“Mich. Ruling Alarms Gay Rights Advocates”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“Dover Meets Darwin: The battle over biology class.” Online at OpinionJournal, Pamela R. Winnick today has this review of Edward Humes‘s new book, “Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion and the Battle for America’s Soul.”

“Abortion debate gains volume in Europe; U.S. activists focus on Portuguese vote”: USA Today contains this article today.

“Top judge nominated for new term; Spitzer lauds service of Judith S. Kaye as leader of state’s Court of Appeals”: This article appears today in The Albany Times Union.

The Journal News of Westchester, New York reports today that “Chief Judge Judith Kaye nominated for another term.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Spitzer moves to have top state judge stay on.”

“Former Donor To Clinton Sues Judicial Watch”: Today in The New York Sun, Josh Gerstein has an article that begins, “A donor who has dogged Senator Clinton over misreporting of contributions to her 2000 campaign, Peter Paul, filed a federal lawsuit yesterday accusing a conservative group that once backed his legal crusade of abandoning him and improperly seeking to raise funds off of his case.”

“Supreme Court’s Alito speaks with U.Va. class”: This article appears today in The Virginian-Pilot.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch today contains an article headlined “Alito: Court nomination resembles campaign trail; Supreme Court justice tells U.Va. students about path to bench.”

The Daily Progress of Charlottesville reports today that “Justice likens confirmation fight to political campaign; Spoke to UVa students.”

And The Cavalier Daily reports that “Justice Alito visits U.Va. politics class; Samuel Alito explains his role as Supreme Court justice.”