“Review of Terrorist Threat to Reactor Ordered; An appeals court tells a federal agency to study the effects of an attack on Diablo Canyon plant”: Henry Weinstein has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko reports that “U.S. court puts PG&E nuclear permit on hold until terror review; Utility seeks to store radioactive waste from Diablo Canyon.”

And The San Luis Obispo Tribune reports that “Court orders Diablo terror analysis; Appeals court sides with Mothers for Peace in a lawsuit over storage of nuclear waste on the grounds of the plant.”

My earlier coverage appears at this link.

The Washington Post is reporting: Today’s newspaper contains front page articles headlined “Cubans Jailed in U.S. as Spies Are Hailed at Home as Heroes” and “Vast DNA Bank Pits Policing Vs. Privacy; Data Stored on 3 Million Americans.”

“Kissykissy.com: The shadowy laws of Internet dating.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Gardening Bogs Down a Law Firm”: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, “David Boies is renowned as a litigator for going after corporate giants like Microsoft or representing clients like Al Gore. But it is a tiny, nearly off-the-radar case in Florida against a gardener that has been a virtual thorn in his side for more than a decade, amounting to thousands of hours of manpower, millions of dollars in fees and now, possible jail time, for an employee of his firm.”

The Associated Press is reporting: Gina Holland has an article headlined “Supreme Court Justices Hearing Fewer Cases.”

And in other news, “Trials Color Alabama’s Gubernatorial Race.”

“Today, I want to explain why I support the Marriage Protection Amendment, and why I’m urging Congress to pass it and send it to the states for ratification.” The complete text of the radio address that President Bush delivered this morning can be accessed here.

In related news coverage, The New York Times reports today that “Bush to Press for U.S. Ban on Same-Sex Marriage.”

The Washington Post reports today that “Bush Re-Enters Gay Marriage Fight; Two Speeches Set Pressing Senate To Vote for a Ban.”

And The Los Angeles Times reports that “Gay Marriage Amendment Getting a Presidential Push; Conservatives who think Bush has buried the issue denounce the planned event as a ruse.”

“Power Grab”: In the June 22, 2006 issue of The New York Review of Books, Elizabeth Drew has an essay that begins, “During the presidency of George W. Bush, the White House has made an unprecedented reach for power. It has systematically attempted to defy, control, or threaten the institutions that could challenge it: Congress, the courts, and the press.”

“‘Under God’ on Appeal Before the Ninth Circuit”: Yesterday, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty issued a press release that begins, “On June 1, 2006, the Becket Fund filed its opening brief before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in an effort to overturn the September 2005 trial court decision that struck down daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance because it includes the two words ‘under God.'” That opening brief can be accessed online at this link.

Via Michael A. Newdow’s web site, you can access here many of the pleadings and other papers filed in the case while it was pending in federal district court. If readers wish to send along to me via email links to or electronic copies of other opening briefs, or amicus briefs, filed on or before June 1, 2006 in this pending appeal, I will be more than pleased to ensure that links to the briefs get posted at “How Appealing”

“Court Rejects Evangelical Prison Plan Over State Aid”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

The Washington Post reports today that “Judge Bars Tax-Funded Religious Jail Project.”

And The Des Moines Register reports today that “Judge says Christian prison program must end; InnerChange Freedom Initiative will continue at the correctional center in Newton during an appeal.”

I have posted online at this link yesterday’s 140-page ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

“News Media Pay in Scientist Suit”: Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times.

The Washington Post reports today that “U.S., Media Settle With Wen Ho Lee; News Organizations Pay To Keep Sources Secret.”

And in The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage reports that “Government, News Media Settle Suit by Wen Ho Lee.”

You can access here a statement on the settlement issued by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Associated Press, and ABC.

“Roberts: ‘The hard part is coming up’; Supreme Court shows signs of split as key issues await rulings.” CNN.com provides this report.