“When Rendering Decisions, Judges Are Finding Law Reviews Irrelevant”: Monday’s edition of The New York Times will contain this brand new installment (TimesSelect temporary pass-through link) of Adam Liptak’s “Sidebar” column. The newspaper has also posted online a related document titled “Trends in Federal Judicial Citations and Law Review Articles.”

“Senator Insists Bush Aides Testify Publicly”: The New York Times on Monday will contain an article that begins, “The Democratic senator leading the inquiry into the dismissal of federal prosecutors insisted Sunday that Karl Rove and other top aides to President Bush must testify publicly and under oath, setting up a confrontation between Congress and the White House, which has said it is unlikely to agree to such a demand.”

The Washington Post on Monday will contain articles headlined “Prosecutor’s Firing Was Urged During Probe” and “Justice Dept. Recognized Prosecutor’s Work on Election Fraud Before His Firing.”

And The Los Angeles Times provides a news update headlined “California attorney’s firing draws Dems’ spotlight.”

McClatchy Newspapers are reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “Were CIA subpoenas linked to San Diego attorney’s firing?” and “Senator predicts Gonzales will be forced out within a week.”

“Court gives go-ahead to death-seeking killer”: This article appears today in The Arizona Daily Star.

My earlier coverage of last Thursday’s en banc Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“School opposes high court review”: Yesterday’s issue of The Honolulu Advertiser contained an article that begins, “Kamehameha Schools attorneys contend there is no constitutional grounds for the country’s highest court to review an appellate court ruling that upheld the institution’s Hawaiians-first admissions policy.”

“Rumors of Howard Bashman’s reaming have been greatly exaggerated”: So writes Cathy Gellis, at her blog “The Great Change: Turning Cathy into a Lawyer.”

Cathy goes on to remark, “I think it’s a pity that [Bashman] seems to have accepted his Bluebook-induced fate with such equanimity. With a little more righteous indignation, I bet the blog citation form would get fixed right away.” My fate is that the 18th edition of The Bluebook commands that cites to “How Appealing” not mention my name because my site is a single-author blog. How’s that for righteous indignation!

Available online from National Public Radio: Today’s broadcast of “Weekend Edition Sunday” contained audio segments entitled “White House, Congress in Talks on Attorney Firings” and “How Prosecutor Lam’s Case Was Handled.”

Yesterday’s broadcast of “All Things Considered” contained an audio segment entitled “Political Tension the Norm for Attorney Generals.”

And yesterday’s broadcast of “Weekend Edition Saturday” contained an audio segment entitled “White House Misses Testimony Notification Deadline.”

RealPlayer is required to launch these audio segments.

“No trouble for Buchanan to stay in line; Amid battle over firing of 8 other U.S. attorneys, she’s a model appointee”: This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

“Student free speech vs. school drug policy; The US Supreme Court is set to hear the case of an Alaska teen who was suspended after unfurling a banner near school”: Warren Richey will have this article Monday in The Christian Science Monitor.

“Signs of life stir in 2nd Amendment”: Columnist Steve Chapman has this op-ed today in The Chicago Tribune.

“SJC justice recalled for her interest in people and piano”: This article appears today in The Boston Globe.

“A Shot in the Arm for the GOP”: Today in The Washington Post, columnist George F. Will has an op-ed that begins, “By striking down the District of Columbia’s extraordinarily strict gun control law, which essentially bans guns, a federal appeals court may have revived gun control as a political issue.”

“Saudi Arabia Routinely Frees Detainees; Release of Guantanamo Prisoners Undermines U.S. Claims of Threat, Analysis Says”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

“For Federal Prosecutors, Politics Is Ever-Present”: Adam Liptak has this article today in the Week in Review section of The New York Times.

The Washington Post today contains an article headlined “In a Call to Prosecutors, Gonzales Apologizes for Handling of Firings.”

And The Los Angeles Times contains a news analysis headlined “Gonzales’ plight puts Bush at risk; Aides focus on keeping the controversy at Justice from spreading.”

“Old Pa. death sentences getting new day in court; In many cases, the trial lawyer was less than stellar”: The Philadelphia Inquirer contains this article today.

“Gonzales: The Texan Who Can’t Shoot Straight.” This article appears at the web site of U.S. News & World Report.

In the March 26, 2007 issue of Newsweek: Michael Isikoff, Richard Wolffe And Evan Thomas will have an article headlined “Disorder in King George’s Court” that begins, “At highly charged moments, attorney General Alberto Gonzales can seem placid, passive–at times, just plain out of it.”

The magazine will also contain an articles headlined “‘We Are Enemy Combatant’: In a courtroom diatribe, 9/11’s mastermind boasts about his exploits; Is he telling the truth?” and “General Comment: Peter Pace called homosexual acts ‘immoral’ last week; It wasn’t the first time he’d weighed in on the matter.”

