Three-judge Sixth Circuit panel rejects “state-created danger” claim alleging that police should have removed a drunk driver from the road at an earler stop, before she later ran a red light, killing someone: You can access today’s ruling at this link. Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton delivered the opinion of the court.

“Judge voids Illinois law barring Sudan investment”: Reuters provides a report that begins, “An Illinois law barring state-backed investments in non-U.S. companies doing business in Sudan to protest genocide in the Darfur region was declared unconstitutional by a federal judge on Friday.”

I have posted online at this link Friday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

“Affirmative action bans may boost Yale’s diversity”: The Yale Daily News today contains an article that begins, “Yale’s efforts to increase racial and socioeconomic diversity in the student body may get a small boost from an unusual source: voters in California, Michigan and, in 2008, potentially a handful of other states.”

“Camp 6 at Guantanamo: Cleared men, harsh facility.” James A. Cohen has this essay in today’s issue of The National Law Journal.

“Smith’s Mother Files Appeal to Burial”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “Anna Nicole Smith’s estranged mother asked an appeals court Monday to overturn a judge’s decision over who controls where the starlet should be buried. Lawyers for Virgie Arthur want the 4th District Court of Appeal to reconsider Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin’s tearful ruling Thursday that gave the attorney for the centerfold’s infant daughter the right to decide the burial plans.”

“Court to rule on primary elections”: At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post that begins, “The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether states may constitutionally open up their primary elections to voters of all parties, voting on a common ballot, if the candidates are identified on the ballot by party.”

You can access today’s Order List at this link.

“Chief Justice John Roberts talks about the role of the Chief Justice at the Northwestern University Law School in Chicago, Illinois”: By clicking here, you can access online, on-demand this past Saturday’s broadcast of C-SPAN‘s “America and the Courts.”

“My Gitmo Vacation: A luxury junket to the heart of Bush’s war on terrorism.” Law Professor Jeffrey Rosen has this article (pass-through link) in the March 5, 2007 issue of The New Republic.

“Overly Punitive? The Supreme Court overturns a big tobacco verdict.” This editorial appears today in The Washington Post.

And the new installment of my “On Appeal” essay for law.com is headlined “‘Philip Morris’ Punitives Ruling May Contain Silver Lining for Plaintiffs.”

“Police Car Chase: Menace or Necessity? A review of police rights in high-speed chases goes to the Supreme Court.” Jan Crawford Greenburg had this video segment on last night’s broadcast of the ABC program World News Tonight. In addition, you can access a related written report at this link.

“Deliberations to Resume in CIA Leak Case”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“Support for Hunger Strike Growing”: The Washington Post today contains an article that begins, “A former Florida professor has not eaten for more than a month to protest prosecutors’ efforts to make him cooperate with their investigation into whether a network of Herndon-based Muslim charities financed terrorist organizations. Sami al-Arian, 49, who has twice refused to testify before a federal grand jury in Alexandria, has lost more than 30 pounds and collapsed in jail from the effects of his water-only diet.”

“Adding to Security but Multiplying the Fears”: Adam Liptak has this “Sidebar” column (Times-Select temporary pass-through link) today in The New York Times.

“Why Have So Many U.S. Attorneys Been Fired? It Looks a Lot Like Politics.” Adam Cohen has this Editorial Observer essay today in The New York Times.

“A teen speeds. Police ram car. Who’s at fault? Opposing sides say the ruling on an upcoming Supreme Court case might encourage dangerous driving — or increased use of force.” Warren Richey will have this article Monday in The Christian Science Monitor.

“Logic vs. nitpicking”: The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review today contains an editorial that begins, “The Philip Morris case shows the allegedly best judges in the land shunning logic in favor of nitpicking.”

And the brand new installment of my “On Appeal” column for law.com is headlined “‘Philip Morris’ Punitives Ruling May Contain Silver Lining for Plaintiffs.”

