“Appeals court hears arguments in Indiana legislative prayer case”: The Associated Press provides this report.

The Tenth Circuit‘s Judicial Conference begins today: Sure, the conference may have two current and one retired U.S. Supreme Court Justices in attendance, but can Colorado Springs ever hope to compete with Brainerd, Minnesota?

Tomorrow, while he’s in the neighborhood, Justice Stephen G. Breyer will help dedicate a new law school building at the University of Colorado School of Law.

“Carjacker’s 3-strikes life sentence is upheld”: This article appears today in The Deseret Morning News. My earlier coverage appears here.

“Court rules against primary regulations; Decision says policies hinder minor parties”: The Cincinnati Enquirer contains this article today.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports today that “U.S. court edits Ohio election law.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court Sides With Minor Parties in Ohio.”

My earlier coverage appears at this link.

“New Plan for Terror Suspects”: This segment (available online in both RealPlayer and Windows Media Player formats) appeared on today’s broadcast of the public radio program “On Point.”

“Lawyers Warn Against Evidence Limits”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “The Pentagon’s top uniformed lawyers took issue Thursday with a key provision of a White House plan to prosecute military detainees, contending that language potentially restricting a defendant’s access to evidence could violate treaty obligations.”

“Park ban on molesters upheld; Federal court ruling gives advocates hope that city’s ordinance can survive challenge”: This article appears today in The Indianapolis Star.

My earlier coverage is at this link.

“FCC gets 2 months to reconsider ‘NYPD Blue’ indecency ruling”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “A federal appeals court Thursday granted the Federal Communications Commission two more months to decide whether ‘NYPD Blue’ and three other television programs violated rules governing the broadcast of indecent and profane material.”

And Broadcasting & Cable reports that “FCC Gets To Reconsider Profanity Rulings.”

I have posted online at this link a copy of today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

In today’s mail: A copy of the forthcoming book “A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood’s Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports,” by Brad Snyder, examining “the landmark Supreme Court case that changed professional sports forever.”

“Prayer in the House: Federal appeals court to hear argument in Indiana case today.” This editorial appears today in The Evansville Courier & Press.

“Oops, Never Mind, Appeals Court Says”: Inside Higher Ed today provides this report. My coverage from yesterday is available at this link.

On today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Morning Edition“: The broadcast contained audio segments entitled “President Asks for Approval of Guantanamo Commissions“; “Congress, White House Clash over Detainee Prosecutions“; “U.S. Acknowledges Existence of Secret CIA Prisons“; “President Provides Details on Secret Detainees“; and “Interrogation Manual Recognizes Some Geneva Rights.”

RealPlayer is required to launch these audio segments.

Available online at Salon.com: Mark Benjamin has an essay entitled “Mixed messages on torture: While Bush was defending ‘tough’ interrogation at one press conference, the Army was calling torture useless at another.”

Alex Koppelman has an essay entitled “‘We tortured an insane man’: The author of ‘The One Percent Doctrine,’ Ron Suskind, talks about what the U.S. really got out of Abu Zubaydah and why waterboarding doesn’t make America safer.”

And Glenn Greenwald has an essay entitled “Playing the terror card again: Bush’s confession that the CIA has been secretly holding prisoners is a cynical move to boost Republicans in the polls.”

“Fore! How a swanky private golf club fell into the crosshairs of eminent domain.” Duncan Currie has this essay online today at The Weekly Standard.

Available today at National Review Online: Alykhan Velshi and Howard Anglin have an essay entitled “Who’s Really Ignoring the Geneva Conventions? The Supreme Court gave us a selective reading in Hamdan.”

And Peter Kirsanow has an essay entitled “Failure of Proof: The elusive benefits of diversity” that begins, “The Supreme Court will be considering two cases in the coming term that will determine whether the benefits that flow from racially diverse K-12 classrooms constitute a compelling state interest.”

“Ban on hidden court cases urged; The Florida Supreme Court will consider imposing newly proposed rules that would prevent court cases from being hidden from public view”: The Miami Herald contains this article today. And columnist Fred Grimm has an op-ed entitled “Broward ‘Bubba judges’ up to same old tricks.”

“Bush Acknowledges Secret Jails; 14 Top Terror Suspects Sent by CIA to Guantanamo for Trials”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times, along with articles headlined “Bush’s Plan Allows Coerced Evidence; Convictions could also be based on material unseen by the accused; The Senate may object“; “Terror Suspects Still at Large; Of 86 individuals that detainees say Al Qaeda ‘deemed suitable’ for attacks in the U.S. or Europe, most remain free, documents show“; and “A New Issue in the Election Mix.” The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “Barely Legal War-making: The president who redefined torture and sidelined Congress is finally giving lip service to the law and playing nice with the legislative branch.”

Today’s edition of The Washington Post, in addition to containing the articles I linked to here, contains an article headlined “Secret World of Detainees Grows More Public” and an editorial entitled “Ending the Lawlessness: President Bush wants congressional action on detainees; That’s good — as long as he doesn’t get the bill he wants.”

The New York Times contains an editorial entitled “A Sudden Sense of Urgency.”

