The New York Times is reporting: In today’s newspaper, Adam Liptak reports that “Prosecution of Midwife Casts Light on Home Births.”

And in other news, “The Abortion-Rights Side Invokes God, Too.”

“Anthony Kennedy Is Ready for His Close-Up”: Adam Cohen has this “Editorial Observer” essay today in The New York Times.

“Kennedy’s Assault on Editorial Writers”: Charles Lane has this “Full Court Press” column today in The Washington Post.

“Legal Judgments Soaring Against Iran”: Josh Gerstein has this article today in The New York Sun.

“Blawg Review #51”: Available here, at “Declarations and Exclusions.”