“Moussaoui Sentencing Trial Winds Down”: This segment (RealPlayer required) appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Talk of the Nation.”

“Court: Exxon Can Be Sued in Spouse Death.” The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “A retired steamfitter who claims his asbestos-contaminated work clothes caused his wife’s death can sue Exxon Mobil, owner of a refinery where he worked, New Jersey’s Supreme Court ruled Monday.” You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of New Jersey at this link.

This blog’s “20 questions for the appellate judge” archive has a new address: The archive of those interviews now resides at this link.

“Ex-Conn. Justice: Ruling Held for Nominee.” The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “Connecticut’s former chief justice acknowledged Monday that he delayed the release of a recent state Supreme Court ruling to help secure the confirmation of the justice nominated to succeed him, lawmakers said.”

My earlier coverage of, and links to, the ruling at issue can be accessed here.

“Scalia’s mistake”: In today’s edition of The National Law Journal, Brian T. Fitzpatrick has an essay that begins, “Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is an opinionated guy. I know. I clerked for him four years ago. Every once in a while, however, Scalia’s love of intellectual engagement leads him to make a mistake. He made one of these mistakes recently.”

“Closing Arguments Begin in Moussaoui Trial”: This segment (RealPlayer required) appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Day to Day.”

The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “Jury Takes Up Moussaoui’s Fate” and “D.C. Sniper Agrees to Let Lawyers Stand By.”

“Death penalty method faulted; A human rights group report, to be released today, demands a halt to lethal injections”: Claire Cooper, legal affairs writer for The Sacramento Bee, has this article today in that newspaper. At his “Sentencing Law and Policy” blog, Law Professor Doug Berman discusses the report and links to it here.

“Supreme Court Weighs Police Search Conduct”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“The Booker Mess”: Tenth Circuit Judge Michael W. McConnell has this article in the current issue of the Denver University Law Review.

“Legacy of the Rehnquist Court: U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement and former Solicitors General Theodore Olson and Walter Dellinger take part in a panel discussion on the legacy of former Chief Justice William Rehnquist.” This past Saturday’s broadcast of C-SPAN‘s “America & the Courts” program can be viewed online, on demand by clicking here (RealPlayer required).

“2 high court candidates declaring stands on issues; They say practice helps inform public; others worry it undermines judiciary’s impartiality”: The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette today contains an article that begins, “Two candidates in next month’s Arkansas Supreme Court elections are breaking with long-standing practice and running on something other than their titles and experience: They’re taking stands.”

“Judge: Web-Surfing Worker Can’t Be Fired.” The AP provides this report.

The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “Gov’t Begins Closing in Moussaoui Trial” and “Enron Founder Lay Denies Breaking the Law.”

“Court: if It’s Indian, It Can’t Be Scotch.” The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “An Indian court has ruled that Indian whiskey manufacturers cannot use the words ‘Scot’ or ‘Scotch’ to describe their products, in compliance with World Trade Organization rules, a newspaper reported Monday.”

You can access last Thursday’s ruling of the High Court of Delhi at this link.

Today’s U.S. Supreme Court Order List: You can access today’s Order List at this link. The Court granted review in no new cases today but called for the views of the Solicitor General in one case.

The Court today also issued a very brief per curiam opinion in Salinas v. United States, No. 05–8400.

In addition, Justice John Paul Stevens issued a statement respecting the denial of certiorari in Moreland v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, No. 05-8268.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Court Won’t Hear Fight Over Jesus Poster.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “No new grants.”

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denies rehearing en banc in ACLU of Kentucky v. Mercer County, Kentucky: Five judges dissented from today’s denial of rehearing en banc in this lawsuit challenging a governmental Ten Commandments display.

My earlier coverage of the three-judge panel’s ruling from December 2005 can be accessed here.

On today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Morning Edition“: The broadcast contained segments entitled “Supreme Court Hears Case on Police Entry Rights” (featuring Nina Totenberg) and “Closing Arguments Begin in Moussaoui Sentencing Trial.” RealPlayer is required to launch these audio segments.

“Televise Supreme Court arguments”: Nat Hentoff has this op-ed today in The Washington Times.

“Risk Management: How Republicans use Roe to their benefit.” Law Professor Cass R. Sunstein has this essay online today at The New Republic.

“Homeless and sleepless”: This editorial appears today in The Boston Globe.

