing video of Justice Antonin Scalia’s remarks.

In Monday’s edition of The Christian Science Monitor: Warren Richey will have an article headlined “At court, a terror case rife with tough issues.”

In other news, “Georgia may OK Bible as textbook; If a new law passes, it would be the first state to establish the Bible in its public school curriculum in modern times.”

And Jim Sollisch will have an op-ed entitled “How abortion bans might help the debate; They could force the majority of people on both sides to find common ground.”

In today’s edition of The Chicago Tribune: An article reports that “Craigslist suit faces speech hurdle; Communications law may trump fair housing.”

And columnist Steve Chapman has an op-ed entitled “Knock, knock: A rare victory for privacy and common sense.”

“Bench repair”: Today in The Washington Times, former Fifth Circuit Judge Charles W. Pickering Sr. has an op-ed in which he writes, “With good lawyers making far more money than federal judges, with nominees now facing a virtual firing squad at confirmation, it is no wonder studies now show half of those approached about being nominated to the federal judiciary say ‘no thanks.'”

“Patent system under scrutiny; BlackBerry case highlights complaints, backlog of applications”: The Dallas Morning News contains this article today.

And in related coverage, Allen Pusey has an article headlined “Marshall law: Patent lawyers flock to East Texas court for its expertise and ‘rocket docket.’”

“Execution by injection faces scrutiny; Legal battle reveals controversial details of state’s procedures”: This article appears today in The Richmond Times-Dispatch, along with an item headlined “Details emerge on execution process.”

“Ad blitz coming in abortion campaign; S.D. debate to lure out-of-state interest”: The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, South Dakota contains this article today.