“Justices uphold conviction for selling smut to a minor”: This article appeared yesterday in The Salt Lake Tribune.

You can access Friday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Utah at this link.

“Legislature moves closer to abortion-ban agreement; ‘This is as good as we will get this session,’ committee chair says”: The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi on Friday contained an article that begins, “A bill that would ban most abortions in Mississippi could be finalized as early as next week since a key Senate chairman said he probably will agree to changes the House made Thursday.”

“Court considers reporter privilege; Attorney general, local newspapers support less restrictive guidelines”: The Salt Lake Tribune today contains an article that begins, “Utah is one of only three states without a formal rule or law protecting news reporters from revealing their confidential sources. A Utah Supreme Court advisory committee has been working to change that. It has drafted a proposal to create a reporter’s privilege in judicial proceedings, allowing journalists to protect the identity of confidential sources. But attorneys for local news organizations say journalists are better off without a rule than they would under the committee’s proposal.”

“Parma family’s autism case goes before Supreme Court; Ruling will decide parental right to represent child”: This article appears today in The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

“High-speed chase reaches Supreme Court”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“Blogging prosecutors raise some eyebrows”: The San Francisco Chronicle contains this article today.

“Review of lethal injection complete; A panel says the state can do better and will submit suggestions to Gov. Crist this week”: This article appears today in The St. Petersburg Times.

And The Gainesville Sun reports today that “Lethal injection changes proposed.”

“Decidedly unsexy Padilla no rival for Anna Nicole”: Columnist Ana Menendez has this op-ed today in The Miami Herald.

“Facility Holding Terrorism Inmates Limits Communication”: The Washington Post today contains an article that begins, “The Justice Department has quietly opened a new prison unit in Indiana that houses a hodgepodge of second-tier terrorism inmates, most of them Arab Muslims, whose ability to communicate with the outside world has been tightly restricted.”

“Dismissed U.S. Attorneys Received Strong Evaluations”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“Court Urges Review of New York Judge’s Immigration Cases That Are on Appeal”: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, “In a move that immigration lawyers say is highly unusual, a federal appeals court has recommended that a Justice Department appeals board review all immigration cases still on appeal involving a judge who has been criticized as being hostile to people seeking asylum. The request came in a ruling on Wednesday by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan that struck down a decision by Judge Jeffrey S. Chase in the case of a Mauritania native who said he would be persecuted if he was returned to his home country.”

You can access Wednesday’s non-precedential ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

“High-speed chases and the Constitution: Argument 2/26/07”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Alito’s speech gives hope that he seeks justice”: Law Professor Susan Pace Hamill has this op-ed today in The Tuscaloosa News.

“Lights, camera, distraction?” Thursday in The Fort Worth Star Telegram, columnist Linda P. Campbell had an op-ed that begins, “Justice Anthony Kennedy didn’t intend it, but in pleading with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, he made the strongest argument yet to televise Supreme Court arguments.”

And Cox Newspapers columnist Tom Teepen has an essay entitled “Time may be ripe for TV coverage.”

“Ban on Prison Religious Program Challenged; U.S. Judge Ruled Evangelical Rehabilitation Effort in Iowa Is Unconstitutional”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

“The court’s continuing challenge”: Today in The Roanoke Times, columnist Tommy Denton has an op-ed that begins, “Chief Justice John Marshall contributed to the aggravation of at least one layer in the stomach lining of his cousin President Thomas Jefferson as a result of some of his Supreme Court rulings.”

“Justice Thomas gives talk at law networking event”: This article appears today in The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

On this evening’s broadcast of NPR‘s ‘All Things Considered“: The broadcast contained audio segments entitled “Federal Oversight of Little Rock Schools Ends” and “Mexican Truckers Gain More U.S. Access” (RealPlayer required).

“The Roberts Court, Taxpayers, and Religion”: Law Professor Douglas W. Kmiec has this post at the “Talking Justice” blog.