“Outside Court, Roberts Hears Dissent; Critics Deride Fear of ‘Constitutional Crisis’ Over Judicial Pay”: Robert Barnes will have this article Monday in The Washington Post.

“Supreme Court Justices Scalia & Breyer gave their views on the Constitution in Washington, DC”: That was the subject of last night’s broadcast of C-SPAN‘s “America & the Courts.” You can view the broadcast — hosted by ABC News correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg and taped on December 5, 2006 — by clicking here (RealPlayer required).

And in case you missed it, you can also access online the interview I posted on Friday titled “Five questions for Jan Crawford Greenburg.”

“Ex-suspect in terror case can sue county, judge says; Immigrant says he was mistreated because he’s Arab”: This article appears today in The Detroit Free Press. I have posted online at this link last week’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

“Ga. Courthouse Shootings Trial Nears”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“How Business Trounced The Trial Lawyers: By focusing on litigation reform at the state level, business has won key battles; Suddenly, it’s a tough time to be a plantiffs’ attorney.” This article is the cover story in the January 8, 2007 issue of BusinessWeek.

“Case tests officers’ right to dissent; 1st Lt. Ehren Watada’s lawyer likens his client’s comments against the war and the administration to those of retired military officials”: The Los Angeles Times contains this article today.

“Gay ‘marriage’ ballot measures running their course”: This article appears today in The Washington Times.

“Ann Leventhal and Jon Newman”: Congratulations to Senior Second Circuit Judge Jon O. Newman, whose wedding announcement appears today in The New York Times.

“A Spammer’s Revenge: Don’t call a junk mailer that, or you could get sued; His right to free speech trumps your right to privacy.” This article will appear in the January 15, 2007 issue of Time magazine.

If you won’t be in Tuscaloosa on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 to watch Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. speak: Perhaps you can be in Philadelphia to attend an event entitled “The Supreme Court Revealed with Jeffrey Rosen and Jan Crawford Greenburg” at the National Constitution Center. I’m planning to be there. Meanwhile, details of the Tuscaloosa event appeared in this post from earlier today.

“Lawyers take legal debates online; ‘Blawgs’ give periodical discussions daily play”: This article appears today in The Lexington Herald-Leader.

“Foes see a flaw in sentence of ‘life’; A dread of killers one day going free”: The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger contains this article today.

And today in The Miami Herald, columnist Fred Grimm has an op-ed entitled “Is there a humane way to snuff out a life?”

“Professor: Case crashed, burned; Wittig, Lake prosecution faulted for its presentation of corporate flights.” This article appears today in The Topeka Capital-Journal. My earlier coverage appears here and here.

“Former teacher’s lawsuit challenges union’s use of money”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “Former high school teacher Gary Davenport didn’t have any particular problem with unions and even had a union job in college, but the man whose name is on an anti-union lawsuit to be heard next week by the U.S. Supreme Court says politics kept him from joining up when he got his teaching job in 1998.”

“Don’t pay supes like members of Congress: Chief Justice John Roberts rightly argues that judges need higher pay, but he exaggerates.” This editorial appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

The St. Petersburg Times today contains an editorial entitled “Raise judicial pay.”

And The Boston Herald contains an editorial entitled “Roberts right on judges’ pay.”

“Odor in the court: Fumigation can’t come too soon after Justice Weaver’s charges.” Today in The Detroit Free Press, Ron Dzwonkowski has an op-ed that begins, “Justice Elizabeth Weaver threw a real stink bomb into the halls of the Michigan Supreme Court just before Christmas, accusing four of her fellow justices of unethical behavior and violating her right to free speech. It’s going to take some doing to clear the air, but let’s get the fans running soon.”

“Alito will speak to UA law students”: The Tuscaloosa News yesterday contained an article that begins, “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will be the seventh justice to speak at the University of Alabama in about as many years when he addresses law students Feb. 13.” According to the University of Alabama School of Law’s web site, “Justice Samuel Alito of the U.S. Supreme Court will deliver the eighth Albritton Lecture on Tuesday, February 13, 2007, at 2:00 p.m. in Room 287-288 of the Law Center. Judge Harold Albritton III established the lecture series in 1996.”

And The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger on Friday contained an article headlined “The lesson: Carpe diem (seize the day); Justice Alito speaks to Latin students at request of Berkeley Heights teacher.”

