“Justice honors Brennan’s legacy”: This article appeared yesterday in Washington Square News.

“Martinsburg attorney meets U.S. Chief Justice”: Wednesday’s issue of The West Virginia Record contained this article.

“Roberts holds court at Mead”: This article appears in this week’s issue of The Middlebury Campus, along with an editorial entitled “About our evening with the Chief Justice.”

“America’s abortion battlefield: Things may not be perfect in Britain, but they are far worse in the US; Suzanne Goldenberg reports from the front line in South Dakota.” Yesterday’s edition of The Guardian (UK) contained this article.

“T-shirt case taken to Supreme Court”: This article appears today in The San Diego Union-Tribune. My earlier coverage appears here.

“Court rules Confederate letters not public documents”: The Associated Press provides this report. My earlier coverage appears at this link.

“Appeals court visits NCCU; Students get to see judges in action”: A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard oral arguments yesterday at North Carolina Central University School of Law, The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina reports today in an article that you can access here.

On this date in “How Appealing” history: One year ago today, the major media was busy covering the news from one year and one day ago that President Bush had withdrawn his nomination of Harriet E. Miers to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

In addition, posts from this date in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 all have something in common.

“Businesses Seek New Protection From Litigation”: This article will appear Sunday in The New York Times.

c|net News.com is reporting: An article reports that “Supreme Court to review Microsoft patent appeal.”

And Declan McCullagh has an article headlined “Police blotter: Web cookies become defendant’s alibi.” You can access the recent not-for-publication ruling of the Court of Appeals for the Second District of Texas at this link.

“Furor Over Cheney Remark on Tactics for Terror Suspects”: Neil A. Lewis has this article today in The New York Times.

The Washington Post reports today that “Cheney Defends ‘Dunk in the Water’ Remark; Addressing Alarm Over the Comment, Vice President Says He Was Not Referring to Waterboarding.”

And The Los Angeles Times reports that “Cheney calls dunking of terror suspects a ‘no-brainer’; Vice president later says: ‘I didn’t say anything about water-boarding.’”

“Supreme Court race gets political; Supporters of Owens and Johnson fall along party lines”: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer contains this article today.

“With Rolling’s execution, vindication seemed out of grasp; A lawyer spent 16 years living under a shadow of suspicion”: This article appears today in The St. Petersburg Times.

“Banner in honor of Picagli hung near home”: The New Haven Register today contains an article that begins, “Daniel P. Picagli grew up in Fair Haven, not far from where police erected a banner Friday to remember the fallen officer, struck and killed by an SUV earlier this month.”

“Panel wants lawyers disbarred; 2 accused of extortion in Demoulas battle”: The Boston Globe today contains an article that begins, “The state Board of Bar Overseers has recommended that the Supreme Judicial Court disbar two lawyers accused of using extortion and intimidation in an attempt to discredit a judge, who had ruled against their client in a family feud over assets of the Demoulas Supermarkets chain. The board recommended the suspension of a third lawyer.”

My earlier coverage of this matter, from May 2005, appears at this link.

“High Court to Rule on Deadly Force in Police Chases”: Charles Lane has this article today in The Washington Post.

And David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Justices to rule on police ramming car to end chase.”

Earlier, syndicated columnist James J. Kilpatrick had this essay previewing the case.

“Civil Union or Marriage? A Long Wait in New Jersey.” This article appears today in The New York Times, along with an article headlined “For Gay Couples, Ruling Has a Cash Value.”

And The Los Angeles Times today contains an article headlined “Marriage ruling resonates.”

“Poll: Americans don’t want politicians constraining judges.” CNN.com provides this report. In addition, Bill Mears provides a report headlined “O’Connor: Don’t call us ‘activist judges.’”

And by clicking here, you can launch a CNN.com video segment in which “CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin talks with one former and one sitting Supreme Court Justice about ‘activist judges.'”

“White House denies Cheney endorsed water boarding”: McClatchy Newspapers provide this report.

Available online from law.com: Marcia Coyle reports that “Supreme Court Revisits Punitive Damages; With justices divided 4-3 over constitutional limits, views of Roberts and Alito may shape jurisprudence.”

In other news, “9th Circuit Rejects Overtime for Adjusters in Farmer’s Insurance Class Action.”

An article reports that “11th Circuit Asked to Clarify Corporate Liability.”

And the new installment of my “On Appeal” column is headlined “Making the Most of Appellate Oral Argument.”

“ACLU Drops Patriot Act Challenge”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“Justices Agree to Hear 1925(b) Case”: The Legal Intelligencer provides this news update. I discussed the case in question in my recent “On Appeal” column for law.com headlined “How Many Issues Should You Raise on Appeal?”

“Maryland judge: Topless photo didn’t violate privacy.” The Associated Press provides this report. And you can access last week’s opinion of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland at this link. The Daily Record of Baltimore provided earlier coverage when the lawsuit was filed. (Via “Above the Law.”)

