“The Hustler: Meet Tommy Goldstein.” The New Republic’s April 10, 2006 cover story on Tom Goldstein (founder of “SCOTUSblog“) can be accessed here (pass-through link).

“Muhammad to defend self; Sniper suspect insists upon acting as his own attorney in Md. trial”: This article appears today in The Baltimore Sun.

“Justices subject of ethics filings; Two complaints made in Johnson case”: The St. Paul Pioneer Press today contains an article that begins, “Two attorneys — a Minnesota House member and a crusader against state Supreme Court rules — filed separate ethics complaints Friday against members of the high court and a former chief justice regarding comments Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson made about them.” The newspaper has posted online copies of the ethics complaints here and here.

“Snap judgment: Photog did ‘right thing.'” The Boston Herald today contains an article that begins, “The freelance photographer fired from his job at a Catholic Church newspaper for releasing a picture of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia making a controversial gesture in church has garnered support from across the country for ‘doing the right thing.'”

In today’s edition of The Boston Globe: The newspaper contains editorials entitled “Marriage rites and wrongs” and “The FBI on trial.”

Two heads aren’t always better than one: The South Florida Sun-Sentinel today reports that “Woman accepts deal in skull case; Improper use plea may help Haitian avoid deportation.”

“$250K reward for Laci Peterson’s ‘real killer’; Some are skeptical of offer made by husband’s family”: This article appears today in The Modesto Bee. Additional information is available at the web site ScottPetersonAppeal.Org.

“Court Ruling May Remove Some of the Drama From Massachusetts Criminal Trials”: Sunday’s edition of The New York Times will contain this article.

“Jury adjourns in Moussaoui case; Panel takes weekend off; deliberations will resume Monday”: This article appears today in The Richmond Times-Dispatch.

“Court: Suit against Merck can go on.” The Newark Star-Ledger today contains an article that begins, “A New Jersey appeals court dealt Merck a setback yesterday by ruling a nationwide, class-action lawsuit can proceed, allowing insurers and health plans an opportunity to recover billions of dollars spent on the Vioxx painkiller.”

“Not a Law: A bill passed by only one house of Congress just doesn’t count.” The Washington Post contains this editorial today.

“Bernard Siegan, 81, Legal Scholar and Reagan Nominee, Dies”: The New York Times today contains an obituary that begins, “Bernard H. Siegan, a conservative legal scholar whose unsuccessful nomination to a federal appellate judgeship was one of the most bitterly disputed judicial nominations of the Reagan era, died on Monday in Encinitas, Calif. He was 81 and lived in San Diego.”

“McDermott: Taping Dispute Not Personal.” The Associated Press provides this report.

“Terrorists and the Supreme Court: Will the Justices defer to the political branches on war powers?” This “Hot Topic” item appears today in The Wall Street Journal.