“Justices Continue Trend of Hearing Fewer Cases”: Robert Barnes will have this article Sunday in The Washington Post.

It’s not every day that you see a dissenting opinion from the re-election of a state supreme court’s chief justice: In news from Michigan, The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports today that “Weaver rips fellow justices in scathing dissent.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Weaver again criticizes other Republicans on state Supreme Court.”

I wish I knew where on the web site of the Supreme Court of Michigan one may access this sort of a dissent.

“Newest member makes history; She’s first woman elected directly to state’s high court”: Yesterday’s edition of The Salem Statesman Journal contained an article that begins, “When Virginia Linder of Salem formally joined the Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday, she made history. She is the first woman that voters have elected directly to the state’s highest court.”

“Medication Missteps: What patients should learn from the new revelations about Chief Justice William Rehnquist’s struggle with prescription painkillers.” Newsweek has today posted online this web exclusive.

“Appellate court’s longest-serving judge battles death penalty”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “A veteran federal appeals judge has turned up the volume in his opposition to the death penalty, drawing increasing attention with his unusually blunt and outspoken opinions. Former Chief Judge Boyce Martin, a Jimmy Carter appointee on one of the most sharply divided appeals courts, is building a reputation for his stand, such as with a dissent that Capital Defense Weekly described as blistering.”

“Supreme Court is poised to act on business-sector cases”: MarketWatch provides this report.

“Who’s got mail?” The Chicago Tribune today contains an editorial that begins, “In deploying executive authority in the war on terrorism, President Bush has a history of pushing the envelope–and in the latest controversy, you might read that phrase literally.”

“Dueling Briefs In Sullivan Case; At Issue: Whether Appeal Is Now Moot.” Today in The Hartford Courant, Lynne Tuohy has an article that begins, “The state Supreme Court is poised to resolve the constitutional issue of whether lawmakers can subpoena judges to testify at proceedings other than impeachment or confirmation hearings. Or not. Documents filed Friday by lawyers for former Chief Justice William J. Sullivan maintain the landmark legal question will have to wait for another day, because Sullivan’s sudden willingness to testify makes the appeal by the co-chairmen of the legislature’s judiciary committee a moot issue.”

“N.Y. Times Urges Judge To Dismiss Hatfill Suit”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

“Tipping Over a Defense of Enron”: Today in The New York Times, business columnist Joe Nocera has this essay (TimesSelect temporary pass-through link) about Malcolm Gladwell’s article headlined “Open Secrets: Enron, intelligence, and the perils of too much information” published in the January 8, 2007 issue of The New Yorker.

“Court Was Once Cloistered; Now Its Chief Does ‘Nightline'”: Robert Barnes has this article today in The Washington Post.

“Editor’s E-Mail May Be Used in Suit Against The Times”: Neil A. Lewis has this article today in The New York Times.

“Supreme Court to Rule on Whistle-Blowing”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“Westar verdicts set aside on appeal; Three-judge panel blasts government in its ruling on dozens of convictions”: This article appears today in The Kansas City Star.

And The Topeka Capital-Journal today contains articles headlined “Evidence against Wittig, Lake described as ‘insufficient’; Denver-based court says defendants can’t be retried on most counts“; “Professor: Wittig could be freed; Defense to push to get former Westar exec out of prison quickly“; and “From hooray, to you’ve got to be kidding.” In addition, columnist Ric Anderson has an op-ed entitled “Westar — Just a bad dream?”

My earlier coverage appears at this link.

“Justices to Consider Impact of Mental Illness on Death Penalty”: Linda Greenhouse has this article today in The New York Times.

The San Antonio Express-News reports today that “High court to look at death row case.”

In The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage reports that “Justices to consider school sports rules; The high court will take up athlete recruiting, home-care worker pay and stock fraud cases.”

And The Tennessean reports that “High court to hear recruiting case; TSSAA, Brentwood Academy dispute to go before justices again this spring.”

“White House Seeks Lawyer Wise to Ways of Congress”: This article will appear Saturday in The New York Times.

“It’s Time to Abolish ‘Invisible’ State Appellate Court Rulings”: The brand new installment of my “On Appeal” essay for law.com can be accessed here.

“Byron L. Trackwell, proceeding pro se, filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, alleging that the Clerk of the United States Supreme Court had repeatedly withheld from Justice Stephen Breyer an application he submitted that challenged the constitutionality of the Iraq War.” So begins a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued today.