“That possession is nine-tenths of the law is a truism hardly bearing repetition. Statements to this effect have existed almost as long as the common law itself.” A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit today issued an opinion that begins, “This case concerns the ownership of papers from the administrations of two governors of South Carolina during the Civil War.”

In that opinion, written by Circuit Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, the Fourth Circuit affirms a federal district court’s ruling that the State of South Carolina “failed to establish that the papers constituted public property under South Carolina law of the Civil War era.” As a result, a man who, according to today’s opinion, “found the papers in 1999 or 2000 in a shopping bag in a closet at his late stepmother’s home” retains ownership of the documents.

In October 2004, Civil War News published a report headlined “South Carolina Claims Documents General’s Family Wants To Sell.” And in August 2005, The Associated Press reported that “Judge rules Confederate letters belong to state.” That bankruptcy court ruling was later reversed by the federal district court ruling that the Fourth Circuit affirmed today.

“A Big Night for Judge Wallace in San Diego”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued a news release that begins, “Senior Judge J. Clifford Wallace of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit received the American Judicature Society’s 2005 Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award at an Oct. 19 ceremony in San Diego.” A list of past recipients of the award can be accessed here.

“ADF attorneys appeal Poway ‘T-shirt’ case to U.S. Supreme Court; Nation’s highest court asked to reverse the 9th Circuit’s approval of censorship of Christian students”: Alliance Defense Fund issued this press release today. You can access the cert. petition at this link.

“White House Denies Cheney OK’d Torture”: The Associated Press provides this report. My earlier coverage appears here.

“Court to hear four new cases”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.” You can access today’s Order List at this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press provides reports headlined “Supreme Court Intervenes in Patent Fight“; “High Court to Hear Autism Lawsuit Case“; and “Supreme Court to Hear Police Chase Case.”

“Crack Cocaine Sentencing Rules Hit 20”: This audio segment (RealPlayer required) appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Morning Edition.”

I previously published here some additional views on the issue.

In jurisprudence essays available online from Slate: Law Professor Judith Resnik has an essay entitled “When the Justice Department Played Defense: Congress gives the 2002 torture memos a weird upside.”

And Law Professor Tim Wu has an essay entitled “Does YouTube Really Have Legal Problems?: How the Bell Lobby helped midwife YouTube.”

“To ‘respect and protect’: Bishop ordained, speaks in favor of state abortion ban.” The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, South Dakota contains this article today.

“G.O.P. Moves Fast to Reignite Issue of Gay Marriage”: This article appears today in The New York Times, along with articles headlined “Corzine Tells Legislators He Backs Civil Unions Over Same-Sex Marriage” and “Clinton Wouldn’t Block Law if Albany Backs Gay Marriage.”

The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger today contains articles headlined “Lawmakers cool to gay marriage; State legislators showing more support for civil union law“; “Fight to add amendment is still uphill“; “Kean insists he supports civil unions; Senate candidate says he hasn’t switched positions on gay rights“; and “A prudent move but hardly a timid one, court experts say.”

The Trenton Times reports that “Gay marriage lacks political support; After court ruling, legislators lean to civil unions.”

The Washington Post contains articles headlined “Religious Conservatives Cheer Ruling on Gays as Wake-Up Call” and “N.J. Ruling Could Yield Backlash at Nov. Polls.”

The Los Angeles Times contains articles headlined “A state with gay-friendly laws faces a fight over partnerships; New Jersey’s Legislature has 180 days to legalize same-sex marriage or civil unions” and “A letdown for state’s same-sex couples; This week’s ruling in New Jersey is likely to make California justices more ‘restrained’ on the question of gay marriage, experts say.” The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “Right approach on gay marriage: As California prepares to review the issue, a New Jersey court upholds the rights of all committed couples.”

The Boston Globe reports that “GOP seizes on N.J. ruling to rally religious conservatives; Presses voters to back bans on same-sex nuptials.” In addition, the newspaper contains an editorial entitled “New Jersey’s opportunity.”

The Chicago Tribune contains an editorial entitled “Marriage by any other name.”

And USA Today contains an editorial entitled “This time, judges find sensible compromise on gay unions; N.J. court protects rights, leaves ‘marriage’ up to lawmakers,” while Peter Sprigg has an op-ed entitled “Where’s judicial restraint? N.J. court just can’t go around ordering Legislature to make laws.”

“Justice’s TV ad a hard hitter; Wiggins rebuts Hunstein attack”: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution today contains an article that begins, “One of the most personal attack ads of Georgia’s election season is up and running on television, and it doesn’t involve any candidates for governor. It’s from an incumbent Georgia Supreme Court justice.”

“3,000 to be called for jury selection in Padilla trial”: This article appears today in The South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

No rest for the Wiccans: From Florida, The Associated Press reports that “Court rejects Wiccans’ tax challenge.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the Supreme Court of Florida at this link.