On today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition“: The broadcast contained audio segments entitled “Justices Hear ‘Bong Hits’ Free-Speech Case” (featuring Nina Totenberg); “Congress Eyes Hearings on U.S. Attorney Firings“; and “Fallout from Attorney Firings Lands on White House.”

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“State of the Second Amendment: Does It Apply in the District of Columbia?” By clicking here, you can access this week’s installment of my “On Appeal” column for law.com.

“Supreme Court to hear student free-speech case”: James Vicini of Reuters provides this report.

The Guardian (UK) today contains an article headlined “‘Bong’ banner case could send student free speech up in smoke.”

And The Cincinnati Enquirer contains an editorial entitled “Bong hits 4 students’ free-speech rights.”

“Blawg Review #100”: Available here.

“Judges and their donors”: Today’s edition of The Chicago Tribune contains an editorial that begins, “Illinois has become a pioneer in state judicial races, but not in a wonderful way.”

“Official Alerted F.B.I. to Rules Abuse 2 Years Ago, Lawyer Says”: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, “Almost two years before the Federal Bureau of Investigation publicly admitted this month that it had ignored its own rules when demanding telephone and financial records about private citizens, a top official in that program warned the bureau about widespread lapses, his lawyer said on Sunday.”

“Democrats turn up heat on firing of U.S. attorney; They allege Carol Lam was ousted in San Diego because she was investigating Republican politicians in Southern California”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

The Washington Times reports today that “Leahy vows to subpoena Rove, Miers.” And Donna Brazile has an op-ed entitled “Restore spirit of Justice.”

The Washington Post contains an editorial entitled “Help Wanted: What’s needed in the next attorney general.”

In The New York Times, Adam Cohen has an Editorial Observer column headlined “It Wasn’t Just a Bad Idea. It May Have Been Against the Law.”

And in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jay Bookman has an op-ed entitled “Gonzales’ lies give justice a dirty name.”

“Antitrust law losing its teeth — The Supreme Court has relaxed rules against price fixing; Coming up: a big case for retailers.” David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Partner Adopted by an Heiress Stakes Her Claim”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“Trash Talk: Some lawyers-to-be should exercise their right to remain silent.” Today in The Wall Street Journal, Elizabeth Wurtzel has an op-ed (free access) that begins, “It’s hard out there for a law student. All the stuff to stumble through on the way to that J.D.: torts, property, contracts, evidence, civil procedure, AutoAdmit. That last item is a new development: a Web site of postings for law schools prestigious and otherwise, where students blab about whatever. An awful lot of it is about other students, most of it mean-spirited.”

“As issues evolve, Supreme Court holds to tradition; Atmosphere is one of ritual, history and strict formality”: Joan Biskupic has this article today in USA Today.

“Bullets: Arkansas’s new U.S. attorney and his partisan past.” Jane Mayer has this Talk of the Town essay in the March 26, 2007 issue of The New Yorker.

“An Historical Perspective on the Controversy over U.S. Attorney Firings: In Making Its Inquiry, Congress Must Not Ignore That the Power to Remove is an Incident of the Power to Appoint – And Both are Necessary for the Proper Enforcement of Law.” Douglas W. Kmiec has this essay online today at FindLaw.

“Gun Shy: Let’s stop interpreting the Second Amendment and just abolish it.” Benjamin Wittes has this essay online today at The New Republic.