“Sex Offender Sues Va. to Keep Name off Web”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

“CIA still hiding ‘ghost’ captives”: Sunday’s edition of The Times of London contained this article.

And The Associated Press reports that “U.S. Senators Visit Guantanamo Bay.”

“Go Redskins: But let the name go, too.” This editorial appears today in The Washington Post.

“Weaving a tangled judicial web”: Yesterday in The Chicago Tribune, Law Professor David Scheffer had an op-ed that begins, “You might be forgiven if last Wednesday, when President Bush defended the abusive interrogations of suspected terrorists and sought legislation to paper over flaws of military commissions in Guantanamo, you experienced that sinking feeling that he just doesn’t get it.”

“Party Lines Blur in Surveillance Debate; Republican Leaders Want to Engage Democrats But Find Some of Their Own Dissenting”: This article (free access) appears today in The Wall Street Journal.

And The Los Angeles Times today contains an article headlined “Hidden Depths to U.S. Monitoring; The scope of domestic surveillance has steadily expanded since 9/11; But lawmakers and privacy experts complain of too little information on it.”

“The Guantanamo Gambit: Behind the transfer of terrorist suspects.” George Packer has this Talk of the Town comment in the September 18, 2006 issue of The New Yorker.

“Activism Is in the Eye of the Ideologist”: The New York Times today contains an editorial that begins, “Conservatives like to divide judges into liberal ‘activists’ and conservative nonactivists who interpret the law rather than making it.”

“Compassion has ruled judge’s career; Edward H. Johnstone 84, stops trying cases”: Yesterday’s issue of The Louisville Courier-Journal contained this profile of Senior U.S. District Judge Edward H. Johnstone.

“Worried CIA Officers Buy Legal Insurance; Plans Fund Defense In Anti-Terror Cases”: This front page article will appear Monday in The Washington Post.

In the September 18, 2006 issue of U.S. News & World Report: The magazine will contain articles headlined “How to Try a Fanatic: The White House wants to revive those military tribunals, but Congress has a few ideas of its own“; “Out of a Black Hole: Bush gets specific in making his case to resume CIA jailings“; and “Setting the Rules for Interrogations: The Army clarifies which techniques are forbidden.”

“The Unofficial Story of the al-Qaeda 14; Their torture by the CIA was wrong–in more ways than you might think”: Ron Suskind will have this essay in the September 18, 2006 issue of Time magazine.

Greeting from Cincinnati: Where, as promised, my hotel offers “free” internet access.

Programming note: This evening, I’ll be en route to Cincinnati, where tomorrow I’ll be arguing an appeal before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

“Three Questions for America”: Ronald Dworkin has this essay in the September 21, 2006 issue of The New York Review of Books.

“Out From The Shadows: The president announced he’s emptying the CIA’s secret prisons; Now what will become of its former inmates?” This article will appear in the September 18, 2006 issue of Newsweek.

“A good step toward open court files”: The St. Petersburg Times contains this editorial today.

“From Baltimore Suburbs to a Secret CIA Prison; Family Learned Last Week That Man Was Among ‘High-Value’ Terrorism Suspects Moved to Guantanamo”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

“Maximum Security”: In the Sunday Book Review section of today’s issue of The New York Times, Emily Bazelon has this review of Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner‘s book, “Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency.”

“Rhode Island Race May Be Key to Senate; Sen. Lincoln Chafee is in a tough fight for the GOP nomination; But his more conservative opponent could lose the seat for the party”: The Los Angeles Times today contains an article that begins, “He opposed Bush administration tax cuts, voted against Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. and was the only Republican senator to vote no on the war in Iraq.”

The Washington Post reports today that “GOP Forced to Fight for Rebel Chafee; His Challenger in the Primary May Be Too Conservative to Win R.I.”

And The New York Times contains an article headlined “To Hold Senate, G.O.P. Bolsters Its Most Liberal.”

“A Terror Trial, With or Without Due Process”: Law Professor Jeffrey Rosen has this essay today in the Week in Review section of The New York Times.

“White House, Pentagon Split on Interrogation Tactics”: This audio segment (RealPlayer required) appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Weekend Edition Saturday.”

“Prayers to Jesus OK’d for Cobb Commission; Judge rejects ACLU suit to halt practice”: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution contains this article today.

I have posted online at this link a copy of yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

“CU law building draws crowd; Supreme Court Justice Breyer salutes students for role in funding”: This article appears today in The Boulder Daily Camera.

