BREAKING NEWS — Fourth Circuit Judge J. Michael Luttig resigns to become senior vice president and general counsel of The Boeing Company: Details are available in this press release, while a copy of Judge Luttig’s letter announcing his resignation, effective immediately, from the Fourth Circuit can be viewed both here and here. Thanks to “South Carolina Appellate Law Blog” for giving me the initial heads-up on this news.

And Jan Crawford Greenburg of The Chicago Tribune provides a news update headlined “Passed over Supreme Court hopeful resigns from bench.”