“Make Way for Copyright Chaos”: Today in The New York Times, Law Professor Lawrence Lessig has an op-ed that begins, “Last week, Viacom asked a federal court to order the video-sharing service YouTube to pay it more than $1 billion in damages for some 150,000 videos that Viacom claims it owns and YouTube users have shared.”

“High court takes on ‘Bong Hits’; Case called most important student free speech debate since Vietnam War”: This article appears today in The Juneau Empire.

The Anchorage Daily News today contains an article headlined “Testing the limits of Free speech.”

And The Rapid City Journal reported on Friday that “‘Bong Hits 4 Jesus’ banner brings duo to D.C.”

“Free-Speech Case Divides Bush and Religious Right”: Today in The New York Times, Linda Greenhouse has an article that begins, “A Supreme Court case about the free-speech rights of high school students, to be argued on Monday, has opened an unexpected fissure between the Bush administration and its usual allies on the religious right.”

And ABCNews.com on Thursday published a report headlined “‘Bong Hits 4 Jesus’: Student Protest Goes to Supreme Court; Legal Experts Call Case Most Significant Student Free Speech Case Since the Height of Vietnam War.”

“Guantanamo Detainee Aims to Stall Trial”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “Lawyers for an Australian detainee at the U.S. military camp at Guantanamo Bay said Saturday they have filed an injunction to stall his trial on charges of providing material support for terrorism.”

“Court Saga Left Bruises, Balm”: Today in The Hartford Courant, Lynne Tuohy has an article that begins, “One year ago today, Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced that Supreme Court Chief Justice William J. Sullivan was resigning as helmsman of the judicial branch and that she would nominate Justice Peter T. Zarella to succeed him as chief justice.”

“2 local lawyers offer aid to Guantanamo detainees”: This article appears today in The Boston Globe.

“Why Democrats are raising a stink: Congressional investigations into the firing of U.S. attorneys are about checks and balances, not politics.” U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has this op-ed today in The Los Angeles Times.

In Sunday’s issue of The Washington Post: Tomorrow’s newspaper will contain front page articles headlined “Lawyer Who Wiped Out D.C. Ban Says It’s About Liberties, Not Guns” and “Amid Concerns, FBI Lapses Went On; Records Collection Brought Internal Questions But Little Scrutiny.”

“Anger of Swing State Republicans Eased U.S. Attorney Toward Exit”: This article will appear Sunday in The New York Times. Today, meanwhile, the newspaper contains an article headlined “Investigation Thrusts Former Counsel Back Into the World of Politics” and a news analysis headlined “With Shifting Explanations, White House Adds to Storm.”

The Los Angeles Times today contains articles headlined “Attorney firing inquiry reaches impasse; The White House delays decisions on documents and testimony; the House Judiciary Committee threatens subpoenas” and “Blogs can top the presses; Talking Points Memo drove the U.S. attorrneys story, proof that Web writers with input from devoted readers can reshape journalism.”

And The Washington Times reports that “White House seeks time to explain firings.”

“Hardiman named to U.S. court of appeals”: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette contains this article today.

“Probe of Al-Qaeda Leader’s Handling Sought; Senators Urge Inquiry After Mohammed Alleges Abuse”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

Certiorari improvidently granted in “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” case? Lyle Denniston considers the possibility in this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Courts to Release Trial Tapes Online”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “A computer and an Internet connection may soon be all that are needed for anyone to hear closing arguments in a corruption trial or listen to the testimony of a mob turncoat. The federal judiciary approved a pilot program this week to make free audio recordings of court proceedings available online.”

“Swelling Crowds Across Pakistan Denounce Musharraf’s Suspension of Chief Justice”: The New York Times contains this article today.

And The Washington Post reports today that “Top Judge’s Ouster Shakes Pakistan; Political Opponents Are Arrested as Protest Swells Against Move by Musharraf.”

“Court Says Health Coverage May Bar Birth-Control Pills”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

You can access at this link my earlier coverage of Thursday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

“Outspoken judge to face disciplinary hearing”: The Arkansas News Bureau today provides a report that begins, “In a 5-3 vote, the state Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission decided Friday to conduct a disciplinary hearing to determine whether public comments by state Court of Appeals Judge Wendell Griffen violated the judicial code. The nine-member panel found that probable cause exists to hold a disciplinary hearing over comments Griffen made criticizing the Bush administration’s response to Hurricane Katrina, objecting to the nomination of John Roberts for chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and supporting a proposed minimum wage increase, among other comments.”

“Kendrick ’06 to Clerk for Justice Souter; Will Return to Law School to Teach”: The University of Virginia has issued this news release.

“Is He to Be Guilty, Or Not to Be Guilty? Legal Eagles Flock to the Kennedy Center To Judge Prince Hamlet’s State of Mind.” This article appears today in The Washington Post.