On today’s installment of NPR‘s “Morning Edition“: This morning’s broadcast contained audio segments entitled “Senate Hearing Highlights Specter-Gonzales Relationship” and “Fight Over Ancient Persian Tablets Goes to U.S. Court” (RealPlayer required).

“Yale, UVA Launch Supreme Court Clinics”: Today in Legal Times, Tony Mauro has an “Inadmissible” item (subscription required) that begins, “The allure of Supreme Court advocacy, Washington-style, is spreading among top law schools. Lawyers from two D.C. firms are working with law schools that are launching Supreme Court litigation clinics this fall, and others may not be far behind. Andrew Pincus and Charles Rothfeld, partners at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, will be sharing their high court skills at Yale Law School. And Mark Stancil, who is moving this week from Baker Botts to the smaller appellate shop of Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner, will be working on Supreme Court cases at the University of Virginia School of Law.” No word yet on whether Stancil’s “Supreme Court Reports” will be accompanying him to his new law firm.

In today’s issue of Legal Times: T.R. Goldman has an article headlined “Pushing Back on Military Justice: Why the administration won’t use the Uniform Code to try alleged terrorists.”

And an article is headlined “Pentagon Suspects Lawyer Involvement in Deaths; Lawyers for detainees say Pentagon treats them as if they were the enemy.”

“Measuring Federal Appellate Courts’ Success Before the U.S. Supreme Court”: The brand new installment of my “On Appeal” column for law.com can be accessed here.

“Wiggle Room on Cruelty”: Law Professor Joseph Margulies has this op-ed today in The Washington Post.

“Protesters battle over Mississippi abortion clinic; Opponents plan week of rallies in effort to shut down state’s last facility”: This article appears today in USA Today.

And The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi reports today that “5 abortion opponents arrested; Windshield broken during incident.”

“Policy raises judgeship doubts”: The Washington Times today contains an article that begins, “The Bush administration’s policy toward detained terrorism suspects has caused the president’s nominee for a federal judgeship in Virginia to face tough questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee.”

“Trying terrorists, Round 2”: Yesterday’s issue of The Chicago Tribune contained an editorial that begins, “John Yoo, a former top lawyer in the Bush administration, has a simple remedy for the Supreme Court decision striking down the military tribunals created for war crimes trials at Guantanamo. Congress, he says, should pass a law overruling the Supreme Court. From a legal point of view, that is not entirely implausible, and given the breadth of the court’s ruling, the administration may be tempted to try to show the court who’s boss.”

“Gays Still Waiting for Washington’s Answer; The Supreme Court in the state has spent 15 months deliberating same-sex marriage”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Abu Ghraib Rewarded”: The New York Times today contains an editorial that begins, “William Haynes II, the Pentagon’s general counsel, has been closely involved in shaping some of the Bush administration’s most legally and morally objectionable policies, notably on the use of torture. The last thing he is suited to be is a federal judge, but that is just what President Bush wants to make him.”

And also in today’s newspaper, columnist Bob Herbert has an op-ed entitled “The Definition of Tyranny” (TimesSelect subscription required).

“Blawg Review #66”: Available here, at “David Jacobson’s External Insights.”

“Underage pregnancy evidence of crime”: This article appears today in The Wichita Eagle, along with a related item headlined “Kline, Foulston will argue teen-sex ruling before appellate court.”

“Senate panel questions Tydingco-Gatewood”: Thursday’s edition of The Pacific Daily News of Guam contained an article that begins, “Frances Marie Tydingco-Gatewood, nominated to the U.S. District Court of Guam, told a Senate panel at her confirmation hearing Tuesday that she doesn’t want to ever forget to be courteous and respectful in the courtroom as a judge.”

“Law a little fuzzy; Courts aren’t inclined to consider what’s best for the animal when ownership is at issue; Legally, that lovable sack of fur is just a piece of property; Some new cases will test that”: The St. Petersburg Times contains this article today.

“License to wiretap”: This editorial appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

And yesterday, The Washington Post published an editorial entitled “Wiretap Surrender: Sen. Specter’s bill on NSA surveillance is a capitulation to administration claims of executive power.”

“Missouri Says It Can’t Find Execution Doctor; It suggests an alternative to a judge’s ruling that an anesthesiologist must oversee lethal injections”: Henry Weinstein has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

And yesterday, The New York Times contained an article headlined “Missouri Says It Can’t Hire Doctor for Executions.”

“The problem with presidential signing statements”: Law Professor Richard A. Epstein has this op-ed today in The Chicago Tribune.