And The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court Justice Dedicates CU Law Building.”

The University of Colorado School of Law yesterday issued a press release entitled “Colorado Law Celebrates New Building Dedication.” The press release links to two video clips: “Justice Breyer’s comments on Wolf Law Building” and “Justice Breyer’s comments on the U.S. legal system” (Windows Media Player required).

“Liberty for Sale: Richard Posner takes a hard look at the cost of the administration’s policies.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“James deAnda, 81, Lawyer in Case for Hispanic Jurors, Dies”: This obituary appears today in The New York Times.

Yesterday’s issue of The Houston Chronicle contained an obituary headlined “‘He is our Thurgood Marshall’; Houston judge had a major role in a landmark ruling on Hispanic rights.” Today’s newspaper contains an editorial entitled “James deAnda: The late lawyer and former judge worked quietly to end discrimination against Hispanics in Texas.”

And yesterday’s edition of The Corpus Christi Caller-Times contained an editorial entitled “James DeAnda 1925-2006: Activist helped desegregate area schools.”

“In Remote Prison, Disputes Flared Over Interrogations”: Sunday’s issue of The New York Times will contain an article that begins, “Abu Zubaydah, the first Osama bin Laden henchman captured by the United States after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, was bloodied and feverish when a C.I.A. security team delivered him to a secret safe house in Thailand for interrogation in the early spring of 2002.”

“Who Will Judge Sullivan Ruling? Jurists Backing Away From Battle Over Legislative Subpoena Of The Ex-Chief Justice”: Lynne Tuohy has this article today in The Hartford Courant.

“Court shoots down U. gun ban; Justices say school no exception to Utah law; case goes back to feds”: This article appears today in The Salt Lake Tribune.

And The Deseret Morning News reports today that “U. gun ban shot down; But university vows to continue its court fight.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Utah at this link.

Aaron Harber interviews Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Sandra Day O’Connor: Harber calls Justice Breyer by his first name; I haven’t yet watched Justice O’Connor’s interview to see whether Harber is equally informal with her. You can view the interviews online via this link. Thanks to “SCOTUSblog” for the pointer.

“Looking for Agreement on Tribunals for Detainees”: This article will appear Saturday in The New York Times.

And McClatchy Newspapers provide a report headlined “Lindsey Graham calls military tribunals ‘a bridge too far.’”

“Oregon high court rules for Scouts, against atheist mother”: The Associated Press provides this report.

And The Oregonian provides a news update headlined “Scouts didn’t discriminate against atheist, Supreme Court rules.”

In connection with today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Oregon, the Boy Scouts of America issued a press release entitled “Scouts win in Oregon Supreme Court.”

Available online from law.com: Tony Mauro reports that “Former SG Olson Looks Back on 9/11 — and Moves Forward.”

And the brand new installment of my “On Appeal” column is headlined “Quality and Quantity on Appeal.”

“Yu Kikumura, a federal prisoner, became severely ill one afternoon in his cell.” So begins a 71-page opinion that Circuit Judge Michael W. McConnell issued today on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

The Associated Press has previously reported, “As U.S. attorney in New Jersey, a job that normally involves sending underlings into the courtroom, [Samuel A.] Alito personally prosecuted the 1988 terrorism trial of Yu Kikumura, going head to head with the noted defense lawyer, the late William M. Kunstler. Kikumura was convicted of driving with homemade bombs on the New Jersey Turnpike, intending to blow up the Navy recruiting office in Manhattan, and is serving 22 years.” And the April 25, 1988 issue of Time magazine contained this report on Kikumura’s arrest, in which now-Justice Alito is quoted.

Today’s Tenth Circuit ruling reinstates certain of Kikumura’s Eighth Amendment and Federal Tort Claims Act claims. Kikumura’s appeal arises in the Tenth Circuit because he is serving his prison sentence at the United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum, in Florence, Colorado.

“The Courtroom Slam: How Bush’s Guantanamo bill locks the detainees out of court.” Emily Bazelon has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Wireless Internet Access now available in the Courthouse Cafe and Library in the James R. Browning Courthouse in San Francisco, CA.” This announcement appears today at the home page of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. I presume that this means that members of the public can now surf the web free of charge courtesy of the federal judiciary if they are willing to undergo the security check necessary to enter the courthouse. And to think, not too long ago the federal judiciary’s internet access was strictly regulated (see here and here).