“Calif. Court Shreds Lawyer for 202-Page Brief”: law.com provides this report.

And the blog “Criminal Appeal” provides a post titled “‘This is an appeal run amok.’”

You can access last Friday’s ruling of California’s Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District at this link. The court’s opinion begins, “This is an appeal run amok. Not only does the appeal lack merit, the opening brief is a textbook example of what an appellate brief should not be.”

In Tuesday’s issue of The Washington Post: Tomorrow’s newspaper will contain articles headlined “Skilling, Nervous and Emotional, Takes the Stand; Ex-CEO Tells How Excitement at Enron Turned to Exhaustion” and “At Moussaoui Trial, Recalling Lives Stolen by 9/11; Families Testify; Tapes Of Victims are Played.”

“How to Remove a Federal Judge”: This article (abstract with links for download) by Law Professors Saikrishna B. Prakash and Steven D. Smith, forthcoming in The Yale Law Journal, is available online at SSRN (via “Legal Theory Blog“).

“Irk judge, get time-out chair; Booted off grand jury, man sits on bench 3 days every other week, 7 hours a day; legal experts say order may be out of line”: The Detroit News today contains an article that begins, “On Thursday, William Schramm of West Bloomfield reported to the Detroit federal courthouse, sat all day on a hallway bench and stared at the wall. It’s the same way the 31-year-old retirement planner has spent his Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays every other week since the end of January. Schramm is charged with no crime but is serving an unusual and indefinite sentence for allegedly lying to a federal judge.”

On this evening’s broadcast of NPR‘s “All Things Considered“: The broadcast contained segments entitled “Skilling Paints Picture of Innocence at Enron” and “Wiccan Soldier’s Widow Petitions for Recognition” (RealPlayer required).

“Ginsburg speaks at UNL”: This article appeared Saturday in The Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star.

“Skilling: ‘I am absolutely innocent.'” The Dallas Morning News provides this update.

“Because chancery courts possessed the power to order equitable disgorgement in the eighteenth century, we hold that contemporary federal courts are vested with the same authority by the Constitution and the Judiciary Act.” This ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today examines the historical origins of the equitable remedy of disgorgement.

In news from Kentucky: The Associated Press reports that “Ten Commandments, other religious issues still generating debate.”

“Attorney general says abortion fund records open to public”: The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, South Dakota provides a news update that begins, “The names of donors and amounts they gave to a new state account to pay legal costs of a potential lawsuit over abortion are public records, Attorney General Larry Longs says.”

“Skilling tells his side of story; Former CEO takes the stand today”: The Houston Chronicle provides this news update.

“The Nino Scalia Guide to Sicilian Hand Gestures”: Law Professor Garrett Epps has this essay online today at The Nation.

“Attorney renews his fight against ‘under God’ in allegiance pledge; Another Supreme Court test seems likely”: This article appeared one week ago today in The Kansas City Star.

“New justice welcomed to Supreme Court”: The Toronto Globe and Mail provides this news update. Notwithstanding this comment from a self-described United States-based reader, it is doubtful that Canada’s newest Jewish Justice dressed in this snazzy outfit (additional photos here) because a meeting with Santa was on the agenda.

“Enron Trial Update: Skilling to Take the Stand.” This segment (RealPlayer required) appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Day to Day.”

“Meet the New Padilla: The next 9/11 case to watch.” Emily Bazelon has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“[W]e cannot be the country we should be if, because of the tragic events of September 11th, we knee-jerk remove decent men and women merely because they may have erred at one point in their lives.” So writes Third Circuit Judge Maryanne Trump Barry in a concurring opinion issued today in a case in which a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit rejected the challenge of a petitioner from Northern Ireland to a Board of Immigration Appeals decision finding him removable because he had engaged in terrorist activities in 1981. You can access today’s complete ruling at this link.

“Skilling comes out swinging; Ex-Enron CEO vows to ‘fight charges until the day I die,’ but he’s nervous because his ‘life is on the line'”: CNNMoney.com provides this report.

The Associated Press is reporting: In news from Houston, Texas, “Skilling Says He’s ‘Absolutely Innocent.’”

And from the Zacarias Moussaoui trial, “Judge Warns Against Prejudicial Testimony.”

“Skilling Takes Stand in Enron Trial”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“Vicious retribution aimed at judges”: This editorial appears today in The Kansas City Star.

“Rothstein welcomed as he takes seat on Supreme Court of Canada bench”: Canadian Press provides this report.

Access online the Seventh Circuit‘s Boy Scout Jamboree oral argument from last week: You can access the audio files here via the court’s web site. And the Boy Scouts of America’s Legal Issues web site provides lots of additional coverage. My earlier coverage of the oral argument can be accessed here and here.

“Breaking ground with the justice; Souter, surprise guest at middle school event, pokes fun at hotel plan”: Yesterday’s edition of The Concord (N.H.) Monitor contained this article, along with a related item headlined “Souter story continued.”

“Cigarette fee to have its day in court; If justices agree it’s illegal, state may face budget fiasco”: This article appears today in The St. Paul Pioneer Press.

On today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Morning Edition“: The broadcast contained segments entitled “Skilling to Testify at Enron Trial” and “Netflix Challenges Blockbuster over Online Rentals” (RealPlayer required).

“HLS Holds Conference on Gay Activism”: The Harvard Crimson today contains an article that begins, “Students from Lambda, Harvard Law School’s gay rights organization, convened Saturday at the first annual Gay and Lesbian Legal Advocacy conference to map out the course of gay rights activism following the recent Supreme Court ruling upholding the Solomon Amendment.”

In today’s mail: The trade paperback version of Linda Greenhouse’s book, “Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun’s Supreme Court Journey.”

“Blawg Review #52”: Available here at “f/k/a….”

“Skilling Testimony Expected to Be Crucial”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“Giving It to the Federal Circuit: Why Stop at Immigration Appeals?” Today’s brand new installment of my weekly “On Appeal” column for law.com can be accessed here.

“Bill not likely to pass now”: The Topeka Capital-Journal today contains an article that begins, “The last viable abortion bill on the table for the 2006 Legislature is on shaky ground.”

“Skilling to tell his side of story; Former CEO is expected to take the stand today”: The Houston Chronicle contains this article today.

“Christians Sue for Right Not to Tolerate Policies; Many codes intended to protect gays from harassment are illegal, conservatives argue”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Why Scalia Is Right”: Law Professor Stanley Fish has this post (TimesSelect subscription required) at his new blog “Think Again.”