“A Medical Crisis of Conscience; Faith Drives Some To Refuse Patients Medication or Care”: The Washington Post today contains this front page article. And related articles are headlined “Seeking Care, and Refused” and “For Some, There Is No Choice.”

“Bucking Convention: Congress and Bush seek a deal on terrorism detainees.” This article will appear in the July 24, 2006 issue of U.S. News & World Report.

“Conservative, but activist: Despite the labels, Supreme Court justices follow a tradition that began in the 1880s.” Hugh A. Wilson has this op-ed today in Newsday.

In today’s issue of The Boston Globe: Columnist Joan Vennochi has an op-ed entitled “SJC treads carefully” that begins, “Those activist judges of Massachusetts are becoming much less activist.”

And in the Ideas section, David Feige has an article headlined “Innocence by the numbers: Is Justice Scalia’s faith in the criminal justice system, expressed in a recent opinion, based on the fuzzy math of the death penalty lobby?”

“Minority Report: The United States inches ever closer to criminalizing bad thoughts.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Federal Judges Get More Home Security”: This audio segment (RealPlayer required) appeared on yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR‘s “All Things Considered.”

“Tear Down the Mt. Soledad Cross: The 43-foot San Diego landmark represents clear government favoritism toward one religion.” The Los Angeles Times contains this editorial today.

“Judges hear from chief justice Roberts”: This article appears today in The Seattle Times.

The New York Times is reporting: Today’s newspaper contains an article headlined “Wiretapping Review Is Criticized.”

And Adam Liptak has a news analysis headlined “Scholars Agree That Congress Could Reject Conventions, but Not That It Should.”

“Detainee issue splits Congress; Justices’ anti-tribunal ruling leaves little time for big challenge”: This article appears today in The Baltimore Sun.

And yesterday in The Daily Journal of California, Lawrence Hurley had an article headlined “Will ‘Hamdan’ Join ‘Kelo’ on Congress’ Dusty To-Do List?”

Attention Green Bag: In news from Baltimore, “Fans will have to wait for Bobblin’ Brian; Vouchers for Roberts Bobblehead to be distributed Saturday.” According to the report online at MLB.com, “The manufacturers botched the bobblehead, making Roberts’ skin darker than it actually is. The doll was supposed to be given out before Saturday’s game against the Rangers.”

And The Baltimore Sun today contains an article headlined “No run on dolls following error; O’s see red – and a little blue – over Roberts bobblehead miscue.”

“Bail denied for Bonds’ ex-trainer; Prosecutors ordered to explain why a report was withheld”: Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “A federal appeals court denied bail Friday to Greg Anderson, Barry Bonds’ former weight trainer, who is in prison for refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating whether the Giants star committed perjury when he denied knowingly using steroids.”

“Appeals court reinstates same-sex marriage ban”: This article appears today in The Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star.

The Tennessean reports today that “Voters to get say on gay marriage; Amendment set for ballot in fall.”

The Memphis Commercial Appeal contains an article headlined “Ruling puts same-sex marriage ban to vote; To pass: Majority of those who cast ballot for Tenn. governor.”

The New York Times contains an article headlined “In Nebraska and Tennessee, More Setbacks to Gay Rights.”

And The Washington Times reports that “Gay ‘marriage’ critics hail victories in pair of rulings.”

“Secret court may end up hearing AT&T illegal surveillance lawsuit; Legislation backed by White House would allow transfer”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

Available online from law.com: Justin Scheck reports that “9th Circuit Split Proponents Attack Case Overload.”

In other news, “Most Federal Judges Are Opting for Home Security Measures; Total cost nationwide is $5 million in first year.”

And the brand new installment of my “On Appeal” column is headlined “Measuring Federal Appellate Courts’ Success Before the U.S. Supreme Court.”

“Close Votes in Late-Term Cases Were Not a Blow to Consensus-Building, Chief Justice Roberts Insists”: Metropolitan News-Enterprise provides this report.

“Nebraska’s gay marriage ban reinstated”: The Omaha World-Herald provides this news update.

Available online from Reason: An interview headlined “Searching for Alex Kozinski: The controversial 9th Circuit judge on free speech, privacy, and why he didn’t mind the Kelo decision.”

That lengthy interview concludes:

Reason: Then can you tell us which justice or judge out there most exemplifies your own approach to law?

Kozinski: Judge Kozinski.

Also available online is an essay by Nick Gillespie headlined “CleanFlicks v. Kate Winslet’s Breasts: How Hollywood won a lawsuit while losing a cultural battle.”