“Sentencing to Resume for Truck Driver”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “Whether a truck driver intended to kill 19 immigrants trapped in a sweltering trailer and whether he did it in a depraved and cruel manner are among the questions jurors are grappling with as they decide on his sentence.”

“Court voids sentence in LAX plot; U.S. appellate panel says Ahmed Ressam’s sentence needs to be recalculated because one count was vacated”: Henry Weinstein has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko reports that “‘Millennium bomber’ wins court ruling; 1 of his 9 convictions overturned, review of sentence ordered.”

The Seattle Times reports that “Appeals court throws out 1 Ressam felony conviction.”

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that “Court reverses 1 count against Ressam; But ‘millennium bomber’ unlikely to get shorter term.”

And The Washington Times reports that “1 conviction out in L.A. bomb plot.”

My earlier coverage appears at this link.

“Connerly still targeting racial preferences; The ex-UC regent, at USC to speak at a forum, says he plans to put bans on affirmative action on ballots in other states; Critics decry the effort”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

The blog “Decision of the Day” has moved to a new online address: The new home for that blog can be accessed here.

“U.S. Official Apologizes for Guantanamo Remarks”: The Washington Post today contains an article that begins, “A Pentagon official who criticized large U.S. law firms for representing terrorism suspects at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has apologized for his comments, saying that his discussion on a local radio program does not reflect his ‘core beliefs.'” You can access Cully Stimson’s letter to the editor, published today in The Washington Post, at this link.

Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald provides a news update headlined “Defense official sorry for Guantanamo remarks.”

Today in The New York Sun, Josh Gerstein has an article headlined “Law School Deans Criticize Pentagon Statement on Detainees.”

The Harvard Crimson reports that “Kagan Joins Critics of Government.”

The Boston Globe contains an editorial entitled “Another Pentagon smear.”

And yesterday, The Chicago Tribune contained an editorial entitled “Attorneys for the damned.”

“Rehnquist’s Skeletons, Part 2: The Supreme Court justice’s bad trip.” Bonnie Goldstein has this Hot Document online at Slate.

“At Berkeley Law, a Challenge to Overcome All Barriers”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“AG Criticizes Judges for Terror Rulings”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says federal judges are unqualified to make rulings affecting national security policy, ramping up his criticism of how they handle terrorism cases. In remarks prepared for delivery Wednesday, Gonzales says judges generally should defer to the will of the president and Congress when deciding national security cases.”

“The Federal Appeals Court Decision Setting the Final Damages Amount for the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill”: Anthony J. Sebok has this essay online today at FindLaw.