And the brand new installment of my “On Appeal” column for law.com is headlined “Arresting the Homeless Is Unconstitutional? Where the 9th Circuit Went Wrong.” As an added enticement, the essay currently contains a typo.

“Double Standards”: Today in The New York Sun, John Leo has an op-ed that begins, “Last week was a tough one for Stephen Reinhardt, the most liberal judge on the most liberal federal circuit (Ninth).”

“Florida’s execution method disputed; A man on Florida’s Death Row for killing a police officer says the state’s execution method can cause excruciating pain; The high court will hear arguments Wednesday”: The Miami Herald contains this article today.

The Pensacola News Journal reports today that “Hill case hits high court; Justices to consider appeal on last-minute challenges to injection executions.”

Meanwhile, from Kansas, The Wichita Eagle reports that “Court’s decision will affect fate of 8; The U.S. Supreme Court this week will rehear arguments on Kansas’ death penalty law.”

And The Topeka Capital-Journal contains articles headlined “Death penalty returns to Supreme Court; Second case on docket Tuesday” and “Ralliers gather at tree; Planting marked state resuming death penalty.”

“U.S. high court asked to void DNA ruling”: This article appears today in The Harrisburg Patriot-News.

“Saving Democracy, Pupil by Pupil”: Yesterday in The Washington Post, columnist David S. Broder had an op-ed that begins, “Between them, Sandra Day O’Connor and Roy Romer have had enough successful careers to satisfy half a dozen ambitious individuals.”

“Flynt Faces Rowdy Law Crowd; Hustler Magazine publisher draws hisses in speech on First Amendment rights”: This article appears today in The Harvard Crimson.

“Summations due, then Moussaoui’s fate decided; Case nears an end after trial that took 7 weeks to determine penalty after guilty pleas on terror counts”: The Richmond Times-Dispatch contains this article today.

The Los Angeles Times today contains an article headlined “Life of a Terrorist: Seeking, and Finding, His Jihad; Zacarias Moussaoui was an easy mark; Young and nearly broke, sleeping in a London shelter, he was ashamed of his past and uncertain of his future.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Defense Hopes for Mercy in Moussaoui Case.”

“Can the Man Who Charmed Houston Do the Same to the Enron Jury?” This article appears today in The New York Times.

The Washington Post reports today that “Enron Founder to Say He’s Optimistic, Not Dishonest.”

The Los Angeles Times reports that “Lay Puts Hopes in Optimism; The Enron founder is likely to testify he never deceived but saw events in a positive light.”

The Houston Chronicle reports that “Words could hurt Lay on stand; Any sweeping statement about his character could revive past allegations.”

And USA Today reports that “At Enron trial, all eyes turn to Lay.”

In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times: Maura Dolan and Henry Weinstein report that “Concerns About Pain Put Lethal Injection on Trial.”

A related op-ed, by Jamie Fellnerm is entitled “Lethal yes, painless no: The three-drug cocktail used in executions may leave prisoners suffering horribly but paralyzed, unable to say anything.”

And in other news, “Activist Wants to See Judges Judged.”

“At Los Angeles Times, a Columnist Who Used a False Web Name Loses His Blog”: This article appears today in The New York Times. Patrick Frey, who blogs at “Patterico’s Pontifications,” occupies a central role in the unmasking.

And today in The Washington Post, Media Notes columnist Howard Kurtz has an essay entitled “Columnist’s Blog: He Hasn’t Been Himself Lately.”

“Blawg Review #54”: Available here, at “bk! Brandy Karl’s IP blog.”

“Experts: Judge knew better.” The Topeka Capital-Journal today contains an article that begins, “A first-year law student could understand this fundamental tenet of ethics. Interviews with judicial conduct experts in several states say it should have been an easy call for Kansas Supreme Court Justice Lawton Nuss to avoid speaking privately with two state senators about a lawsuit pending before the high court that involves hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding for public schools.”

Equity will not aid a sexually harassed volunteer: The Associated Press, in an article headlined “SJC rules that volunteers not covered by sexual harassment law,” reports on a ruling that the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts issued on Friday.

“School law has Omaha on edge; Plan would create race-based districts; Legal challenges considered likely”: The Kansas City Star contains this article today.

“Challenges slow U.S. executions”: This article appears today in The Reno Gazette-Journal.

And The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports today that “Inmate could be executed in days; Unless Kaine or court steps in, Vinson to die by injection Thursday.”