USA Today contains articles headlined “Congress pressed for laws to meet ‘new era’ threats; President says no suspects tortured“; “3 Republican senators among critics of military tribunal plan; Warner says compromise is in works“; and “New Pentagon rules ban ‘abusive’ interrogation; Use of dogs, hoods forbidden; psychological approaches OK.” A related editorial is entitled “Bush puts 9/11 suspects in Gitmo, Congress on the spot.”

The Chicago Tribune contains articles headlined “Bush confirms use of CIA secret prisons“; “Behind disclosures, GOP political agenda“; and “U.S. revises rules for detainees; Treatment will follow Geneva Conventions.”

And today in The New York Sun, Josh Gerstein reports that “14 Alleged Qaeda Operatives Transferred to Guantanamo.” And an article reports that “Opposition Likely to Bush’s Plan on War Tribunals.”

“Owning O.J.: How do you squeeze a dime out of a celebrity? Sue to own one.” Columnist Patt Morrison has this op-ed today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Blacks May Gain as UCLA Moves to Alter Admissions; Using a ‘holistic’ model, officials would view student achievements in light of life experiences”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Del. lawmakers support Jordan at hearing; District judge expected to sail through vote by committee on elevation to Circuit Court”: The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware contains this article today.

“U.S. Seeking Shift in Law in Lay’s Case”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

And The Houston Chronicle reports that “Prosecutors seek a new law to keep his conviction alive, despite his death.”

You can access a copy of the federal government’s court filing at this link.

“Ex-Officials of Justice Dept. Oppose Prosecutors’ Tactic in Corporate Criminal Cases”: The New York Times contains this article today.

“‘Addiction’ to BlackBerries May Bring on Lawsuits”: This article appears today in The New York Sun.

“Checked and Imbalanced: The president tries for a do-over in his Gitmo speech.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Available online from National Public Radio: Today’s broadcast of “Talk of the Nation” contained an audio segment entitled “Bush Revives Goal of Guantanamo Bay Tribunals.”

And this evening’s broadcast of “All Things Considered” contained audio segments entitled “Bush Concedes CIA Ran Secret Prisons Abroad“; “Hamdan Lawyer Reacts to Bush Tribunal Proposal“; and “Manual Defines Limits of Prisoner Interrogation.”

RealPlayer is required to launch these audio segments.

“President Moves 14 Held in Secret to Guantanamo”: This article will appear Thursday in The New York Times. Tomorrow’s newspaper will also contain an article headlined “Proposal for New Tribunals for Terror Suspects Would Hew to the First Series” and a news analysis headlined “A Challenge From Bush to Congress.”

Thursday’s edition of The Washington Post will contain front page articles headlined “Bush Says Detainees Will Be Tried; He Confirms Existence of CIA Prisons“; “New Rules of Interrogation Forbid Use of Harsh Tactics“; and “President Shifts Argument, Catches Critics Off Guard.” The newspaper will also contain articles headlined “Officials Relieved Secret Is Shared” and “Detainee Decision Greeted Skeptically.”

And McClatchy Newspapers provide reports headlined “Doubts surface if architects of Sept. 11 attacks will ever go to trial“; “Bush announces plan to bring top terror suspects to trial“; “Interrogation led to arrest of suspects in Sept. 11 attacks“; and “Pentagon spells out new rules for questioning detainees.”

Available online from law.com: A report from The Associated Press is headlined “Lessig’s Victory Against Music School Is Personal, Painful.”

And an article is headlined “The Anonymous Anti-Hero: First it was a Web site, then a book, and now Jeremy Blachman may have a TV series based on a mythical law firm from hell.”

“Law proposed to block overturning of Lay conviction”: The Houston Chronicle provides a news update that begins, “The Department of Justice is proposing legislation that would prevent the estate of the late Ken Lay from having his conviction overturned because of his death. In a court filing this afternoon prosecutors provided a draft of legislation that would essentially prevent courts from vacating criminal convictions if a defendant dies before going through the entire appeals process.” The newspaper has posted online the federal government’s court filing at this link.

And The Associated Press reports that “Feds Seeking to Preserve Lay Conviction.”

“Judges cite more blogs in rulings; Law student survey finds 32 Web log citations in the last two years”: This article appears in this week’s issue of The National Law Journal, bringing to mind my recent law.com essay entitled “Viewing Law Blogs as a Vast Amicus Brief.”

Tenth Circuit rejects argument that third-strike life sentence without parole for federal criminal offense of carjacking is unconstitutional: You can access today’s ruling at this link.

“The Anonymous Tax Court Case”: This post reporting on a tax court ruling issued today appears at “TaxProf Blog.”

“Congress Takes Up Surveillance Bills”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“President Discusses Creation of Military Commissions to Try Suspected Terrorists”: The White House has issued this transcript of President Bush’s remarks this afternoon, along with a news release titled “Myth/Fact: the Administration’s Legislation to Create Military Commissions.”

On today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Day to Day“: The broadcast contained segments entitled “Bush to Outline Treatment of ‘Enemy Combatants’“; “The Shifting Legal Status of Terrorism Detainees” (featuring Dahlia Lithwick); and “Domestic Safety Since Sept. 11: John Yoo.” RealPlayer is required to launch these audio segments.

“Gitmo Tribunals May Resume in Early ’07”: The Associated Press provides this report.